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Do you have the right to be an atheist?

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Do you have the right to be an atheist?
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RE: Do you have the right to be an atheist?
July 5, 2015 at 11:40 am (This post was last modified: July 5, 2015 at 11:46 am by ErGingerbreadMandude.)
Yeah,if theism is wrong then there is no reason for atheism to exist.
If you still exist THEN the burden of proof if on you.

Seeing how theism is believing in a god when even theists don't even know what god is,theism is a belief that tumbles down because of itself.

Conclusion: theism is nonsense.
No reason for atheism(and any sub set of atheism)to exist anymore.
If you choose to exist then the burden of proof is on you.

That is what i'm saying.

Edit: Added: "(any any sub set of atheism)"
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RE: Do you have the right to be an atheist?
July 5, 2015 at 11:41 am
What are we trying to prove?
At the age of five, Skagra decided emphatically that God did not exist.  This revelation tends to make most people in the universe who have it react in one of two ways - with relief or with despair.  Only Skagra responded to it by thinking, 'Wait a second.  That means there's a situation vacant.'
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RE: Do you have the right to be an atheist?
July 5, 2015 at 11:44 am
I'm again reminded of what Sam Harris said, which is pretty dead on

Quote:In fact, "atheism" is a term that should not even exist. No one ever needs to identify himself as a "non-astrologer" or a "non-alchemist". We do not have words for people who doubt that Elvis is still alive or that aliens have traversed the galaxy only to molest ranchers and their cattle. Atheism is nothing more than the noises reasonable people make in the presence of unjustified religious beliefs.

(Agnostic) atheism is the default position. The term is only needed because of the prevalence of theism.
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RE: Do you have the right to be an atheist?
July 5, 2015 at 11:45 am
(July 5, 2015 at 11:41 am)Stimbo Wrote: What are we trying to prove?

That pool doesn't really know what the words he's using mean. I think someone should've said QED some 20 pages ago.
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#255
RE: Do you have the right to be an atheist?
July 5, 2015 at 11:46 am
(July 5, 2015 at 11:40 am)pool Wrote: Yeah,if theism is wrong then there is no reason for atheism to exist.
If you still exist THEN the burden of proof if on you.

Seeing how theism is believing in a god when even theists don't even know what god is,theism is a belief that tumbles down because of itself.

Conclusion: theism is nonsense.
No reason for atheism to exist anymore.
If you choose to exist then the burden of proof is on you.

That is what i'm saying.

Holy shit you are dense, you clearly don't understand any of these concepts and you sound like a moron.
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RE: Do you have the right to be an atheist?
July 5, 2015 at 11:48 am
(July 5, 2015 at 11:40 am)pool Wrote: Yeah,if theism is wrong then there is no reason for atheism to exist.
If you still exist THEN the burden of proof if on you.

Seeing how theism is believing in a god when even theists don't even know what god is,theism is a belief that tumbles down because of itself.

Conclusion: theism is nonsense.
No reason for atheism(and any sub set of atheism)to exist anymore.
If you choose to exist then the burden of proof is on you.

That is what i'm saying.

Edit: Added: "(any any sub set of atheism)"

Inanity parading as profundity. You can't be taken seriously.
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RE: Do you have the right to be an atheist?
July 5, 2015 at 11:49 am
(July 5, 2015 at 11:41 am)Stimbo Wrote: What are we trying to prove?

Basically what i'm currently saying is theism and atheism is stupid.
(If anybody is offended - my apologies.This is what i meant. xD)

Someone just called me a moron :Big Grin :Big Grin :Big Grin :Big Grin
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RE: Do you have the right to be an atheist?
July 5, 2015 at 11:51 am
(July 5, 2015 at 11:49 am)pool Wrote:
(July 5, 2015 at 11:41 am)Stimbo Wrote: What are we trying to prove?

Basically what i'm currently saying is theism and atheism is stupid.
(If anybody is offended - my apologies.This is what i meant. xD)

Someone just called me a moron :Big Grin :Big Grin :Big Grin :Big Grin

That's because it's true
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RE: Do you have the right to be an atheist?
July 5, 2015 at 11:52 am
No, you stated specifically that atheists have a burden of proof. What are we atheists supposed to be proving?
At the age of five, Skagra decided emphatically that God did not exist.  This revelation tends to make most people in the universe who have it react in one of two ways - with relief or with despair.  Only Skagra responded to it by thinking, 'Wait a second.  That means there's a situation vacant.'
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RE: Do you have the right to be an atheist?
July 5, 2015 at 11:54 am
(July 5, 2015 at 11:49 am)pool Wrote:
(July 5, 2015 at 11:41 am)Stimbo Wrote: What are we trying to prove?

Basically what i'm currently saying is theism and atheism is stupid.
(If anybody is offended - my apologies.This is what i meant. xD)

Someone just called me a moron :Big Grin :Big Grin :Big Grin :Big Grin

Why is asking for proof for an extraordinary claim stupid?
“Religion was invented when the first con man met the first fool.”

― Mark Twain
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