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Why atheism always has a burden of proof
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 (October 23, 2013 at 10:23 am)Sword of Christ Wrote: Either it's God/a purpose giving higher power and we know something about his nature and it's relationship with ourselves or it's...nothing at all. ...or it's something entirely different altogether, which has been pointed out to you, oh I don't know, at LEAST A DOZEN FUCKING TIMES. Why do you insist on persisting in the lie that there are no other options? Hmmm? (October 23, 2013 at 10:23 am)Sword of Christ Wrote: Prove the universe and everything in it merely exists for no reason at all. That's essentially where you get to with atheism. Stop. Doing. This. Stop telling people what they believe. Stop. Just. Stop. (October 23, 2013 at 10:23 am)Sword of Christ Wrote: Just because it is faith based it doesn't automatically mean it must be false or as ridiculous No, it does not. Nor does it make it true or credible. What it does make it is irrational.  (October 23, 2013 at 11:47 am)Sword of Christ Wrote: They're evidence that someone felt the need to write something about someone for some reason. Doesn't that describe pretty much every book ever written?
"Well, evolution is a theory. It is also a fact. And facts and theories are different things, not rungs in a hierarchy of increasing certainty. Facts are the world's data. Theories are structures of ideas that explain and interpret facts. Facts don't go away when scientists debate rival theories to explain them. Einstein's theory of gravitation replaced Newton's in this century, but apples didn't suspend themselves in midair, pending the outcome. And humans evolved from ape- like ancestors whether they did so by Darwin's proposed mechanism or by some other yet to be discovered."
-Stephen Jay Gould 
Owlix
Worship is for the weak. I'm fond of science  Religious Views: Upon my death I will be part of the stars...... still. (October 23, 2013 at 10:58 am)Esquilax Wrote:(October 23, 2013 at 10:23 am)Sword of Christ Wrote: I don't have an interest in believing your car runs on pixie dust but I'm interested in the ultimate truth of the universe. Either it's God/a purpose giving higher power and we know something about his nature and it's relationship with ourselves or it's...nothing at all. .... In that case, Esquilax, I'm glad I'm on the right side of the 'reason' mirror. Poor mirrored me must be such a sucker.... ![[Image: CheerUp_zps63df8a6b.jpg]](https://images.weserv.nl/?url=i1118.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fk619%2Fjcincain%2FArt%2520Vault%2FCheerUp_zps63df8a6b.jpg) Thanks to Cinjin for making it more 'sig space' friendly.   Quote:Who would have made all of this up and what would be the motivation? Power combined with credulity. You can gain power thinking you are right and completely be wrong. For the same reason Muslims have power in the middle east. "Why would they die for a lie"? Is the wrong question. For over 3,000 years the ancient Egyptians truly believed with all their heart that the sun was an actual god. The better question would be, "Why do you feel the need to cling to such an old story?"  RE: Why atheism always has a burden of proof
October 24, 2013 at 1:42 pm
(This post was last modified: October 24, 2013 at 1:44 pm by Esquilax.)
(October 24, 2013 at 12:12 am)Owlix Wrote: .... In that case, Esquilax, I'm glad I'm on the right side of the 'reason' mirror. Poor mirrored me must be such a sucker.... Imagine it, though: somewhere there would be a universe in which Sword of Christ is a competent debater who understands the boundaries of his own understanding.  (October 24, 2013 at 9:40 am)Zazzy Wrote: This is the guy who actually offered to explain to Esquilax what Esquilax believes. I don't think he CAN stop doing it. I'm working under the theory that he believes he's some kind of belief-wizard, capable of incanting beliefs into someone's head just by repeating it often enough. Also, in my theory he runs around in a special cape with a coiled up turd on it.
"YOU take the hard look in the mirror. You are everything that is wrong with this world. The only thing important to you, is you." - ronedee
Want to see more of my writing? Check out my (safe for work!) site, Unprotected Sects! (October 23, 2013 at 5:31 pm)Cthulhu Dreaming Wrote:(October 23, 2013 at 10:23 am)Sword of Christ Wrote: Either it's God/a purpose giving higher power and we know something about his nature and it's relationship with ourselves or it's...nothing at all. He is still stuck with "which god" and pretends no one else claims other gods, and still doesn't see all of them are stuck with the problem with infinite regress. Nor do they want to consider that gods are the product of human imagination. 
The religious who push their faith and the atheists who push against faith (without actual provocation) will always need to provide the burden of proof.
But if we walk in the light, as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, His Son, purifies us from all sin.
So it's wrong for the colleague of a math professor to push to correct his friend when he has demonstrable errors in his equations?
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