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mark414 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-12-06 01:03 PM Original message |
The Atheist - An interview with Richard Dawkins |
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swag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-12-06 01:05 PM Response to Original message |
1. Thanks, hombre! |
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jonnyblitz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-12-06 01:06 PM Response to Original message |
2. thanks for this link. This book is on my long list of books to read. |
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bpeale (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-12-06 01:14 PM Response to Original message |
3. i credit today's christians |
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mark414 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-12-06 01:17 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. that's mostly the same for me too |
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longship (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-12-06 01:17 PM Response to Original message |
5. Just picked up "God Delusion" the other day. |
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bryant69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-12-06 01:18 PM Response to Original message |
6. I need a macro for this - this obviously belongs in the religion section |
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earth mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-12-06 01:24 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. Why? Are you afraid people will actually LEARN the truth? |
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bryant69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-12-06 01:28 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. Yep that's it exactly |
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mark414 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-12-06 01:32 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. well |
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bryant69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-12-06 01:34 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. We are all adults here? |
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Spider Jerusalem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-12-06 01:49 PM Response to Reply #11 |
26. Well, of course theological arguments accomplish nothing. |
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kwassa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-13-06 09:49 AM Response to Reply #26 |
95. I disagree with your conclusion. |
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earth mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-12-06 02:00 PM Response to Reply #11 |
31. Why be such a control freak? |
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mark414 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-12-06 01:24 PM Response to Reply #6 |
10. i put it there too |
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PreacherCasey (717 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-12-06 01:39 PM Response to Reply #10 |
17. agreed. |
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Ravenseye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-12-06 01:38 PM Response to Reply #6 |
16. Just out of curiousity |
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bryant69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-12-06 01:41 PM Response to Reply #16 |
19. Because that's what the rules are supposed to be |
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Ravenseye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-12-06 01:44 PM Response to Reply #19 |
22. Well |
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bryant69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-12-06 01:46 PM Response to Reply #22 |
25. I suppose it depends on how religious people would |
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earth mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-12-06 02:04 PM Response to Reply #19 |
34. Your sole motivation for posting in this thread is to stir things up. |
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bryant69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-12-06 02:13 PM Response to Reply #34 |
36. I don't want this discussion stopped |
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Swede (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-12-06 02:26 PM Response to Reply #36 |
45. Sounds about right. |
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Goblinmonger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-12-06 03:16 PM Response to Reply #45 |
56. Yeah, you are right |
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earth mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-12-06 01:22 PM Response to Original message |
7. K & R! |
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Beelzebud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-12-06 01:22 PM Response to Original message |
8. Great interview. I'll have to check out his books. |
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Ravenseye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-12-06 01:34 PM Response to Original message |
14. Awesome Article |
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PreacherCasey (717 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-12-06 01:35 PM Response to Original message |
15. I don't know how I could believe in either religion or atheism. |
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alarimer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-12-06 01:39 PM Response to Reply #15 |
18. Easy. It's called reason |
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PreacherCasey (717 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-12-06 01:45 PM Response to Reply #18 |
24. Religion is baseless, agreed. |
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Ravenseye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-12-06 01:51 PM Response to Reply #24 |
27. You can't |
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PreacherCasey (717 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-12-06 02:03 PM Response to Reply #27 |
32. Maybe "logical fallacy" is too big a word for me. |
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Ravenseye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-12-06 02:15 PM Response to Reply #32 |
38. There is no proving a religion wrong per se |
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PreacherCasey (717 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-12-06 02:21 PM Response to Reply #38 |
42. I hear and appreciate your point. |
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Ravenseye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-12-06 02:29 PM Response to Reply #42 |
46. Credit to Douglas Adams |
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PreacherCasey (717 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-12-06 02:37 PM Response to Reply #46 |
49. I've seen the PBS special on string theory, m-theory, and |
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Ravenseye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-12-06 03:32 PM Response to Reply #49 |
59. cya |
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CrispyQ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-12-06 02:59 PM Response to Reply #42 |
53. I was taught that god has always existed & |
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PreacherCasey (717 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-12-06 03:03 PM Response to Reply #53 |
54. Right, they both make little sense. |
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Lerkfish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-12-06 04:02 PM Response to Reply #54 |
65. precisely. I agree with this point. |
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Lerkfish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-12-06 02:33 PM Response to Reply #27 |
48. I don't find that a valid logic statemen, that's self-referent definition. |
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Ravenseye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-12-06 02:45 PM Response to Reply #48 |
50. Agree and Disagree |
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Lerkfish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-12-06 03:58 PM Response to Reply #50 |
62. you're arguing point of view, rather than logic on this one part: |
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Finder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-12-06 05:18 PM Response to Reply #62 |
66. Atheists usually have no argument against deists since... |
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Lerkfish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-12-06 06:35 PM Response to Reply #66 |
70. not a very good analogy |
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PreacherCasey (717 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-13-06 07:13 AM Response to Reply #70 |
76. well said. |
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Finder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-13-06 08:30 AM Response to Reply #76 |
83. Well parables and analogies help sometimes... |
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Lerkfish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-13-06 08:57 AM Response to Reply #83 |
87. if you confuse bad actions with belief, you should first understand |
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Finder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-13-06 09:24 AM Response to Reply #87 |
91. One cannot conform to atheism... |
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Lerkfish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-13-06 09:52 AM Response to Reply #91 |
96. at what point does "confrontation" and "education" become proselytizing? |
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PreacherCasey (717 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-13-06 10:45 AM Response to Reply #96 |
101. I think atheists wanting to "convert" theists into atheists |
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Lerkfish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-13-06 11:10 AM Response to Reply #101 |
105. "proven to be true" is the atheist's yardstick and criteria |
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PreacherCasey (717 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-13-06 11:17 AM Response to Reply #105 |
107. but how else to agree on reality? |
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Lerkfish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-13-06 12:18 PM Response to Reply #107 |
111. agreeing on "reality" as criterion for debating at all, when the point |
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PreacherCasey (717 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-13-06 01:22 PM Response to Reply #111 |
114. Seen from the point of view of a theist |
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Finder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-13-06 10:56 AM Response to Reply #96 |
102. People do not "convert" to atheism... |
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Lerkfish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-13-06 11:07 AM Response to Reply #102 |
104. when they choose to interfere with your rights, it should be addressed |
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PreacherCasey (717 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-13-06 11:11 AM Response to Reply #102 |
106. bad choice of a word, that's why I put it in quotes. |
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PreacherCasey (717 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-13-06 09:01 AM Response to Reply #83 |
88. Let me try to clarify the distinction which is at the base of my |
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cyborg_jim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-13-06 09:09 AM Response to Reply #88 |
90. But atheism is a stance on deities! |
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PreacherCasey (717 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-13-06 09:31 AM Response to Reply #90 |
93. Assuming you read my previous posts, let me state it this way. |
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cyborg_jim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-13-06 10:15 AM Response to Reply #93 |
100. Sense and sensibility |
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PreacherCasey (717 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-13-06 11:05 AM Response to Reply #100 |
103. I understand that there are alternate explanations |
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greyl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-13-06 02:12 PM Response to Reply #103 |
115. Do you claim to know which religion is the best religion? nt |
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PreacherCasey (717 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-13-06 02:15 PM Response to Reply #115 |
117. no. nt |
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greyl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-13-06 02:23 PM Response to Reply #117 |
118. Do you claim to know a few that are bogus? nt edit: |
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Random_Australian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-17-06 07:03 AM Response to Reply #103 |
138. Except atheists don't claim that God does not exist. |
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Finder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-13-06 09:30 AM Response to Reply #88 |
92. We are on the same page... |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-13-06 07:23 AM Response to Reply #70 |
77. That's not reframing an analogy. |
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Finder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-13-06 08:03 AM Response to Reply #70 |
80. You are interchanging deists and theists... |
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Lerkfish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-13-06 08:09 AM Response to Reply #80 |
82. thanks for your definitions. |
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Finder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-13-06 08:42 AM Response to Reply #82 |
84. A common mistake... |
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Lerkfish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-13-06 09:59 AM Response to Reply #84 |
97. that's fine, but I'm confused about one thing. |
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Finder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-13-06 11:22 AM Response to Reply #97 |
108. Reason is my reason.lol |
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Lerkfish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-13-06 12:24 PM Response to Reply #108 |
112. I can't say I find your point of view consistent. |
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Finder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-13-06 12:49 PM Response to Reply #112 |
113. How is my position negated? |
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PreacherCasey (717 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-12-06 02:50 PM Response to Reply #48 |
51. here, here... except |
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Lerkfish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-12-06 04:00 PM Response to Reply #51 |
63. I agree, that's what I was trying to get at, but you stated more clearly |
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Finder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-12-06 05:34 PM Response to Reply #63 |
68. Not quite. Religion is about worshipping the divine... |
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Lerkfish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-12-06 06:37 PM Response to Reply #68 |
71. sorry, I disagree. Understanding is a big part of religion |
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Finder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-13-06 08:07 AM Response to Reply #71 |
81. Could you explain your understanding of the god you worship? |
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Lerkfish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-13-06 08:49 AM Response to Reply #81 |
85. I will, but it will probably raise more questions than it answers for you. |
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Finder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-13-06 09:07 AM Response to Reply #85 |
89. I wish all theists understood it that way... |
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Lerkfish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-13-06 09:43 AM Response to Reply #89 |
94. so do I, my friend, so do I |
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Finder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-12-06 05:29 PM Response to Reply #51 |
67. Yes, yours is the deist positon as well as the one held by most ... |
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mark414 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-12-06 01:41 PM Response to Reply #15 |
20. atheism's not exactly something you believe in... |
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PreacherCasey (717 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-12-06 01:52 PM Response to Reply #20 |
29. I agree that evolution is valid. |
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bpeale (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-12-06 02:32 PM Response to Reply #20 |
47. that may be so... |
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PreacherCasey (717 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-12-06 02:54 PM Response to Reply #47 |
52. Do you have anything substantive to say |
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bpeale (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-12-06 03:20 PM Response to Reply #52 |
57. OMG!!! |
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PreacherCasey (717 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-12-06 03:26 PM Response to Reply #57 |
58. So you reply with another one? |
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bpeale (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-12-06 03:51 PM Response to Reply #58 |
61. well... |
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Ravenseye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-12-06 01:42 PM Response to Reply #15 |
21. That's pretty much athiesm |
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bpeale (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-12-06 02:16 PM Response to Reply #21 |
39. that's me |
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Ravenseye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-12-06 02:23 PM Response to Reply #39 |
43. I enjoy talking about it on occasion |
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Marnieworld (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-12-06 02:16 PM Response to Reply #15 |
40. Here's Dawkins response to that question |
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PreacherCasey (717 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-12-06 02:25 PM Response to Reply #40 |
44. I would ask him what the positive reason is |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-12-06 11:06 PM Response to Reply #15 |
73. Atheism isn't a claim - it's the LACK of one. |
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PreacherCasey (717 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-13-06 07:32 AM Response to Reply #73 |
78. I'm sorry. That, to me, is a catch-all phrase |
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Finder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-13-06 08:51 AM Response to Reply #78 |
86. Would you agree there is a difference between theological gods... |
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PreacherCasey (717 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-13-06 10:10 AM Response to Reply #86 |
98. If I am correct in my understanding of your question |
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cosmik debris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-13-06 06:38 PM Response to Reply #78 |
121. Wrong! |
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PreacherCasey (717 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-16-06 09:41 AM Response to Reply #121 |
129. The intent of that post was |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-16-06 02:39 PM Response to Reply #78 |
130. Atheism is the lack of belief in gods, motivated... |
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PreacherCasey (717 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-16-06 03:26 PM Response to Reply #130 |
131. Something implied is different than |
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cyborg_jim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-16-06 07:19 PM Response to Reply #131 |
134. You should do |
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PreacherCasey (717 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-17-06 08:08 AM Response to Reply #134 |
140. I'm cool with that. |
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cyborg_jim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-17-06 11:41 AM Response to Reply #140 |
141. Non-atheistic properties |
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PreacherCasey (717 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-17-06 01:05 PM Response to Reply #141 |
144. got you. nt |
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Evoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-17-06 12:12 PM Response to Reply #140 |
142. Not believing in something if there is no evidence for that thing |
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PreacherCasey (717 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-17-06 01:12 PM Response to Reply #142 |
145. I agree. |
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Finder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-17-06 12:25 PM Response to Reply #140 |
143. Atheism has no rules or doctrines or beliefs regarding... |
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PreacherCasey (717 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-17-06 01:25 PM Response to Reply #143 |
146. Yes, I realize that. |
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Random_Australian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-17-06 01:19 AM Response to Reply #78 |
136. atheism implies that you don't believe in God. |
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PreacherCasey (717 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-17-06 07:33 AM Response to Reply #136 |
139. I disagree. Atheism ASSERTS that you don't believe |
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Random_Australian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-17-06 05:36 PM Response to Reply #139 |
147. Most atheists do not believe there is no God. Period. |
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PreacherCasey (717 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-18-06 08:08 AM Response to Reply #147 |
149. MOST atheists do not believe there is no God? |
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Random_Australian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-18-06 06:57 PM Response to Reply #149 |
150. Aha, ok I missed a word once. |
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PreacherCasey (717 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-25-06 07:46 PM Response to Reply #150 |
151. Right, I was speaking about the implications of Atheism |
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Random_Australian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-13-06 02:30 AM Response to Reply #15 |
75. Execpt atheists don't claim with certainty there is no God. |
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PreacherCasey (717 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-13-06 07:40 AM Response to Reply #75 |
79. This is why I do not like to label or group people |
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Finder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-13-06 10:14 AM Response to Reply #79 |
99. But the "atheism" you are arguing about is a theist interpretation... |
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PreacherCasey (717 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-13-06 11:33 AM Response to Reply #99 |
109. I get you about using the theist interpretation. |
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Random_Australian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-13-06 06:55 PM Response to Reply #79 |
122. Just let me clear one thing up for you - atheism implies the lack of |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-12-06 01:45 PM Response to Original message |
23. That, of course, is nonsense. |
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Spider Jerusalem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-12-06 01:52 PM Response to Reply #23 |
28. Well, it IS nonsense to say there's no direct evidence of evolution. |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-13-06 01:15 AM Response to Reply #28 |
74. Is there direct evidence? Dawkins only claims there are clues. |
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Finder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-13-06 11:39 AM Response to Reply #74 |
110. Of course there is and I am sure most reading his stuff know that... |
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philosophie_en_rose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-12-06 01:55 PM Response to Original message |
30. Yay! |
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salinen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-12-06 02:04 PM Response to Original message |
33. only atheist |
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bpeale (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-12-06 02:15 PM Response to Reply #33 |
37. there is no such thing as HEAVEN |
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Lerkfish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-12-06 04:01 PM Response to Reply #37 |
64. and your support for that absolutist view? |
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bpeale (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-12-06 05:41 PM Response to Reply #64 |
69. in my world view it is true |
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Lerkfish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-12-06 06:39 PM Response to Reply #69 |
72. yet you felt the need to do just that, didn't you? |
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Imperialism Inc. (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-12-06 02:05 PM Response to Original message |
35. Read the first chapter plus so far. It is quite good. |
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Control-Z (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-12-06 02:21 PM Response to Original message |
41. I am so glad you posted this in GD |
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mark414 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-12-06 03:15 PM Response to Original message |
55. lame! this got moved? |
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jonnyblitz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-12-06 03:45 PM Response to Reply #55 |
60. i read this forum all the time |
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greyl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-13-06 02:14 PM Response to Reply #55 |
116. It's not lame, it's perfectly appropriate. |
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nemo137 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-13-06 03:33 PM Response to Original message |
119. I just read it. |
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cyborg_jim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-13-06 05:40 PM Response to Reply #119 |
120. Questions and answers |
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nemo137 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-13-06 11:08 PM Response to Reply #120 |
123. Why is inquiry the be-all end-all? |
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cyborg_jim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-14-06 02:13 AM Response to Reply #123 |
124. Introspection is useless for telling us about the universe |
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nemo137 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-14-06 03:41 AM Response to Reply #124 |
125. what do questions about the universe tell us about ourselves? |
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cyborg_jim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-14-06 08:00 AM Response to Reply #125 |
126. It doesn't help |
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nemo137 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-15-06 01:54 PM Response to Reply #126 |
127. so how do we know what science can answer? |
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cyborg_jim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-15-06 03:02 PM Response to Reply #127 |
128. Fruit of labours, so to speak |
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nemo137 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-16-06 03:26 PM Response to Reply #128 |
132. So asking what that does to the human spirit is meaningless? |
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cyborg_jim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-16-06 07:14 PM Response to Reply #132 |
133. Liking it is irrelevant |
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nemo137 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-16-06 10:10 PM Response to Reply #133 |
135. I understand that. |
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cyborg_jim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-17-06 04:57 AM Response to Reply #135 |
137. Music is math |
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nemo137 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-17-06 09:00 PM Response to Reply #137 |
148. Music is not just math. |
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