ColeusRattus t1_j6hoi4b wrote on January 30, 2023 at 12:06 PM

Reply to comment by subzero112001 in 3.8 billion people believe human life started with a Man and His Clone by Acceptable-Shape-528

Let me demonstrate:

If you (specifically you, not a hypothetical you) want to get to the next train station, just exit your home, turn right. Follow that road the next intersection, then turn left. Follow that road for five miles, and you will find the train station on your right.

Is this claim credible?

subzero112001 t1_j6hpv5v wrote on January 30, 2023 at 12:21 PM

Sure, it’s credible.

ColeusRattus t1_j6hq16e wrote on January 30, 2023 at 12:23 PM

Then would you please follow my instructions and tell me if you ended up at a train station.

subzero112001 t1_j6ldlfk wrote on January 31, 2023 at 3:31 AM

Telling me to do perform a specific act isn't an explanation of your theory.

So i'm still waiting for an explanation.

ColeusRattus t1_j6lq43s wrote on January 31, 2023 at 5:23 AM

Just for the record, it's you that specifically asked for it to be spelled out. It is not me being condescending to a religious person.

Anyway, let's clear that up.

Any religion's claim to the origins of life or the world is just like me claiming to know how to get to the next train station from your home. A fabrication.

Now the scientific approach would be to gather data, and then postulate a hypothesis. So a scientist would try to find out your address, the address of the nearest train station and then would plot the proper route.

And now it gets really funny: a religious person will, in the very likely case that my directions are wrong, still claim they are true, despite overwhelming evidence of the contrary.

subzero112001 t1_j6mkjjb wrote on January 31, 2023 at 11:55 AM

> it's you that specifically asked for it to be spelled out.

All I asked was that you clarify a very puzzling statement you previously made.

> It is not me being condescending to a religious person.

Of course not, I'm not religious.

>Any religion's claim to the origins of life or the world is just like me claiming to know how to get to the next train station from your home. A fabrication.

This particular claim of yours only hold's any merit if you're certain that all religions are completely false. Given the lack of evidence to make such an irrefutable claim, this is again yet another very puzzling statement that you're making.

> And now it gets really funny: a religious person will, in the very likely case that my directions are wrong, still claim they are true, despite overwhelming evidence of the contrary.

A religious person will say a train station exists in a spot even though it doesn't? Wtf...you shoot out these bizarre statements rapid fire huh?

ColeusRattus t1_j6mksfk wrote on January 31, 2023 at 11:58 AM

>This particular claim of yours only hold's any merit if you're certain that all religions are completely false.

Well, all evidence and livable experience points strongly towards that being the case.

>A religious person will say a train station exists in a spot even though it doesn't?

Yes. An allegory for every dogma. Every statement of faith works like that.