ttbn,

Yes, in Russell's days, there were no telescopes that could disprove his teapot like there are now.

However, what about my Pink Unicorn? You have not provided evidence against it; therefore, according to your logic, there's every chance that it exists.

I'm glad you acknowledge its existence to that extent at least.

That's very gracious and tolerant of you.

Pink Unicorn bless.

Damn, ttbn. Looks like we crossed over with posts there.

I never suggested for a second that you were a creationist. Where did you get that idea from?

It appears that you missed my post with regards to atheism and agnosticism too:

http://forum.onlineopinion.com.au/thread.asp?article=18350#325780

You see, the two are not mutually exclusive (i.e. Long story short, you’re an atheist).

<<I think I accept the standard monkey to man thing…>>

Why would you when we didn’t evolve from monkeys? That's just a steaming pile of creationist BS. And you told me you weren't a creationist!

*tsk, tsk*

So, not only do you not understand religion. You don’t even understand evolution.

Sheesh, you’re not doing too well here, are you?

SteeleRedux, "If someone like onthebeach proposes policies that would increase incarceration rates why would that not be considered totalitarian?"

If someone like SteeleRedux proposes to poison the well against another poster and spins a fabrication to suit.

Your Marxist tactics eh, SteeleRedux?

Been away for a couple of days, my partner got rushed off to hospital. still there but all good now.

This tread has certainly grown in a day or two, so I believe all the contributes deserve a big round of applause, including the pink teapot and the unicorn, clap, clap, clap!

Here's on for you. At our grandkids primary school, being an Olympic year, and having children of many ethnic backgrounds, someone thought it would be a good idea to have a playground Olympics. Not sure if it was suggested by a Marxists, Nazi or just one of the teachers, no matter it sounds a good idea anyway. There is a twists, you can't be in the team for your country of background, but another country, random draw. Both our kids are in the China team. When the teacher was calling for names of countries of origin to put in the hat, our granddaughter, aged 10, nominated her country of origin as Aotearoha, this was met with howl's of kids saying "no such country". The teacher to defuse the impasse said "you mean New Zealand", our granddaughter said "No, I come from Aotearoha!" something grandmother has always told the kids, your ancestors migrated from ."Hawaiki" (not to be confused with Hawaii) and settled in the land of Aotearoha (no to be confused with New Zealand).
One good thing is the kids have to do a project on their team's country, and our grandchildren are now enthusiastic Chinese. Compromise, since some children said their origins were New Zealand, the playground Olympics now has a new country called Aotearoha/NZ. EVen 10 year olds stand their ground, could have said country of origin Hawaiki, that would have been interesting?

david f,

Scandinavian countries have a large factor of social democracy threaded through their capitalism...which is the reason they are so well functioning for their citizens.

Please don't patronise me with your "Marxist" clarion.

You know that most powerful Western capitalist countries have a brand of rapacious capitalism which now appears to be funnelling most of the profits in the direction of the 1% and attempting to ditch post-WWII social advancements. I know that's cliché, but it's also true.

ttbn,

"Given satellite cameras and modern technology, not around in Russell's time, I think we can put aside the tea pot as a myth."

It's not a "myth" it's an analogy....he could have replaced teapot with little green pixies or pink chenille dressing gowns.

"....to illustrate that the philosophic burden of proof lies upon a person making scientifically unfalsifiable claims, rather than shifting the burden of disproof to others..."