On 28 Jan, 16:08, fiddler <[email protected]> wrote: > >And the whole Russell's Teapot thing is > > > so naff I'm surprised anyone falls for that logic. > > There is at least evidence that teapots exist, something that cannot > be said for onenesses and gods. >
At least none that convince you. Russell still exists in space-time, and, he may have had a teapot. But, does it orbit some planet? I take your point, though!! Although, I would say that evidence for one person may not be strong enough to convince another. > On Jan 28, 5:46 am, Pat <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > On 28 Jan, 12:55, Ian Pollard <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > On 28 January 2010 12:30, Pat <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > So, it boils down to the fact that you have faith that there is no > > > > 'soul'. Okey doke, I can accept that. > > > > Got a name for that straw man, Pat? :) > > > > I don't want to make a tyrant of logic here, but if someone claims the > > > existence of non-material soul then evidence for that claim must be > > > supplied. Russell, teapot, etc. > > > > Ian > > > And I asked you on what basis you derived your belief that ther eis no > > soul. It boiled down to your faith rather than any evidence. There > > is no Russell's Teapot! Besides, my definition of a soul is a 'field > > of energy' and if you refute fields of energy, well... Yes, I know > > that particular one hasn't been empirically proven...yet, but that > > does not mean that it does not exist; rather, it only means it hasn't > > been discovered yet. If you recall, there was a time when Uranus and > > Neptune hadn't been discovered; did they only pop into existence when > > the telescope landed there? As I've said > > before many times, just because you have not detected something is not > > evidence that it does not exist.- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/minds-eye?hl=en.
