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#11
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Yeah. Deep down, they must realize that none of this holds up to any sort of reason. Otherwise they wouldn't avoid or subvert said reason.
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#12
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Or resort to threats, like we often see on here.

Atheist: [Carefully reasoned argument]
Theist: Oh yeah? Well you're going to hell!

There are no justifications and deep down most people know it, they just try really hard not to think about it. The word "faith" is perhaps the most damaging ever, in this context, giving the ultimate cop out.
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#13
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@rob:
Here's something that I used to link to a lot during those sorts of debates: wikipedia.org/wiki/Doublethink
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#14
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Cool thanks, I'll check it out!

Very interesting Smile And familiar sounding! I so often think, "Can't you hear yourself?"

I tend to put forward the "would this argument stand up in a court of law" objection. Would you be happy to be convicted of murder, based on the strength of the argument you have presented? "You can't prove you didn't murder him, so you did. Case closed. *Whack*"
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#15
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Welcome
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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#16
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Welcome, nice to have you here!
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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#17
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'Sup, Dead?

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#18
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Welcome
"The Universe is run by the complex interweaving of three elements: energy, matter, and enlightened self-interest." G'Kar-B5
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#19
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Welcome to the forum. We need more members that listen to Aphex Twin.
Even if the open windows of science at first make us shiver after the cozy indoor warmth of traditional humanizing myths, in the end the fresh air brings vigor, and the great spaces have a splendor of their own - Bertrand Russell
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#20
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Welcome

I married into a rural churchgoing community.
Though I've heard horror stories on the internet, I've never been shunned, banned, or otherwise put upon by that community.
I think it may be because they are Swedish/German/Lutheran/Minnesota Nice and would be embarrassed to be shown emotional enough to disagree.
So how, exactly, does God know that She's NOT a brain in a vat? Huh
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