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Thread: Atheism is a religion
Post: RE: Atheism is a religion
| So you define reality as "the universe"? Interesting. |
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January 9, 2012 at 6:33 pm |
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Thread: Atheism is a religion
Post: RE: Atheism is a religion
| Looks like there was an error in your post mister. I'm intrigued as to your responses to the questions I posed about reality. |
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amkerman |
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January 9, 2012 at 4:02 pm |
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Thread: Atheism is a religion
Post: RE: Atheism is a religion
| Word game? I merely asked questions about reality. I think the answers are pretty obvious.
What I want to know is whether atheists believe in reality as I have defined it using the dictionary. |
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amkerman |
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January 9, 2012 at 3:28 pm |
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Thread: Atheism is a religion
Post: RE: Atheism is a religion
| So downbeat, do you believe in an omnipotent omnipresent infallible "thing" which nothing can oppose and in which all things are possible?
And is this "thing" Reality?
And do you agree that Reality c... |
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amkerman |
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January 9, 2012 at 3:13 pm |
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Thread: Atheism is a religion
Post: RE: Atheism is a religion
| If there is nothing outside of reality to prove it's existence, can things within reality logically believe in it's existence?
Is it possible for something within reality capable of belief to "lack b... |
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amkerman |
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January 9, 2012 at 2:57 pm |
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Thread: Atheism is a religion
Post: RE: Atheism is a religion
| Can reality be proven, if there is nothing outside of itself to prove it? |
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January 9, 2012 at 2:41 pm |
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Thread: Atheism is a religion
Post: RE: Atheism is a religion
| Now you want to talk about "God"? I am talking about "Reality". I defined it using the dictionary and everything.
Why are you conflating reality w/ God? Unless you understand how I consider the two ... |
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January 9, 2012 at 2:36 pm |
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Thread: Atheism is a religion
Post: RE: Atheism is a religion
| Is everything that exists a derivative of reality?
And isn't reality not derivative nor dependent on anything else?
As in, reality was not created by anything?
As in, reality just is?
As is, it is ... |
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amkerman |
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January 9, 2012 at 2:13 pm |
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Thread: Reality.
Post: RE: Reality.
| Is reality absurd?
I kinda like the way you think blossom. Except for that nothing exists. How can nothing exist? If it exists, it's not nothing. It breaks the law of noncontradiction.
According to ... |
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amkerman |
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January 9, 2012 at 2:05 pm |
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Thread: Reality.
Post: Reality.
| Reality: something that is neither derivative nor dependent but exists necessarily.
Merriam webster.
Do you believe reality exists?
Even if it couldn't be perceived, even if it could be found nowh... |
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January 9, 2012 at 1:54 pm |
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Thread: Atheism is a religion
Post: RE: Atheism is a religion
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Reality: something that is neither derivative nor dependent but exists necessarily.
Merriam webster.
Do you believe reality exists?
If so, can you comprehend it?
If so, can you prove it's existenc... |
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amkerman |
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January 9, 2012 at 1:49 pm |
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Thread: Question about meaning and perception of reality from a theist.
Post: RE: Question about meaning and perception of reali...
| Reality: something that is neither derivative nor dependent but exists necessarily.
Merriam webster.
Do you believe reality exists?
If so, can you comprehend it?
If so, can you prove it's existenc... |
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amkerman |
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January 9, 2012 at 1:38 pm |
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Thread: Question about meaning and perception of reality from a theist.
Post: RE: Question about meaning and perception of reali...
| Instead of posting an amusing facepalm, which I do appreciate, how about you attack the argument. |
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January 9, 2012 at 1:03 pm |
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Thread: Atheism is a religion
Post: RE: Atheism is a religion
| You possibly want me to believe God is some man in the sky so you can look for it and not find it. That is not what God is. Reality is everywhere always. It is your perceptions, your thoughts. It acts... |
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January 9, 2012 at 12:56 pm |
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Thread: Atheism is a religion
Post: RE: Atheism is a religion
| That you said I want you to hate religion couldn't be further from the truth. I want you to love. Period. That is my only agenda. Love.
Reality doesn't "mesh" with anything. It is what it is. Incompr... |
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January 9, 2012 at 12:47 pm |
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Thread: Question about meaning and perception of reality from a theist.
Post: RE: Question about meaning and perception of reali...
| "redefining words does not support realities existence, it doesn't work that way"
Let's see if you're right.
Well, if we are really redefining words, then both words and "we" must exist.
If we ex... |
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January 9, 2012 at 12:42 pm |
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Thread: Atheism is a religion
Post: RE: Atheism is a religion
| I have no agenda shell, you just keep stating that I do. Religions aren't real things. They are concepts. They are labels. They are words. Go out and find religion and bring it to a lab to study it if... |
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January 9, 2012 at 12:30 pm |
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Thread: Atheism is a religion
Post: RE: Atheism is a religion
| Heather: what you are stating is "how is a terrapin a turtle, they are different words."
The words don't matter, you could call a turtle whatever you want, you could call it a fish if you want, for e... |
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January 9, 2012 at 12:22 pm |
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Thread: Atheism is a religion
Post: RE: Atheism is a religion
| You are just making up a God in your head so you can refute it. You assign your personal God a gender? Pathetic.
Heather words are just labels. They have no inherent meaning. They are just tools of l... |
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January 9, 2012 at 12:16 pm |
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Thread: Atheism is a religion
Post: RE: Atheism is a religion
| You must only be able to understand your beliefs then. Anything that you don't believe you can't possibly begin to understand. You said it yourself, "anything beyond your perception is unknown." |
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amkerman |
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January 9, 2012 at 12:13 pm |
