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    Thread: If I were an Atheist
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Kitan, Quote:But there is no evidence...Stop being so fucking retarded.  That's right just close your eyes and like Dorthy just keep tapping your heels together and repeat mindlessly there's no ev...
Drew_2013 Atheism 549 71585 April 27, 2015 at 12:47 pm
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(April 25, 2015 at 12:30 pm)downbeatplumb Wrote: (April 25, 2015 at 11:53 am)Drew_2013 Wrote: Wait what! What I believe is based on what can be proven. The universe started by creator idea has no...
Drew_2013 Atheism 549 71585 April 26, 2015 at 12:48 am
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(April 25, 2015 at 11:57 am)robvalue Wrote: You have evidence a personal agent is responsible for lightning? What does that mean? I'm starting to think you are messing with us. You're talking about...
Drew_2013 Atheism 549 71585 April 25, 2015 at 11:28 pm
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(April 24, 2015 at 8:22 pm)Brian37 Wrote: (April 24, 2015 at 7:56 pm)Drew_2013 Wrote: In answer to the bolded question, yes, it is what we would expect to see, because it is what we do see. That ...
Drew_2013 Atheism 549 71585 April 25, 2015 at 11:53 am
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(April 24, 2015 at 2:11 pm)Aroura Wrote: (April 24, 2015 at 1:06 pm)Drew_2013 Wrote: Yes I am. Einstein and others noticed a slight discrepancy and subsequently he formulated his theory of general...
Drew_2013 Atheism 549 71585 April 24, 2015 at 7:56 pm
    Thread: How do I get over that "feeling" that god exists?
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(April 24, 2015 at 7:38 pm)whateverist Wrote: (April 20, 2015 at 1:00 pm)Drew_2013 Wrote: Belief in God (theism) isn't a religion. Its an opinion we owe our existence to a personal agent who purpo...
Drew_2013 Atheism 64 11511 April 24, 2015 at 7:46 pm
    Thread: How do I get over that "feeling" that god exists?
Post: RE: How do I get over that "feeling" that god exis...

(April 21, 2015 at 1:58 pm)Simon Moon Wrote: (April 20, 2015 at 1:00 pm)Drew_2013 Wrote: Belief in God (theism) isn't a religion. Its an opinion we owe our existence to a personal agent who purpos...
Drew_2013 Atheism 64 11511 April 24, 2015 at 1:24 pm
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(April 22, 2015 at 5:17 pm)Alex K Wrote: (April 15, 2015 at 3:09 pm)Drew_2013 Wrote: Perhaps the greatest scientist of all time is Isaac Newton he believed the universe was knowable and could be e...
Drew_2013 Atheism 549 71585 April 24, 2015 at 1:06 pm
    Thread: How do I get over that "feeling" that god exists?
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(April 14, 2015 at 8:54 pm)IanHulett Wrote: I'm still technically a recent deconvert, only becoming an atheist in mid january of this year, but I still have this persistent "feeling" that God exists...
Drew_2013 Atheism 64 11511 April 20, 2015 at 1:00 pm
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Surgenator Quote:The fine-tuning argument is an argument from ignorance, a fallacy. The whole argument boils down to 1) Look at all these (maybe) independent variable that are tightly constrained...
Drew_2013 Atheism 549 71585 April 15, 2015 at 3:09 pm
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Jörmungandr [Image: http://atheistforums.org/images/buddy_offline.png]  Quote:I thought we'd been over this already.  As Don Tow observes in his review of Rees' book: We have been over it but athe...
Drew_2013 Atheism 549 71585 April 13, 2015 at 3:53 pm
    Thread: If I were an Atheist
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Quote:In short theory 2 states we owe our existence to happenstance. So does hypothesis 1. If the Creator has free will and the power to create anything, the things it could have created are infinite...
Drew_2013 Atheism 549 71585 April 10, 2015 at 1:18 pm
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Mister Agenda, Quote:If you think we DO know how the universe came into existence, please enlighten us instead of whinging that we're not nice for pointing out the obvious glaring weakness in hypoth...
Drew_2013 Atheism 549 71585 April 6, 2015 at 1:50 pm
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(April 2, 2015 at 6:00 pm)Tobie Wrote: Quote:Atheists claim there is no evidence and then contort themselves attempting to explain away facts (evidence) in favor of theism. The fact alone the univer...
Drew_2013 Atheism 549 71585 April 4, 2015 at 7:25 pm
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(April 2, 2015 at 4:52 pm)robvalue Wrote: Wow! Now that was a smack down, nice work :) Indeed! The idea that "things wouldn't work if stuff was different" does indeed sound like a restriction on a...
Drew_2013 Atheism 549 71585 April 4, 2015 at 4:42 pm
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(April 2, 2015 at 3:20 pm)Tonus Wrote: (April 2, 2015 at 2:36 pm)Drew_2013 Wrote: Atheists claim there is no evidence and then contort themselves attempting to explain away facts (evidence) in fav...
Drew_2013 Atheism 549 71585 April 4, 2015 at 3:40 pm
    Thread: If I were an Atheist
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(April 1, 2015 at 6:44 am)Tonus Wrote: (March 31, 2015 at 2:01 pm)Drew_2013 Wrote: Most atheists in my experience don't defend or support theory 2. Instead they bash, marginalize and demonize theo...
Drew_2013 Atheism 549 71585 April 2, 2015 at 2:36 pm
    Thread: If I were an Atheist
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(April 1, 2015 at 4:18 am)pocaracas Wrote: (March 31, 2015 at 8:03 pm)Drew_2013 Wrote: Pocaracas, That would mean you lack belief in any explanation that might account for our existence. Indee...
Drew_2013 Atheism 549 71585 April 2, 2015 at 1:42 pm
    Thread: If I were an Atheist
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Dystopia, Quote:True but there are lots of things which only have circumstantial evidence in their favor, theism is a belief not a fact. As a law student what I learned is that circumstantial evidenc...
Drew_2013 Atheism 549 71585 March 31, 2015 at 8:03 pm
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Hello all, Just to summarize this discussion. The two best theories that attempt to account for the existence of the universe and the existence of humans is the following. 1. We are the result of ...
Drew_2013 Atheism 549 71585 March 31, 2015 at 2:01 pm