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RE: Atheist Becomes Catholic
September 27, 2013 at 4:18 pm
I guess the Catholics (or theists in general) will play up any story like this as their numbers are dwindling, fast.
3000 churches close in the US due to low attendance.
To use a Biblical saying, "the writing is on the wall" for religion.
You'd believe if you just opened your heart" is a terrible argument for religion. It's basically saying, "If you bias yourself enough, you can convince yourself that this is true." If religion were true, people wouldn't need faith to believe it -- it would be supported by good evidence.
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RE: Atheist Becomes Catholic
September 27, 2013 at 4:18 pm
(September 27, 2013 at 3:57 pm)apophenia Wrote: Max, do us all a favor, go die in a fire.
Harsh. Let the man go quickly and painlessly.
Even if the open windows of science at first make us shiver after the cozy indoor warmth of traditional humanizing myths, in the end the fresh air brings vigor, and the great spaces have a splendor of their own - Bertrand Russell
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RE: Atheist Becomes Catholic
September 27, 2013 at 4:22 pm
My plan if I'm ever completely broke is to suddenly convert, bash out a couple of books, get my own church. Then when I'm bored of that I deconvert, bash out a couple more books and then get a couple of gigs talking about how I went from preacher to atheist or whatever.
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RE: Atheist Becomes Catholic
September 27, 2013 at 4:25 pm
(September 27, 2013 at 4:22 pm)Insanity x Wrote: My plan if I'm ever completely broke is to suddenly convert, bash out a couple of books, get my own church. Then when I'm bored of that I deconvert, bash out a couple more books and then get a couple of gigs talking about how I went from preacher to atheist or whatever.
Then all you have to do is have a near death experience, and you'll be set for life.
Even if the open windows of science at first make us shiver after the cozy indoor warmth of traditional humanizing myths, in the end the fresh air brings vigor, and the great spaces have a splendor of their own - Bertrand Russell
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RE: Atheist Becomes Catholic
September 27, 2013 at 4:30 pm
Who the fuck would want 20+ wives?
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RE: Atheist Becomes Catholic
September 27, 2013 at 4:31 pm
(September 27, 2013 at 4:30 pm)Minimalist Wrote: Who the fuck would want 20+ wives?
A man who has deluded himself into thinking he is a sexual god when the opposite is true.
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RE: Atheist Becomes Catholic
September 27, 2013 at 4:32 pm
(September 27, 2013 at 4:30 pm)Minimalist Wrote: Who the fuck would want 20+ wives?
Only men that have never been married.
Even if the open windows of science at first make us shiver after the cozy indoor warmth of traditional humanizing myths, in the end the fresh air brings vigor, and the great spaces have a splendor of their own - Bertrand Russell
