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Those Theists
#21
RE: Those Theists
Welcome, Willie.

Are you an orca?

Playing Cluedo with my mum while I was at Uni:

"You did WHAT?  With WHO?  WHERE???"
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#22
RE: Those Theists
*intro thread...must...be...nice*

Welcome.

Boru
‘I can’t be having with this.’ - Esmeralda Weatherwax
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#23
RE: Those Theists
And the Dad Joke of the Year Award goes to......

(May 18, 2018 at 2:22 am)The Valkyrie Wrote: Welcome, Willie.

Are you an orca?
"There remain four irreducible objections to religious faith: that it wholly misrepresents the origins of man and the cosmos, that because of this original error it manages to combine the maximum servility with the maximum of solipsism, that it is both the result and the cause of dangerous sexual repression, and that it is ultimately grounded on wish-thinking." ~Christopher Hitchens, god is not Great

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#24
RE: Those Theists
(May 18, 2018 at 1:52 am)Succubus Wrote:
(May 17, 2018 at 7:41 pm)ignoramus Wrote: Welcome matey...

Yeah, the only friendly disagreements is basically how confident (and as always, based on evidence) we believe no god(s) exist.
(I'm ignostic. I, like many here don't even understand the question in any meaningful way!)

Arguing with us is arguing against science books ... We are not the enemy. Logic and science is. We make no claims whatsoever.

I nominate this post for, err, some sort of nomination.


My bold.

Is it because immediately after making a broad and generlizes claim, the poster then claims that he is making no claims?
It is said that an argument is what convinces reasonable men and a proof is what it takes to convince even an unreasonable man.  - Alexander Vilenkin
If I am shown my error, I will be the first to throw my books into the fire.  - Martin Luther
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#25
RE: Those Theists
Sorry, my bad. I meant we make no extra ordinary claims!

(didn't realize that stating the obvious was a claim that needed some kind of proving. Dunno)
No God, No fear.
Know God, Know fear.
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#26
RE: Those Theists
(May 18, 2018 at 8:43 am)ignoramus Wrote: Sorry, my bad. I meant we make no extra ordinary claims!

(didn't realize that stating the obvious was a claim that needed some kind of proving. Dunno)

I would disagree with both; so yes, it is a claim, that needs supported.
It is said that an argument is what convinces reasonable men and a proof is what it takes to convince even an unreasonable man.  - Alexander Vilenkin
If I am shown my error, I will be the first to throw my books into the fire.  - Martin Luther
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#27
RE: Those Theists
(May 18, 2018 at 8:43 am)ignoramus Wrote: Sorry, my bad. I meant we make no extra ordinary claims!

(didn't realize that stating the obvious was a claim that needed some kind of proving. Dunno)

Indeed. If we stick to the null hypothesis* we have no need for outrageous claims.

*God does not exist.
It's amazing 'science' always seems to 'find' whatever it is funded for, and never the oppsite. Drich.
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#28
RE: Those Theists
“You kind of have to believe in "something" for there to be internal disagreements about that "something". Atheism isn;t about believing in something. See the disconnect?”
—Khemikal

Not really, it seems to me that believing in no god is believing “something”.

IMHO, Science exists to prove the existence of a God, and it does. So I don’t see myself fighting science, I see myself fighting scientists that have a little religion of their own. I mean, does science really prove, for example, the theory of evolution. I mean, lots of animals adapt to new situations, but that’s not evolution. Like the birds on the Galápagos Islands, which is what my science teacher used to try to tell me about evolution. But where is the actual solid evidence for a creature evolving into a completely new creature. Because if it’s true that everything started as a single organism or cell, and now there are millions of species and different creatures...seriously!? Sounds crazy to me.

And what about “pre-history”...it doesn’t fit. There is clear evidence of a world wide flood, and many old books speak of a huge flood, not just the Bible.

My point with all that is this: I can’t find any evidence of many theory’s that scientists and atheist put forth to deny the existence of God.

For example:
-evolution
-the Big Bang
-pre history

So that’s one reason I believe in God, The evidence is all around.
-Willie

A Baptist/Unitarian, open-minded Conservative, easy going fellow


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#29
RE: Those Theists
(May 18, 2018 at 11:26 am)Willie23 Wrote: “You kind of have to believe in "something" for there to be internal disagreements about that "something". Atheism isn;t about believing in something. See the disconnect?”
—Khemikal

Not really, it seems to me that believing in no god is believing “something”.  

IMHO, Science exists to prove the existence of a God, and it does. So I don’t see myself fighting science, I see myself fighting scientists that have a little religion of their own.  I mean, does science really prove, for example, the theory of evolution.  I mean, lots of animals adapt to new situations, but that’s not evolution.  Like the birds on the Galápagos Islands, which is what my science teacher used to try to tell me about evolution.  But where is the actual solid evidence for a creature evolving into a completely new creature.  Because if it’s true that everything started as a single organism or cell, and now there are millions of species and different creatures...seriously!? Sounds crazy to me.

And what about “pre-history”...it doesn’t fit.  There is clear evidence of a world wide flood, and many old books speak of a huge flood, not just the Bible.  

My point with all that is this: I can’t find any evidence of many theory’s that scientists and atheist put forth to deny the existence of God.

For example:
-evolution
-the Big Bang
-pre history

So that’s one reason I believe in God, The evidence is all around.

Theists make the claim, now it's that old burden of proof thing on the theists. 

Scientists are not putting forth theories to disprove god. They occasionally use these theories to dismiss the need for the existence of a god(s) but that is not the theories original intent/purpose.
Being told you're delusional does not necessarily mean you're mental. 
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#30
RE: Those Theists
(May 18, 2018 at 9:01 am)RoadRunner79 Wrote:
(May 18, 2018 at 8:43 am)ignoramus Wrote: Sorry, my bad. I meant we make no extra ordinary claims!

(didn't realize that stating the obvious was a claim that needed some kind of proving. Dunno)

I would disagree with  both; so yes, it is a claim, that needs supported.

So is your dead jew coming back to life but you clowns seem oblivious to that one.
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