Had to share ... :) Feel free to weigh in ... :) Erp Thompson How does he know that it is ... religious beliefs aside ... no one can ... just sayin ... Like · More · 1 hour ago Transcend Politics, Embrace Humanity Shifting the burden of proof? The null hypothesis concerning an afterlife, in light of an absence of evidence, is that there isnt one. To say you dont know there isnt an afterlife is illogical. Not only that, ideas like an afterlife must be coherent in order to be valid. How can one propose the existence of some ambiguous continuation of this life? So youre dealing with a semantically null claim, and a fallacy of extrapolation. Like · 56 minutes ago Erp Thompson Whatever ... Like · More · 50 minutes ago Erp Thompson Matter and energy can not be destroyed ... Like · More · 48 minutes ago Erp Thompson Fundamental science ... Like · More · 46 minutes ago Transcend Politics, Embrace Humanity lol youre talking about science but its clear you havent got a clue, sorry. The concept of conservation of matter and energy has nothing to do with the complex processes that enable you to experience the world and be alive. Not in the way you imply. No complex processes, no you. Sorry. Complex processes can be disrupted. Edited · Like · 36 minutes ago Transcend Politics, Embrace Humanity Educate yourself rpi.edu/dept/chem-eng/Biotech-Environ/FUNDAMNT/energy.htm Intro to biochemistry rpi.edu Major classes of biochemicals are carbohydrates, lipids, and proteins. Others are enzymes, nucleic acids, and the like. Some important concepts are: Like · 38 minutes ago Erp Thompson Nothing to do with being ... really? We are still in the process of discovering the complex processes of Life ... We dont know everything there is to know ... Like · More · 35 minutes ago Erp Thompson All we have is clues ... Like · More · 34 minutes ago Transcend Politics, Embrace Humanity You are, again, shifting the burden of proof. It is by definition irrational. Edited · Like · 1 · 10 minutes ago Transcend Politics, Embrace Humanity Just because science doesnt know everything it doesnt mean you can just fill in the blanks with whatever feels most appealing to you. Like · 1 · 33 minutes ago Erp Thompson So what ! History is rife with the overturning of absolute truths ... time will tell ... Like · More · 32 minutes ago Transcend Politics, Embrace Humanity So what? You appeal to science but you clearly dont care about intellectual honesty, skepticism, or reason. You cant have it both ways. You dont understand the fundamental basis of science. Like · 31 minutes ago Transcend Politics, Embrace Humanity Its called CRITICAL thinking, for a reason. Like · 1 · 29 minutes ago Erp Thompson I am honest enough to allow for the unknown ... science is a search for knowledge ... not a dogma ... dogma is religion ... Like · More · 26 minutes ago Transcend Politics, Embrace Humanity I didnt say the unknown isnt allowed, you are strawmanning me. Something being unknown isnt the same thing as whatever you want to be true being true. Like · 1 · 23 minutes ago Transcend Politics, Embrace Humanity Science operates on the boundary of the unknown. You are going past it and claiming things without evidence. No different than religious claims. Like · 1 · 22 minutes ago Transcend Politics, Embrace Humanity You dont *KNOW* God isnt real Like · 1 · 22 minutes ago Erp Thompson Im fairly sure that I have not stated that I believe the photo quote to be untrue or that I believe that opposite to be true. I have stated that there is no way to know for sure ... so for anyone to make an absolute statement about the subject is illogical. Like · More · 18 minutes ago Erp Thompson And a lot like proving a point by quoting chapter and verse out of The Book and saying it is true because ... you know the rest ... Edited · Like · More · 14 minutes ago Transcend Politics, Embrace Humanity You are making an argument from ignorance and I have been trying to explain that to you from the start. Your comments are fundamentally opposed to the values and processes of science. Like · 16 minutes ago Transcend Politics, Embrace Humanity The burden of proof is on the one making the positive claim. Saying theres no afterlife is not a positive claim, its the default position concerning the claim There is an afterlife. Which requires proof. Like · 15 minutes ago Transcend Politics, Embrace Humanity https://explorable/null-hypothesis Null Hypothesis - The Commonly Accepted Hypothesis explorable The null hypothesis is a hypothesis which the researcher tries to disprove, reject or nullify. Like · 14 minutes ago Transcend Politics, Embrace Humanity https://youtube/watch?v=cAR29P6L4rM Philosophical Failures of Christian Apologetics, Part 3: The Null Hypothesis youtube How many times have you heard the claim You cant prove God does NOT exist! Well, we can. Its called the null hypothesis. It utterly baffles me how so man... Like · 13 minutes ago Erp Thompson What is strawmanning? Like · More · 13 minutes ago Transcend Politics, Embrace Humanity Misrepresenting the opponents argument and arguing against that instead of the original argument. Like · 11 minutes ago Erp Thompson Thats what you did ... Like · More · 9 minutes ago Transcend Politics, Embrace Humanity No, its not. How does he know that it is ... religious beliefs aside ... no one can ... just sayin ... Shifting the burden of proof. Like · 9 minutes ago Transcend Politics, Embrace Humanity https://yourlogicalfallacyis/burden-of-proof Your logical fallacy is burden of proof yourlogicalfallacyis Saying that the burden of proof lies not with the person making the claim, but with someone else to disprove. Like · 8 minutes ago Transcend Politics, Embrace Humanity Im really close to being done here. Like · 8 minutes ago Erp Thompson Okay! Blessings! Like · More · 2 minutes ago
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