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The founding fathers/mothers of Modern Atheism/Liberalism.
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#51
RE: The founding fathers/mothers of Modern Atheism/Liberalism.
July 25, 2023 at 2:38 pm (This post was last modified: July 25, 2023 at 2:39 pm by BrianSoddingBoru4.)
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#52
RE: The founding fathers/mothers of Modern Atheism/Liberalism.
July 25, 2023 at 5:56 pm
(July 25, 2023 at 12:53 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote:
(July 25, 2023 at 12:44 pm)Helios Wrote: Atheism is not a religion nor  a philosophy nor does it have any founders or heads.This is you imposing idea's on us.

Yeah, I thought we’d pretty well dispensed with Nishant’s contention that atheism is a religion in the other thread.

Silly old me.

Boru

And this is exactly why Nishant has no intellectual honesty. Not that they are any different than any other apologist.

We correct him over and over, yet they keep coming back with the same lies.

It's almost as if they have a doctrine and dogma, that puts them in the mindset of never being wrong. Dodgy

You'd believe if you just opened your heart" is a terrible argument for religion. It's basically saying, "If you bias yourself enough, you can convince yourself that this is true." If religion were true, people wouldn't need faith to believe it -- it would be supported by good evidence.
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#53
RE: The founding fathers/mothers of Modern Atheism/Liberalism.
July 25, 2023 at 6:08 pm
(July 25, 2023 at 9:14 am)Nishant Xavier Wrote: Who do you think are the founding fathers of Modern Atheism/Liberalism etc? Imo, it's clearly those like Darwin, Marx, Sanger, Kinsey etc. Thoughts from others?

You're conflating a lot of things, getting some facts wrong, and generally showing how confused you are about atheists and atheism.


But since you asked:

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RE: The founding fathers/mothers of Modern Atheism/Liberalism.
July 25, 2023 at 6:11 pm
(July 25, 2023 at 12:53 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote:
(July 25, 2023 at 12:44 pm)Helios Wrote: Atheism is not a religion nor  a philosophy nor does it have any founders or heads.This is you imposing idea's on us.

Yeah, I thought we’d pretty well dispensed with Nishant’s contention that atheism is a religion in the other thread.

Silly old me.

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#55
RE: The founding fathers/mothers of Modern Atheism/Liberalism.
July 25, 2023 at 6:13 pm
(July 25, 2023 at 6:11 pm)The Valkyrie Wrote:
(July 25, 2023 at 12:53 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: Yeah, I thought we’d pretty well dispensed with Nishant’s contention that atheism is a religion in the other thread.

Silly old me.

Boru

Can I kill it now?

You may not.

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RE: The founding fathers/mothers of Modern Atheism/Liberalism.
July 25, 2023 at 6:14 pm
(July 25, 2023 at 6:13 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote:
(July 25, 2023 at 6:11 pm)The Valkyrie Wrote: Can I kill it now?

You may not.

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Can she at least mortally wound it?
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RE: The founding fathers/mothers of Modern Atheism/Liberalism.
July 25, 2023 at 6:16 pm (This post was last modified: July 25, 2023 at 6:16 pm by Thumpalumpacus.)
(July 25, 2023 at 1:03 pm)Nishant Xavier Wrote: Ok, here's a syllogism: Religion generically is any claim about God. But Atheism is a claim about God. Therefore, Atheism is a Religion.

Flawed premise = flawed argument. Rewrite and resubmit. F.

Start by looking up "religion".

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RE: The founding fathers/mothers of Modern Atheism/Liberalism.
July 25, 2023 at 6:17 pm (This post was last modified: July 25, 2023 at 6:17 pm by Anomalocaris.)
(July 25, 2023 at 6:11 pm)The Valkyrie Wrote:
(July 25, 2023 at 12:53 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: Yeah, I thought we’d pretty well dispensed with Nishant’s contention that atheism is a religion in the other thread.

Silly old me.

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RE: The founding fathers/mothers of Modern Atheism/Liberalism.
July 25, 2023 at 6:18 pm
(July 25, 2023 at 6:17 pm)Anomalocaris Wrote:
(July 25, 2023 at 6:11 pm)The Valkyrie Wrote: Can I kill it now?

are you flagging in your resolve to torture him forever?

I can do both.

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RE: The founding fathers/mothers of Modern Atheism/Liberalism.
July 25, 2023 at 6:21 pm
(July 25, 2023 at 6:13 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote:
(July 25, 2023 at 6:11 pm)The Valkyrie Wrote: Can I kill it now?

You may not.

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