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Saturday, July 05, 2003
To follow up on the god-theme, a congregation in the US got a sign from above. I'm sure they'll see it as a positive sign, but I think it's more likely a warning shot.
I highly recommend Most Extreme Elimination Challenge, if you've got nothing to do on a Saturday night.
.: posted by andy 7/5/2003
Friday, July 04, 2003
Whoa. Blogger just got simpler and prettier, but less useful. That's the problem with that simplicity in design school of thought. It may look uncluttered, but that's coz there is less information and fewer options.
So, about this whole Battleground God thing, I agree with Andy that God has the ability to exist outside of our simple logical constraints(Question 16). Two hits, based on minor contextual details. You can believe that Loch Ness doesn't exist, and believe that atheism is a matter of faith because they are both matters of belief not undeniable logical proofs. You can't conclude irrevocably that Lochy doesn't exist just coz you haven't seen him, and ditto for God. Second, basing beliefs about the external world on a proofless inner conviction is necessarily different from having an inner faith that is unproven.
So I'm in New York til Sunday. Whoot. I definitely have a favorite bar here. It is a beer and wine joint only, but it has 70+ bottled beers, and roughly 30 beers on tap, including Smuttynose Barleywine and DeGroen's Marzen. Jerry, the barkeep, even let me taste some mead they have. Good stuff.
.: posted by Grand Inquisitor Fnord Moco 7/4/2003
Thursday, July 03, 2003
I think I bit the same bullet. I took no hits. My bullet "requires accepting that religious convictions, including your religious convictions, are beyond any debate or rational discussion."
Didn't seem like so much of a bullet to me. Seems pretty consistent with the rationale I use for avoiding arguing about religion.
.: posted by Jeremy 7/3/2003
Wednesday, July 02, 2003
It sure is quiet around here.
Take this quiz to find out whether you're hypocritical about God and stuff. They claim that I'm hypocritical because I said given the lack of evidence, it is reasonable to conclude that the Loch Ness monster doesn't exist, but given a similar lack of evidence (disproving the existence of God), that it is reasonable not to be an atheist. They used a whole lot of negatives in the Atheist question, but the problem is essentially the same--given a lack of evidence in support of a claim, is it reasonable to conclude the opposite? I believe my answers were consistent, but I took the quiz on my morning break, and I don't remember. Also, they asked me a series of questions to determine my stance that an being that would be considered a god must be all-powerful and all-knowing, but then they turned around and nailed me when I said that said God would not be limited by the constraints of logic. I guess that goes back the whole Junior Skeptic rhetoric about God creating a rock so heavy he can't lift it. My thinking is that if a being is capable of creating reality, instead of just existing within it, that being must also be capable of bending or ignoring the rules of its creation.
.: posted by andy 7/2/2003
Sunday, June 29, 2003
Yeah, not cutting your arm off is so passe.
I think it's funny that in the new case, another miner found the guy and was like, "Don't cut your arm off, help is on the way." But the guy insisted on going ahead and amputating. Different strokes for different folks, I guess.
.: posted by andy 6/29/2003
I have a neighbor who logs for a living. Last fall he was trapped by a log that rolled unexpectedly and pinned his arm to a skid/steer. He tried to cut off the arm, but coiuldn't reach it with a knife (he works alone). A hunter found him four hours after it happened. so he came out all right. I'm going to tell him he's a failure.
.: posted by Dweeb Eubanks 6/29/2003
Now it's a fad. I'm going to amputate my arm this afternoon!
.: posted by andy 6/29/2003
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