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    Thread: Why do atheists get singled out like this?
Post: RE: Why do atheists get singled out like this?

[quote='ArmchairAtheist' pid='179377' dateline='1316135703' PC is part of the problem in that it is a subtler form of irrationality because it allows the larger irrationality to continue rather than "...
Fred Atheism 71 15404 September 15, 2011 at 10:47 pm
    Thread: Why do atheists get singled out like this?
Post: RE: Why do atheists get singled out like this?

(September 14, 2011 at 12:46 am)ArmchairAtheist Wrote: The main problem with religion at this point in our evolutionary thought is not the conflict between theist and nontheist as to whether a god e...
Fred Atheism 71 15404 September 14, 2011 at 2:10 pm
    Thread: Why do atheists get singled out like this?
Post: RE: Why do atheists get singled out like this?

[quote][quote='Faith No More' pid='178730' dateline='1315975224'] I think it goes further than just a fear issue. We are seen as hopeless and empty beings void of morals. We are seen as idiots who c...
Fred Atheism 71 15404 September 14, 2011 at 1:45 pm
    Thread: Why do atheists get singled out like this?
Post: RE: Why do atheists get singled out like this?

(September 13, 2011 at 8:05 pm)Cinjin Wrote: It's not just the realization that their core belief system might be bogus. They realize that their father and their father's father on back wasted thei...
Fred Atheism 71 15404 September 13, 2011 at 8:20 pm
    Thread: Why do atheists get singled out like this?
Post: RE: Why do atheists get singled out like this?

(September 13, 2011 at 7:29 pm)Shell B Wrote: (September 13, 2011 at 7:27 pm)Fred Wrote: But that would apply equally to praying away the gay or views on climate change or a host of other issues, ...
Fred Atheism 71 15404 September 13, 2011 at 8:02 pm
    Thread: Why do atheists get singled out like this?
Post: RE: Why do atheists get singled out like this?

(September 13, 2011 at 7:19 pm)Simon Moon Wrote: (September 13, 2011 at 6:55 pm)Minimalist Wrote: Because there are far too many religious shitheads who shudder at the thought that someone has rej...
Fred Atheism 71 15404 September 13, 2011 at 7:27 pm
    Thread: Why do atheists get singled out like this?
Post: RE: Why do atheists get singled out like this?

(September 13, 2011 at 6:55 pm)Minimalist Wrote: Because there are far too many religious shitheads who shudder at the thought that someone has rejected their bullshit story. It's called "fear." We...
Fred Atheism 71 15404 September 13, 2011 at 7:17 pm
    Thread: Why do atheists get singled out like this?
Post: Why do atheists get singled out like this?

Stumbled upon this article http://bit.ly/9d9zvw The snippage below is the parts I want to get your take on. Why do you guys think things are like this? University of Minnesota Study on American At...
Fred Atheism 71 15404 September 13, 2011 at 6:54 pm
    Thread: Atheism isn't a worldview, but
Post: RE: Atheism isn't a worldview, but

(September 12, 2011 at 7:03 pm)Epimethean Wrote: So we should accept a bunch of cockamamie garbage dreamed up by inventors BEFORE such things can be vetted through proper channels, and this has what...
Fred Atheism 59 11429 September 12, 2011 at 10:44 pm
    Thread: Atheism isn't a worldview, but
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(September 12, 2011 at 6:50 pm)Rhythm Wrote: Dont get pissy just because your little helmet turned out to be made of thin air. You should have checked it out yourself. One would expect the interne...
Fred Atheism 59 11429 September 12, 2011 at 9:55 pm
    Thread: Atheism isn't a worldview, but
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(September 12, 2011 at 4:24 pm)Rhythm Wrote: I said he got hoaxed. I told you I'd check up on that (which you should have done before you offered it up as part of your overall sage wisdom). So you ...
Fred Atheism 59 11429 September 12, 2011 at 4:57 pm
    Thread: Atheism isn't a worldview, but
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(September 12, 2011 at 3:20 pm)Rhythm Wrote: The strange thing is that in attempting to google this device, Mr. Wolfe's article seems to be the only hit at all, bar a few forum posts lumping it in w...
Fred Atheism 59 11429 September 12, 2011 at 3:46 pm
    Thread: Accommodation vs. Confrontation
Post: RE: Accommodation vs. Confrontation

(September 12, 2011 at 2:41 pm)Rhythm Wrote: That a propensity for religion may provide us with a survival advantage in one scenario (debatable) in no way validates it's existence given it's disadva...
Fred Atheism 28 3818 September 12, 2011 at 3:07 pm
    Thread: Atheism isn't a worldview, but
Post: RE: Atheism isn't a worldview, but

(September 12, 2011 at 2:11 pm)Rhythm Wrote: If the proposed mechanism is sound, if they can back up their findings, and if others can use the same methods to reach the same conclusions, then what p...
Fred Atheism 59 11429 September 12, 2011 at 2:45 pm
    Thread: Accommodation vs. Confrontation
Post: RE: Accommodation vs. Confrontation

(September 12, 2011 at 2:06 pm)ElDinero Wrote: No, he's saying you wouldn't know a fact if several peer reviewed papers on the matter smacked you in the face. Heh. Happen to have any around that man...
Fred Atheism 28 3818 September 12, 2011 at 2:29 pm
    Thread: Accommodation vs. Confrontation
Post: RE: Accommodation vs. Confrontation

(September 12, 2011 at 1:34 pm)Rhythm Wrote: Tell that to all the people it conferred straight to an early grave Fred. I'm not sure you should even be allowed to use the word facts at this point. ...
Fred Atheism 28 3818 September 12, 2011 at 2:02 pm
    Thread: Atheism isn't a worldview, but
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(September 12, 2011 at 1:39 pm)Rhythm Wrote: It isn't dedication that I criticize Fred, it's the object of that dedication, and the effects thereof (on oneself, and the rest of us). So go back to t...
Fred Atheism 59 11429 September 12, 2011 at 2:00 pm
    Thread: Accommodation vs. Confrontation
Post: RE: Accommodation vs. Confrontation

(September 12, 2011 at 1:05 pm)Rhythm Wrote: Rgr that, I'm going to fall back on the christian defense "You just don't understand!" See? Told ya the mythic stuff keeps on going, going, going. It's p...
Fred Atheism 28 3818 September 12, 2011 at 1:16 pm
    Thread: Accommodation vs. Confrontation
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(September 12, 2011 at 12:52 pm)Rhythm Wrote: All of a sudden I'm doubting my position on the matter. :argue: Heh. There's always that danger, huh? Don't worry though, you can just chalk it up to m...
Fred Atheism 28 3818 September 12, 2011 at 1:02 pm
    Thread: Atheism isn't a worldview, but
Post: RE: Atheism isn't a worldview, but

(September 12, 2011 at 9:00 am)Epimethean Wrote: So we agree that atheism isn't a worldview. Yup. Given the title of the thread, it was funny when somebody insisted I had an obvious mental block bec...
Fred Atheism 59 11429 September 12, 2011 at 12:56 pm