It does "modify" or "change" the meaning. If I were to have said it how you made it seem I was arguing the point, then it would've been a ridiculous notion that was obviously wrong. It changes the purpose and meaning of the point being made. You were wrong. Say "Sorry, I was wrong." I'm not...
Using the word "exclusive," fundamentally changes the meaning and so the point of the sentence. If I say, "Every now and then I like a beer," then you tell someone else that I've never drank a beer in my life and never will.. Well, I happen to think that is a big difference. And it wasn't a...
Randi has the million dollar challenge because there are those who purport to have supernatural powers. He doesn't ask them to prove how the supernatural power works (which, by definition is impossible, since anything supernatural is impossible to explain within the laws of reality), he simply...
Where did I say Skeptics have the "exclusive" preoccupation with the paranormal? Don't put words in my mouth to create a straw man fallacy. What is the point of that? I asked why the modern Skeptics movement (which I mean as the general direction of the combined Skeptics movements that are...
Thanks. :)
Non-physical and supernatural are two separate things though. One means something that exists apart from the physical world (and so would never be observable from physical reality). The other is simply unexplainable by any physical laws, such as ghosts (if they were to exist)...
A person who achieves a lot might become lazy. A person who achieves nothing might become motivated to achieve something.
Don't undercomplicate things. ;)
Consciousness.
Try to touch or observe it any way in any other way than through your own. I think it exists because I experience it. If it doesn't exist, then reality does not exist. This opens the possibility that other non-worldly things exists (one likely possibility is that humans and...
Meaning is direction. No direction leads to anomie, which brings confusion and a dreadful sense of loss after one thinks on death. People need to feel the pull of a direction to keep motivated. The logic is that if our actions mean nothing in the end, why go on through times of tremendous...
No two Skeptics are exactly the same. Being "skeptical" and being a "Skeptic" is different though. One is a word meaning "stubborn disbeliever," and the other is an entire branch of philosophy. Modern Skepticism has a major focus on why people believe what they do, especially for irrational...
I am an agnostic who was previously a Christian.. It ain't easy when your family is still Christian. I chose the easy way out, which is simply to act Christian when need be and not tell them. lol (I'd really rather not have a throng of them attempting to save my soul constantly, hah)
I'm with you on the donuts. We could put the Earth in the middle of the giant donut and then call Earth "The Magnificent, Giant Donut Hole." It only seems appropriate, seeing as how the moon is cheese.