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No rational case for God = increasingly desperate attacks on atheists
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RE: No rational case for God = increasingly desperate attacks on atheists
(July 10, 2014 at 11:52 am)ManMachine Wrote: Yes, like I just said above, I was using a narrower definition of atheism. I accept that there is a difference between rejecting the belief in the existence of deities and asserting they do not exist.

I would stand by the position that anyone specifically asserting deities do not exist (as opposed to rejecting a belief in deities) is taking a leap of faith.

MM
Hmmm. I do affirmatively assert that some particular deities don't exist because there is evidence that they do not. For example I affirmatively believe that god as described in the Bible does not exist. I think there's evidence that there isn't a god who parted the Red Sea, or flooded the earth, or created the earth in six days. But I'm more than willing to look at evidence to the contrary. That I don't think is a leap of faith.
If there is a god, I want to believe that there is a god.  If there is not a god, I want to believe that there is no god.
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RE: No rational case for God = increasingly desperate attacks on atheists - by Jenny A - July 10, 2014 at 12:06 pm

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