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RE: The Sects of Atheism
November 2, 2021 at 4:25 pm
(November 2, 2021 at 4:04 pm)Ahriman Wrote: (November 2, 2021 at 3:22 pm)Astreja Wrote: Atheism is a useful term for a specific type of non-belief. It's rare that anyone inquires about my lack of belief in faeries, ghosts, or the efficacy of palm reading and Tarot cards. In contrast, there seems to be someone asking "Why don't you believe in God?" All. The. Damn. Time. Well, why don't you believe in God? Without using the tired excuse of "there's no evidence" because everyone knows that's a cover story.
Because none of the so-called evidence is up to my evidentiary standards, and all the scriptural stories I've read are too daft to take seriously.
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RE: The Sects of Atheism
November 2, 2021 at 4:25 pm
Quote:There might be unicorns somewhere. I don't know.
Well your brain is broken so none of us are surprised you would say this
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RE: The Sects of Atheism
November 2, 2021 at 4:27 pm
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(November 2, 2021 at 4:19 pm)Ahriman Wrote: (November 2, 2021 at 4:14 pm)The Grand Nudger Wrote: Well...why don't you believe in unicorns? Just because there's no evidence and you instinctively reel against the idea of horned horses as idiotic superstition?
Physician, heal thyself? There might be unicorns somewhere. I don't know.
The prosecution rests. The intention is that you're a superstitious idiot.....and your defense....... is that you very well may be. Good job?
I am the Infantry. I am my country’s strength in war, her deterrent in peace. I am the heart of the fight… wherever, whenever. I carry America’s faith and honor against her enemies. I am the Queen of Battle. I am what my country expects me to be, the best trained Soldier in the world. In the race for victory, I am swift, determined, and courageous, armed with a fierce will to win. Never will I fail my country’s trust. Always I fight on…through the foe, to the objective, to triumph overall. If necessary, I will fight to my death. By my steadfast courage, I have won more than 200 years of freedom. I yield not to weakness, to hunger, to cowardice, to fatigue, to superior odds, For I am mentally tough, physically strong, and morally straight. I forsake not, my country, my mission, my comrades, my sacred duty. I am relentless. I am always there, now and forever. I AM THE INFANTRY! FOLLOW ME!
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RE: The Sects of Atheism
November 2, 2021 at 4:29 pm
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You know for a fact there are no unicorns anywhere, in the entire universe? Why? Just because you haven't seen any?
"Imagination, life is your creation"
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RE: The Sects of Atheism
November 2, 2021 at 4:30 pm
(November 2, 2021 at 4:20 pm)Neo-Scholastic Wrote: (November 2, 2021 at 4:08 pm)Helios Wrote: It's not a cover story it's a fact 
That's not a fact. That's your opinion. As someone once said, theists do not require evidence and atheists won't accept any. Learning the difference between fact and opinion is one of the first steps in critical thinking, yes?
Why should anyone accept a naked assertion?
I am dating Angelina Jolie. <----- So are you telling me you would blindly accept that claim?
Critical thinking isn't a tool you use to justify your own bias. That is the flaw in your logic. Otherwise I am dating Angelina Jolie. I have more proof of my claim than you do of your God. I exist and Angelina Jolie exists, and those are objectively provable facts.
"God/god/deity" claims are "opinions" argued on apology, not neutral scientific objectivity.
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RE: The Sects of Atheism
November 2, 2021 at 4:31 pm
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I do, yeah. Problem? Lets just appreciate that you're going to bat for what.....apparently, you've never seen either.......it's not as if we disagree on the facts, you and I.......
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QRg_8NNPTD8
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RE: The Sects of Atheism
November 2, 2021 at 4:33 pm
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(November 2, 2021 at 4:27 pm)The Grand Nudger Wrote: (November 2, 2021 at 4:19 pm)Ahriman Wrote: There might be unicorns somewhere. I don't know.
The prosecution rests. The intention is that you're a superstitious idiot.....and you're defense, is that you very well may be.
See, that's where I differ just a bit.
There seems to be 100's of billions of planets, a good percentage of them seem to be able to support life.
I do not like to speak in absolute certainties. No matter how infinitesimally small the chances a unicorn exists, somewhere across this unimaginably vast universe, are. Although, I am about as close to being absolutely certain as is possible, they don't exist.
You'd believe if you just opened your heart" is a terrible argument for religion. It's basically saying, "If you bias yourself enough, you can convince yourself that this is true." If religion were true, people wouldn't need faith to believe it -- it would be supported by good evidence.
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RE: The Sects of Atheism
November 2, 2021 at 4:34 pm
(November 2, 2021 at 4:19 pm)Ahriman Wrote: (November 2, 2021 at 4:14 pm)The Grand Nudger Wrote: Well...why don't you believe in unicorns? Just because there's no evidence and you instinctively reel against the idea of horned horses as idiotic superstition?
Physician, heal thyself? There might be unicorns somewhere. I don't know.
Please, nobody tell him about the unicorn religion.
Being told you're delusional does not necessarily mean you're mental.
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RE: The Sects of Atheism
November 2, 2021 at 4:36 pm
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Bitch aint a brony so we know out of hand he's wrong, and an idiot.
I am the Infantry. I am my country’s strength in war, her deterrent in peace. I am the heart of the fight… wherever, whenever. I carry America’s faith and honor against her enemies. I am the Queen of Battle. I am what my country expects me to be, the best trained Soldier in the world. In the race for victory, I am swift, determined, and courageous, armed with a fierce will to win. Never will I fail my country’s trust. Always I fight on…through the foe, to the objective, to triumph overall. If necessary, I will fight to my death. By my steadfast courage, I have won more than 200 years of freedom. I yield not to weakness, to hunger, to cowardice, to fatigue, to superior odds, For I am mentally tough, physically strong, and morally straight. I forsake not, my country, my mission, my comrades, my sacred duty. I am relentless. I am always there, now and forever. I AM THE INFANTRY! FOLLOW ME!
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RE: The Sects of Atheism
November 2, 2021 at 4:38 pm
(November 2, 2021 at 4:29 pm)Ahriman Wrote: You know for a fact there are no unicorns anywhere, in the entire universe? Why? Just because you haven't seen any?
But the question is, do you BELIEVE unicorns exist?
I am not asking about your state of knowledge whether unicorns actually exist.
I am asking about your state on whether you currently accept the proposition, that a unicorn does exist.
Do you currently, with the proviso, that somewhere in the universe, unicorns might exist, believe they actually do exist?
You'd believe if you just opened your heart" is a terrible argument for religion. It's basically saying, "If you bias yourself enough, you can convince yourself that this is true." If religion were true, people wouldn't need faith to believe it -- it would be supported by good evidence.
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