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September 3, 2009 at 9:30 pm
That's all fine,
I am trying to understand and help though. I am not trying to 'judge' you, if you mean that in any negative sense.
All I was trying to do was help, and to help thoroughly at that.
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September 3, 2009 at 9:37 pm
This is a very 'cool' environment, here you can speak your mind, Anonymous... unless your mind disagrees with the forum rules.
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September 3, 2009 at 9:39 pm
U so nasty Evie - give the noob a break!!!
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September 3, 2009 at 9:39 pm
My previous post was directed at fr0d0.
Thankyou for your post about Atheists.
It does help.
I might as well say this now, i tend to take a long time writing posts because I find that it is necessary to completely understand what i'm putting down on the screen; I do this because I think that the thoughts that are in my mind quite often come out differently when trying to grasp a topic like this.
I apologise.
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September 3, 2009 at 9:42 pm
It's no problem. No need to apologize at all. Taking time to post is not a rule break! Sometimes I wish I could take my time more, but I myself always have mental blocks, guaranteed and end up posting nothing at all, ever; unless I just post from my mind, edit as I go, and then edit some more afterwards.
Oh, and sorry I didn't realize you were speaking of fr0d0 before
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September 3, 2009 at 9:46 pm
(September 3, 2009 at 9:42 pm)EvidenceVsFaith Wrote: guaranteed and end up posting nothing at all, ever
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September 3, 2009 at 9:52 pm
(September 3, 2009 at 8:54 pm)Anonymous Wrote: I want to know what an atheist is.
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An atheist by my understanding is a person who denies the existence of a supernatural deity. The word atheism comes from the greek 'a' (without) 'theos' (gods), so we are literally people without gods. We don't believe they exist in any shape or form.
An agnostic is someone who holds that ultimate knowledge of the existence of gods is impossible (in other words, nobody can ever know if they exist or not). Atheism and agnosticism are not mutually exclusive, because they both deal with different things (atheism with belief, agnosticism with knowledge). Many atheists are agnostic (including myself), as well as some of the more honest theists
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September 3, 2009 at 9:58 pm
(September 3, 2009 at 9:37 pm)Saerules Wrote: This is a very 'cool' environment, here you can speak your mind, Anonymous... unless your mind disagrees with the forum rules.
No you can speak your mind then too, that's what the 'feedback and suggestions' part of the forums is for
You just can't break the rules without warnings and further consequences, if there's continued breaking despite said warnings.
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September 3, 2009 at 10:00 pm
(September 3, 2009 at 9:42 pm)EvidenceVsFaith Wrote: It's no problem. No need to apologize at all. Taking time to post is not a rule break! Sometimes I wish I could take my time more, but I myself always have mental blocks, guaranteed and end up posting nothing at all, ever; unless I just post from my mind, edit as I go, and then edit some more afterwards.
Oh, and sorry I didn't realize you were speaking of fr0d0 before
EvF
I actually wish people posted faster sometimes there are some hours of the day where I am waiting and waiting for people to post new things, so that i can read and respond to them.
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September 3, 2009 at 10:01 pm
No no no no no.. yes
Theists cannot be agnostic, but then technically, in some sense they are.
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