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Atheism, A Grim Position?
RE: Atheism, A Grim Position?
(January 6, 2015 at 11:07 am)*steve* Wrote: Take the US Supreme Court as metaphor for it. That court is the final adjudicator for what is consistent with the constitution and what is not. There is no higher authority that can be appealed to in that adjudication. It stops there.

Ah, so an "ultimate purpose" would be an externally-applied reason by a conscious agency?

Because, no, I don't believe that exists, and I'm thankful that it doesn't.
In every country and every age, the priest had been hostile to Liberty.
- Thomas Jefferson
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Atheism, A Grim Position? - by *steve* - January 5, 2015 at 8:07 pm
RE: Atheism, A Grim Position? - by abaris - January 5, 2015 at 8:10 pm
RE: Atheism, A Grim Position? - by The Grand Nudger - January 5, 2015 at 8:10 pm
RE: Atheism, A Grim Position? - by rexbeccarox - January 5, 2015 at 8:14 pm
RE: Atheism, A Grim Position? - by Chad32 - January 5, 2015 at 8:20 pm
RE: Atheism, A Grim Position? - by *steve* - January 5, 2015 at 8:37 pm
RE: Atheism, A Grim Position? - by Mister Agenda - January 6, 2015 at 3:15 pm
RE: Atheism, A Grim Position? - by Strider - January 5, 2015 at 8:24 pm
RE: Atheism, A Grim Position? - by The Grand Nudger - January 5, 2015 at 8:27 pm
RE: Atheism, A Grim Position? - by JesusHChrist - January 5, 2015 at 8:27 pm
RE: Atheism, A Grim Position? - by Minimalist - January 5, 2015 at 8:28 pm
RE: Atheism, A Grim Position? - by Whateverist - January 5, 2015 at 8:28 pm
RE: Atheism, A Grim Position? - by Minimalist - January 5, 2015 at 9:10 pm
RE: Atheism, A Grim Position? - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - January 5, 2015 at 8:28 pm
RE: Atheism, A Grim Position? - by JesusHChrist - January 5, 2015 at 8:32 pm
RE: Atheism, A Grim Position? - by Chad32 - January 5, 2015 at 9:06 pm
RE: Atheism, A Grim Position? - by *steve* - January 5, 2015 at 9:57 pm
RE: Atheism, A Grim Position? - by Cyberman - January 5, 2015 at 9:06 pm
RE: Atheism, A Grim Position? - by bennyboy - January 5, 2015 at 9:06 pm
RE: Atheism, A Grim Position? - by *steve* - January 5, 2015 at 9:42 pm
RE: Atheism, A Grim Position? - by The Grand Nudger - January 5, 2015 at 9:45 pm
RE: Atheism, A Grim Position? - by The Grand Nudger - January 5, 2015 at 10:11 pm
RE: Atheism, A Grim Position? - by *steve* - January 5, 2015 at 10:33 pm
RE: Atheism, A Grim Position? - by Forsaken - January 5, 2015 at 10:40 pm
RE: Atheism, A Grim Position? - by ManMachine - January 5, 2015 at 10:12 pm
RE: Atheism, A Grim Position? - by Cato - January 5, 2015 at 10:15 pm
RE: Atheism, A Grim Position? - by Jenny A - January 5, 2015 at 10:28 pm
RE: Atheism, A Grim Position? - by Faith No More - January 5, 2015 at 10:30 pm
RE: Atheism, A Grim Position? - by Jenny A - January 5, 2015 at 10:31 pm
RE: Atheism, A Grim Position? - by Forsaken - January 5, 2015 at 10:33 pm
RE: Atheism, A Grim Position? - by *steve* - January 5, 2015 at 10:42 pm
RE: Atheism, A Grim Position? - by Esquilax - January 5, 2015 at 10:48 pm
RE: Atheism, A Grim Position? - by *steve* - January 5, 2015 at 11:28 pm
RE: Atheism, A Grim Position? - by Esquilax - January 5, 2015 at 11:43 pm
RE: Atheism, A Grim Position? - by *steve* - January 6, 2015 at 12:12 am
RE: Atheism, A Grim Position? - by JuliaL - January 6, 2015 at 12:23 am
RE: Atheism, A Grim Position? - by *steve* - January 6, 2015 at 12:29 am
RE: Atheism, A Grim Position? - by JuliaL - January 6, 2015 at 12:34 am
RE: Atheism, A Grim Position? - by Mister Agenda - January 6, 2015 at 3:54 pm
RE: Atheism, A Grim Position? - by Thumpalumpacus - January 6, 2015 at 5:21 pm
RE: Atheism, A Grim Position? - by rexbeccarox - January 5, 2015 at 11:33 pm
RE: Atheism, A Grim Position? - by Forsaken - January 5, 2015 at 10:52 pm
RE: Atheism, A Grim Position? - by JuliaL - January 6, 2015 at 12:07 am
RE: Atheism, A Grim Position? - by *steve* - January 6, 2015 at 12:26 am
RE: Atheism, A Grim Position? - by Cato - January 6, 2015 at 7:40 am
RE: Atheism, A Grim Position? - by Esquilax - January 5, 2015 at 10:36 pm
RE: Atheism, A Grim Position? - by *steve* - January 5, 2015 at 10:57 pm
RE: Atheism, A Grim Position? - by Faith No More - January 5, 2015 at 11:04 pm
RE: Atheism, A Grim Position? - by Esquilax - January 5, 2015 at 11:09 pm
RE: Atheism, A Grim Position? - by *steve* - January 5, 2015 at 11:45 pm
RE: Atheism, A Grim Position? - by Esquilax - January 6, 2015 at 11:38 am
RE: Atheism, A Grim Position? - by *steve* - January 6, 2015 at 12:42 pm
RE: Atheism, A Grim Position? - by JuliaL - January 6, 2015 at 1:04 pm
RE: Atheism, A Grim Position? - by Cato - January 6, 2015 at 1:21 pm
RE: Atheism, A Grim Position? - by IATIA - January 6, 2015 at 1:33 pm
RE: Atheism, A Grim Position? - by Esquilax - January 6, 2015 at 1:36 pm
RE: Atheism, A Grim Position? - by *steve* - January 6, 2015 at 2:16 pm
RE: Atheism, A Grim Position? - by Esquilax - January 6, 2015 at 3:03 pm
RE: Atheism, A Grim Position? - by Mister Agenda - January 6, 2015 at 3:46 pm
RE: Atheism, A Grim Position? - by Forsaken - January 5, 2015 at 11:23 pm
RE: Atheism, A Grim Position? - by Whateverist - January 6, 2015 at 3:12 am
RE: Atheism, A Grim Position? - by The Grand Nudger - January 5, 2015 at 11:20 pm
RE: Atheism, A Grim Position? - by Cyberman - January 5, 2015 at 11:49 pm
RE: Atheism, A Grim Position? - by The Grand Nudger - January 6, 2015 at 12:17 am
RE: Atheism, A Grim Position? - by *steve* - January 6, 2015 at 12:35 am
RE: Atheism, A Grim Position? - by The Grand Nudger - January 6, 2015 at 12:28 am
RE: Atheism, A Grim Position? - by *steve* - January 6, 2015 at 12:31 am
RE: Atheism, A Grim Position? - by JuliaL - January 6, 2015 at 12:29 am
RE: Atheism, A Grim Position? - by The Grand Nudger - January 6, 2015 at 12:39 am
RE: Atheism, A Grim Position? - by JuliaL - January 6, 2015 at 12:41 am
RE: Atheism, A Grim Position? - by *steve* - January 6, 2015 at 12:51 am
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RE: Atheism, A Grim Position? - by JuliaL - January 6, 2015 at 12:51 am
RE: Atheism, A Grim Position? - by *steve* - January 6, 2015 at 1:36 am
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RE: Atheism, A Grim Position? - by *steve* - January 6, 2015 at 3:04 am
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RE: Atheism, A Grim Position? - by Surgenator - January 6, 2015 at 3:17 am
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RE: Atheism, A Grim Position? - by *steve* - January 6, 2015 at 2:46 am
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RE: Atheism, A Grim Position? - by Jenny A - January 6, 2015 at 2:55 am
RE: Atheism, A Grim Position? - by bennyboy - January 6, 2015 at 9:11 am
RE: Atheism, A Grim Position? - by Alex K - January 6, 2015 at 9:16 am
RE: Atheism, A Grim Position? - by Surgenator - January 6, 2015 at 2:49 am
RE: Atheism, A Grim Position? - by JuliaL - January 6, 2015 at 11:18 am
RE: Atheism, A Grim Position? - by *steve* - January 6, 2015 at 11:59 am
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RE: Atheism, A Grim Position? - by *steve* - January 6, 2015 at 1:52 pm
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RE: Atheism, A Grim Position? - by *steve* - January 6, 2015 at 10:53 am
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RE: Atheism, A Grim Position? - by *steve* - January 6, 2015 at 11:07 am
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