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    Thread: Accepting/Rejecting "Atheism" as a label.
Post: RE: Accepting/Rejecting "Atheism" as a label.

(January 26, 2013 at 3:41 am)paulpablo Wrote: I dont reject atheism as a label, as a label i just see it as a way of saying "im not a cult member" but i reject the idea that atheists have an ideolog...
Aardverk Atheism 95 28515 January 26, 2013 at 7:54 am
    Thread: Accepting/Rejecting "Atheism" as a label.
Post: RE: Accepting/Rejecting "Atheism" as a label.

(January 24, 2013 at 1:12 pm)Confused Ape Wrote: (January 24, 2013 at 1:00 pm)Aardverk Wrote: What we are discussing is in reality 'doubt' - which can be qualified. I have little doubt that there ...
Aardverk Atheism 95 28515 January 24, 2013 at 2:24 pm
    Thread: Accepting/Rejecting "Atheism" as a label.
Post: RE: Accepting/Rejecting "Atheism" as a label.

(January 24, 2013 at 5:57 am)genkaus Wrote: The requirement of 100% certainty on your part is unreasonable because that would make acceptance or rejection of any title/label/claim indefensible.But ...
Aardverk Atheism 95 28515 January 24, 2013 at 1:00 pm
    Thread: Accepting/Rejecting "Atheism" as a label.
Post: RE: Accepting/Rejecting "Atheism" as a label.

(January 19, 2013 at 8:54 pm)Ryantology Wrote: ........ Believing you can win the lottery is definitely irrational, but it's also far from impossible. ..................Can I just re-word that sligh...
Aardverk Atheism 95 28515 January 24, 2013 at 5:32 am
    Thread: God of the Bible Exists!
Post: RE: God of the Bible Exists!

(January 20, 2013 at 11:00 am)Stimbo Wrote: Poe's Law. And there was me thinking it was a Perl Object Environment. :blond-moment:
Aardverk Christianity 125 27156 January 20, 2013 at 2:26 pm
    Thread: God of the Bible Exists!
Post: RE: God of the Bible Exists!

(January 19, 2013 at 2:29 pm)Christian Wrote: Ref: UNICORNS - You guys are taking it out of context. Very poor way of interpreting the messages in the Good Book. But on the bright aside, you are tak...
Aardverk Christianity 125 27156 January 20, 2013 at 10:57 am
    Thread: God of the Bible Exists!
Post: RE: God of the Bible Exists!

(January 16, 2013 at 9:06 pm)Christian Wrote: Your argument is invalid to start off with. Do you realize that unicorns are just imaginary, mythical characters? Why compare them with God, whose evide...
Aardverk Christianity 125 27156 January 19, 2013 at 1:42 pm
    Thread: My Debating Tactic
Post: RE: My Debating Tactic

Come on Christian, move along now, your 'Debating tactic' is rapidly getting boring. Some of us are dying to hear why you think The Bible is the 'word of Jesus Christ' (even the OT? - tell that one ...
Aardverk Off Topic 36 6882 January 19, 2013 at 12:45 pm
    Thread: Alabamian Atheist in Need of Advice
Post: RE: Alabamian Atheist in Need of Advice

Similar advice from me, except that I would think more than twice about calling yourself an 'atheist' at all - ever. Bear in mind that even Richard Dawkins calls himself an agnostic (6.9 on a 7 point ...
Aardverk Introductions 55 11270 January 19, 2013 at 12:18 pm
    Thread: WTF do Easter eggs have to do with Easter?
Post: RE: WTF do Easter eggs have to do with Easter?

"An Anglo-Saxon legend tells how the Saxon goddess Eostre found a wounded bird and transformed it into a hare, so that it could survive the Winter. The hare found it could lay eggs, so it decorated th...
Aardverk Christianity 24 12599 March 23, 2012 at 5:37 am
    Thread: Celebrate the horrors of the crucifixion with the children, buy resurrection eggs!
Post: RE: Celebrate the horrors of the crucifixion with ...

"An Anglo-Saxon legend tells how the Saxon goddess Eostre found a wounded bird and transformed it into a hare, so that it could survive the Winter. The hare found it could lay eggs, so it decorated th...
Aardverk Christianity 12 6579 March 22, 2012 at 2:25 pm
    Thread: £27,000,000 for NHS chaplains
Post: £27,000,000 for NHS chaplains

I like the idea of a 'free' health service. It feels right and humane to look after the poor as well as the rich BUT I have just learned that the British National Health Service includes the provision...
Aardverk Christianity 4 1833 March 22, 2012 at 5:14 am
    Thread: How to avoid shaking hands
Post: RE: How to avoid shaking hands

Why not just bow - rather like a Japanese woman might bow? If they keep offering their hand, keep on bowing. Better still, give up a religion which treats women as second class citizens.
Aardverk Off Topic 62 19691 March 22, 2012 at 5:07 am
    Thread: Dawkins moves from "militant atheism" to "agnosticism" because of DNA?
Post: RE: Dawkins moves from "militant atheism" to "agno...

And the other interview;)........http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ai3shK9wd...re=related
Aardverk Christianity 23 10417 March 15, 2012 at 1:16 pm
    Thread: Young-earth creationist Kent Hovind's doctoral dissertation
Post: RE: Young-earth creationist Kent Hovind's doctoral...

I actually read a few pages and found his style so pathetically ill-educated that I thought I would find out more about him. Here is a brief sample: "January 2007, Hovind has been serving a ten-year ...
Aardverk Skepticism & Pseudoscience 39 14814 March 6, 2012 at 1:47 pm
    Thread: The puzzle.
Post: RE: The puzzle.

(February 29, 2012 at 11:21 pm)Ziploc Surprise Wrote: This is a story about two guys and a puzzle, and nothing more *wink wink, nod nod* http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/583414 Nice little cart...
Aardverk Christianity 1 1401 March 3, 2012 at 10:32 am
    Thread: Religious families
Post: RE: Religious families

You have my sympathy but if people are constantly preaching at you and they are not prepared to engage in calm debate, separation is the only way to get any peace of mind. Just because they are your f...
Aardverk Atheism 20 5253 February 29, 2012 at 5:53 am
    Thread: Is this a true Christian?
Post: RE: Is this a true Christian?

(February 28, 2012 at 11:20 pm)renew Wrote: .....and AA...using your post as practice really helped in mastering the quote and edit features. Thank you. You're most welcome renew. I'm always glad to...
Aardverk Christianity 99 37759 February 29, 2012 at 5:13 am
    Thread: Is this a true Christian?
Post: RE: Is this a true Christian?

'Article 18 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights' reads: "Everyone has the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion; this right includes freedom to change his religion or belief, a...
Aardverk Christianity 99 37759 February 28, 2012 at 1:35 pm
    Thread: Navy atheist required to pray, say “Amen”, and feign hatred of atheists
Post: RE: Navy atheist required to pray, say “Amen”, and...

(February 26, 2012 at 7:17 pm)Rhythm Wrote: ..... but in the heat of the moment with your superior in front of you (who is completely aware of what triggers you, via standardized training), and all ...
Aardverk Christianity 19 8543 February 28, 2012 at 1:17 pm