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    Thread: Lee Strobel?
Post: RE: Lee Strobel?

Minimalist said: His "Case for Christ" has been refuted by Earl Doherty and Robert Price among others. As noted, the problem with it is that Stroebel interviews a bunch of apologist asswipes and write...
chatpilot Christianity 46 8733 December 13, 2011 at 2:59 pm
    Thread: Feeling a bit atheistish these days
Post: RE: Feeling a bit atheistish these days

I couldn't agree with you more reverendjeremiah but one of the first things I did when I left the church was to seek explanations for all of those experiences. And after several years of research I wa...
chatpilot Atheism 24 7607 December 13, 2011 at 10:53 am
    Thread: Feeling a bit atheistish these days
Post: RE: Feeling a bit atheistish these days

DeistPaladin you are right in asserting that deconversion is a slow and lengthy process, at least it was for me. I think this has to do with the level of belief and indoctrination. I was as fundamenta...
chatpilot Atheism 24 7607 December 13, 2011 at 10:03 am
    Thread: Lee Strobel?
Post: RE: Lee Strobel?

Lee Strobel is not an authority on religion he was a reporter and in his book The Case For Christ he tries to use an investigative approach to proving the veracity of the claims made by Christianity r...
chatpilot Christianity 46 8733 December 13, 2011 at 9:38 am
    Thread: Why atheism is a belief.
Post: RE: Why atheism is a belief.

I think that any idea held about facts or lack thereof is a personal belief although in the religious context it's a belief shared by a group. Now atheism in my opinion is a belief but it is not a bel...
chatpilot Atheism 141 63701 December 12, 2011 at 8:49 am
    Thread: Theologian Attempts Censorship After Losing Debate
Post: RE: Theologian Attempts Censorship After Losing De...

Jaysyn, thanks for linking that debate to your post I thoroughly enjoyed watching Haught have his ass handed to him in a straightforward manner. I've read Coyne's book 'Why Evolution Is True' and foun...
chatpilot Religion 6 2049 November 3, 2011 at 9:18 am
    Thread: Worthless degrees at some Christian universities.
Post: RE: Worthless degrees at some Christian universiti...

I agree, Christian universities give out worthless degrees to their students as long as what you learn is in accordance with the bible and their beliefs. It's an insult to those that work for years to...
chatpilot Atheism 20 3955 November 1, 2011 at 11:21 pm
    Thread: A really hard question on Satan and deception.
Post: RE: A really hard question on Satan and deception.

Christianity is true because the bible says so! No matter what form of Christianity you choose there is nothing more fundamentalist than that statement. At heart in my opinion because of this all Chri...
chatpilot Christianity 278 122704 November 1, 2011 at 11:09 pm
    Thread: Yep! Another query for the xtians.
Post: RE: Yep! Another query for the xtians.

(October 25, 2011 at 7:17 am)edk141 Wrote: (October 25, 2011 at 1:58 am)chatpilot Wrote: frodo, I think you are correct in defining free will as a biological mechanism. I just don't believe that G...
chatpilot Religion 17 3081 October 25, 2011 at 8:40 am
    Thread: What is the biggest thing that theist do that annoy you?
Post: RE: What is the biggest thing that theist do that ...

RE: What is the biggest thing that theist do that annoy you? They constantly threaten me with eternal suffering after death in some imaginary place that they like to call hell.
chatpilot Atheism 136 33958 October 25, 2011 at 2:42 am
    Thread: Why did god create evil?
Post: RE: Why did god create evil?

Min just another biblical contradiction to the wonderful nature of this good loving benevolent God that Christians claim exists and worship.
chatpilot Religion 347 164519 October 25, 2011 at 2:40 am
    Thread: A really hard question on Satan and deception.
Post: RE: A really hard question on Satan and deception.

Godschild, just like your imaginary God you tend to thrive on nonexistent threats lol. First you would have to prove that hell exist but as you know that is in and of itself impossible. The only place...
chatpilot Christianity 278 122704 October 25, 2011 at 2:38 am
    Thread: Why did god create evil?
Post: RE: Why did god create evil?

lucent, you don't need a bible or so called divine knowledge to define human behavior. A look back through history dating back before the existence of Judaism or Christianity will be sufficient to dem...
chatpilot Religion 347 164519 October 25, 2011 at 2:33 am
    Thread: What is the biggest thing that theist do that annoy you?
Post: RE: What is the biggest thing that theist do that ...

What is the biggest thing that theist do that annoy you? I think it would have to be their claiming absolute truths without any objective evidence of how they came upon this "inerrant" divine knowle...
chatpilot Atheism 136 33958 October 25, 2011 at 2:15 am
    Thread: A really hard question on Satan and deception.
Post: RE: A really hard question on Satan and deception.

GIa Wrote:Are you somehow immune to Satan, who can deceive the whole world? Godschild Wrote:Yes as I said christians have a relationship with God, we know Him personally and will see through satans at...
chatpilot Christianity 278 122704 October 25, 2011 at 2:12 am
    Thread: Yep! Another query for the xtians.
Post: RE: Yep! Another query for the xtians.

frodo, I think you are correct in defining free will as a biological mechanism. I just don't believe that God is the so called giver of this free will. Iatia, I am not sure I understand your question ...
chatpilot Religion 17 3081 October 25, 2011 at 1:58 am
    Thread: Why did god create evil?
Post: RE: Why did god create evil?

According to the bible the sin that Adam and Eve committed all boils down to disobedience, he told them not to eat from the tree of knowledge of good and evil and God being the great dictator that he ...
chatpilot Religion 347 164519 October 25, 2011 at 1:44 am
    Thread: It's Our Birthday!
Post: RE: It's Our Birthday!

Happy third birthday AF you have turned out to be a hell of a website and a great place to discuss the many many things that irritate me about religion and the religious. Keep up the good work and may...
chatpilot Announcements 37 7973 August 25, 2011 at 8:40 pm
    Thread: Non Sequitur
Post: RE: Non Sequitur

I've never agreed with the use of philosophy for arguing about the existence of gods as practical. As Min has stated it is nothing more than mental masturbation at best. I love classical philosophy an...
chatpilot Philosophy 8 3333 August 25, 2011 at 8:39 pm
    Thread: Does anyone here have any references
Post: RE: Does anyone here have any references

(August 15, 2011 at 1:03 pm)orogenicman Wrote: Perhaps I'm not making myself clear. I am looking for published PhDs, preferably with expertize in middele eastern history, who are current or relativ...
chatpilot Atheism 19 4945 August 15, 2011 at 4:40 pm