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  Richard Carrier debunks Christianity using Science and History.

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  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ez2kgjk4jo4

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  SBF: Correct me if I am wrong, but your disagreement with science has more to do with the method for how truth is acquired (the criteria for when something can be accepted as more likely true than not) and not so much about the definition?

  Is Rorty really entirely uncommitted in terms of how truth corresponds to reality? For instance, suppose two of my friends agreed his house belonged to us, would he then say that was an equally well-founded true as his opinion on the matter and when he called the police, we would be right in saying he was violating our property right?
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  Richard Carrier debunks Christianity using Science and History.

  by Island Man in

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  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ez2kgjk4jo4

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  bohm

  At the conclusion. Sorry fighting a non english spell checker on an ipad
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  Richard Carrier debunks Christianity using Science and History.

  by Island Man in

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  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ez2kgjk4jo4

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  bohm

  I meant did carrier really write that about his wife or is it trolling?
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  Richard Carrier debunks Christianity using Science and History.

  by Island Man in

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  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ez2kgjk4jo4

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  bohm

  But do you KNOW he made consessions?

  empiricism is self-refuting as a general statement about all knowledge. This does not mean we cant use our senses to revise and inform our beliefs about the world, which is the important part. For instance, did you use your senses in the process of arriving to the conclusion rorty made consessions?
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  Richard Carrier debunks Christianity using Science and History.

  by Island Man in

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  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ez2kgjk4jo4

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  bohm

  Is that for real?? Did he really say that?
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  Richard Carrier debunks Christianity using Science and History.

  by Island Man in

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  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ez2kgjk4jo4

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  Sbf: but then if i point out i agree with nearly everything BR has said and that quote is misleading in isolation your just gonna shrug and go: so what, guy cant be trusted?

  I realize your partly yanking our chains, but come on. I bet even rorty has said the earths round or some other crazy thing :-)
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  Richard Carrier debunks Christianity using Science and History.

  by Island Man in

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  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ez2kgjk4jo4

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  bohm

  Then why quote him?
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  Richard Carrier debunks Christianity using Science and History.

  by Island Man in

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  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ez2kgjk4jo4

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  bohm

  i got to say my view of carrier has grown a bit dim in recent years, he sometimes say wrong things and appear to be quite guided by a need to win debates than following the evidence
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  Richard Carrier debunks Christianity using Science and History.

  by Island Man in

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  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ez2kgjk4jo4

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  bohm

  Sbf-- you got to read rusesell in context, he is very symphatic to the British enlightenment over Continental philosophy
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  What are the biggest holes in evolution?

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  how honest are the proponents of evolution?

  idk but curious to see what type of response there is on a topic like this or does their study only seek to confirm their preconceptions and ignore uncomfortable facts?

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  bohm

  Evolution of basic cellular machinery; no direct evidence and indirect evidence such as genetics and molecular homology has been degraded by billions of years of subsequent evolution.