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Good Arguments (Certainty vs. Probability)
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RE: Good Arguments (Certainty vs. Probability)
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teachings of the Bible are so muddled and self-contradictory that it was possible for Christians to happily burn heretics alive for five long centuries. It was even possible for the most venerated patriarchs of the Church, like St. Augustine and St. Thomas Aquinas, to conclude that heretics should be tortured (Augustine) or killed outright (Aquinas). Martin Luther and John Calvin advocated the wholesale murder of heretics, apostates, Jews, and witches. - Sam Harris, "Letter To A Christian Nation"
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RE: Good Arguments (Certainty vs. Probability)
(October 3, 2020 at 11:36 am)onlinebiker Wrote: The difference between atheists and theists.


Theist: "God created the universe. Noone created God. God has always been."


Atheist: "Man created god. The universe has always been".

We can see the universe.

Your god? Strangely absent.

Invisible, not absent.
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RE: Good Arguments (Certainty vs. Probability)
(October 8, 2020 at 9:51 pm)runewell Wrote:
(October 3, 2020 at 11:36 am)onlinebiker Wrote: The difference between atheists and theists.


Theist: "God created the universe. Noone created God. God has always been."


Atheist: "Man created god. The universe has always been".

We can see the universe.

Your god? Strangely absent.

Invisible, not absent.

There's a difference?
"The first principle is that you must not fool yourself — and you are the easiest person to fool." - Richard P. Feynman
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