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RE: Do theists bother you?
October 1, 2010 at 8:35 am
All dualism or specific types?
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RE: Do theists bother you?
October 1, 2010 at 8:51 am
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(October 1, 2010 at 6:52 am)tackattack Wrote: I agree with the general sentiment, stupidity is what bothers me regardless of belief. Sometimes I get annoyed at a strictly materialistic view, or a strict holding to only 5 of the senses. It seems to be dismissive to me as well.To me a strictly materialistic view is just as deluded as a young earth creationist view.
There is nothing dismissive about asking questions tack, it's you who believe this supernatural woo despite the complete absence of a good reason to do so.
Do you have evidence for any supernatural phenomenon?
Do you know of any cases in which there must necessarily be a supernatural explanation?
Do you know of any phenomenon that have no conceivable natural explanation?
Do you have any evidence for a 6th sense?
If you can't satisfy any of these criteria then you don't meet my minimum standards for even assigning a likelihood to the existence of supernaturalism, let alone the point where I would consider supernaturalism to be true....
...Unless you have any other reasons for belief in the supernatural that you think are sufficient in justifying belief, that is. If so it'd be nice to see them, and an explanation of why you think this reason is sufficient.
(October 1, 2010 at 8:35 am)tackattack Wrote: All dualism or specific types?
All Dualism in philosophy.
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RE: Do theists bother you?
October 1, 2010 at 10:25 am
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All dualism in philosophy is deluded. And when it comes to mind/body dualism it just sounds to me like wishful thinking to fit in with the whole religion thing.
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RE: Do theists bother you?
October 1, 2010 at 10:31 am
I'm with IceAge. Most theists I know personally are nice people, and I have no issues with them. It's the loud, illogical ones that I avoid in meatspace & actively persecute on the web.
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RE: Do theists bother you?
October 1, 2010 at 10:40 am
(October 1, 2010 at 4:14 am)fr0d0 Wrote: Atheism is, to generalise, negative; being in opposition to positivism (que whingers: "atheism is only disbelief"). The archetypal response is blind dismissal, and there is no clearer representation of this than Min.
There's nothing wrong with anger, if it's justified. Hatred is wrong I think, as harbouring anger is destructive.
If negativity is the result of rejecting blind superstition and abject stupidity then I am all for it, Frods.
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RE: Do theists bother you?
October 1, 2010 at 11:18 am
(October 1, 2010 at 10:40 am)Minimalist Wrote: If negativity is the result of rejecting blind superstition and abject stupidity then I am all for it, Frods. How very positive of you.
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RE: Do theists bother you?
October 1, 2010 at 2:13 pm
(October 1, 2010 at 8:51 am)theVOID Wrote: [quote='tackattack' pid='96762' dateline='1285930339']
Do you have any evidence for a 6th sense?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CUn7zy8Ya20
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RE: Do theists bother you?
October 1, 2010 at 5:30 pm
(October 1, 2010 at 4:33 am)Skipper Wrote: No it's not blind dismissal to look for evidence and then when none is found to then dismiss something. Pray tell what evidence you would find acceptable. Evidence is presented in the Xtian bible. Please tell me how you're not dismissing that.
(October 1, 2010 at 5:42 am)theVOID Wrote: It's pretty easy to dismiss your unsubstantiated bullshit fr0d0 I guess I'd be holding my breath for a long time waiting for you to begin VOID.
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RE: Do theists bother you?
October 1, 2010 at 5:40 pm
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Some do. I have come to the realization that religion will most likely be around for as long as people want to understand the world they inhabit.
Some choose religion, some don't.
These are the type of theists that do bother me:
Fundamentalists
Queer Chaser and Beaters
And the rest of the ones who take their religion too literally.
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RE: Do theists bother you?
October 1, 2010 at 8:12 pm
Quote:Evidence is presented in the Xtian bible
Bullshit is presented in the xtian bible. Edited, doctored, serve-the-power-structure, pure bullshit.
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