tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6851578517872251953.post5268715513248712180..comments2023-10-10T05:07:13.577-07:00Comments on En Tequila Es Verdad: Progress Report: Down the MountainDana Hunterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00890312745525306991noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6851578517872251953.post-8627562627173439092008-11-21T13:30:00.000-08:002008-11-21T13:30:00.000-08:00I've always wondered why I never appreciated The T...I've always wondered why I never appreciated <I>The Tick</I>. It certainly had a sense of humor I can relate to.<BR/><BR/>On the question of whether religion is philosophy, I can't read things like that without quoting Richard Dawkins quoting an old professor of his "Theology? I'm not sure that's even a <I>subject</I>." Can't find the place I read that right now, but I'll try to look later.Cujo359https://www.blogger.com/profile/10385213658828021737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6851578517872251953.post-38551261533510605282008-11-21T10:43:00.000-08:002008-11-21T10:43:00.000-08:00If, for the sake of argument, you were to assume t...If, for the sake of argument, you were to assume that atheism invariably did lead to nihilism, what would that posited fact say about whether or not any gods existed? Nothing, that's what. To whine that atheism leads to nihilism does not amount to an argumetn against atheism, it is merely another instance of an appeal to consequences, a logical fallacy. "Atheism leads to nihilism, and I don't like nihilism! Wah wah wah!" It's not an argument, it's just whining.stevechttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03031509310091443835noreply@blogger.com