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RE: Why atheism always has a burden of proof
October 26, 2013 at 1:11 am
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Quote:A book criticized for having, and I quote, "a casual approach to basic research," and has been accused of manipulating sources to reach false conclusions. Wow. Rolleyes
Incidentally, would you be kind enough to point out the parts of this book that cite atheism as a cause for genocide? Some quotes, maybe?
The book does not because it's absolutely fucking retarded to blame atheism for anything. Oh and if you're going to pull the first result off Google as you have been doing, try and make it look like you did not do so. Laziness should be left to the Christians.
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RE: Why atheism always has a burden of proof
October 26, 2013 at 1:13 am
(October 26, 2013 at 1:00 am)Polaris Wrote: (October 26, 2013 at 12:56 am)Zen Badger Wrote: Got anything else Polaris?
Worse Than War: Genocide, Eliminationism, and the Ongoing Assault on Humanity...Daniel Jonah Goldhagen.
Oh maybe this book you'll actually having a fucking clue about...
I wonder if I make an alt also trashing that book, you'll believe the BS just the same.
And guess what the best part is? It had nothing to do with atheism, and guess what else? Must of us here are secular humanists and hold the exact opposite veiw of communism and I thought that this forums nature aptly demonstrated that hence theists here, to the best of my knowledge, have never had there posts taken down, blocked, or had accounts deleted for what they believe.
Here is some food for thought, as Christopher's hit hens shows quite well how heaven is like at Stalinist state. (Note I say Stalinist because I bet Karl is spinning in his grave over people like Stalin.)
http://m.youtube.com/results?q=celestial...43n5NX9O_0
To-morrow, and to-morrow, and to-morrow,
Creeps in this petty pace from day to day,
To the last syllable of recorded time;
And all our yesterdays have lighted fools
The way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle!
Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player,
That struts and frets his hour upon the stage,
And then is heard no more. It is a tale
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
Signifying nothing.
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RE: Why atheism always has a burden of proof
October 26, 2013 at 1:16 am
(October 26, 2013 at 1:11 am)Polaris Wrote: The book does not because it's absolutely fucking retarded to blame atheism for anything.
So why did you? 
Quote: Oh and if you're going to pull the first result off Google as you have been doing, try and make it look like you did not do so. Laziness should be left to the Christians.
And yet, doing even that minimum of research seemed to be beyond you before you cited this book as a source... 
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RE: Why atheism always has a burden of proof
October 26, 2013 at 1:22 am
I blamed atheists....state-sponsored atheism (aka communism) is much more of a religion. It's the opposite of Christians who blame the sin and the not the person, I actually blame the atheists and not the concept of atheism itself which just means a lack of belief in a god or gods. It's up to the atheists to live their own lives and sadly, many of them showed their colors to be vile, but that was the individuals and not the concept that proved to be evil.......kind of like a version of communism would be an ideal, but individuals always seem to bring the reality down into the mud.
Oh no doubt I'm lazy, but I've also spent a night drinking and just copied reference material. But sad that someone sober can't even do the bare minimum and comes off with bullshit I would think a teenager stupid for saying.
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RE: Why atheism always has a burden of proof
October 26, 2013 at 1:24 am
(October 26, 2013 at 12:42 am)Polaris Wrote: You're from the American South, aren't you?
What a stupid proposition! Are you ready to defend the basis of your statement?
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RE: Why atheism always has a burden of proof
October 26, 2013 at 1:26 am
(October 26, 2013 at 1:22 am)Polaris Wrote: Oh no doubt I'm lazy, but I've also spent a night drinking and just copied reference material. But sad that someone sober can't even do the bare minimum and comes off with bullshit I would think a teenager stupid for saying.
Is there anything specifically wrong with posting criticisms of a source if they're pertinent to the type of claim that source is being used to support? Or is it just that I didn't have the decency to do more than... read the reviews of the book in order to get there?
What is your point here? Beyond the usual point scoring, I mean?
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RE: Why atheism always has a burden of proof
October 26, 2013 at 1:29 am
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(October 26, 2013 at 1:24 am)cato123 Wrote: (October 26, 2013 at 12:42 am)Polaris Wrote: You're from the American South, aren't you?
What a stupid proposition! Are you ready to defend the basis of your statement?
I was right, so...
I can criticize sources of a Global Warming survey with information that comes from the Republicans, so yeah....
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RE: Why atheism always has a burden of proof
October 26, 2013 at 2:01 am
(October 26, 2013 at 1:22 am)Polaris Wrote: I blamed atheists....state-sponsored atheism (aka communism) is much more of a religion. It's the opposite of Christians who blame the sin and the not the person, I actually blame the atheists and not the concept of atheism itself which just means a lack of belief in a god or gods. It's up to the atheists to live their own lives and sadly, many of them showed their colors to be vile, but that was the individuals and not the concept that proved to be evil.......kind of like a version of communism would be an ideal, but individuals always seem to bring the reality down into the mud.
Oh no doubt I'm lazy, but I've also spent a night drinking and just copied reference material. But sad that someone sober can't even do the bare minimum and comes off with bullshit I would think a teenager stupid for saying.
So another pointless rant instead of actually providing evidence to back up your empty assertions.
Par for the course I suppose.
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RE: Why atheism always has a burden of proof
October 26, 2013 at 8:36 am
Am I the only one who has no idea what Polaris is talking about?
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RE: Why atheism always has a burden of proof
October 26, 2013 at 8:44 am
(October 26, 2013 at 8:36 am)Rationalman Wrote: Am I the only one who has no idea what Polaris is talking about?
I used to think I did, but now I'm pretty sure he's just terrible at expressing himself.
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