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Sin Kin Kok My current position is that philosophical naturalism, i.e., naturalism is all there is. Supposing for a moment that you have omniscience or have access to all possible knowledge. Then, it is impossible to have any thing or any event that is unnatural or supernatural to you as one who is omniscient or have access to all possible knowledge. Following from that, if there is anything that is unnatural or supernatural, it simply means that there is a deficiency in your knowledge. As a corollary, I would argue that the idea of supernaturalism and the idea of omniscience are incompatible. Hence, it would be inconsistent of a theist to hold the idea of an omniscient creator and the idea of supernatural causation. But just because naturalism is all there is, does not preclude the possibility of some things being knowable only subjectively, i.e., not amenable to the scientific method. For example, a knowledge that is only accessible in a certain meditative state of mind. The obvious problem with this is that the knowledge is personal and dependent on the extent of one's training. The other problem is the possibility that such a knowledge is mistaken. Finally, science or objective (as opposed to subjective) methodological naturalism as you called it is but a subset of philosophical naturalism.
February 28, 2015 05:30:18 · Reply
Matt Dillahunty "Supposing for a moment that you have omniscience or have access to all possible knowledge. Then, it is impossible to have any thing or any event that is unnatural or supernatural to you as one who is omniscient or have access to all possible knowledge." I don't accept that this is true. How could merely knowing X mean that X cannot be beyond the natural world?
March 5, 2015 02:41:51 · Reply
Sin Kin Kok Because everything is natural (i.e., the how and why is known) for one who is omniscient. If there is something where the how and why of a thing is not known to one who is omniscient, then by definition, that one is not omniscient.
March 5, 2015 02:49:22 · Reply
Alicia Norman Know what I simply adore? When someone watches a movie that has a supernatural theme where a skeptic has to become a believer due to what he experiences. There is this smugness like "See!" among people who watch these films. I am like, dude -- IT'S A MOVIE! Show me something that occurs like this in real life aka, "demon possessed kids climbing on the ceiling" and I will concede that supernatural shit happens...
March 2, 2015 04:24:08 · Reply
Nadine I too am always befuddled by movies convincing anyone of anything. It's like the movie God's Not Dead. Every single believer I know thinks that this proved something. It's a fucking story based on stereotypes and typical christian ideas about atheism....it's not "proof" of anything.
April 27, 2015 13:53:39 · Reply
Matt Dillahunty It's been freezing for the past few weeks. I'll get back to nature soon. :)
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February 25, 2015 06:11:27
Alicia Norman The people who say they see nothing wrong with slavery often think in terms of being owners and not slaves. Ask them if they'd want to be owned and see what they say. Heck, half of them don't even like the idea of being MARRIED on the idea they feel they would be OWNED by a spouse in the metaphorical sense....SMDH
February 28, 2015 02:53:52 · Reply
Jim Hudlow Matt....you always do very well thought out and substantiated videos. But this one benefited me very much. You have consolidated so many disparate facts and bible verses to make this presentation cohesive. So well done. I will be watching this again and taking notes as it is a perfect refutation of the 'morality' of the bible. Keep up the great work.
February 28, 2015 07:34:43 · Reply
Andrew Tall I'm don't know about other countries, but in the UK if you beat your pet so badly it couldn't walk in a day or two, you would not only be likely to serve time in jail, you'd have a good chance of being pounded inside it if the other inmates found out what you'd done. What I find interesting is the idea of getting up after a day or two indicating that the beating was not so severe as to merit punishment. That level of beating goes beyond "mere" broken arms, fractured ribs and broken jaws - you have to either break the legs or cause a severe head wound to stop someone being able to stand after two days. The bible appears to be suspiciously silent on how long the slave must be able to stand for, whether standing with the aid of a stick counts, and how much "encouragement" can be given to make them stand - people have walked on broken legs to get out of terrible situations in the past. I've seen that exact same verse used to defend the biblical slavery = indentured servitude line and wonder if reading some police/medical reports, or showing some of the post-mugging photo's might make clear just how bad the beating can be, and be acceptable in bible land...
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