Posted: Jan 20, 2011 2:19 am
If you have no definition for reason then how can you claim it's a human characteristic in the first place?What part of “reason is a characteristic in humans and a mental faculty...science (and being reasonable) is not dependent on whether the universe is sentient.” did you not understand? You haven`t even bothered to define reason, let alone your quibble on mind, whereas I can safely again provide the characteristically definitive thing about human intellect is it is the source for reason by generating conclusions from premises, in which intellect and the capacity for reasoning are properties of the mind
According to you, isn't cognitive abillity of the brain, the same thing as any other natural process?FFS, it`s as if you`ve never come across the term cognitive processes or cognition, where ideas are sprung forth, thought out to give you a bloody hint. I`m gobsmacked to see someone conflate physical processes via natural phenomena like gravity with cognitive processes. This is your logic, not mine.
No, saying atheis is true, means saying either „It is true that God does not exist“, „It is true that someone does not believe in God.“According to the quoted context, atheism is tantamount to the expression god does not exist. Which goes beyond its intended meaning, but does not refrain from negating its common understanding, thus linguistically inaccurate.
Explain why.What`s the problem? NON SEQUITUR if not IGNORATIO ELENCHI
So your point is?Then you`ll do well to remember to never frivolously include certain atheists by particularising which sort of atheists you speak of, namely the consciously rejecting ones.
This is my definition, so I'm the reference.I`m pretty sure I requested significant references.