en-us https://www.intensedebate.com/users/349137 Comments by Nexus974 http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=CNG.4f8ccccd2e38de074f4c1305131c47e4.491&show_article=1#IDComment152781155 In Hitchen's case, he just likes to argue. Mon, 16 May 2011 23:26:49 +0000 http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=CNG.4f8ccccd2e38de074f4c1305131c47e4.491&show_article=1#IDComment152781155 http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=CNG.4f8ccccd2e38de074f4c1305131c47e4.491&show_article=1#IDComment152776905 Why do you assume he's lonely? Mon, 16 May 2011 23:14:05 +0000 http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=CNG.4f8ccccd2e38de074f4c1305131c47e4.491&show_article=1#IDComment152776905 http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=CNG.4f8ccccd2e38de074f4c1305131c47e4.491&show_article=1#IDComment152776698 The supernatural, including any god or gods, are the human brain's attempt to fill in gaps in our understanding of nature and the universe. We tend to not like blank spots. Mon, 16 May 2011 23:13:28 +0000 http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=CNG.4f8ccccd2e38de074f4c1305131c47e4.491&show_article=1#IDComment152776698 http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=CNG.4f8ccccd2e38de074f4c1305131c47e4.491&show_article=1#IDComment152774278 What if he's right? Mon, 16 May 2011 23:05:36 +0000 http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=CNG.4f8ccccd2e38de074f4c1305131c47e4.491&show_article=1#IDComment152774278 http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=CNG.4f8ccccd2e38de074f4c1305131c47e4.491&show_article=1#IDComment152773925 Where did he say we are our own creators or masters of anything? Mon, 16 May 2011 23:04:39 +0000 http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=CNG.4f8ccccd2e38de074f4c1305131c47e4.491&show_article=1#IDComment152773925 http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=CNG.4f8ccccd2e38de074f4c1305131c47e4.491&show_article=1#IDComment152771124 Or are you saying there are lots of gods in the world and one of them is bound to be real? Mon, 16 May 2011 22:55:18 +0000 http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=CNG.4f8ccccd2e38de074f4c1305131c47e4.491&show_article=1#IDComment152771124 http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=CNG.4f8ccccd2e38de074f4c1305131c47e4.491&show_article=1#IDComment152770612 Actually it IS for you to prove there is a dime..or any god or gods. Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence. Mon, 16 May 2011 22:53:49 +0000 http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=CNG.4f8ccccd2e38de074f4c1305131c47e4.491&show_article=1#IDComment152770612 http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=CNG.4f8ccccd2e38de074f4c1305131c47e4.491&show_article=1#IDComment152769706 Lets remove your brain, or part of it, and see how well you think. Mon, 16 May 2011 22:50:57 +0000 http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=CNG.4f8ccccd2e38de074f4c1305131c47e4.491&show_article=1#IDComment152769706 http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=CNG.4f8ccccd2e38de074f4c1305131c47e4.491&show_article=1#IDComment152765300 Natural selection. It's pretty well established in the fossil and genetic records. Mon, 16 May 2011 22:40:16 +0000 http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=CNG.4f8ccccd2e38de074f4c1305131c47e4.491&show_article=1#IDComment152765300 http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=CNG.4f8ccccd2e38de074f4c1305131c47e4.491&show_article=1#IDComment152763965 Aren't you starting from the presupposition that there is no Zeus, or Apollo, or Odin, or Allah, or Santa Clause? There is no more evidence of any god or gods than there is for the tooth fairy. Your analogy about the watch only works if you go from nothing to finished product. This is not the case with natural selection. The evidence for evolution is vast and incontrovertible. People are born hardwired to look for patterns. This is also part of the evolutionary process. Where there is lack of evidence, our imaginations fill in the gaps. This is where mythology comes from. You are free to believe anything you like....however this doesn't make it real. You can pray and believe all you want but it's not going to make something imaginary into something real. Mon, 16 May 2011 22:36:12 +0000 http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=CNG.4f8ccccd2e38de074f4c1305131c47e4.491&show_article=1#IDComment152763965 http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=CNG.4f8ccccd2e38de074f4c1305131c47e4.491&show_article=1#IDComment152760621 Your analogy is flawed. There are a lot of dimes in the world and the odds of there being one in your house are pretty high. The odds against there being any kind of supernatural being that leaves no measurable trace of itself are FAR higher. The Flying Spaghetti Monster is a far better analogy. Suppose I tell you there is a flying spaghetti monster in orbit between Mars and Jupiter. Prove it's not there. If you can't, then it must be real. Mon, 16 May 2011 22:20:37 +0000 http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=CNG.4f8ccccd2e38de074f4c1305131c47e4.491&show_article=1#IDComment152760621 http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=CNG.4f8ccccd2e38de074f4c1305131c47e4.491&show_article=1#IDComment152759560 Really? There is empirical evidence of this claim? A peer reviewed double blind study was done? I'd love to read it. Do you have a link? Mon, 16 May 2011 22:15:24 +0000 http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=CNG.4f8ccccd2e38de074f4c1305131c47e4.491&show_article=1#IDComment152759560 http://freedomwatchonfox.com/2009/03/11/03112009-freedom-watch-5-john-stossel-ron-paul-peter-schiff-lew-rockwell-john-tate-tracy-byrnes/1020/#IDComment16859153 She never laughed at Peter, she was just dismayed at his pessimism. Fri, 13 Mar 2009 14:47:47 +0000 http://freedomwatchonfox.com/2009/03/11/03112009-freedom-watch-5-john-stossel-ron-paul-peter-schiff-lew-rockwell-john-tate-tracy-byrnes/1020/#IDComment16859153