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A case for positive atheism
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RE: A case for positive atheism
Well, hang on! In all other subjects except religion, or at least the vast majority of them, the lack of a proof is enough to disprove something or at least render it invalid until a proof has been presented! I can make the claim "as long as no one looks at me, including myself, I am invisible"! There is no way to prove or disprove this, but we won't say that it may or may not be true because we can't prove or disprove it! Instead we say that Mr Gfailure is a moron who claims shit he cannot prove! And we would be right! Tongue

So, at least in my mind, Agnostic Atheism is not the only rational position to hold, mind you I am not saying its not a right one, but its a mild position, a sort of "I'm giving the theist the benefit of the doubt just to be polite" where in fact, since theists can provide no proof of their claims for the existence of a God, then by default there exists no God!
"We are all atheists about most of the gods that humanity has ever believed in, some of us just go one god further..." Richard Dawkins

"If the world does come to an end here, or wherever, or if it limps into the future, decimated by the effects of religion-inspired nuclear terrorism, let's remember what the real problem was that we learned how to precipitate mass death before we got past the neurological disorder of wishing for it." Bill Maher
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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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