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Originally posted June 7, 2018
by Robert Baty

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Link to thread on FaceBook page of L. Aron Nelson-Ra where the exchange took place on the dates of June 6 & 7, 2018:

https://www.facebook.com/aron.ra.9/posts/10156274136076897

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Link to Johnny Bickle (see series of closing comments below) FaceBook page:

https://www.facebook.com/johnny.bickle

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Robert Baty

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Aron
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I have been getting some flack from a couple of atheists that seem to think I have somehow misrepresented you (Brian Westley & Chris Tweety).
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Without getting in to all the details, maybe you can at least affirm that you agree or disagree with the following claims:
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1. The origin of the concept of God is the result of natural processes (imagination).
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2. Ancient man had the ability to originate the concept of God through natural processes (imagination).
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I don’t happen to agree with either of those claims.

I thought to post this message because of your most recent broadcast, and I created a screenshot to use on my Atheism 101 Critical Thinking page and in my discussion with Brian and Chris.

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L. Aron Nelson-Ra

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My name isn’t L. Aron Nelson anymore.

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I legally changed it to Aron Ra.

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Robert Baty

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Aron
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You didn’t answer my earlier inquiry, and another not-so-bold atheist, Brian Westley, is prodding me to make further inquiry of you, so I thought I would pacify him with this inquiry.
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If you accept the minor premise and conclusion of the following Argument, what is your position on the major premise.
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That is, do you accept or reject the major premise?
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MAJOR PREMISE:
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IF (A) man was able to originate the idea/concept of God through the power of imagination,
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THEN (B) man did originate the idea/concept of God through the power of imagination.
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MINOR PREMISE:
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(A) Man was able to originate the idea/concept of God through the power of imagination.
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CONCLUSION:
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(B) Man did originate the idea/concept of God through the power of imagination.

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L. Aron Nelson-Ra

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I guess I don’t understand the question.

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Either that or the answer is too obvious.

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Yes to A.
Yes to B.
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Of course.

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Robert Baty

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Aron,
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Thanks for your reply.
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If you take the conclusion and minor premise you can infer the major premise therefrom and construct the modus ponens form argument I presented for your consideration.
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So, in affirming the minor premise and conclusion, do you also, explicitly, affirm or deny the major premise?

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L. Aron Nelson-Ra

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Again, I must not understand the question.

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Why are you still asking it after I have already answered it?

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Yes, man certainly can imagine gods in his own image and has evidently done so many times.

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Robert Baty

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Aron
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It’s part of my Atheism 101 Critical Thinking Exercise.
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You have not answered the question. Questions dealing with your acceptance of the conclusion and minor premise are quite distinct from what your position is regarding the major premise.
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I have proposed that, as previously explained, the major premise is logically, validly inferred from the conclusion and minor premise and completes a modus ponens form argument.
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I get that you explicitly affirm the conclusion and minor premise, but will you also, as would be implied, explicitly affirm the major premise? I figure you don’t really have a choice, and I get a lot of flack from atheists in so stating that. So, it’s come down to trying to get you to explicitly affirm or deny the major premise.

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L. Aron Nelson-Ra

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I will repeat my affirmation of your major premise that I gave when I answered your question the first time.

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“Yes, man certainly can imagine gods in his own image…”

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Robert Baty

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That’s fine, Aron, and not altogether unexpected.
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However, whether you explicitly affirm or deny the following proposition, which is the major premise, remains unanswered:
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IF (A) man was able to originate the
idea/concept of God through the power
of imagination,
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THEN (B) man did originate the idea/concept
of God through the power of imagination.
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– Aron: (To Affirm or Deny)
– Robert: Deny
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I am not proposing to debate the matter, but rather simply help your people understand your explicit position on this important public matter which is one of the substantive issues my Atheism 101 Critical Thinking Exercise deals with.

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L. Aron Nelson-Ra

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It’s a pet peeve of mine that I should not repeatedly explain what I have already repeatedly explained when it was already so obvious that no explanation should have been needed in the first place.

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I have explicitly answered your question three times and you already knew the answer before you asked.

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So don’t expect another reply.

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Robert Baty

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Aron,
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Thanks for that further response.
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It goes a long way in vindicating my position and my representation of your position as a “Bold Atheist” who is not really so bold.
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If you answered the major premise question even once, I missed it and you conspicuously evaded simply “affirming” or “denying” it in your last post.
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I won’t expect another reply.
I think I got what was needed, absent an explicit, open, honest “affirmation” or “denial”.

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Johnny Bickle

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Robert what is your position ?

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And in a simple sentence, not a manifesto of nonsense.

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Robert Baty

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In part:
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My position is neither of the premises or conclusion are true; I “deny”.
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My position is the Argument, the foundation of my Atheism 101 Critical Thinking Exercise, which developed out of my debate with Dr. Dziubla, is what the “Bold Atheists” like Aron are stuck with and yet, when presented in such a simple, logically valid format even atheists can see they have nothing but their own imagination to account for the origin of the concept/idea of God.

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My debate with Dr. Dziubla, similarly, was in response to his challenge to me via the James Randi Educational Foundation Forum (has a new name now) and deals with an issue raised by Alexander Campbell in his 1829 debate with Robert Owen.

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Johnny Bickle

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No, see, I won’t read that.

Please follow simple instructions for my benefit.

I need simplicity.

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Johnny Bickle

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So, Kent Hovind, huh…………..

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Johnny Bickle

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Men made gods up…what is your position?

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Johnny Bickle

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Ha ha, what debate?

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There is no debate unless you would also like to debate the existence or the thought up existence of the Grinch.

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Johnny Bickle

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Come out of your false character and answer simply or I’m out and will write you off as another Hovind.

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See, the thing that is very different with me as opposed to other disbelievers; I make it very simple to understand.

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There are no gods.

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Bye, bye!

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Robert Baty

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Wow!
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That Johnny Bickle character!
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I guess he just can’t handle the truth, but may be the best surrogate Aron has to run a little interference for him.
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FYI – After showing up, popping off, he, Johnny Bickle, ran off and blocked me.
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Wonderful demonstration, huh, Aron!
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Bye, bye, Bickle!

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A Discussion With L. Aron Nelson-Ra

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From the Above Performance

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Link to clear copy of image below:

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DgGurskUcAAfrDC.jpg:large

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Link to clear copy of image below:

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DgMKmfWU8AE91Zl.jpg:large

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Time-marked link to comments below:

https://youtu.be/QYP71YSh_DY?t=3m10s

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Link to clearer image of above:

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Dgkg6y9VAAAanvY.jpg:large

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Link to video illustrated below:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=4&v=0m9JYm2LIIU

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Time marked link to image below:

https://youtu.be/d0pbKcGCHUk?t=7m10s

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Link to clearer image of above:

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DgpXca1VAAAAlP1.jpg:large

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Link to video below from which image was created:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8SoFKYcyJHU

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I guess L. Aron Nelson-Ra is implying that he does not propose that it is true that the origin of the idea/concept of God resulted by natural means/imagination; because he certainly cannot prove it.

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Update November 14, 2018

https://www.facebook.com/groups/KentHovindMMM/permalink/2178177968915158/

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Update February 19, 2020

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nvPwyERKiak

Update October 3, 2022

Still an issue with Aron!

https://twitter.com/Aron_Ra/status/1577402818197131281

Update October 5, 2022

After I posted the previous tweet in response to Aron’s “God” claim, he and his people came out of the Twitter woodwork to everything but deal with Aron’s “God” claim.  Too many tweets to copy here for now.  The following reflects the final results, possibly, for now at least.  When I posted my tweet shown below this morning, Aron almost immediately blocked me and without Aron or his people openly, honestly addressing the “God” claim I challenged.

https://twitter.com/Aron_Ra

Update October 6, 2022

Link to my more formal Atheism 101 Critical Thinking Exercise:

http://kehvrlb.com/atheism-101-critical-thinking-exercise

Update October 20, 2022

Would this have provided motivation for L. Aron Nelson to legally change his name in 2017 (as someone claimed today)?

Update October 27, 2022

I thought it interesting that Aron appears to have never said “L. Aron Nelson” or explicitly claimed to have legally changed his name.

https://youtu.be/sYVAcYiryck?t=205

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