(October 10, 2015 at 1:00 pm)Randys brother Wrote:(October 10, 2015 at 12:58 pm)drfuzzy Wrote: fiat: a decree. A statement such as "let it be done" by gawd causes a thing to be done.
That means a belief that you hold simply because "gawd said it, therefore I believe it" without any scientific proof to back up the statement. Ergo, faith: the act of saying you know something that you don't know.
Since am not an idiot,I believe through validity.
You obviously have a standard for validity to which we poor, ignorant atheists are not privy. How can we hope to fathom your opaque erudition?
The god who allows children to be raped out of respect for the free will choice of the rapist, but punishes gay men for engaging in mutually consensual sex couldn't possibly be responsible for an intelligently designed universe.
I may defend your right to free speech, but i won't help you pass out flyers.
Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities.
--Voltaire
Nietzsche isn't dead. How do I know he lives? He lives in my mind.
I may defend your right to free speech, but i won't help you pass out flyers.
Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities.
--Voltaire
Nietzsche isn't dead. How do I know he lives? He lives in my mind.