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Do atheists need some faith?
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RE: Do atheists need some faith?
Quote:We are capable of understanding reality because if we weren't we wouldn't be able to use and manipulate it to our purposes like we do every day.


It's entirely true we have an understanding of some of reality. This does not automatically equal being capable of understanding ALL of reality.

The god proposal and the anti-god proposal are both statements about the fundamental nature of reality. One proposes the fundamental nature of reality is intelligence, the other proposes the fundamental nature of reality is non-intelligence. Both parties, making claims, about an arena they can not define.

Quote:Since we don't know of any part of reality we are not qualified to analyze and since we have shown ourselves to be capable of analyzing every part of reality we have discovered, that is a reasonable conclusion.

Apologies, no idea what you're saying here. Try again?

Quote:You are the one making the sweeping claim when you say that we are not qualified to know.

My claim is that we currently have no way of knowing if we are qualified to know or not. If anyone feels that we do have the ability to know what does or doesn't exist in an arena that we can't define, please make your case.

Quote:Your argument is "we do not know everything, so we are not qualified to know anything".

I actually said no such thing. You are arguing with statements of your own invention here.
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Do atheists need some faith? - by nazra7 - July 18, 2012 at 5:26 pm
RE: Do atheists need some faith? - by frankiej - July 18, 2012 at 5:27 pm
RE: Do atheists need some faith? - by Napoléon - July 18, 2012 at 5:29 pm
RE: Do atheists need some faith? - by Faith No More - July 18, 2012 at 5:34 pm
RE: Do atheists need some faith? - by nazra7 - July 18, 2012 at 5:34 pm
RE: Do atheists need some faith? - by frankiej - July 18, 2012 at 5:37 pm
RE: Do atheists need some faith? - by Napoléon - July 18, 2012 at 5:40 pm
RE: Do atheists need some faith? - by Paul the Human - July 18, 2012 at 5:37 pm
RE: Do atheists need some faith? - by Erinome - July 18, 2012 at 5:47 pm
RE: Do atheists need some faith? - by MysticKnight - July 18, 2012 at 5:51 pm
RE: Do atheists need some faith? - by Shell B - July 18, 2012 at 5:55 pm
RE: Do atheists need some faith? - by nazra7 - July 18, 2012 at 6:13 pm
RE: Do atheists need some faith? - by Napoléon - July 18, 2012 at 6:22 pm
RE: Do atheists need some faith? - by Erinome - July 18, 2012 at 6:23 pm
RE: Do atheists need some faith? - by Simon Moon - July 18, 2012 at 6:31 pm
RE: Do atheists need some faith? - by Simon Moon - July 18, 2012 at 6:17 pm
RE: Do atheists need some faith? - by MysticKnight - July 18, 2012 at 6:24 pm
RE: Do atheists need some faith? - by jonb - July 18, 2012 at 6:33 pm
RE: Do atheists need some faith? - by Minimalist - July 18, 2012 at 7:06 pm
RE: Do atheists need some faith? - by pgrimes15 - July 18, 2012 at 7:57 pm
RE: Do atheists need some faith? - by Tempus - July 19, 2012 at 4:28 am
RE: Do atheists need some faith? - by padraic - July 18, 2012 at 7:47 pm
RE: Do atheists need some faith? - by FallentoReason - July 18, 2012 at 9:51 pm
RE: Do atheists need some faith? - by Selliedjoup - July 18, 2012 at 10:44 pm
RE: Do atheists need some faith? - by MysticKnight - July 18, 2012 at 11:11 pm
RE: Do atheists need some faith? - by Selliedjoup - July 18, 2012 at 11:29 pm
RE: Do atheists need some faith? - by MysticKnight - July 18, 2012 at 11:40 pm
RE: Do atheists need some faith? - by Selliedjoup - July 19, 2012 at 3:28 am
RE: Do atheists need some faith? - by Simon Moon - July 19, 2012 at 12:35 pm
RE: Do atheists need some faith? - by Felasco - July 19, 2012 at 12:53 pm
RE: Do atheists need some faith? - by Simon Moon - July 19, 2012 at 1:24 pm
RE: Do atheists need some faith? - by genkaus - July 20, 2012 at 1:16 pm
RE: Do atheists need some faith? - by Selliedjoup - July 21, 2012 at 5:13 am
RE: Do atheists need some faith? - by genkaus - July 21, 2012 at 8:20 am
RE: Do atheists need some faith? - by Felasco - July 21, 2012 at 8:55 am
RE: Do atheists need some faith? - by genkaus - July 21, 2012 at 9:25 am
RE: Do atheists need some faith? - by Felasco - July 21, 2012 at 9:40 am
RE: Do atheists need some faith? - by genkaus - July 21, 2012 at 11:33 am
RE: Do atheists need some faith? - by Felasco - July 21, 2012 at 11:54 am
RE: Do atheists need some faith? - by genkaus - July 21, 2012 at 12:09 pm
RE: Do atheists need some faith? - by Felasco - July 21, 2012 at 12:23 pm
RE: Do atheists need some faith? - by genkaus - July 22, 2012 at 4:36 am
RE: Do atheists need some faith? - by Selliedjoup - July 22, 2012 at 5:15 am
RE: Do atheists need some faith? - by genkaus - July 22, 2012 at 4:02 pm
RE: Do atheists need some faith? - by Selliedjoup - July 23, 2012 at 3:35 am
RE: Do atheists need some faith? - by genkaus - July 23, 2012 at 8:42 am
RE: Do atheists need some faith? - by Selliedjoup - July 25, 2012 at 12:33 am
RE: Do atheists need some faith? - by genkaus - July 25, 2012 at 3:51 am
RE: Do atheists need some faith? - by Selliedjoup - July 25, 2012 at 4:17 am
RE: Do atheists need some faith? - by genkaus - July 25, 2012 at 4:55 am
RE: Do atheists need some faith? - by Selliedjoup - July 25, 2012 at 5:18 am
RE: Do atheists need some faith? - by genkaus - July 26, 2012 at 4:36 pm
RE: Do atheists need some faith? - by Selliedjoup - July 26, 2012 at 7:29 pm
RE: Do atheists need some faith? - by genkaus - July 26, 2012 at 7:46 pm
RE: Do atheists need some faith? - by Selliedjoup - July 26, 2012 at 9:00 pm
RE: Do atheists need some faith? - by Cato - July 27, 2012 at 12:40 am
RE: Do atheists need some faith? - by genkaus - July 27, 2012 at 4:33 am
RE: Do atheists need some faith? - by Selliedjoup - July 20, 2012 at 3:27 am
RE: Do atheists need some faith? - by Ryantology - July 18, 2012 at 10:55 pm
RE: Do atheists need some faith? - by KnockEmOuttt - July 18, 2012 at 11:21 pm
RE: Do atheists need some faith? - by Ryantology - July 19, 2012 at 1:01 am
RE: Do atheists need some faith? - by genkaus - July 19, 2012 at 3:53 am
RE: Do atheists need some faith? - by Ace Otana - July 19, 2012 at 3:59 am
RE: Do atheists need some faith? - by Selliedjoup - July 19, 2012 at 4:39 am
RE: Do atheists need some faith? - by genkaus - July 19, 2012 at 4:54 am
RE: Do atheists need some faith? - by NoMoreFaith - July 19, 2012 at 6:07 am
RE: Do atheists need some faith? - by Selliedjoup - July 19, 2012 at 5:04 am
RE: Do atheists need some faith? - by genkaus - July 19, 2012 at 5:28 am
RE: Do atheists need some faith? - by Selliedjoup - July 19, 2012 at 5:56 am
RE: Do atheists need some faith? - by genkaus - July 19, 2012 at 6:11 am
RE: Do atheists need some faith? - by Selliedjoup - July 19, 2012 at 6:13 am
RE: Do atheists need some faith? - by genkaus - July 19, 2012 at 6:56 am
RE: Do atheists need some faith? - by Nemo - July 19, 2012 at 8:13 am
RE: Do atheists need some faith? - by Felasco - July 19, 2012 at 8:53 am
RE: Do atheists need some faith? - by Ben Davis - July 19, 2012 at 9:00 am
RE: Do atheists need some faith? - by The Grand Nudger - July 19, 2012 at 11:05 am
RE: Do atheists need some faith? - by The Grand Nudger - July 19, 2012 at 1:07 pm
RE: Do atheists need some faith? - by Felasco - July 19, 2012 at 7:02 pm
RE: Do atheists need some faith? - by Simon Moon - July 19, 2012 at 8:04 pm
RE: Do atheists need some faith? - by Felasco - July 19, 2012 at 8:07 pm
RE: Do atheists need some faith? - by Simon Moon - July 19, 2012 at 8:46 pm
RE: Do atheists need some faith? - by Felasco - July 19, 2012 at 8:54 pm
RE: Do atheists need some faith? - by Simon Moon - July 19, 2012 at 9:07 pm
RE: Do atheists need some faith? - by Whateverist - July 20, 2012 at 1:24 am
RE: Do atheists need some faith? - by Felasco - July 20, 2012 at 5:29 am
RE: Do atheists need some faith? - by Cyberman - July 20, 2012 at 7:13 am
RE: Do atheists need some faith? - by The Grand Nudger - July 19, 2012 at 1:33 pm
RE: Do atheists need some faith? - by downbeatplumb - July 19, 2012 at 1:34 pm
RE: Do atheists need some faith? - by KichigaiNeko - July 20, 2012 at 8:30 am
RE: Do atheists need some faith? - by Polaris - July 21, 2012 at 4:56 pm
RE: Do atheists need some faith? - by jonb - July 21, 2012 at 5:17 pm
Re: Do atheists need some faith? - by fr0d0 - July 25, 2012 at 3:17 am
RE: Do atheists need some faith? - by Selliedjoup - July 25, 2012 at 3:18 am
RE: Do atheists need some faith? - by 5thHorseman - July 25, 2012 at 5:16 am
RE: Do atheists need some faith? - by The Grand Nudger - July 25, 2012 at 10:08 am
RE: Do atheists need some faith? - by Selliedjoup - July 25, 2012 at 4:21 pm
RE: Do atheists need some faith? - by The Grand Nudger - July 25, 2012 at 4:24 pm
RE: Do atheists need some faith? - by Selliedjoup - July 25, 2012 at 4:39 pm
RE: Do atheists need some faith? - by Selliedjoup - July 27, 2012 at 3:18 am
RE: Do atheists need some faith? - by Selliedjoup - July 27, 2012 at 6:05 am
RE: Do atheists need some faith? - by genkaus - July 27, 2012 at 7:44 am
RE: Do atheists need some faith? - by Selliedjoup - July 28, 2012 at 3:19 am
RE: Do atheists need some faith? - by genkaus - July 28, 2012 at 6:54 am
RE: Do atheists need some faith? - by Selliedjoup - July 29, 2012 at 3:25 am
RE: Do atheists need some faith? - by genkaus - July 29, 2012 at 10:24 am
RE: Do atheists need some faith? - by Deicide73 - July 29, 2012 at 11:11 am
RE: Do atheists need some faith? - by CliveStaples - July 29, 2012 at 8:56 pm
RE: Do atheists need some faith? - by Cato - July 29, 2012 at 9:19 pm
RE: Do atheists need some faith? - by CliveStaples - July 30, 2012 at 2:48 am

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