tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1905686568472747305.post8945628765723425197..comments2024-02-26T03:25:06.471+00:00Comments on Stephen Law: Evangelical Outpost on the Flying Spaghetti MonsterStephen Lawhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02167317543994731177noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1905686568472747305.post-53423427906785763122009-01-18T18:35:00.000+00:002009-01-18T18:35:00.000+00:00The existence of the Flying Spaghetti Monster is m...The existence of the Flying Spaghetti Monster is most definitely equally realistic to the existence of any deityAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1905686568472747305.post-35313996598788024162008-06-27T16:21:00.000+00:002008-06-27T16:21:00.000+00:00The critic seems confused indeed!I especially love...The critic seems confused indeed!<BR/><BR/>I especially loved his line that creationism is not on a plausibility par with the FSM because Christians find arguments supporting God to be convincing - even if atheists don't! In other words, so long as <I>you</I> find your own arguments reasonable, then they are. (I wonder if God grants atheists this luxury?)<BR/><BR/>And as for "Perpetual Universe Generator"...<BR/><BR/><I>Perpetual Universe Generator<BR/><BR/><B>Perpetual Universe Generator?!?!</I></B><BR/><BR/>For God's sake...jeremyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17353716090668341520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1905686568472747305.post-64678410323331630712008-06-27T11:28:00.000+00:002008-06-27T11:28:00.000+00:00The article also had a section about existence req...The article also had a section about existence requiring something to sustain it, this being either a Flying Spaghetti Monster or Perpetual Universe Generator.<BR/><BR/>Has anyone made a (coherent and intellectually respectable) case for existence requiring some sort of sustaining mechanism when presumably non-existence does not?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1905686568472747305.post-83155217499580473762008-06-27T11:03:00.000+00:002008-06-27T11:03:00.000+00:00got them up on google that was supposed to say. I'...got them up on google that was supposed to say. I'm going to have to start previewing. <BR/><BR/>I'll check it out later from home.The Celtic Chimphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04570106602777322387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1905686568472747305.post-64294342394409761162008-06-27T11:01:00.000+00:002008-06-27T11:01:00.000+00:00No Joy. I even got them up and got the same error....No Joy. I even got them up and got the same error. Could be something to do with the internet setup where I work.The Celtic Chimphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04570106602777322387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1905686568472747305.post-68583741106892968822008-06-27T09:42:00.000+00:002008-06-27T09:42:00.000+00:00As a sometime designer of stuff myself I find the...As a sometime designer of stuff myself I find the whole complexity argument rather amusing. The goal of much of the effort in design is <I>simplicity</I>,Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1905686568472747305.post-71333432296533542742008-06-27T09:41:00.000+00:002008-06-27T09:41:00.000+00:00Hi CC - try here:http://www.evangelicaloutpost.com...Hi CC - try here:<BR/>http://www.evangelicaloutpost.com/Stephen Lawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02167317543994731177noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1905686568472747305.post-58090932432329208872008-06-27T09:37:00.000+00:002008-06-27T09:37:00.000+00:00I couldn't read the whole article, I got an error ...I couldn't read the whole article, I got an error about being forbidden when I clicked the link.<BR/>Does the author bother to enlighten us as to what the incredibly shrewd argument from design actually does say as we all appear to be mistaken about it. <BR/><BR/>I wish I was as smart as a creationist....oops, ah sorry I mean an ID scientist!<BR/>I just can't help being suckered in by mountains of empirical evidence. I mean every! single! time! I blindly go where the evidence points. I really am a lamb for the darwinian wolves. Someday I'll wise up and realise that if I can't understand something it must be magical.The Celtic Chimphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04570106602777322387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1905686568472747305.post-12524572613527366192008-06-27T09:27:00.000+00:002008-06-27T09:27:00.000+00:00Is it actually possible to be profoundly ignorant ...Is it actually possible to be <I>profoundly</I> ignorant of the design argument?<BR/><BR/>That suggests a complexity (no pun intended) that the argument just doesn't have.The Celtic Chimphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04570106602777322387noreply@blogger.com