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Theism/Atheism - Real Definitions
#21
RE: Theism/Atheism - Real Definitions
(January 6, 2015 at 7:33 am)Jacob(smooth) Wrote:
(January 6, 2015 at 7:18 am)robvalue Wrote: He burns you with Fire, because he loves you.

Ah, a just dragon.

Does he only burn bad people? Some kind of system based on merit perhaps?

The main criterion is give much money to Alex or suffer forever.
The fool hath said in his heart, There is a God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.
Psalm 14, KJV revised edition

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#22
RE: Theism/Atheism - Real Definitions
(January 6, 2015 at 7:39 am)Alex K Wrote:
(January 6, 2015 at 7:33 am)Jacob(smooth) Wrote: Ah, a just dragon.

Does he only burn bad people? Some kind of system based on merit perhaps?

The main criterion is give much money to Alex or suffer forever.

So the dragon is only interested in how I interact with him and his representatives? Not with how I behave otherwise or what sort of person I am?
"Peace is a lie, there is only passion.
Through passion, I gain strength.
Through strength, I gain power.
Through power, I gain victory.
Through victory, my chains are broken."
Sith code
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#23
RE: Theism/Atheism - Real Definitions
(January 6, 2015 at 8:34 am)Jacob(smooth) Wrote: So the dragon is only interested in how I interact with him and his representatives? Not with how I behave otherwise or what sort of person I am?

No. Now stop asking blasphemous questions and give me the money.
The fool hath said in his heart, There is a God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.
Psalm 14, KJV revised edition

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#24
RE: Theism/Atheism - Real Definitions
Real Definition of theism
- belief in gods, that's it. There's no claim of permanence about it.
Like any other issue, belief or lack of belief is subject to change - as the evidence warrants.

Proposed Definition of atheism
- lack of belief in a gods. Like any other issue, belief or lack of belief should change - as the evidence warrants.



Thank you Jesus
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#25
RE: Theism/Atheism - Real Definitions
Frodo, have a kudos.




Fuckin' hobbbit..
In every country and every age, the priest had been hostile to Liberty.
- Thomas Jefferson
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#26
RE: Theism/Atheism - Real Definitions
(January 6, 2015 at 10:14 am)fr0d0 Wrote: Real Definition of theism
- belief in gods, that's it. There's no claim of permanence about it.
Like any other issue, belief or lack of belief is subject to change - as the evidence warrants.

Proposed Definition of atheism
- lack of belief in a gods. Like any other issue, belief or lack of belief should change - as the evidence warrants.

Thank you Jesus

I wonder though, if someone decided to be theist based on the current state of evidence, what possible evidence can come in on top of that to warrant changing to atheist...
The fool hath said in his heart, There is a God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.
Psalm 14, KJV revised edition

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#27
RE: Theism/Atheism - Real Definitions
Drich you need to look up the definition of atheism on the dictionary because it's really complicated from a rational perspective to hate something you don't believe in... Right?

To correct the OP, I refuse that definition, I prefer Atheism is, at least, the lack of belief in gods but also the belief or knowledge claim that no gods exist - I prefer it like this otherwise my atheism is excluded by the concept of atheism as being purely agnostic.
Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. And if you gaze long enough into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you

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