XPost: alt.animals.ethics.vegetarian, alt.agnosticism, alt.atheism   
   XPost: sci.skeptic   
      
   On Tue, 04 Sep 2012 08:42:51 -0700, Bob Casanova  wrote:   
      
   >On Mon, 03 Sep 2012 18:47:33 -0700, the following appeared   
   >in sci.skeptic, posted by Dutch :   
   >   
   >>dh@. wrote:   
   >>> On Thu, 30 Aug 2012 20:11:51 -0700, Dutch  wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>>> dh@. wrote:   
   >>>>> On Wed, 29 Aug 2012 09:48:14 -0700, Bob Casanova  wrote:   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>>> On Tue, 28 Aug 2012 14:45:56 -0700, the following appeared   
   >>>>>> in sci.skeptic, posted by Goo:   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>   How's that "pre-existent state" thing working for you, Goo?   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> Is that like "pre-emergent" herbicide? At least that sort of   
   >>>>>> works, so I'd guess the answer is "not very well"...   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>>       Goo claims:   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> "The only way that the concept "benefit from existence"   
   >>>>> can begin to make sense semantically is if one assumes   
   >>>>> a pre-existent state" - Goo   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> and I don't believe him.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Because you're an idiot.   
   >>>   
   >>>      Try presenting any reason(s) why you think anyone should believe the   
   Goober   
   >>> about that. Go:   
   >>>   
   >>   
   >>Because it is true. Your uncle Jethro can't benefit from winning the   
   >>lottery unless he exists, that is true of all benefits. A benefit   
   >>requires an entity to receive it.   
   >   
   >Now let's   
      
       LOL!!!! Maybe you think you can help team goober with this, and try to   
   explain what you think is preventing you from benefiting from your existence.   
   If   
   you can, then see if you can explain what you want people to think prevents   
   everything that ever lives from benefitting from its existence. My prediction   
   is   
   you can't do it just as the goos can't do it, and I also predict that you won't   
   even be able to make an attempt. I expect you to prove me right which would be   
   good for me, but if you are able to make an attempt that should be good for   
   another laugh so it looks like I win either way with this one.   
      
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