Message from @JPMcGlone

Discord ID: 760650584717000704


2020-09-29 23:43:57 UTC  

I know a lot about Discord. I can help you guys

2020-09-29 23:43:58 UTC  

*cough* echo chamber

2020-09-29 23:44:19 UTC  

I'm a libertarian, piecefull, non harming freedom

2020-09-29 23:44:25 UTC  

And JP - let me surprise you. I’m a theist 😎

2020-09-29 23:44:34 UTC  

God is not the problem.

2020-09-29 23:45:21 UTC  

Everytime god comes up here, it’s cut off without exploration, so... *cough* echo chamber

2020-09-29 23:45:45 UTC  

@Malachi But, when you grow alot of apples, the community surives

2020-09-29 23:46:09 UTC  

Because growing apples are hard

2020-09-29 23:46:15 UTC  

Nope . You get to speak it , a LOOoOoT actually... so no echo chamber.

2020-09-29 23:46:17 UTC  

so is most thing thats worth while

2020-09-29 23:47:42 UTC  

Like I said earlier, the world is better because if people like Elon musk

2020-09-29 23:47:52 UTC  

Im gonna focus on this discussion right now. It’s a good one. Would encourage everyone including JP to join and give their views.

2020-09-29 23:48:18 UTC  

I personally thinks that resources for smart people is in everyones best interest

2020-09-29 23:48:32 UTC  

I can’t actually give my view if it involves God though

2020-09-29 23:49:02 UTC  

@Malachi that sounds like a more sophisticated version of ‘if society didn’t buy your product, you wouldn’t be rich’

2020-09-29 23:49:23 UTC  

The counter is ‘ then why didn’t you choose to sell whatever I’m selling... clearly there is something unique about this that only I can bring to the table’

2020-09-29 23:51:05 UTC  

Ideas are not worth shit!

2020-09-29 23:52:57 UTC  

JP - I think we’ve heard it multiple times, read it multiple times. In fact most of the time this is the topic you talk about. If you still don’t feel like you’ve been given due time - I can even get behind that while disagreeing, but you just start calling people names. Not just in a burst of emotion on the chat - which is also wrong- but even in your written speech where one has more time think beffore pressing enter. How much more ‘understanding’ do you want before moving from your position a bit?

2020-09-29 23:53:16 UTC  

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/747245782264185014/760650439099154462/rahn-curve.png

2020-09-29 23:53:30 UTC  

so true

2020-09-29 23:53:51 UTC  

The issue with the God / Skepticism dilemma is that one allows for the other, but not the other way around. Usually when that happens, the "one that allows for the other" is "too loose" or "too slippery" and I get that's how "God" is seen by the skeptic, but ironically, there is much more "slipperiness" in the skeptic position than in the God one (especially when it comes to morality) -- yet Skepticism doesn't allow for God.

God and sketpicism ought not be at odds. Instead, it's about scope.

God is the largest scope and skepticism captures a small part of what's God's.

But the skeptic doesn't see that. The skeptic sees only what he can observe and measure up close, and doesn't care that ALL of that is made possible by that which he cannot observe and measure.

As a Christian, however, I think skepticism is awesome... for a certain *category* of truths.

2020-09-29 23:54:27 UTC  

@Malachi The taxes collected are way more than the taxes he paid...

2020-09-29 23:54:28 UTC  

So, in this chat, we can never quite explore God because the skepticism whirlpool of a blackhole makes sure we can't.

2020-09-29 23:54:50 UTC  

We should have "God" days. Maybe Sundays?

2020-09-29 23:55:00 UTC  

No

2020-09-29 23:55:00 UTC  

Conversations frequently go there.

2020-09-29 23:55:03 UTC  

I won't ration God

2020-09-29 23:55:13 UTC  

Yes, and conversations ALWAYS go to skepticism

2020-09-29 23:55:19 UTC  

You know JP - how you say and said to Travis today ‘ I understand because I used to think the way you are now’ (to that effect) .... I used to think like that (to your last message) so please understand you are not presenting a completely unique viewpoint and we understand what you’re saying.

2020-09-29 23:55:20 UTC  

That's this server

2020-09-29 23:55:30 UTC  

Well sometimes we get tires of your tirades and your accusations of tirades

2020-09-29 23:55:31 UTC  

Right, my point exactly.

2020-09-29 23:55:32 UTC  

But we also have daily topics

2020-09-29 23:55:46 UTC  

And since God comes up so regularly we could give it a day every week

2020-09-29 23:55:47 UTC  
2020-09-29 23:55:53 UTC  

Yes, and those topics, to Pang, all exist on top of skepticism. To the Christians, God.

2020-09-29 23:56:18 UTC  

Anyway, gotta run. Christian folk and people who don't laugh and shut down when God is mentioned, add me.

2020-09-29 23:56:19 UTC  

🤣

2020-09-29 23:56:20 UTC  

So this is not church - agreed.

2020-09-29 23:56:28 UTC  

It's the church of skepticism apparently.

2020-09-29 23:56:29 UTC  

You go for 6 minutes at a time