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Fence-sitter taking the plunge

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Fence-sitter taking the plunge
Simon Moon Offline
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RE: Fence-sitter taking the plunge
April 11, 2013 at 4:02 pm (This post was last modified: April 11, 2013 at 4:03 pm by Simon Moon.)
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Quote:Really? The atheists here keep telling me that there's no difference! Big Grin

No we haven't. What we have told you is that they are not mutually exclusive positions.

Atheism and agnosticism are answers to different questions, so to speak.

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: Fence-sitter taking the plunge
April 11, 2013 at 6:16 pm (This post was last modified: April 11, 2013 at 6:17 pm by Jackalope.)
(April 10, 2013 at 8:15 am)ChadWooters Wrote: Welcom. (As I was scrolling through, I thought I read, "Face-Sitter Taking the Plunge". Shows where my mind is this morning)

I assure you, you were not the only one.

@OP - Welcome!
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RE: Fence-sitter taking the plunge
April 11, 2013 at 6:32 pm
(April 10, 2013 at 8:15 am)ChadWooters Wrote: Welcom. (As I was scrolling through, I thought I read, "Face-Sitter Taking the Plunge". Shows where my mind is this morning)

And here I thought that the first words were "Face-Shitter" for a second. Tongue


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