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13th July 2010, 18:28

Thread: Can atheists convert theists?
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Quote:So if this comes down to a matter of personal choice then how does this original claim of yours stand?: Quote:Classifying myself as an atheist implies too much knowledge of the God in question...

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13th July 2010, 11:30

Thread: Can atheists convert theists?
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Quote:I thought you were a theological noncognitivist like Knight? How is it not unreasonable for you to disbelieve in God but it's unreasonable for me to disbelieve in God? If you claim that no meani...

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13th July 2010, 00:15

Thread: Can atheists convert theists?
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(12th July 2010 18:20)Purple Rabbit Wrote: (12th July 2010 10:14)EvidenceVsFaith Wrote: Knight... being an atheist doesn't require any knowledge of God. All I know of God is the concept...

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12th July 2010, 18:25

Thread: Creationist group enlists students in frontal attack on evolutionism
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With any luck, this may work more in the advantage of science, not creationism. Open debates would get the issue in the open and force creationists to defend their beliefs and assumptions. This will g...

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12th July 2010, 18:09

Thread: Can atheists convert theists?
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(12th July 2010 17:47)EvidenceVsFaith Wrote: Quote:When you define God as "creator of the universe" then yes Well since that's how God is usually defined (or at least very often) then that's t...

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12th July 2010, 18:01

Thread: Can atheists convert theists?
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Quote:Oh, you're an atheist. When you define God as "creator of the universe" then yes. There is no way to get that definition though, which is what I meant by it should not be defined. I should have...

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12th July 2010, 17:37

Thread: Can atheists convert theists?
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(12th July 2010 12:55)EvidenceVsFaith Wrote: (12th July 2010 11:49)Knight Wrote: Rejection the notion that something which has not been observed, measured, or detected exists is meaningl...

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12th July 2010, 13:15

Thread: Can atheists convert theists?
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Quote:Issues of burden of proof aside, the point is that if it can't be disproven, then it's reasonable for the belief to remain. I would not use the word "reasonable." It's "possible" for the belie...

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12th July 2010, 12:44

Thread: Can atheists convert theists?
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Quote:All I know of God is the concept of a "deity" as with all I know of the Easter Bunny is the concept of "The Easter Bunny" - I claim no knowledge of the Easter Bunny... I just reject its existenc...

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12th July 2010, 11:49

Thread: what would make you change your beliefs?
Post: RE: what would make you change your beliefs?

Also, consciousness (states of it) can be correctly predicted through brain scans. Now, certain thoughts and behaviors can also be predicted: Read Your Mind Consciousness in Vegetative Patients EvF ...

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12th July 2010, 11:20

Thread: what would make you change your beliefs?
Post: RE: what would make you change your beliefs?

(12th July 2010 02:51)Godhead Wrote: Knight - I agree that our brains are vastly more complex than any computer. I also agree with the evolution of the physical body. Do you agree with me tha...

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12th July 2010, 11:07

Thread: what would make you change your beliefs?
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(12th July 2010 02:24)Godhead Wrote: Knight - What turned the computer back on? Computers have users, don't they? I say the user is consciousness. Consciousness is the software, the real us, ...

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12th July 2010, 02:39

Thread: Can atheists convert theists?
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Just to clarify one point, I don't classify myself as "atheist" but "theological noncognitivist." Classifying myself as an atheist implies too much knowledge of the God in question for my liking, just...

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12th July 2010, 02:24

Thread: what would make you change your beliefs?
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(12th July 2010 02:00)Godhead Wrote: AtheistPhil - If you are knocked out for example, and you come back and return to consciousness, you remember who you are, which means that you can't have...

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12th July 2010, 02:13

Thread: Can atheists convert theists?
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If you believe everything is God, then the only way to convince you that there is no God would be to prove that nothing exists...or that everything we know in actuality does not exist, including ourse...

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12th July 2010, 01:55

Thread: Can atheists convert theists?
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Quote:In other words, god and everthing and all cnsciousnss are one and the same. Sounds like someone has been reading "Siddhartha." Om. Anyway, that's an interesting view, but how does one come t...

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12th July 2010, 01:30

Thread: Can atheists convert theists?
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I responded to the point of this thread--read the last post on page 9.

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11th July 2010, 20:22

Thread: Can atheists convert theists?
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Quote:a nonreligious personal belief system which involves god. Unless this "god" you are talking about is supported scientifically, with hard evidence, any personal belief system relating to this go...

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11th July 2010, 19:17

Thread: Can atheists convert theists?
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(11th July 2010 16:30)Scented Nectar Wrote: If a theist is willing to set aside 'trusting-others'-based and 'I-wanna-believe'-based beliefs, and look at only logic/evidence-based information, t...