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RE: Exiting the Faith
July 7, 2012 at 12:50 pm
(July 7, 2012 at 12:46 pm)KnockEmOuttt Wrote: a terrible 80s karaoke track.
Wait....there's a different kind?!
You'd believe if you just opened your heart" is a terrible argument for religion. It's basically saying, "If you bias yourself enough, you can convince yourself that this is true." If religion were true, people wouldn't need faith to believe it -- it would be supported by good evidence.
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RE: Exiting the Faith
July 7, 2012 at 1:54 pm
You saw 'Titanic' when you were five? Fuck...that makes me feel old.
Even if the open windows of science at first make us shiver after the cozy indoor warmth of traditional humanizing myths, in the end the fresh air brings vigor, and the great spaces have a splendor of their own - Bertrand Russell
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RE: Exiting the Faith
July 7, 2012 at 3:00 pm
I forgot to add that I eventually spent that $500 on a guitar which I played in an anti-theist/feminist/anti-conservative punk band.