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A Question of Dropped Pennies: How Might an Atheist Respond?
July 2, 2017 at 11:54 am
Let’s say I drop a penny on the floor fifty times to demonstrate the law of gravity.
Agnostic: How do you know it won’t fly into the air if you drop it one more time?
Theist: My god can make the penny fly into the air the next time you drop it. But don’t actually try it. Thou shalt not tempt the lord thy god.
Deist: Yes, there’s something making that penny drop.
Now, what might an atheist say?
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RE: A Question of Dropped Pennies: How Might an Atheist Respond?
July 2, 2017 at 12:29 pm
This particular atheist would say, 'I'M not going to be the one to sweep up all those pennies.'
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RE: A Question of Dropped Pennies: How Might an Atheist Respond?
July 2, 2017 at 1:03 pm
Gravity always wins.
Or maybe
Gravity: It's the law.
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RE: A Question of Dropped Pennies: How Might an Atheist Respond?
July 2, 2017 at 1:22 pm
I think an atheist would say "Sorry not a physicist " but even if the pennies floated up that would not disprove gravity. And even if it did why must we turn to unnatural forces to explain it?
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RE: A Question of Dropped Pennies: How Might an Atheist Respond?
July 2, 2017 at 1:55 pm
Well, I do know what god is interested in, because it's pretty well demonstrated:
SHOW ME THE MONEY
one penny
SHOW ME THE MONEY
god is omnipresent, omnibenevolent, omniscient etc:
BUT HE IS REALLY BAD WITH MONEY.
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RE: A Question of Dropped Pennies: How Might an Atheist Respond?
July 2, 2017 at 2:36 pm
(This post was last modified: July 2, 2017 at 2:41 pm by The Industrial Atheist.)
I don't believe any god or god's exist. Therefore man came about through natural processes and crafted the penny.
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