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Atheism is like baldness, not colorblindness!
June 22, 2020 at 9:32 pm
Atheism is a choice, not a symptom of a disability.
Posting this mainly for onlookers and lurkers wanting to know a little more about what atheism is.
"You first need to believe in color before you can see the beauty in a rainbow".
This and many other logical fallacies covered in this excellent video.
It doesn't matter what team you're on, but only one is grounded in fact. (by definition, faith is only needed in the absence of facts).
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RE: Atheism is like baldness, not colorblindness!
June 22, 2020 at 11:26 pm
(June 22, 2020 at 9:32 pm)ignoramus Wrote: Atheism is a choice, not a symptom of a disability.
Posting this mainly for onlookers and lurkers wanting to know a little more about what atheism is.
"You first need to believe in color before you can see the beauty in a rainbow".
This and many other logical fallacies covered in this excellent video.
It doesn't matter what team you're on, but only one is grounded in fact. (by definition, faith is only needed in the absence of facts).
Is there a tl;dwatch version? 20 minutes is more than I'd like to spend. Maybe the lurkers will watch it, but I'm past that.
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RE: Atheism is like baldness, not colorblindness!
June 23, 2020 at 3:41 am
Yeah, he uses nice clean logic. But nothing new for us. Hey, you're retired, you've got plenty of time! 
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RE: Atheism is like baldness, not colorblindness!
June 23, 2020 at 4:55 am
I dispute that atheism is a choice - I'm an atheist because I perceive that to be the truth - no "choice" involved.
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RE: Atheism is like baldness, not colorblindness!
June 23, 2020 at 8:02 am
Agree. But don't many Christians feel the same way?
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RE: Atheism is like baldness, not colorblindness!
June 23, 2020 at 8:28 am
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That being a Christian is not a choice? Yes, I'd imagine they do - and they'd doubtless be right, at least regarding the "belief" (orthodoxy) component - as for what they say and do (orthopraxy) I'd say they have a choice about that. Hypothetically I guess, Xtian Y could, for example, firmly believe in JC and God and heaven etc, but might decide such beliefs are counterproductive for mankind, that God doesn't WANT people to believe in him these days and that the world would be better off if religion died so that mankind could takes responsibility for things PROPERLY, and so they'd profess to be an atheist and never step foot inside a church and campaign for secularism etc.
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RE: Atheism is like baldness, not colorblindness!
June 23, 2020 at 7:54 pm
(June 23, 2020 at 4:55 am)Editz Wrote: I dispute that atheism is a choice - I'm an atheist because I perceive that to be the truth - no "choice" involved.
Agreed. I don't think myself into a conviction, they just happen thanks to statements I'm exposed to and which I find compelling - hopefully thanks to evidence supporting that conviction. This includes lack of evidence for gods existing.
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RE: Atheism is like baldness, not colorblindness!
June 23, 2020 at 10:42 pm
It's a filter, not a transmogrifier.
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RE: Atheism is like baldness, not colorblindness!
June 24, 2020 at 1:19 am
Hey Iggy, if Atheism is like baldness, then doesn't that make your back and shoulders a saint? :-)
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RE: Atheism is like baldness, not colorblindness!
June 24, 2020 at 1:38 am
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Just picture me like a balding silverback who doesn't believe in God and you won't be far off!
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