Speech literally costs nothing. Get up on your soapbox and rant all day (or at least until the cops drag you away for disturbing the peace). Anything other than your own hot air, you have to pay for, which means you have to get people to sell to you, which has never been guaranteed. Why do you think so many unpopular opinions were circulated by handwritten pamphlets long after Gutenberg?
Nice try at shifting the burden of proof. How times have theists tried it? It must be into the millions by now.
Atheism is from the Greek prefix 'a-' = without, and 'theos' = god, in other words the absence of theism.
Atheism is simply the absence of (theological) belief. It is not up to atheists or anyone else to prove a null hypothesis; it is up to theists or those proposing a hypothesis, to provide proof.
I would LOVE TO uninstall Facebook from my phone! I've never had, nor wanted, a Facebook account.
But do you think the faceless bastards at Facebook/Google/LG/AT&T/whoever infected my phone with this crap will LET me uninstall it? Hell, no! That would be too sensible and respectful of the owner's choices!
The best I can do with this evil waste of my hardware/storage/etc is to disable it, revoke all its permissions, and stop it from updating itself. Nice one, corporate drones. You're pointlessly using my storage and definitely pissing me off, with (to the very best of my ability) no benefit at all to yourselves. *golf clap*
If it's a large scale issue, there's always large $ at stake, and therefore always politics involved, along with all the associated trolls, shills, astroturfers and assorted wankers.
The fact that you claim that hallucinations cannot be complex and cannot include other delusions besides the common "white light", is yet another data point that proves you have zero understanding of neuroscience.
Funny, isn't it, how these supposed "near-death-experiences" of believers in other religions are consistent with their religion, not Christianity. Oh, but knowing about that inconvenient fact would mean you would have had to have read and understood more on this topic than just one logically laughable article.
Bleat on, deluded theist, bleat on. I've heard it all a hundred times before.
But I've spent enough time feeding this particular troll. So long and thanks for all the laughs.
Spoken like someone with zero understanding of neuroscience. You take a brain, you reduce its oxygen intake (as happens in the physically stressful situations that induce "near-death"), and you get hallucinations. No supernatural entities need apply.
Tunnel vision (including the cliche "white light") is very commonly reported among pilots pulling high-G, which is a nicely repeatable way of temporarily reducing blood (and therefore oxygen) flow to the brain.
You know this to be notable. You know this is evidence. If you say otherwise, you know you are lying.
My, that's a shiny crystal ball you have there. By your own testimony, you're clearly under the delusion that you know exactly what GP knows/thinks.
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Simple. Speech =/= Internet hosting.
Speech literally costs nothing. Get up on your soapbox and rant all day (or at least until the cops drag you away for disturbing the peace). Anything other than your own hot air, you have to pay for, which means you have to get people to sell to you, which has never been guaranteed. Why do you think so many unpopular opinions were circulated by handwritten pamphlets long after Gutenberg?
How would we even know if this discovery has already happened? Perhaps multiple / infinite times? What if it's discoveries all the way back?
Oh, god'll service you all right. Just don't expect lube.
As the bowl of petunias said, "Oh no, not again."
Nice try at shifting the burden of proof. How times have theists tried it? It must be into the millions by now.
Atheism is from the Greek prefix 'a-' = without, and 'theos' = god, in other words the absence of theism.
Atheism is simply the absence of (theological) belief. It is not up to atheists or anyone else to prove a null hypothesis; it is up to theists or those proposing a hypothesis, to provide proof.
Not that we're holding our breath waiting for it.
LIAR.
Name ONE time when ANY gay couple tried to "force churches to open their facilities and their ministers to participate in the ceremony".
You can't because it NEVER HAPPENED.
Isn't there something in your scriptures about bearing false witness?
Now who's the hypocrite?
Love long and perspire!
subject says it all
Here's hoping the rest of the market doesn't make like apple-obsessed sheep for once and make the 3.5mm headphone jack obsolete.
I would LOVE TO uninstall Facebook from my phone! I've never had, nor wanted, a Facebook account.
But do you think the faceless bastards at Facebook/Google/LG/AT&T/whoever infected my phone with this crap will LET me uninstall it? Hell, no! That would be too sensible and respectful of the owner's choices!
The best I can do with this evil waste of my hardware/storage/etc is to disable it, revoke all its permissions, and stop it from updating itself. Nice one, corporate drones. You're pointlessly using my storage and definitely pissing me off, with (to the very best of my ability) no benefit at all to yourselves. *golf clap*
Yeah, it would've been unusually dark too, what with your head buried in the sand and all.
Astrology -- what a bullshit myth. You must be gullible.
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That's CRAZY talk!
When we asked people about why they used ad blocking software, the primary reason we heard was to stop annoying, disruptive ads.
Of course the primary reason you HEARD was "to stop annoying, disruptive ads", because you're an advertiser, or in other words a raving psychopath.
The primary reason they actually SAID was "to stop ads."
Gesundheit!
Thanks a lot for taking one for the sane team by exposing yourself to this conspiracy nutter's past posts.
I'd mod +1 Informative if I hadn't already commented.
No, we can't. Not even once.
If it's a large scale issue, there's always large $ at stake, and therefore always politics involved, along with all the associated trolls, shills, astroturfers and assorted wankers.
Don't worry, it just SAYS it doesn't recognize your webcam and microphone. In reality they're both always on.
BIG SATNAD IS WATCHING YOU.
Aww, that's so cute!
The fact that you claim that hallucinations cannot be complex and cannot include other delusions besides the common "white light", is yet another data point that proves you have zero understanding of neuroscience.
Funny, isn't it, how these supposed "near-death-experiences" of believers in other religions are consistent with their religion, not Christianity. Oh, but knowing about that inconvenient fact would mean you would have had to have read and understood more on this topic than just one logically laughable article.
Bleat on, deluded theist, bleat on. I've heard it all a hundred times before.
But I've spent enough time feeding this particular troll. So long and thanks for all the laughs.
Seriously, does this power-crazed pig have to be elected before we can IMPEACH him?
Last I checked, treason was still a thing.
I do not think that word means what you think it means.
That it happens at all is remarkable.
Spoken like someone with zero understanding of neuroscience. You take a brain, you reduce its oxygen intake (as happens in the physically stressful situations that induce "near-death"), and you get hallucinations. No supernatural entities need apply.
Tunnel vision (including the cliche "white light") is very commonly reported among pilots pulling high-G, which is a nicely repeatable way of temporarily reducing blood (and therefore oxygen) flow to the brain.
You know this to be notable. You know this is evidence. If you say otherwise, you know you are lying.
My, that's a shiny crystal ball you have there. By your own testimony, you're clearly under the delusion that you know exactly what GP knows/thinks.
Typical theist LOLgic.
+1 Insightful (aka If I Only Had Mod Points)
But the problem we're discussing is an automation-caused shortage of work for human workers.
If an aging population reduces the number of human workers, that will HELP reduce that shortage of work for human workers!