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The Making of an Atheist: How Immorality Leads to Unbelief
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 (July 24, 2013 at 1:32 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: no two theists can agree on which particular behaviours are moral. And then they get upset when you say that morality is subjective and not absolute.
Christian apologetics is the art of rolling a dog turd in sugar and selling it as a donut.
 (July 24, 2013 at 1:49 pm)Doubting Thomas Wrote:(July 24, 2013 at 1:32 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: no two theists can agree on which particular behaviours are moral. That's the point at which I generally hit them with the poser about stealing medicinal to save a desperately ill child. I haven't quite made any heads explode with that one, but hope springs eternal. Boru
‘But it does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are twenty gods or no gods. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg.’ - Thomas Jefferson
The root cause for atheism: Being born.
The root cause for theism: Being brainwashed sometime after being born, most effectively done early.   (July 24, 2013 at 4:52 pm)Gilgamesh Wrote: The root cause for atheism: Being born. I am inclined to disagree. Theism is as natural a stance as atheism is. Neither state of mind requires brain washing to attain it, considering that there is a mounting case for the neuroscience of religious belief. For authors such as those presented in the OP however, his faith seems to be propelled by more than his quest for truth. More like his fear of it. (July 24, 2013 at 5:05 pm)Slave Wrote: I am inclined to disagree. Theism is as natural a stance as atheism is. Neither state of mind requires brain washing to attain it, considering that there is a mounting case for the neuroscience of religious belief.You're right; it's natural for people who are ignorant of the answers to create answers. But for people born into modernised nations, such ignorance is impossible to retain naturally, save for brainwashing. RE: The Making of an Atheist: How Immorality Leads to Unbelief
July 24, 2013 at 5:21 pm
(This post was last modified: July 24, 2013 at 5:21 pm by Slave.)
Sure, I can agree to that. Also, deism is worse than theism. At least theists don't try to intellectually justify their retarded beliefs.
And by they don't try to intellectually justify it, when they do try, they do so with little intellectualism.  RE: The Making of an Atheist: How Immorality Leads to Unbelief
July 24, 2013 at 5:59 pm
(This post was last modified: July 24, 2013 at 6:00 pm by Ben Davis.)
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Quote:Blah, blah, blah... All those atheists want to do is sin... Blah, blah, you atheists are so hateful... Blah, blah, atheism is soooo childish... Blah, blah, the bible... I'm in!
Sum ergo sum
(July 24, 2013 at 5:05 pm)Slave Wrote:(July 24, 2013 at 4:52 pm)Gilgamesh Wrote: The root cause for atheism: Being born. ALL beliefs are inculcated. Atheism, by definition, is not a belief, it is the LACK of a specific belief. I've read some (though by no means a lot) about the neuroscience of religionism, and it doesn't seem as if the researchers are making the case that people are born with theistic belief already instilled. Rather, they seem to be making the claim that if you flood a malleable brain with religious imagery and expressions, the brain developes pathways which are more amenable to such flooding in future. Boru
‘But it does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are twenty gods or no gods. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg.’ - Thomas Jefferson
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Compulsive procrastinator  Religious Views: Agnostic atheist, anti-theist, whovian, misanthrope? (July 24, 2013 at 5:02 pm)BadWriterSparty Wrote:(July 24, 2013 at 4:52 pm)Gilgamesh Wrote: The root cause for atheism: Being born. Wow! That video kind of reminds me of 'The Island' with Ewan Mcgregor and Scarlet Johansson when they are indoctrinating the tank grown clones!
'The more I learn about people the more I like my dog'- Mark Twain
'You can have all the faith you want in spirits, and the afterlife, and heaven and hell, but when it comes to this world, don't be an idiot. Cause you can tell me you put your faith in God to put you through the day, but when it comes time to cross the road, I know you look both ways.' - Dr House “Young earth creationism is essentially the position that all of modern science, 90% of living scientists and 98% of living biologists, all major university biology departments, every major science journal, the American Academy of Sciences, and every major science organization in the world, are all wrong regarding the origins and development of life….but one particular tribe of uneducated, bronze aged, goat herders got it exactly right.” - Chuck Easttom "If my good friend Doctor Gasparri speaks badly of my mother, he can expect to get punched.....You cannot provoke. You cannot insult the faith of others. You cannot make fun of the faith of others. There is a limit." - Pope Francis on freedom of speech |
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