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    Thread: why worship god?
Post: RE: why worship god?

(May 17, 2012 at 1:01 pm)liam Wrote: I'm sure that the majority of the opposition that has been made against atheism in all of our lifetimes is that there IS a god, however, what perplexes me (besid...
Markos Atheism 60 16323 May 19, 2012 at 9:38 am
    Thread: William Lane Craig Using Reason?
Post: RE: William Lane Craig Using Reason?

Phil, you may find this blog comment interesting, in response to a very similar claim to yours on this blog post. A little looking around for evidence is always a good thing, my atheist friends tell ...
Markos Christianity 10 9238 May 17, 2012 at 8:47 pm
    Thread: William Lane Craig Using Reason?
Post: RE: William Lane Craig Using Reason?

(May 17, 2012 at 7:45 pm)Phil Wrote: What is it about the sentence The person who follows the pursuit of reason unflinchingly toward its end will be atheistic or, at best, agnostic. that is causing ...
Markos Christianity 10 9238 May 17, 2012 at 8:10 pm
    Thread: William Lane Craig Using Reason?
Post: RE: William Lane Craig Using Reason?

(May 17, 2012 at 9:38 am)Phil Wrote: The reason I linked to the first page is so that anyone who was interested could read the entire article not just on paragraph which by itself doesn't say much. ...
Markos Christianity 10 9238 May 17, 2012 at 11:13 am
    Thread: William Lane Craig Using Reason?
Post: RE: William Lane Craig Using Reason?

Just looking at the quote in context (which is on the fifth page of the article you linked to) he doesn't seem to be endorsing this view, but rather describing it: "A robust natural theology may well...
Markos Christianity 10 9238 May 17, 2012 at 9:27 am
    Thread: Natural Evil
Post: RE: Natural Evil

(May 14, 2012 at 1:32 pm)Tobie Wrote: I always seem to hear the "God gives us free will" argument as the reason that theists use to explain why god doesn't stop people killing each other. However, ...
Markos Religion 93 44850 May 14, 2012 at 6:59 pm
    Thread: Hi Peeps
Post: RE: Hi Peeps

(May 13, 2012 at 9:33 pm)Cinjin Wrote: Well I spose I'll give you a shot despite this sentence of yours: (May 10, 2012 at 7:46 pm)Markos Wrote: Jesus is much more interesting, as are real atheist...
Markos Introductions 35 10414 May 13, 2012 at 10:07 pm
    Thread: Hi Peeps
Post: RE: Hi Peeps

(May 12, 2012 at 8:10 am)Norfolk And Chance Wrote: Wow, a christian in the UK. I didn't think there was any left.And did those feet in ancient times walk upon England's mountains green? The answer...
Markos Introductions 35 10414 May 12, 2012 at 9:07 am
    Thread: Hi Peeps
Post: RE: Hi Peeps

(May 11, 2012 at 1:12 pm)downbeatplumb Wrote: (May 11, 2012 at 1:22 am)Markos Wrote: Deepest, darkest Hampshire. Yourself? That would be the new forrest then? I too hail from hampshire.We've pre...
Markos Introductions 35 10414 May 12, 2012 at 6:47 am
    Thread: Hi Peeps
Post: RE: Hi Peeps

(May 11, 2012 at 1:16 am)Stimbo Wrote: Welcome new guy. From what part of our sceptred isle do you hail, simulated or otherwise?Deepest, darkest Hampshire. Yourself?
Markos Introductions 35 10414 May 11, 2012 at 1:22 am
    Thread: Hi Peeps
Post: RE: Hi Peeps

(May 11, 2012 at 1:06 am)Kayenneh Wrote: So, first we get a molecular biologist, who wants to become a nun and now we have a mathematician, who is to become a vicar.. Welcome, Markos!I do sometimes...
Markos Introductions 35 10414 May 11, 2012 at 1:12 am
    Thread: So I am an athiest. Now what?
Post: RE: So I am an athiest. Now what?

(May 10, 2012 at 8:10 pm)cbell39 Wrote: When I was in Christianity, I used god as the meaning of life. Heaven was the main goal. Now that I am an atheist, I am having trouble finding my purpose in l...
Markos Atheism 18 7965 May 11, 2012 at 12:40 am
    Thread: Hi Peeps
Post: RE: Hi Peeps

I'm not quite sure why you reacted in such a way, and I apologise if I came across as argumentative (though I'm not sure how you came to read me that way). I was in no way trying to argue against any...
Markos Introductions 35 10414 May 10, 2012 at 9:05 pm
    Thread: Hi Peeps
Post: RE: Hi Peeps

(May 10, 2012 at 8:28 pm)Phil Wrote: Poly = many ; atheist = without theism. IOW, I disbelieve in many gods. Why would that have any effect on the way I view reality?That would depend on which gods ...
Markos Introductions 35 10414 May 10, 2012 at 8:39 pm
    Thread: Hi Peeps
Post: RE: Hi Peeps

(May 10, 2012 at 7:52 pm)Phil Wrote: With a background in maths I have to ask, what is the one argument for gods existence that added up (excuse the intended pun) to you wanting to become a vicar?We...
Markos Introductions 35 10414 May 10, 2012 at 8:24 pm
    Thread: Hi Peeps
Post: Hi Peeps

Just a polite "Hello" to you all as I wander, curiously, into a foreign Internet-land of atheists, agnostics, ignostics and who knows what else... (you seem to have some fundie Christians here too: fu...
Markos Introductions 35 10414 May 10, 2012 at 7:46 pm