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Thread: Is Atheism Intellectual Cowardice?
Post: RE: Is Atheism Intellectual Cowardice?
| (August 23, 2011 at 12:12 pm)reverendjeremiah Wrote: I wish I could stop being such a coward and embrace Jesus as my Lord and savior.
This makes me think: I read Russell's "Why I am not a Christian"... |
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September 17, 2012 at 4:27 am |
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Thread: Like it or not, God is immoral.
Post: RE: Like it or not, God is immoral.
| "god" isn't immoral... necessarily... but "God" is. Specificity is a virtue.
Rather than list all the shit he is reportedly responsible for, I'll simply call him a twat and leave it at that. |
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September 17, 2012 at 1:38 am |
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Thread: Can a potato be an atheist?
Post: RE: Can a potato be an atheist?
| @ OP:
When people say atheism is the "lack of belief in a God or Gods" they are assuming that the reasonable person would accept the definition without trying to apply it to things it is clearly not ... |
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September 17, 2012 at 1:35 am |
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Thread: Better reasons to quit Christianity
Post: RE: Better reasons to quit Christianity
| (August 20, 2012 at 9:44 am)spockrates Wrote: Well, they could have chosen a different rat. Maybe a rat doped up on crack cocaine, or a rat given high doses of vitamin B12, which is in popular energ... |
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August 20, 2012 at 1:22 pm |
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Thread: Better reasons to quit Christianity
Post: RE: Better reasons to quit Christianity
| (August 19, 2012 at 3:19 pm)spockrates Wrote: Yes, an example of precognition is fortune telling. I agree that the God concept is understood to be able to do more than simply foretell what the futu... |
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August 20, 2012 at 12:48 am |
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Thread: Better reasons to quit Christianity
Post: RE: Better reasons to quit Christianity
| :BOUNCE-BALL:
Can I expect an answer to my original question anytime soon, on free will of individuals?
Stop the presses!
spockrates Wrote:Thank you. I'd say that I don't see how knowing what som... |
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August 19, 2012 at 2:42 pm |
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Thread: Better reasons to quit Christianity
Post: RE: Better reasons to quit Christianity
| (August 18, 2012 at 10:29 pm)spockrates Wrote: I have to apologize. I made a major revision of my post prior to you posting your response, but your response was to my original post.Well... O.K.
Quo... |
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August 19, 2012 at 11:08 am |
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Thread: Better reasons to quit Christianity
Post: RE: Better reasons to quit Christianity
| (August 18, 2012 at 12:16 pm)spockrates Wrote: I'm sorry, I must have missed your question. Please repeat it.
Here:
Skepsis Wrote:If you have a God who knows everything and is everywhere with at le... |
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August 18, 2012 at 1:21 pm |
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Thread: Better reasons to quit Christianity
Post: RE: Better reasons to quit Christianity
| (August 18, 2012 at 10:28 am)spockrates Wrote: I think it will help to consider whether your definition of omnipotence is a viable one before we proceed to applying it to any concept of God: Let's ... |
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August 18, 2012 at 11:50 am |
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Thread: Better reasons to quit Christianity
Post: RE: Better reasons to quit Christianity
| (August 17, 2012 at 2:34 pm)spockrates Wrote: Yes, I have to concede that God is not omniscient if by omniscient we mean he can (and does) do anything at all....
What? You meant omnipotent when you ... |
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August 17, 2012 at 8:36 pm |
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Thread: Better reasons to quit Christianity
Post: RE: Better reasons to quit Christianity
| (August 17, 2012 at 9:45 am)spockrates Wrote: There is a third option: Suggest a different purpose God has in mind. You said:
Quote:No, you got it. Here's why I think that this would have to be th... |
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August 17, 2012 at 2:17 pm |
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Thread: wow...
Post: RE: wow...
| Raping ear holes? Ecstasy is the cause of terrorism?
There is no way this is real. I refuse to believe there are people this stupid in the world.
Edit: I have a good eye for satire, it appears. Didn'... |
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August 17, 2012 at 8:50 am |
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Thread: Better reasons to quit Christianity
Post: RE: Better reasons to quit Christianity
| (August 16, 2012 at 10:04 am)spockrates Wrote: Sounds much like Reformed Theology to me. Calvin would be proud!
1. It does not fit with certain passages of the Bible that contradict it. Seems t... |
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August 17, 2012 at 8:43 am |
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Thread: Understanding the Burden of Proof
Post: RE: Understanding the Burden of Proof
| Dawkins' scale doesn't deal with the burden of proof, it deals with belief like Fallen said.
I don't think of the burden of proof as being quantifiable like a number line, nor do I believe that peopl... |
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August 16, 2012 at 6:26 am |
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Thread: Better reasons to quit Christianity
Post: RE: Better reasons to quit Christianity
| (August 15, 2012 at 3:24 pm)spockrates Wrote: Not sure I understand. Why is it necessary that God predetermines every choice you, or I will make (if such a God were to exist, I mean). Am I misunde... |
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August 16, 2012 at 5:59 am |
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Thread: Better reasons to quit Christianity
Post: RE: Better reasons to quit Christianity
| (August 15, 2012 at 1:05 pm)spockrates Wrote: The difficulty I have with the flowchart is the premise that God could have created people who were free to choose evil, yet also guarantee that they ne... |
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August 15, 2012 at 3:12 pm |
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Thread: Better reasons to quit Christianity
Post: RE: Better reasons to quit Christianity
| How about, "You should have tried continually until you die"?
Apparently that is part of the conversion process, according to Drich. |
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August 15, 2012 at 10:08 am |
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Thread: Prayer?
Post: RE: Prayer?
| (August 14, 2012 at 12:56 pm)Drich Wrote: The problem is you are having to introduce a red herring to make this arguement fit what I have said in this thread. Which I will address in your 'explainat... |
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August 14, 2012 at 8:11 pm |
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Thread: Prayer?
Post: RE: Prayer?
| (August 13, 2012 at 4:30 pm)Drich Wrote: The plan was to provide Choice. Or to provide an oppertunity to choose. the plan wasn't to force everyone to Choose Heaven.You're not seeing my point. A God ... |
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August 14, 2012 at 9:14 am |
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Thread: Prayer?
Post: RE: Prayer?
| (August 12, 2012 at 10:47 pm)Drich Wrote: Hell is seperation from God on an eternal scale. the Pit, The void, The Darkkness where their is weeping and gnashing of teeth, The Grave all describe Hell.... |
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August 13, 2012 at 1:32 am |
