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A case for positive atheism
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RE: A case for positive atheism
July 27, 2010 at 6:04 pm (This post was last modified: July 27, 2010 at 6:06 pm by theVOID.)
(July 27, 2010 at 4:15 pm)chatpilot Wrote: I consider myself a militant atheist or a hardcore atheist for the simple fact that I am convinced to my own satisfaction that god or any gods for that matter do not, nor cannot exist outside the confines of the imaginations of those that do believe in him or them.

Your conclusion is no better than saying "I believe in god for the simple fact that i am convinced to my own satisfaction that god is absolutely necessary for the universe to function"


(July 27, 2010 at 6:00 pm)Tiberius Wrote:
(July 27, 2010 at 5:55 pm)theVOID Wrote: Oh, and i would love to see you back up that pure assertion that all gods are logical impossibilities
The assertion can be completely destroyed by postulating a God who by definition is logically possible. Wink

Of course, then you'd get into a debate over what a "God" was.

Precisely Tongue

"God is a myriad of quantum information that upon self-action caused inflation" for example...
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A case for positive atheism - by The Omnissiunt One - July 27, 2010 at 3:37 pm
RE: A case for positive atheism - by Skeptisma - July 27, 2010 at 3:55 pm
RE: A case for positive atheism - by chatpilot - July 27, 2010 at 4:15 pm
RE: A case for positive atheism - by theVOID - July 27, 2010 at 6:04 pm
RE: A case for positive atheism - by DR7164 - July 27, 2010 at 4:26 pm
RE: A case for positive atheism - by Minimalist - July 27, 2010 at 4:31 pm
RE: A case for positive atheism - by DR7164 - July 27, 2010 at 4:35 pm
RE: A case for positive atheism - by Skeptisma - July 27, 2010 at 4:40 pm
RE: A case for positive atheism - by The Omnissiunt One - July 27, 2010 at 4:50 pm
RE: A case for positive atheism - by Minimalist - July 27, 2010 at 5:05 pm
RE: A case for positive atheism - by theVOID - July 27, 2010 at 5:36 pm
RE: A case for positive atheism - by The Omnissiunt One - July 28, 2010 at 4:02 am
RE: A case for positive atheism - by fr0d0 - July 28, 2010 at 1:08 pm
RE: A case for positive atheism - by Scented Nectar - July 27, 2010 at 5:42 pm
RE: A case for positive atheism - by Tiberius - July 27, 2010 at 5:54 pm
RE: A case for positive atheism - by theVOID - July 27, 2010 at 5:55 pm
RE: A case for positive atheism - by Tiberius - July 27, 2010 at 6:00 pm
RE: A case for positive atheism - by Scented Nectar - July 27, 2010 at 6:15 pm
RE: A case for positive atheism - by theVOID - July 27, 2010 at 6:17 pm
RE: A case for positive atheism - by fr0d0 - July 27, 2010 at 6:23 pm
RE: A case for positive atheism - by Tiberius - July 27, 2010 at 6:17 pm
RE: A case for positive atheism - by Violet - July 27, 2010 at 6:27 pm
RE: A case for positive atheism - by theVOID - July 27, 2010 at 7:01 pm
RE: A case for positive atheism - by fr0d0 - July 27, 2010 at 7:34 pm
RE: A case for positive atheism - by theVOID - July 27, 2010 at 7:52 pm
RE: A case for positive atheism - by Tiberius - July 27, 2010 at 8:34 pm
RE: A case for positive atheism - by theVOID - July 27, 2010 at 9:20 pm
RE: A case for positive atheism - by Tiberius - July 28, 2010 at 6:30 am
RE: A case for positive atheism - by fr0d0 - July 28, 2010 at 3:40 am
RE: A case for positive atheism - by Gfailure - July 27, 2010 at 7:35 pm
RE: A case for positive atheism - by fr0d0 - July 27, 2010 at 7:43 pm
RE: A case for positive atheism - by Facejacker - July 27, 2010 at 8:39 pm
RE: A case for positive atheism - by chatpilot - July 27, 2010 at 8:33 pm
RE: A case for positive atheism - by padraic - July 27, 2010 at 10:14 pm
RE: A case for positive atheism - by Scented Nectar - July 28, 2010 at 7:18 am
RE: A case for positive atheism - by Edwardo Piet - July 28, 2010 at 7:20 am
RE: A case for positive atheism - by chatpilot - July 28, 2010 at 10:49 am
RE: A case for positive atheism - by Facejacker - July 28, 2010 at 11:31 am
RE: A case for positive atheism - by Darwinian - July 28, 2010 at 11:39 am
RE: A case for positive atheism - by Facejacker - July 28, 2010 at 12:14 pm
RE: A case for positive atheism - by Edwardo Piet - July 28, 2010 at 12:58 pm
RE: A case for positive atheism - by chatpilot - July 28, 2010 at 1:01 pm
RE: A case for positive atheism - by DR7164 - July 28, 2010 at 5:10 pm
RE: A case for positive atheism - by Facejacker - July 28, 2010 at 1:02 pm
RE: A case for positive atheism - by Edwardo Piet - July 28, 2010 at 1:06 pm
RE: A case for positive atheism - by fr0d0 - July 28, 2010 at 1:13 pm
RE: A case for positive atheism - by The Omnissiunt One - July 29, 2010 at 3:14 pm
RE: A case for positive atheism - by Facejacker - July 28, 2010 at 1:09 pm
RE: A case for positive atheism - by chatpilot - July 28, 2010 at 7:24 pm
RE: A case for positive atheism - by Minimalist - July 28, 2010 at 7:41 pm
RE: A case for positive atheism - by fr0d0 - July 29, 2010 at 3:35 pm
RE: A case for positive atheism - by The Omnissiunt One - July 29, 2010 at 4:23 pm
RE: A case for positive atheism - by fr0d0 - July 29, 2010 at 4:51 pm
RE: A case for positive atheism - by The Omnissiunt One - July 29, 2010 at 6:34 pm
RE: A case for positive atheism - by fr0d0 - July 29, 2010 at 7:27 pm
RE: A case for positive atheism - by Edwardo Piet - July 30, 2010 at 4:44 am
RE: A case for positive atheism - by The Omnissiunt One - July 30, 2010 at 4:44 am
RE: A case for positive atheism - by fr0d0 - July 30, 2010 at 2:02 pm

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