Quote:Toads are toads.
Frogs are frogs.

Toads are also frogs.

Knowledge and faith don't go, never claimed anything else does or not.

Quote:In you accepting this as true. The data you perceive is simply data...

I run in accordance to that data. It's true based on available data at the time. There is never absolute certainty but can be very sure based on numerous sources of data or evidence if you will. As long as they don't contradict, the outcome data should be consistent.

Quote:You mean: their smallpox slaughtered them.

No, that's the Indians, though Mayans and such may have suffered from it from a later date. The Spanish did wipe many of them out. Not hard really, the Spanish had guns and cannons, they had arrows and spears. No contest.

Hey hey now, it wasn't spears, they used atlatls, and those things are fucking deadly. Easy to make too.

(August 25, 2011 at 12:46 pm)salty Wrote: ::holding back the urge to hug people::

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJxau6GYins

Umm, no thank you.

Quote:1. Are athiests just wounded people, upset that God hasn't shown himself to them in a way they deem acceptable? Meaning, if he suddenly appeared you would believe?

Short answer: No. Long answer: People who don't believe in Santa are not mad at Santa. You cannot be mad at something that you do not think exists. As for the wounded part, atheists are not a single organism. Some of us are wounded (not by god); others are not.

Quote:2. Do athiests hate God or do they hate organized religion in general?

Your question is too general. I can only answer the first half, as atheists are individuals. You cannot hate something that does not exist.

Quote:3. Why does it seem like athiests hate Jesus more than anyone, what do you think of Jesus?

It seems that way to you because that is the way you want to see it. You cannot fathom, obviously, that someone can simply not believe in your fairy tales. Sorry, but that is the truth. As for what I think of Jesus, I don't. The only time I think of Jesus is when someone brings him up and even then, I only give the thought a cursory glance.

Quote:4. Do any of you know athiests that have converted to another religion, did you feel swayed by their conversion?

Not that I am aware of and, if I were, I would still have to say no to the latter half of that question.

Quote:5. Are you an athiest based on your research of many of the top religions, or does your athiesm come from a personal experience where you feel that God didn't show up like he should have?

Neither.

Quote:6. Since athiests don't believe in God and dislike when people force God on them, why do they force their negative and hateful opinions on Christians (and other religions) through mockery and verbal assault?

Ugh. Generalization. Ask better questions.

(August 25, 2011 at 6:22 pm)Shell B Wrote: People who don't believe in Santa are not mad at Santa.

(August 25, 2011 at 6:22 pm)Shell B Wrote: Generalisation.

Fixed that for you dear.

With a z, Napo. It is not my fault you come from a country of illiterate lunatics. S's don't sound like z's.

Damned colonials and their zeds.

(August 25, 2011 at 6:31 pm)Shell B Wrote: With a z, Napo. It is not my fault you come from a country of illiterate lunatics. S's don't sound like z's.

It's with an S my dear. It is not my fault you come from a country of people who are incapable of either creating their own language, or using the one they stole appropriately

(August 25, 2011 at 6:34 pm)Napoleon Wrote: It's with an S my dear. It is not my fault you come from a country of people who are incapable of either creating their own language, or using the one they stole appropriately

Ha! You do realize that English is actually a bastardized Germanic language, right? Who stole it?

(August 25, 2011 at 6:36 pm)Shell B Wrote: Ha! You do realize that English is actually a bastardized Germanic language, right? Who stole it?

You do realise that it is at least a DIFFERENT language to German right? Who stole huh?