You really cracked me up. :)

You did make some pretty good points, assuming we agreed on the same metaphysical realities. The problem with theological arguments is that there is no consensus amongst various faiths regarding the nature of God or his will. Some believe in predestination. Some blend ideas of freewill and predestination…

Also pain meds. Sorry:(

I know, right? I try not to read too much into it, but it's very uncanny.

You're the one who injected hostility into a fairly benign post. You've also framed his comment to align with your disposition.

I'm extremely gratified by our scientific genius, and deeply humbled by the beauty it reveals.

Definitions of atheism vary depending on which dictionary you reference. Merriam-Webster states:

Yes, of course. There is a big difference between not having a belief in any of the currently postulated gods, to being completely closed off to the possibility of 'something' as yet undiscovered. Most atheists, myself included, will concede to the latter. We take issue with people who make shit up about the nature of…

"Einstein sometimes invoked the name of God (and he is not the only atheistic scientist to do so), inviting misunderstanding by supernaturalists eager to misunderstand and claim so illustrious a thinker as their own." Richard Dawkins.

All good points. Darwinism has for countless millennia culled the herd of the unlucky, and unfit. While doubtlessly effective, nature and her eugenics program has been something of a supreme cunt. For those blessed with both agency and intelligence, there is now an opportunity to reap the genetic experience gained…

Ultraesther?

There is incredible disingenuousness in availing yourself of modern medical science whilst simultaneously citing magic as the ultimate determiner of positive outcome. My grandfather's heart stopped twice when he was hospitalized for congestive heart failure. His heart for was shocked back into rhythm both times and he…

You are invoking the Anthropic Principle, which the author mentioned in the same paragraph as the aforementioned quote. You seem to have a slight misunderstanding of it, though you've gotten the gist. It's more parsimonious and less egotistical than it initially appears to be, and it works better with the presumption…

I really enjoyed your nuanced response. Are you really this mellow in person?

You hit the nail on the head. It's simply not a good question. The answer is simply 'because'. It belies the explanatory power of language, itself being a pure construct of causality.

While you may have given your quotation key a workout, your reasoning is nonetheless flawless. Having discussed with my children the absurdity of The Universe, I have worked out two maxims: 'Nonexistence is nonexistent', and 'There can never be stillness'(motion is an intrinsic quality of the universe). I'm also…

We need to start making recording devices more difficult to use. I don't think we would have to raise the bar to entry terribly high.

Down with modern infidels! I miss the infidels of the 20th century, who really knew how to blaspheme with panache. YouTube is so gratuitously populist, and gauche.

Lol. Thank you for the compliment. After working all last night with a migraine from hell, you made me smile.