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Dear Resident Theists
August 14, 2015 at 12:13 pm
(This post was last modified: August 14, 2015 at 12:14 pm by Longhorn.)
I've asked this from several people multiple times, and never got an answer. Needles to say my curiosity remains unsatisfied.
So would any of you, nice, pretty, tasty god fearing men and women be so kind and present to me, step by step, your line of reasoning in going through this progression:
First cause
V
deistic deity
V
Theistic god
V
abrahamic god
V
your particular abrahamic god
V
your particular denomination's god
V
your personal version of this god
Really, really pretty please? ._.
(I realize that the last two may be the same thing depending on the circumstances, so feel free to merge them if you like)
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RE: Dear Resident Theists
August 14, 2015 at 12:28 pm
I wonna see the reasoning to this.
To-morrow, and to-morrow, and to-morrow,
Creeps in this petty pace from day to day,
To the last syllable of recorded time;
And all our yesterdays have lighted fools
The way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle!
Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player,
That struts and frets his hour upon the stage,
And then is heard no more. It is a tale
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
Signifying nothing.
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RE: Dear Resident Theists
August 14, 2015 at 12:30 pm
The answer will be geographically adjusted.... i.e., 'jesus' or 'allah' or whatever the fuck.
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RE: Dear Resident Theists
August 14, 2015 at 12:31 pm
"The fact that a believer is happier than a skeptic is no more to the point than the fact that a drunken man is happier than a sober one." - George Bernard Shaw
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RE: Dear Resident Theists
August 14, 2015 at 1:07 pm
They aren't going to bite. They've got nothing.
It is very important not to mistake hemlock for parsley, but to believe or not believe in God is not important at all. - Denis Diderot
We are the United States of Amnesia, we learn nothing because we remember nothing. - Gore Vidal
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RE: Dear Resident Theists
August 14, 2015 at 1:33 pm
Hence the definition of "faith" - pretending to know what you don't actually know.
I'm having a crisis of faith! I'm having a crisis of pretending to know what I don't actually know! (Thank you Manual for Creating Atheists.)
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RE: Dear Resident Theists
August 14, 2015 at 2:07 pm
I'm tired of waiting. Taking my obligatory old fart nap now.
Being told you're delusional does not necessarily mean you're mental.
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RE: Dear Resident Theists
August 14, 2015 at 2:13 pm
(This post was last modified: August 14, 2015 at 2:14 pm by Pizza.)
(August 14, 2015 at 1:41 pm)Pandæmonium Wrote: (August 14, 2015 at 1:07 pm)Pizza Wrote: They aren't going to bite. They've got nothing.
Or they'll say 'my god is the exact same God as everyone else of my [denomination]/[religion]', despite the fact that you can literally paste examples of them disagreeing on this very forum allone.
I remember having that problem in my irreligious theism vs religious theism thread.
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