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    Thread: Somebody said this to me
Post: RE: Somebody said this to me

(May 12, 2012 at 5:38 am)KichigaiNeko Wrote: Can't you/they Google?? I did. I'm not very knowledgeable about such matters but it didn't take me long to find a few rebuttals. Here's my response: Quo...
cdabamsworth General Science 57 21236 May 12, 2012 at 6:25 am
    Thread: Somebody said this to me
Post: RE: Somebody said this to me

Here we go...they've come back with a whopper. Quote:Amino acid racemization: Basically it looks like carbon dating, if I’m not mistaken. In short, it seems that there is a point that the page capitu...
cdabamsworth General Science 57 21236 May 12, 2012 at 5:31 am
    Thread: Somebody said this to me
Post: Somebody said this to me

Somebody I know said: "The universe exists. The universe has a beginning (big bang) and an end (freeze). The idea of it collapsing again is absurd, what would cause that? The universe couldn’t have c...
cdabamsworth General Science 57 21236 April 26, 2012 at 4:16 pm
    Thread: Do you agree with Richard Dawkins?
Post: RE: Do you agree with Richard Dawkins?

Not sure if anyone has posted this, but I believe Dawkins wrote this (found it online): Quote:*You mention in the book 'The Ancestor's Tale' that you are appalled at the works of liberal thinkers fro...
cdabamsworth Philosophy 399 170045 April 17, 2012 at 6:53 pm
    Thread: What planted the seed?
Post: RE: What planted the seed?

Hmm. I loved Derren Brown as a performer. Then I found out he was atheist. Then I listened to him speak and it made sense. And he used to be Christian, and his perspective was his deconversion. How co...
cdabamsworth Atheism 42 11710 April 2, 2012 at 7:44 pm
    Thread: The illogicality of belief revealed?
Post: The illogicality of belief revealed?

We all have the problem of believers not understanding how their belief is founded on illogicality. Do you think this approach - of pointing out where belief is illogical - is helpful, or is logic no...
cdabamsworth Atheism 8 3616 April 2, 2012 at 11:08 am
    Thread: What do I say?
Post: RE: What do I say?

They've come back with "You say I have no grounds for believing in God: a great force that cannot be understood. However, scientists have long ago admitted that the laws of science that we observe tod...
cdabamsworth Religion 22 6740 April 1, 2012 at 6:31 pm
    Thread: Hello my fellow atheists!
Post: RE: Hello my fellow atheists!

"Someone who burns those in flames if they don't fit His ideal... Remind you of anyone??" Hahaha :) Welcome!
cdabamsworth Introductions 14 4023 April 1, 2012 at 9:47 am
    Thread: Theory of Everything (unifying faith and reason)
Post: RE: Theory of Everything (unifying faith and reaso...

As a Christian I used to believe that God created the universe with a big bang and designed evolution to keep speciation going.
cdabamsworth Atheism 38 15630 April 1, 2012 at 9:44 am
    Thread: Debating with theists.
Post: RE: Debating with theists.

I'll echo about asking questions. "I believe in God." "Why?" "Because He is the Word according to the Bible." "How do you know the Bible proves God is the Word?" "Because He wrote it with His Divine ...
cdabamsworth Religion 22 10758 April 1, 2012 at 9:40 am
    Thread: Need help for a Sunday School class
Post: RE: Need help for a Sunday School class

This moral dilemma is worth considering: http://whywontgodhealamputees.com/god1.htm
cdabamsworth Christianity 52 16481 April 1, 2012 at 9:19 am
    Thread: What do I say?
Post: RE: What do I say?

I was confused. Loads of words and not much meaning!
cdabamsworth Religion 22 6740 March 31, 2012 at 7:04 pm
    Thread: What do I say?
Post: What do I say?

I was talking religion with my friend, when they suddenly came out with this mouthful. Quote:The very existence of order in the universe proves that the 2nd law of Thermodynamics has been violated. T...
cdabamsworth Religion 22 6740 March 31, 2012 at 6:42 pm
    Thread: Insulting & attacking belief doesn't work.
Post: RE: Insulting & attacking belief doesn't work.

Hi. Just to clarify, I didn't say (or think) it was in any way immoral or wrong to insult others for their beliefs. I was purely emphasizing the point that it probably won't help deconvert anybody, a...
cdabamsworth Converts' Corner 51 24624 March 31, 2012 at 4:21 pm
    Thread: Death
Post: RE: Death

Not strictly topical, but I like what Penn Jillette said: "I say to people who are scared of death, 'You weren't alive in 1890. Does that scare you?' They say, 'No, why would it?' I say, 'So why does...
cdabamsworth Philosophy 70 34151 March 31, 2012 at 11:29 am
    Thread: The Bible
Post: RE: The Bible

Thanks for your response. (March 31, 2012 at 11:18 am)mediamogul Wrote: A god who created a world where the holocaust not only happened but was NECCESSARY, as in it had to happen, raises some serio...
cdabamsworth Christianity 58 18376 March 31, 2012 at 11:24 am
    Thread: The Bible
Post: The Bible

If you interpret the whole Bible literally, you're a bad Christian because you could justify evil behaviour, and scientists will laugh at you because you're probably a creationist. If you interpret s...
cdabamsworth Christianity 58 18376 March 31, 2012 at 11:11 am
    Thread: Militant atheism: Why it exists, and why we need it.
Post: RE: Militant atheism: Why it exists, and why we n...

This idea, on a big scale, is fine. But if you're personally talking to a religious person, I honestly don't think louder is better. A natural response when you wish to influence somebody is to becom...
cdabamsworth Atheism 71 29127 March 31, 2012 at 11:05 am
    Thread: Insulting & attacking belief doesn't work.
Post: Insulting & attacking belief doesn't work.

I used to be a Christian. Every time people attacked me / insulted me about my beliefs, or said things in a harsh way, I ignored them and laughed at them, knowing that they were wrong. I went around ...
cdabamsworth Converts' Corner 51 24624 March 31, 2012 at 11:01 am