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On the lunacy of free will
RE: On the lunacy of free will
(October 19, 2021 at 12:19 pm)Ahriman Wrote:
(October 19, 2021 at 11:49 am)arewethereyet Wrote: If we are wasting out time posting here, what are you doing?
Well I don't believe this life is all I'll ever get, for one thing.
Perhaps she meant what are you doing on this forum if it's such a terrible place filled with long winded people who are wrong all the time?


Quote:Evidence doesn't matter. Karma and reincarnation are real things. 
Actual evidence is objective and can be demonstrated/tested.  Neither Karma or reincarnation can boast those characteristics.  You are welcome to believe either or both are real, but this is simply a belief and not a known quantity.  You can't demonstrate either.  You can't test either.  You do not KNOW they exist.


Quote:Atheists try to worm themselves out of the karmic contract by pretending they don't believe in anything supernatural. But of course, if atheists really believed this life is all they will ever experience, they wouldn't be wasting their precious time posting on online forums. So they clearly don't believe what they say they believe. 

Wow, you continue to reset the bar for your ignorance.  So you feel that posting on a forum is a waste of time.  Then why are you so eager to do so?  The answer is that clearly we get something of value out of communicating with others of our own kind.  And yours is probably the stupidest anti-atheist argument I've ever heard.

Here's one that actually makes far more sense.  Why do atheists even discuss religion if they don't believe in it?  Answer: because it is so prevalent throughout society that it affects us as much as it affects Christians like you and we also like communicating with Christians to dispel all of the nonsense they believe about atheists.  I participated on a Christian/Atheist board for over 10 years where atheists and Christians engaged in discussions intended to help them understand atheism better.


Quote:And I'm really not sure why atheists have such a fetish for evidence.
The only reason you don't understand is because you don't listen.  If fact, I suspect you don't even read all of the posts made in response to your drivel.  It's been explained to you before.  I've posted this myself.  And if you truly wanted to understand, all you would have to do is post the question and ask.   It's a forum for fucks sake.  Atheists are, for the most part, completely open about their beliefs and experiences that define them.


Quote:I would say, with your long-winded explanations and preaching, you're the one who talks as if you have a PhD.
Well, simple as you are, it might not be clear that not everything can be explained in a 5 word sentence.  And please show me exactly where I have "preached" at anyone.  What you appear to dislike are well constructed sentences that actually draw upon facts.  Maybe you think a lecture and a sermon are the same thing.  Well, I suppose you could say they are similar in that each is a sort of speech intended to inform people, but preaching is the exclusive territory of religion and since I don't promote religion, it seems ridiculous to characterize my posts as "preaching".  But I will sometimes accept lecturing as that is sometimes what I'm doing, just like right now.  But I do this knowing that it's wasted effort because you have self-identified as a now-it-all who is both dim witted and uninterested in learning.  So why not just go to a Christian forum and pester them instead.

(October 19, 2021 at 12:19 pm)Ahriman Wrote:
(October 19, 2021 at 11:49 am)arewethereyet Wrote: If we are wasting out time posting here, what are you doing?
Well I don't believe this life is all I'll ever get, for one thing.

If you do believe in Karma and reincarnation, then you must also believe that your behavior in this life will affect your next.  So, I would say you are steadily working towards that next life being a slug.
Why is it so?
~Julius Sumner Miller
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