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noctalla Offline
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New Zealotander
April 17, 2015 at 5:42 pm
Hello. I'm an agnostic atheist from Wellington, New Zealand. Apart from an 18 month period twenty years ago, when I was 17-18 years old, I have been a non-believer my entire life. I came here specifically because of a debate I got into with a Christian (on Reddit), in which he presented some arguments/assertions I had never encountered before. I dealt with these on the fly, but I was wondering if anyone else had any thoughts or counterarguments for the specific points in question, or any critiques regarding the arguments I used. I will post this debate in some appropriate place here on the forum.
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RE: New Zealotander
April 17, 2015 at 6:04 pm (This post was last modified: April 17, 2015 at 6:04 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
Welcome aboard, I'd suggest, rather than copy pasting it over, just bring up the relevant points (someone will probably be familiar with any given apologetic argument you encountered).  
-in some other thread..obviously.
I am the Infantry. I am my country’s strength in war, her deterrent in peace. I am the heart of the fight… wherever, whenever. I carry America’s faith and honor against her enemies. I am the Queen of Battle. I am what my country expects me to be, the best trained Soldier in the world. In the race for victory, I am swift, determined, and courageous, armed with a fierce will to win. Never will I fail my country’s trust. Always I fight on…through the foe, to the objective, to triumph overall. If necessary, I will fight to my death. By my steadfast courage, I have won more than 200 years of freedom. I yield not to weakness, to hunger, to cowardice, to fatigue, to superior odds, For I am mentally tough, physically strong, and morally straight. I forsake not, my country, my mission, my comrades, my sacred duty. I am relentless. I am always there, now and forever. I AM THE INFANTRY! FOLLOW ME!
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RE: New Zealotander
April 17, 2015 at 6:30 pm
Welcome, noctalla!
Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.

Albert Einstein
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RE: New Zealotander
April 17, 2015 at 6:37 pm
Welcome, nice to meet you Smile

You've come to the right place to tear up theist arguments!
Feel free to send me a private message.
Please visit my website here! It's got lots of information about atheism/theism and support for new atheists.

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RE: New Zealotander
April 17, 2015 at 6:59 pm
Hello noctalla Smile I'm a happy consumer of your country's entertainment exports.
I can't remember where this verse is from, I think it got removed from canon:

"I don't hang around with mostly men because I'm gay. It's because men are better than women. Better trained, better equipped...better. Just better! I'm not gay."

For context, this is the previous verse:

"Hi Jesus" -robvalue
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RE: New Zealotander
April 17, 2015 at 7:01 pm
(April 17, 2015 at 5:42 pm)noctalla Wrote: ....or counterarguments for the specific points in question, or any critiques regarding the arguments I used.

Welcome, good luck, & I've mostly retired from the sport...
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RE: New Zealotander
April 17, 2015 at 7:22 pm
Welcome Smile
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RE: New Zealotander
April 17, 2015 at 7:44 pm
Hello, there, Enzedite!
"For me, it is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring." - Carl Sagan
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RE: New Zealotander
April 17, 2015 at 7:51 pm
Welcome to the board.

I spent a week in Wellington one night....

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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RE: New Zealotander
April 17, 2015 at 7:57 pm
So I've gathered that atheist hotspots = Portugal, Kiwiland, Oz, and England.

And us 'Murricans.

Welcome
"There remain four irreducible objections to religious faith: that it wholly misrepresents the origins of man and the cosmos, that because of this original error it manages to combine the maximum servility with the maximum of solipsism, that it is both the result and the cause of dangerous sexual repression, and that it is ultimately grounded on wish-thinking." ~Christopher Hitchens, god is not Great

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