Recent content by bigthinker

Thanks for the expert analysis! Sorry chub, I don't care what you think. Perhaps you shouldn't drink and login.

You didn't answer the question (typical Christian); you didn't explain why you would think that is my position. You're confused. Is English your first language? I'm not trying to be rude, just trying to understand how you are able to be so off base. My explanations are pretty clear. It makes...

Not at all. No English speaking, honest, intelligent person could come to that conclusion based on what I've posted. You are very dishonest. Or very confused. Help me out here, which is it?

Oh, how wonderfully condescending; thank you for telling me all about me. lol I am an atheist. I lack belief in gods. YOU can define it however you want but if you're going to talk to ME, then you should be aware of my position. I'm not interested in an argument about the terminology as that's...

Ah! THERE it is! There's that characteristic Christian dishonesty! I KNEW it! lol. It's going to be difficult for me to respond to you without completely obliterating you. What a shameful response; you're very dishonest. Your mind is poisoned. And you're obviously incapable of having a mature...

Why would you think that is my position? I've given no reason to think something so absurd. I noticed that you have not addressed the points that I've made explaining why you are describing correlation and not causation; are you reluctant to address those points? I imagine it's not an issue of...

Cheap shot! lol. Usually when people resort to saying things like that they've allowed their emotions to get the best of them. In truth you know nothing about me and you have no reason to say such a thing -other than to try to get me to join you in a rise of emotion, right? Anyway, critical...

Yep, correlation. The other details (country of birth, illegal immigration status etc) have nothing to do with it; they are correlated issues. You haven't responded to my point that legal citizens, in the same country commit rape. You also haven't addressed my point that illegal immigrants in...

To further demonstrate the absurdity of the fallacy we can look at it like this: The girl was in the country. The man raped the girl. The girl's presence in the country caused the man to rape her. The absurdity is obvious (hopefully!) when the same logic is applied this way, yes?

Correct, it would not have been possible. But being in the country wasn't the CAUSE. It is a correlation. This isn't rocket surgery. Also it doesn't matter whether he was there legally or illegally. As I have already pointed out, legally present citizens are capable and commit rape. Neither...

Are you suggesting that merely being in the country caused this man to rape a girl? What is the mechanism? Lots of people are in a country at any given time, some even illegally. Merely being there doesn't CAUSE rape; that would be absurd. The fact is what you are talking about is called...

I would say the same about you... I've explained it clearly and even given examples of why being in a country is a cause of rape. What part of what I'm saying doesn't make sense? Flip it around, perhaps I'm not understanding YOU. Explain how being in a country causes rape -maybe I'm missing the...

Let's look at it from a different angle: If being in the country is a cause of rape, how do explain all of the people who are in the country who do not commit rape?

Its not hard to grasp at all. You are describing correlation. The fact that he was in country and raped a girl is a correlation; the two conditions are correlated. Being in the country is not a CAUSE of rape. Imagine if it were; it would mean that everyone in the country would rape. Obviously...

It's definitely rare. Christianity isn't generally arrived at via an intellectual path. Which is why intellectual discussions with Christians about belief and their beliefs specifically are difficult. It's a different language. It's a comic book reality vs. text book or maybe encyclopedia...