Jay
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Bring me evidence, not just assertions and claims. Agnostic atheist/"none". Methodological naturalist
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If your epistemology is "everything that makes me feel good is objective truth, and everything that makes me feel bad is objectively a lie", please get launched into outer space without any gear.
December 18, 2025 at 12:07 PM
If your epistemology is "everything that makes me feel good is objective truth, and everything that makes me feel bad is objectively a lie", please get launched into outer space without any gear.
I'm no longer a Christian, but I'm pretty sure Jesus didn't say "make my lambs go through mountains of paperwork that requires hours of job hunting so that my lambs can eat only boring food"; I'm pretty sure he just said "feed my lambs"
December 3, 2025 at 7:04 PM
I'm no longer a Christian, but I'm pretty sure Jesus didn't say "make my lambs go through mountains of paperwork that requires hours of job hunting so that my lambs can eat only boring food"; I'm pretty sure he just said "feed my lambs"
It's the time of year where people seem to need to get reminded that nobody, and I mean *nobody*, is offended by the phrase "Merry Christmas". While Christmas means different things to different people, that's not the point of this discussion. However, the notion that people are offended by the […]
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November 29, 2025 at 8:03 PM
It's the time of year where people seem to need to get reminded that nobody, and I mean *nobody*, is offended by the phrase "Merry Christmas". While Christmas means different things to different people, that's not the point of this discussion. However, the notion that people are offended by the […]
If your system requires infinite growth with finite constraints, it is guaranteed to inevitably fail. That's basic logic.
November 23, 2025 at 6:09 PM
If your system requires infinite growth with finite constraints, it is guaranteed to inevitably fail. That's basic logic.
The human societal trust paradox:
We are socal creatures. We cannot *not* trust. Society is built off of trust. Yet there are people who thrive off of abusing trust. How do we allow for trust to grow and flourish without allowing others to abuse trust?
We are socal creatures. We cannot *not* trust. Society is built off of trust. Yet there are people who thrive off of abusing trust. How do we allow for trust to grow and flourish without allowing others to abuse trust?
November 20, 2025 at 2:31 AM
The human societal trust paradox:
We are socal creatures. We cannot *not* trust. Society is built off of trust. Yet there are people who thrive off of abusing trust. How do we allow for trust to grow and flourish without allowing others to abuse trust?
We are socal creatures. We cannot *not* trust. Society is built off of trust. Yet there are people who thrive off of abusing trust. How do we allow for trust to grow and flourish without allowing others to abuse trust?
Wages are stagnant, costs are rising, birth control is becoming illegal, abortions are becoming illegal, SNAP is gone, churches aren't being charitable... And all of this is the fault of Jack and Jane who had a ripped condom?
November 19, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Wages are stagnant, costs are rising, birth control is becoming illegal, abortions are becoming illegal, SNAP is gone, churches aren't being charitable... And all of this is the fault of Jack and Jane who had a ripped condom?
Apologetics in a nutshell:
"Science can't answer everything, therefore my interpretation of my denomination of my religion is correct"
"Science can't answer everything, therefore my interpretation of my denomination of my religion is correct"
November 17, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Apologetics in a nutshell:
"Science can't answer everything, therefore my interpretation of my denomination of my religion is correct"
"Science can't answer everything, therefore my interpretation of my denomination of my religion is correct"
I admit, I'm not the best with logic, and I'm absolutely terrible with vocabulary. I'm willing to learn, but I can be slow.
November 16, 2025 at 6:42 PM
I admit, I'm not the best with logic, and I'm absolutely terrible with vocabulary. I'm willing to learn, but I can be slow.
The Big Bang was not the beginning of the universe. That is the critical flaw in the cosmological argument. We don't know yet where the matter and energy came from, however, when you calculate the observed energy in the universe, when you put gravity as negative energy, it comes to exactly a net […]
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November 15, 2025 at 4:03 PM
The Big Bang was not the beginning of the universe. That is the critical flaw in the cosmological argument. We don't know yet where the matter and energy came from, however, when you calculate the observed energy in the universe, when you put gravity as negative energy, it comes to exactly a net […]
"Tests" from God are stupid.
It isn't for him; he already knows the outcome. It isn't for the person being tested; they already know their intentions. So like... Who is the test for?
It isn't for him; he already knows the outcome. It isn't for the person being tested; they already know their intentions. So like... Who is the test for?
November 14, 2025 at 11:46 PM
"Tests" from God are stupid.
It isn't for him; he already knows the outcome. It isn't for the person being tested; they already know their intentions. So like... Who is the test for?
It isn't for him; he already knows the outcome. It isn't for the person being tested; they already know their intentions. So like... Who is the test for?
RE: https://mastodon.social/@JayDaWawi/115548671810739576
Huh. I have been informed that the second one is known as "affirming the consequent".
Huh. I have been informed that the second one is known as "affirming the consequent".
The difference between a "Modus Ponens" and question begging is a demonstrable link between X and Y.
"Whenever it rains, the ground gets wet; it's raining, therefore the ground is wet"
Vs
"Wind is caused by unicorns flapping their wings; it's windy, therefore unicorns are flapping their wings […]
"Whenever it rains, the ground gets wet; it's raining, therefore the ground is wet"
Vs
"Wind is caused by unicorns flapping their wings; it's windy, therefore unicorns are flapping their wings […]
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November 14, 2025 at 8:20 PM
RE: https://mastodon.social/@JayDaWawi/115548671810739576
Huh. I have been informed that the second one is known as "affirming the consequent".
Huh. I have been informed that the second one is known as "affirming the consequent".
The difference between a "Modus Ponens" and question begging is a demonstrable link between X and Y.
"Whenever it rains, the ground gets wet; it's raining, therefore the ground is wet"
Vs
"Wind is caused by unicorns flapping their wings; it's windy, therefore unicorns are flapping their wings […]
"Whenever it rains, the ground gets wet; it's raining, therefore the ground is wet"
Vs
"Wind is caused by unicorns flapping their wings; it's windy, therefore unicorns are flapping their wings […]
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November 14, 2025 at 3:08 PM
The difference between a "Modus Ponens" and question begging is a demonstrable link between X and Y.
"Whenever it rains, the ground gets wet; it's raining, therefore the ground is wet"
Vs
"Wind is caused by unicorns flapping their wings; it's windy, therefore unicorns are flapping their wings […]
"Whenever it rains, the ground gets wet; it's raining, therefore the ground is wet"
Vs
"Wind is caused by unicorns flapping their wings; it's windy, therefore unicorns are flapping their wings […]
"Scientists are unable to replicate abiogenesis in a lab, therefore abiogenesis is impossible!"
By this logic, scientists are unable to replicate pregnancy in a lab, therefore pregnancy is impossible
By this logic, scientists are unable to replicate pregnancy in a lab, therefore pregnancy is impossible
November 11, 2025 at 1:24 PM
"Scientists are unable to replicate abiogenesis in a lab, therefore abiogenesis is impossible!"
By this logic, scientists are unable to replicate pregnancy in a lab, therefore pregnancy is impossible
By this logic, scientists are unable to replicate pregnancy in a lab, therefore pregnancy is impossible
God hasn't been demonstrated to have said anything. No god has.
Organized religion is literally nothing but hearsay the whole way through.
Organized religion is literally nothing but hearsay the whole way through.
November 9, 2025 at 5:58 PM
God hasn't been demonstrated to have said anything. No god has.
Organized religion is literally nothing but hearsay the whole way through.
Organized religion is literally nothing but hearsay the whole way through.
There's one reason I don't accept any Abrahamic religion as being just:
Who determined what the consequences of sin would be?
It's either God created the consequences of sin, or something more powerful than God.
Who determined what the consequences of sin would be?
It's either God created the consequences of sin, or something more powerful than God.
November 9, 2025 at 5:38 PM
There's one reason I don't accept any Abrahamic religion as being just:
Who determined what the consequences of sin would be?
It's either God created the consequences of sin, or something more powerful than God.
Who determined what the consequences of sin would be?
It's either God created the consequences of sin, or something more powerful than God.
Dreams are not evidence of anything other than the fact that some people have vivid imaginations. There is no evidence that dreams have ever been divine intervention revelations. Yes, some people have figured out long-standing answers to questions they've had, but no, nobody has demonstrated […]
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November 8, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Dreams are not evidence of anything other than the fact that some people have vivid imaginations. There is no evidence that dreams have ever been divine intervention revelations. Yes, some people have figured out long-standing answers to questions they've had, but no, nobody has demonstrated […]
I can only thing of one thing that would convince me a god exists:
Traumatic brain injury.
I would have to forget everything I have learned about science and philosophy. I would have to go back to a point in my memory where I was still a devout believer. The problem is, amnesia is generally […]
Traumatic brain injury.
I would have to forget everything I have learned about science and philosophy. I would have to go back to a point in my memory where I was still a devout believer. The problem is, amnesia is generally […]
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November 7, 2025 at 7:04 PM
I can only thing of one thing that would convince me a god exists:
Traumatic brain injury.
I would have to forget everything I have learned about science and philosophy. I would have to go back to a point in my memory where I was still a devout believer. The problem is, amnesia is generally […]
Traumatic brain injury.
I would have to forget everything I have learned about science and philosophy. I would have to go back to a point in my memory where I was still a devout believer. The problem is, amnesia is generally […]
I have yet to hear *one* good reason as to how someone *accidentally* puts their 30-something-year-old penis into several teenage girls
November 6, 2025 at 8:46 PM
I have yet to hear *one* good reason as to how someone *accidentally* puts their 30-something-year-old penis into several teenage girls
"I believe in adaptation, not evolution"
Motherfreller, that's like saying "I believe in bison, but not in buffalo"
Motherfreller, that's like saying "I believe in bison, but not in buffalo"
November 4, 2025 at 7:05 PM
"I believe in adaptation, not evolution"
Motherfreller, that's like saying "I believe in bison, but not in buffalo"
Motherfreller, that's like saying "I believe in bison, but not in buffalo"
Your daily reminder that it is not trans people that are asking to see the genitals of children, but the people claiming that sex and gender are both identical and a strict, unchanging, infallible binary.
Every conservative accusation is a confession of projection.
Every conservative accusation is a confession of projection.
October 31, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Your daily reminder that it is not trans people that are asking to see the genitals of children, but the people claiming that sex and gender are both identical and a strict, unchanging, infallible binary.
Every conservative accusation is a confession of projection.
Every conservative accusation is a confession of projection.
Atheists are not monolithic. We do not have "revered prophets"; we do not have "infallible holy books".
October 31, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Atheists are not monolithic. We do not have "revered prophets"; we do not have "infallible holy books".
I have yet to see many people answering how they know Paul wasn't a false prophet when they know Joseph Smith was - primary in the sense that every accusation again Smith could be levied against Paul, and vice versa, both ways
October 30, 2025 at 8:31 PM
I have yet to see many people answering how they know Paul wasn't a false prophet when they know Joseph Smith was - primary in the sense that every accusation again Smith could be levied against Paul, and vice versa, both ways
Another neat thing: I forget where exactly in the Bible it is, but it says that nobody lived to be over 120 after the flood, yet Noah's grandchildren and even great-grandchildren allegedly did
October 26, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Another neat thing: I forget where exactly in the Bible it is, but it says that nobody lived to be over 120 after the flood, yet Noah's grandchildren and even great-grandchildren allegedly did
I find it interesting how the modern argument from consciousness is simply "I don't understand neurology, or I don't like the implications of it, therefore my interpretation of my denomination of my religion of my god"
Even if you proved spirit(s) is/are real, you've done nothing to demonstrate […]
Even if you proved spirit(s) is/are real, you've done nothing to demonstrate […]
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October 26, 2025 at 5:27 AM
I find it interesting how the modern argument from consciousness is simply "I don't understand neurology, or I don't like the implications of it, therefore my interpretation of my denomination of my religion of my god"
Even if you proved spirit(s) is/are real, you've done nothing to demonstrate […]
Even if you proved spirit(s) is/are real, you've done nothing to demonstrate […]
Your daily reminder that it is transphobes who are calling men "women", not trans allies; every conservative accusations is a confession.
October 24, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Your daily reminder that it is transphobes who are calling men "women", not trans allies; every conservative accusations is a confession.