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RE: How atheists can enjoy religion
August 30, 2021 at 11:23 am
(August 30, 2021 at 12:37 am)Ahriman Wrote: This might be a little abstract, but I would argue all words/concepts are unsupported assertions, until they are argued for. So if you're willing to argue for the idea that there are planets, stars, moons, etc., then those things become real. Likewise, if you're willing to argue for the idea that there are gods, who created planets, stars, moons, etc., then gods become real.
God of the gaps and watchmaker bullshit. Suggest you look it up.
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RE: How atheists can enjoy religion
August 30, 2021 at 3:13 pm
(August 30, 2021 at 12:26 am)Astreja Wrote: (August 30, 2021 at 12:01 am)WinterHold Wrote: So borrowing a credit fact from another culture is very legal for me.
I think you misunderstood me. As I see it, the Qur'an authors borrowed already-existing information (e.g. the known existence of the sun, moon and planets.)
Fact: The sun, moon and planets exist. I've observed all three myself (only planets in the solar system I haven't observed are Uranus and Neptune - I've seen all the others.)
Unsupported assertion: A god created the sun, moon and planets.
One famous example for facts in the Quran is about the formation of clouds through winds:
Quote:Sura 7, The Quran:
https://quran.com/7:57?store=false&translations=
Translator: — Abdul Haleem
(57) It is God who sends the winds, bearing good news of His coming grace, and when they have gathered up the heavy clouds, We drive them to a dead land where We cause rain to fall, bringing out all kinds of crops, just as We shall bring out the dead. Will you not reflect?
And
Quote:Sura 35, The Quran:
https://quran.com/35:9?store=false&translations=
Translator: — Abdul Haleem
(9) It is God who sends forth the winds; they raise up the clouds; We drive them to a dead land and with them revive the earth after its death: such will be the Resurrection.
Facts like this were never known before, but the Quran pointed to them accurately. If something this accurate is admit by the book and it is right, then the rest of claims are true too.
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RE: How atheists can enjoy religion
August 30, 2021 at 3:15 pm
(This post was last modified: August 30, 2021 at 3:22 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
In case you weren't aware, djinn don't drive clouds anywhere. The imagery of clouds bursting with rain over cracked earth is a ubiquitous theme of rebirth - in a verse about resurrection - but it's not like you respect your own magic book enough to have researched any of this, right? Might have something to do with every human being who's ever had eyes seeing the relationship between rain and growth.
Not only did you present a non fact as a factual case, you mischaracterized it as a scientific miracle, and then you followed it up with the sloppiest argument imaginable. That wouldn't work even if your non-fact were true. That this sort of garbage convinces you is why you can never be more than one shitty argument away from doing something uniquely terrible.
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RE: How atheists can enjoy religion
August 30, 2021 at 3:55 pm
(August 30, 2021 at 3:15 pm)The Grand Nudger Wrote: In case you weren't aware, djinn don't drive clouds anywhere. The imagery of clouds bursting with rain over cracked earth is a ubiquitous theme of rebirth - in a verse about resurrection - but it's not like you respect your own magic book enough to have researched any of this, right? Might have something to do with every human being who's ever had eyes seeing the relationship between rain and growth.
Not only did you present a non fact as a factual case, you mischaracterized it as a scientific miracle, and then you followed it up with the sloppiest argument imaginable. That wouldn't work even if your non-fact were true. That this sort of garbage convinces you is why you can never be more than one shitty argument away from doing something uniquely terrible. How would you know? And you didn't provide a better explanation.
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RE: How atheists can enjoy religion
August 30, 2021 at 3:57 pm
Yeah, Nudger. If the Djinn don't push clouds around, how do they move? No idea how you're gonna get yourself outta that one.
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RE: How atheists can enjoy religion
August 30, 2021 at 4:00 pm
I argue that Halle Berry comes and gives me a massage, with a happy ending, it has yet to become real.
I've been making this argument for at least 15 years.
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RE: How atheists can enjoy religion
August 30, 2021 at 4:03 pm
(August 30, 2021 at 3:55 pm)Ahriman Wrote: (August 30, 2021 at 3:15 pm)The Grand Nudger Wrote: In case you weren't aware, djinn don't drive clouds anywhere. How would you know? And you didn't provide a better explanation.
Wouldn't you agree that interdependence is a reflection of the light of fulfillment?
I am the Infantry. I am my country’s strength in war, her deterrent in peace. I am the heart of the fight… wherever, whenever. I carry America’s faith and honor against her enemies. I am the Queen of Battle. I am what my country expects me to be, the best trained Soldier in the world. In the race for victory, I am swift, determined, and courageous, armed with a fierce will to win. Never will I fail my country’s trust. Always I fight on…through the foe, to the objective, to triumph overall. If necessary, I will fight to my death. By my steadfast courage, I have won more than 200 years of freedom. I yield not to weakness, to hunger, to cowardice, to fatigue, to superior odds, For I am mentally tough, physically strong, and morally straight. I forsake not, my country, my mission, my comrades, my sacred duty. I am relentless. I am always there, now and forever. I AM THE INFANTRY! FOLLOW ME!
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RE: How atheists can enjoy religion
August 30, 2021 at 4:08 pm
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RE: How atheists can enjoy religion
August 30, 2021 at 4:10 pm
(August 30, 2021 at 4:03 pm)The Grand Nudger Wrote: (August 30, 2021 at 3:55 pm)Ahriman Wrote: How would you know? And you didn't provide a better explanation.
Wouldn't you agree that interdependence is a reflection of the light of fulfillment? Well yes, but not necessarily. I am not dependent on any friends or lovers, and I am still reasonably fulfilled.
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RE: How atheists can enjoy religion
August 30, 2021 at 4:44 pm
(August 30, 2021 at 4:00 pm)no one Wrote: I argue that Halle Berry comes and gives me a massage, with a happy ending, it has yet to become real.
I've been making this argument for at least 15 years.
In the event that it does, be sure to post it on Pornhub.
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