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An atheists guide to reality
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#121
RE: An atheists guide to reality
March 9, 2014 at 5:12 pm
To people with a brain that functions.. and that's what matters.
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RE: An atheists guide to reality
March 9, 2014 at 5:24 pm
You don't need a brain to be an atheist. The default position is "not knowing" after all. Before anyone can think they're an atheist. So you can have fellow atheists who can think and not think, but you cannot have atheists who can only think. That wouldn't include everyone.
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RE: An atheists guide to reality
March 9, 2014 at 6:12 pm
I am an atheist who admits that there is no knowing - inherently, intrinsically and absolutely. That grain cuts both ways.

I consider myself someone who does not believe based upon the consideration that anything "other" seems fundamentally flawed as both a concept and a suggested reality.
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An atheists guide to reality
March 9, 2014 at 7:01 pm (This post was last modified: March 9, 2014 at 7:02 pm by Rampant.A.I..)
(March 9, 2014 at 5:24 pm)fr0d0 Wrote: You don't need a brain to be an atheist. The default position is "not knowing" after all. Before anyone can think they're an atheist. So you can have fellow atheists who can think and not think, but you cannot have atheists who can only think. That wouldn't include everyone.

Word salad, anyone?
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#125
RE: An atheists guide to reality
March 10, 2014 at 1:16 am
(March 9, 2014 at 6:12 pm)Mr. Moncrieff Wrote: I am an atheist who admits that there is no knowing - inherently, intrinsically and absolutely. That grain cuts both ways.

I consider myself someone who does not believe based upon the consideration that anything "other" seems fundamentally flawed as both a concept and a suggested reality.

So if you knew how would that affect your attitude? Would you remain a non-worshiper or would you spend every waking moment praying and hanging out at the local church?
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RE: An atheists guide to reality
March 10, 2014 at 2:16 am
(March 10, 2014 at 1:16 am)Wyrd of Gawd Wrote:
(March 9, 2014 at 6:12 pm)Mr. Moncrieff Wrote: I am an atheist who admits that there is no knowing - inherently, intrinsically and absolutely. That grain cuts both ways.

I consider myself someone who does not believe based upon the consideration that anything "other" seems fundamentally flawed as both a concept and a suggested reality.

So if you knew how would that affect your attitude? Would you remain a non-worshiper or would you spend every waking moment praying and hanging out at the local church?

I'd be a different person if I knew. Everyone would be different people if we knew.

The world would be unrecognisable.

It's difficult to answer that. It's akin to asking me what I would be like if I realised that 2+2=5.
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RE: An atheists guide to reality
March 10, 2014 at 4:50 am
(March 9, 2014 at 7:01 pm)Rampant.A.I. Wrote: Word salad, anyone?

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RE: An atheists guide to reality
March 10, 2014 at 5:02 am
(March 10, 2014 at 2:16 am)Mr. Moncrieff Wrote:
(March 10, 2014 at 1:16 am)Wyrd of Gawd Wrote: So if you knew how would that affect your attitude? Would you remain a non-worshiper or would you spend every waking moment praying and hanging out at the local church?

I'd be a different person if I knew. Everyone would be different people if we knew.

The world would be unrecognisable.

It's difficult to answer that. It's akin to asking me what I would be like if I realised that 2+2=5.

Very bad at poker?
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Through passion, I gain strength.
Through strength, I gain power.
Through power, I gain victory.
Through victory, my chains are broken."
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#129
RE: An atheists guide to reality
March 10, 2014 at 5:06 am
(March 9, 2014 at 5:24 pm)fr0d0 Wrote: You don't need a brain to be an atheist. The default position is "not knowing" after all. Before anyone can think they're an atheist. So you can have fellow atheists who can think and not think, but you cannot have atheists who can only think. That wouldn't include everyone.

Christians don't know either, they just think they know.
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RE: An atheists guide to reality
March 10, 2014 at 5:12 am
(March 10, 2014 at 5:06 am)Zen Badger Wrote:
(March 9, 2014 at 5:24 pm)fr0d0 Wrote: You don't need a brain to be an atheist. The default position is "not knowing" after all. Before anyone can think they're an atheist. So you can have fellow atheists who can think and not think, but you cannot have atheists who can only think. That wouldn't include everyone.

Christians don't know either, they just think they know.

You don't know they think they know. You think they think they know.

In fact, I think I think. I don't think i know. I fact I know I don't know.

I hope that clears things up for everyone.
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