(June 9, 2014 at 9:43 pm)Thumpalumpacus Wrote:(June 9, 2014 at 9:20 pm)mickiel Wrote: I do not know god, never seen him or heard his voice, but I can read. The bible has definite clues.
The Bible? You mean the one that says that pi=3, and that bats are birds? That Bible? No, citing the Bible as support for belief in god is silly.
Aside from its nonfactuality, citing the Bible to support a belief in your god is like citing the murderer's protestations of innocence in justifying setting him free: it's not only circular reasoning, it also ignores the vast wealth of confession, in the selfsame screed, of wholesale evil.
(June 9, 2014 at 9:20 pm)mickiel Wrote: I am not a preacher, and I understand your desire for me to leave; I can be a headache on those who dare try and embarass me, instead of thinking with me.
I don't wish you to leave, at all. I hope you stay, and remain unbanned, so that young atheists who are just discovering their cognitive abilities can see firsthand exactly how your vapid arguments should be answered.
In short, you are not a gadfly; you are a practice session, and I sincerely hope you stay here. How else shall we teach young atheists to counterpunch, without a speedbag like yourself?
If I were you, I would not throw any new atheist at me, 20 of you old ones are having enough problems with me as it is; you'd better rethink that one.
