Posted by: Anonymous Coward
on March 03, 2004 05:34 PM
What a terrible strawman!
Leaving the imaginary atheist aside, the actual atheistic response is that not only do we have ample evidence that trees make a sound when they fall down, we know how and why they make a sound. Therefore there is no reason to believe a falling tree does not make a sound if no-one is there. They will then ask the believer in the Silent Treefall Phenomenon to explain how a tree could fall without making a sound under the given circumstances. Believer, unable to do so, then grabs a hoary old zen cliche and furiously hurls it at the atheist, hoping thereby to distract the dastardly evildoer and make his escape from the argument.
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Re:Yeah right....
Posted by: Anonymous Coward on March 03, 2004 05:34 PMLeaving the imaginary atheist aside, the actual atheistic response is that not only do we have ample evidence that trees make a sound when they fall down, we know how and why they make a sound. Therefore there is no reason to believe a falling tree does not make a sound if no-one is there. They will then ask the believer in the Silent Treefall Phenomenon to explain how a tree could fall without making a sound under the given circumstances. Believer, unable to do so, then grabs a hoary old zen cliche and furiously hurls it at the atheist, hoping thereby to distract the dastardly evildoer and make his escape from the argument.
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