Comments by "VColossalV" (@VColossalV) on "Dave Rubin on Atheism | DIRECT MESSAGE | Rubin Report" video.

+Michael Hardin If anything Atheists value this life more because we know it's the only one we have, if you anticipate an afterlife that goes on forever, why would you care about this temporary one?
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+Derp Herp It would be far easier to find quotes stating the opposite, also from intelligent people both alive and dead. Einstein didn't believe in a literal God and Bill Gates is an Atheist.
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Derp Herp kevfoda Bill Gates isn't a scientist, you are aware of this right? Not only that, he's an Atheist! Do you have any clue what you're talking about? How desperate are you for modern examples that you pick him? He's not even remotely religious! Einstein didn't believe in a literal sense, either. A very high percentage of scientists today are not believers, above 85%, you giving a bunch of quotes isn't an argument, it's a logical fallacy, I could do the exact same thing with far greater ease. One of the greatest scientists in history believed in ALCHEMY, among many other bizzare unscientific things, but that has no bearing on his work --- people of his time knew far less than we do now about the world, despite his greatness -- does this now give credence to Alchemy? No. It does not. I notice no quotes from Stephen Hawking, I wonder why?
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kevfoda Logical argument? You do realize that citing a bunch of quotes isn't an argument, right? It's fairly common knowledge that this isn't an argument, if ignoring any scientist quotes which contradict what you believe isn't cherry picking, then literally nothing is. Does your thesis consist of nothing but quotes? "Whether Newton believed in Bizarre things or not is not relevant" Did you deliberately miss my point? My point was that just because someone has beliefs separate from their scientific work (IE belief in a God) does not mean that these completely separate beliefs are then logical or sound. It's a valid point to make because you are specifically making an Appeal to Authority. "The quotes i used about the modern scientists are of world renowned scientists of the same level of Hawkings." Most of them were from scientists that lived decades if not centuries ago, the vast majority of today's scientists are not religious.
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kevfoda So if we were to have a formal debate, it would be acceptable to present nothing but quotes? Is that suppose to be funny? When has doing that ever been acceptable? "SO DID ALL THE GREAT SCIENTISTS IN HISTORY." ALL did you say? Is that also suppose to be funny?
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Rational Raven You wont exist to contemplate it, so you're truly at peace - on the flipside, who wants to live for trillions of years, that truly would be torture, with no end in sight, our brains just aren't suppose to live that long. Nobody can imagine living that length of time, yet infinity is infinitely long than a trillion years.
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