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Strong Atheist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-10-05 08:04 PM
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59. I am CERTAIN there are no Gods,
is that clear enough for you? As certain as I am that the sun will rise in the East in the morning, and yes I am certain of that too, despite your unending lists of impossible-events-that would turn ANY statement I make into an uncertain situation.

Certainty: as Fezzik said to Vizzini in the Princess Bride, "I don't think that word means what you think it means.":evilgrin: To put it in blunter terms, you are twisting CERTAIN (yuk, yuk) words in the English language out of all recognition of how a normal person would use them in everyday language.

I have given lucid and common definitions and examples of CERTAIN; now it is your turn. Admit it, you don't believe it is POSSIBLE to be CERTAIN of ANYTHING. Admit it. OR ..... come up with your own definition of certain, AND GIVE AN EXAMPLE OF BEING CERTAIN. But be warned, I can come up with impossible scenarios to make your certainty need an endless list of asterisk but but buts as easily as you ... :evilgrin: It's time to admit that that you don't believe that it is possible to be CERTAIN of ANYTHING, OR give your own definition. Put up or **** up time.

You need to either admit that you don't think it is possible to be certain about anything, or come up with your own definition of certain and an example NOW. If you dodge this question, or evade, or try to weasel out, the world will see what you are made of, and I will have won this war of wits.
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