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RE: Is it a good idea to be an atheist?
March 19, 2015 at 6:36 pm
Ever notice how God agrees with everyone, but people disagree with each other?
Every God has stopped being "real" as soon as people stopped worshipping it. It amazes me that people think the latest iterations are any different.
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RE: Is it a good idea to be an atheist?
March 19, 2015 at 6:47 pm
(March 19, 2015 at 6:27 pm)Stimbo Wrote: We could turn it into a drinking game. We'd all be totally blitzed in an hour.
Gets my vote.
I could do with all the drinks I can get at the moment.
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RE: Is it a good idea to be an atheist?
March 19, 2015 at 7:06 pm
Meh... drinking causes hangovers the next day... how about we making this into a bong game...I'm in for that!
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RE: Is it a good idea to be an atheist?
March 19, 2015 at 7:21 pm
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(March 19, 2015 at 4:46 pm)downbeatplumb Wrote: How exactly do you have a personal relationship with something that has no evidence it exists?
Seems it would be a little one sided.
Pretty much the same way a good novelist creates compelling dialogue. So yeah, pretty much one sided .. sort of.
(March 19, 2015 at 1:04 pm)Jesusislord Wrote: I have noticed that some of the atheist members on this forum state that some members were previously members of churches and then became atheists. My question is simply were any of these members Christians before - Here I mean, did any of these members have a personal relationship with Jesus and then became atheists? Anybody can 'belong to a church' but to have a relationship with God is something totally different....
Well how are we supposed to know that? Do you actually think you can tell who has a real relationship with Jesus from those who merely attend church? If so, please enlighten us. I just assume everyone who thinks they have a relationship with the creator of the cosmos is a loon.
If you really think you know someone with a real relationship, try an experiment for us. Set it up so that you both are communing with your secret friend and then ask him to pass on a message to your fellow believer. It'll be interesting to see how often you can reliably transmit a message across the lord to one another. Set it up with cameras and observers and you might have the makings of some great evidence. Good luck.
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RE: Is it a good idea to be an atheist?
March 19, 2015 at 7:48 pm
(March 19, 2015 at 7:06 pm)Judi Lynn Wrote: Meh... drinking causes hangovers the next day... how about we making this into a bong game...I'm in for that!
You'll get many joining you in that game.
You guys can hit the bong and I'll have beer.
How's that?
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RE: Is it a good idea to be an atheist?
March 19, 2015 at 7:50 pm
Is it bad that I read that as boning game?
Or just typical?
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RE: Is it a good idea to be an atheist?
March 19, 2015 at 7:51 pm
(March 19, 2015 at 7:50 pm)Stimbo Wrote: Is it bad that I read that as boning game?
Or just typical?
It's what I expect from many here, myself included.
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RE: Is it a good idea to be an atheist?
March 19, 2015 at 7:59 pm
(March 19, 2015 at 7:48 pm)Beccs Wrote: (March 19, 2015 at 7:06 pm)Judi Lynn Wrote: Meh... drinking causes hangovers the next day... how about we making this into a bong game...I'm in for that!
You'll get many joining you in that game.
You guys can hit the bong and I'll have beer.
How's that?
I want both!
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RE: Is it a good idea to be an atheist?
March 19, 2015 at 7:59 pm
(March 19, 2015 at 1:04 pm)Jesusislord Wrote: I have noticed that some of the atheist members on this forum state that some members were previously members of churches and then became atheists. My question is simply were any of these members Christians before - Here I mean, did any of these members have a personal relationship with Jesus and then became atheists? Anybody can 'belong to a church' but to have a relationship with God is something totally different....
*Sigh*
Look, you're not the first person to try to pull this particular variant of the No True Christian fallacy on us, but we don't have to play with you. If you're going to do what you're doing, you're essentially attempting to define a True christian as "someone who exists in a universe where the christian god is real," and that's little more than a tautological trick to try and get atheists to admit they were never real christians. It's ridiculous.
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RE: Is it a good idea to be an atheist?
March 19, 2015 at 8:33 pm
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(March 19, 2015 at 7:51 pm)Beccs Wrote: (March 19, 2015 at 7:50 pm)Stimbo Wrote: Is it bad that I read that as boning game?
Or just typical?
It's what I expect from many here, myself included.
So do you prefer bone in?
(March 19, 2015 at 7:59 pm)Esquilax Wrote: Look, you're not the first person to try to pull this particular variant of the No True Christian fallacy on us, but we don't have to play with you. If you're going to do what you're doing, you're essentially attempting to define a True christian as "someone who exists in a universe where the christian god is real," and that's little more than a tautological trick to try and get atheists to admit they were never real christians. It's ridiculous.
Forgive them, Esqy, for they see not where they are going with their heads so far up their ass.
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