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That's just crap . . . here's a hanky, your weeping is getting embarrassing. You jumped in here with both feet to deny something by a back-door route, using the absence of evidence argument. That is all that i have alluded to. I am hardy any description of a masochist, and am not about to waste a moment of my time reading your usually self-congratulatory expositions on the excellence of your understanding of the world vouchsafed you by the great god science.

Yeah, show me your scientific evidence for the afterlife.

Those who, unlike Brandon, have a clear-headed assessment of science, know that it does not have nor even purport to have, the answers to every question. Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence.

When urged to believe in a deity, i say no thanks because there is not sufficient evidence to warrant wasting my time with all of the rigamarole. The same applies to life after death--there is insufficient evidence to do aught but equivocate, so there is no meaningful answer with which one could reasonably guide oneself--including the high priest of the god of science, Our Brandon.

No, that is not what i have "accused" you of--i've accused you of nothing, other than erecting science as your particular deity. I have simply pointed out that you have used a feeble absence of evidence argument here, and that this is typical of your self-preening display of snotty superiority in so many threads. It has a place in a thread in which specific scientific investigation can illuminate the question at hand. It has no place here.

Brandon wrote:

Yeah, show me your scientific evidence for the afterlife.

. . . to which i replied, in part . . .

I wrote:

Those who, unlike Brandon, have a clear-headed assessment of science, know that it does not have nor even purport to have, the answers to every question. Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence.

. . . and i then went on to remark that:

Quote:

When urged to believe in a deity, i say no thanks because there is not sufficient evidence to warrant wasting my time with all of the rigamarole. The same applies to life after death--there is insufficient evidence to do aught but equivocate, so there is no meaningful answer with which one could reasonably guide oneself--including the high priest of the god of science, Our Brandon.

I did not assert that you stated that science disproves the continuance of existence after death. I did point out that you were worshipping at the altar of your god science, and had in your typically sneering superiority, questioned someone else's remarks using the feeble absence of evidence argument. Get over it Brandon, as in your idiotic support of the Shrub's dirty little war, you attempt to chop logic and mince words to support your outrageous statements of "fact" which are no facts at all.

And we are all so proud of you Brandon, it just gives everyone a warm feeling in the cockles of the heart to know that you are so grounded in reality.

None of which has the least bearing on the topic of this thread.

I accused you of advancing the absense of evidence argument, which you have indeed done.

The insults were just an added benefit of getting under your skin . . . it's like fishing without bait . . .

I've already done so, and drop the imperative tone, you have no authority to tell me to do anything. No one here advanced a theory, this is simply a venue for idle speculation. Therefore, your remark: "Yeah, show me your scientific evidence for the afterlife."--made in a snotty, condescending manner, by inference advances the absence of evidence argument.

You don't of course, know anything about my "nature." In my daily life, i go for years without engaging in argument, and rarely if ever insult anyone unless my intention is to start trouble. Here, however, when i run into the likes of you, it is a great pleasure to deflate your pomposity. As i said, it's like fishing without bait . . .

No theory has been advanced, so your defense is disingenuous in the extreme. You weren't involved in denying anyone's theory, none had been advanced.

To use your silly penchant for mincing words, i at no time stated or even suggested that i am a perfect angel. You'll need bait to fish in my waters, Brandon, unlike your own.