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10-25-2011, 09:37 PM
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Re: 10 atheist quotations
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As usual, atheists know more about Christianity than Christians.
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Fighting talk!
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10-26-2011, 01:04 AM
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Re: 10 atheist quotations
If there were more Christians like Ankakuk around, we'd never get to have these hilarious debating hijinks on the interwebs. Don't encourage him, or things will turn all reasonable, cogent, and boring.
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10-26-2011, 01:12 AM
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Re: 10 atheist quotations
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one only need look to the Roman Catholic Church to see the form of evil wrought in the name of idolatry.
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It takes a particularly virulent strain of fundamentalist delusion to pin the Catholic Church's abuses on idolatry. Or just simple stupidity. |
The worship of God is a personal and private matter, not to be transferred to some external object, imbued with some special power, which can then be manipulated by the head buggers of the church who, waste no time transferring this power to themselves and, of course justify all manner of evil and corruption by it. Basically they've relieved you from finding God for yourself, and set you and everyone else up (as slaves) to do the Church's bidding. At the very least it becomes a big distraction, that draws attention solely to the Church, instead of the God (who exists as a spirit) inside you. Meaning it has nothing to do with God.
But no, there's plenty of finger pointing to go around for everyone. This just happens to be the Roman Catholic Church's particular twist. And no, I don't think the Church (although it's really not a church at all) would have been nearly as successful without its appeal to idol worship.
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10-26-2011, 01:48 AM
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Re: 10 atheist quotations
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I have "faith" that the sun will shine tomorrow. However, the only thing that is "concrete" and "real" exists solely within the mind. So no, there really is no evidence outside of this ... just the faith and belief that what we see (within the mind) is real.
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Yeah, because we really have no choice ... so long as we maintain the notion that human experience is grounded in oblivion. In which case we can pretty much believe what we like, because it's all a fantasy.
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10-26-2011, 02:20 AM
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Re: 10 atheist quotations
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There are two sets of 10 Commandments in the Bible. Look them both up
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I did and, where the one contains a list the length of my arm, the other, which precedes it, is much more concise and clearly delineates between the ten ... except of course where the Roman Catholics got a hold of it and (conveniently) omitted the second.
Also, apparently there's a third reference in Deuteronomy 5:6–21, which basically reiterates the one I mentioned.
By the way, you forgot to add the period to your second sentence there. Tsk tsk ... 
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10-26-2011, 02:40 AM
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Re: 10 atheist quotations
It's a bad habit of mine, dropping ending punctuation a lot.
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10-26-2011, 03:09 AM
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Re: 10 atheist quotations
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Well yes, matter and energy all came from the same place. What does that have to do with human mental constructs like good and virtuous?
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Actually, nothing as far as I'm concerned, at least in terms of time and space. But, to the strict materialist, what else have you got ... in terms of origin? |
For good and evil? Me. You. Humans in general. That's where those constructs come from. |
No, I'm speaking of the tiniest of pee holes from which the whole Universe sprang. Unless of course you don't actually believe human thought and mental constructs originated there, in which case I might actually agree. That it isn't to say they don't ultimately come from the same place, however ... beyond time and space perhaps? If not, we wouldn't be able to communicate. I mean if that's what you prefer to call our little exchange here. 
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The religious fundamentalists, however, would just assume shove it down your throat.
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Yeah, ain't that just awful! 
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10-26-2011, 04:12 AM
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Re: 10 atheist quotations
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If there were more Christians like Ankakuk around, we'd never get to have these hilarious debating hijinks on the interwebs. Don't encourage him, or things will turn all reasonable, cogent, and boring.
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I understand Angakuk has a certain knack for saying things other folks like to hear. But, that just makes him popular, depending on which side he chooses.
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10-26-2011, 05:11 AM
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As usual, atheists know more about Christianity than Christians.
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I used to know more than your "average" Christian, but I had a very religious roommate in college and wound up hanging out with a lot of evangelical Christian folk. Some worked pretty hard to try to convert me. I had a lot of experience with Christian theology and culture, especially with Evangelicals.
That's all past. I used to know a lot, read the whole Bible and all that, but that knowledge is fading. I haven't felt like debating the finer points of Christian theology for 10 years or longer, and I don't feel the need to keep it up.
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10-26-2011, 09:53 AM
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Re: 10 atheist quotations
Angakuk has a knack for actually backing up what he has to say in stead of drifting from one vague mystical claim to another without ever saying anything of substance.
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10-26-2011, 09:55 AM
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Re: 10 atheist quotations
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Angakuk has a knack for actually backing up what he has to say
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Yes, it's incredible what depths these reasonable Christians will stoop to.
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10-27-2011, 08:49 PM
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Re: 10 atheist quotations
Turncoat.
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Death (and living) is all in our heads. It is a creation of our own imagination. So, maybe we just "imagine" that we die?
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10-28-2011, 12:15 AM
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Re: 10 atheist quotations
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It's a bad habit of mine, dropping ending punctuation a lot
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10-28-2011, 04:57 AM
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Re: 10 atheist quotations
It's an incredible con-job when you think about it, to believe something now in exchange for something after death. Even corporations with their reward systems don't try to make it posthumous.-Gloria Steinem
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10-28-2011, 06:53 AM
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Re: 10 atheist quotations
Yes hello! Is this the thrad where we reasonable people point and make fun of the silly Christians? That's very philosophical! 
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10-28-2011, 04:39 PM
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Re: 10 atheist quotations
Of course. The blind leading the blind, who all fall into the ditch!
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Death (and living) is all in our heads. It is a creation of our own imagination. So, maybe we just "imagine" that we die?
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10-30-2011, 08:57 PM
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Re: 10 atheist quotations
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Yes hello! Is this the thrad where we reasonable people point and make fun of the silly Christians?
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No, it's about atheist quotations. If Christians are offended that's the way the cookie crumbles.
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