RE: No rational case for God = increasingly desperate attacks on atheists
July 16, 2014 at 6:56 pm
(July 11, 2014 at 10:12 am)Cato Wrote:(July 11, 2014 at 3:43 am)ManMachine Wrote: How do you determine improvements made as a result of the liberalisation of religious doctrine as distinct from secularism? You can't, neither can anyone else.
Liberalization of religious doctrine is secularism. There is no distinction.
You just fucked yourself if this is the basis for your argument.
How is the separation of state and religious institutions the same as making something less strict, they are two totally different concepts.
MM
"The greatest deception men suffer is from their own opinions" - Leonardo da Vinci
"I think I use the term “radical” rather loosely, just for emphasis. If you describe yourself as “atheist,” some people will say, “Don’t you mean ‘agnostic’?” I have to reply that I really do mean atheist, I really do not believe that there is a god; in fact, I am convinced that there is not a god (a subtle difference). I see not a shred of evidence to suggest that there is one ... etc., etc. It’s easier to say that I am a radical atheist, just to signal that I really mean it, have thought about it a great deal, and that it’s an opinion I hold seriously." - Douglas Adams (and I echo the sentiment)
"I think I use the term “radical” rather loosely, just for emphasis. If you describe yourself as “atheist,” some people will say, “Don’t you mean ‘agnostic’?” I have to reply that I really do mean atheist, I really do not believe that there is a god; in fact, I am convinced that there is not a god (a subtle difference). I see not a shred of evidence to suggest that there is one ... etc., etc. It’s easier to say that I am a radical atheist, just to signal that I really mean it, have thought about it a great deal, and that it’s an opinion I hold seriously." - Douglas Adams (and I echo the sentiment)
