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August 13, 2009 at 9:31 am (This post was last modified: August 14, 2009 at 8:30 am by Overmars.)
(August 13, 2009 at 8:37 am)Darwinian Wrote: To attempt to drag this thread back to one of it's original points.
Do people think that having been brought up as a theist gives them more knowledge and insight into arguing against the subject as someone like myself who has never been religious?
Hmmm?
An atheist who had a religious upbringing might understand religion and religious people better than somebody like you Darwinian and that could be a good advantage.
Personally, it's not God I dislike, it's his fan club I can't stand.
August 13, 2009 at 9:37 am (This post was last modified: August 13, 2009 at 9:38 am by Kyuuketsuki.)
(August 13, 2009 at 8:07 am)Pippy Wrote: Holy shit Kyu.
Holy shit Pippy ...
Quote:Oh you poor, poor little theist, you don't feel at home in an atheist forum ... why should you? Or is this all to salve your poor little inferiority complex?
(August 13, 2009 at 8:07 am)Pippy Wrote: Calm down. I don't ask or expect to feel at home in an atheist forum, that is insane. I feel quite well respected, save for a couple people who delight in tearing me down for whatever reasons they have. I don't mean to be a poor, poor theist, and if you took my comment that way, you took it very wrong. Try not to bring up this supposed inferiority complex too much, because I don't have one. In fact, you might be having trouble looking at things straight through your superiority complex you hold over me.
I hope to be able to have grown-up conversations here, but you are not helping at all with posts like that. I may get in trouble for snapping back at you, but let it be remembered you hit first.
I am almost moved to stop talking to you again.
... poor little theist can't take a bit of sarcasm
Kyu
(August 13, 2009 at 8:37 am)Darwinian Wrote: To attempt to drag this thread back to one of it's original points.
Do people think that having been brought up as a theist gives them more knowledge and insight into arguing against the subject as someone like myself who has never been religious?
Hmmm?
No.
Kyu
Angry Atheism
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(August 13, 2009 at 7:39 am)Pippy Wrote: Thank you again EvF. I was still talking to Adrian. No, I'm joking. Your completely right, and I know you and I try to be very compatible with reality, so it's important to you to point that out.
Sorry if my curiosity sometimes leads me to pedantry. I am only questioning because I'm curious as to why you think 'X', believe 'Y', are against 'Z', etc, etc, etc. I am only questioning and I have never meant any 'offence'.
As I have said - I am aware you were talking to Adrian, I'm just curious and I hope you don't mind my curiosity.
Whilst I think it's impossible to understand theism without walking in the shoes so to speak, I also think it's absolutely valid how anyone questions it. Any question OF IT is valid IMO.
(August 13, 2009 at 4:42 pm)fr0d0 Wrote: Whilst I think it's impossible to understand theism without walking in the shoes so to speak
How long AFTER ceasing to be a theist do you cease to have comprehension of the theist position you presumably had when you were one?
Kyu
Angry Atheism
Where those who are hacked off with the stupidity of irrational belief can vent their feelings! Come over to the dark side, we have cookies!
I was told by a born again Christian friend of mine years ago that only those who have been touched by the holy spirit could fully understand the Bible and without this it didn't make any sense.
(August 13, 2009 at 5:14 pm)Darwinian Wrote: only those who have been touched by the holy spirit could fully understand the Bible and without this it didn't make any sense.
As freaky and weird as that sounds I find I am forced to agree with it.
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