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alittlelark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 12:04 AM Original message |
Atheists are the greatest threat to ALL religions. |
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upi402 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 12:07 AM Response to Original message |
1. The religious have a reality bubble |
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alittlelark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 12:12 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. I have a few relatives that logic bounces off of.... |
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HowHasItComeToThis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 01:01 AM Response to Reply #2 |
21. WITCHES |
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HowHasItComeToThis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 01:05 AM Response to Reply #21 |
23. What do you mean BELIEVE |
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The Doctor. (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 01:27 AM Response to Reply #23 |
37. Well, I believe in the only thing that makes sense... |
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timeforpeace (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 02:08 AM Response to Reply #37 |
48. Atheists and god believers are cut from the same cloth. Agnostics are the only clear thinkers. |
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alittlelark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 02:20 AM Response to Reply #48 |
51. Are you for rea? |
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pokerfan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 10:28 AM Response to Reply #48 |
90. Theism is about belief, Gnosticism is about knowledge |
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silverweb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 01:21 PM Response to Reply #48 |
105. Agreed. |
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skepticscott (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 05:53 PM Response to Reply #105 |
121. You're making the unwarranted assumption |
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immoderate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 07:17 PM Response to Reply #105 |
130. Very few atheists express absolute certitude. You are misunderstanding. |
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DeSwiss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 10:09 PM Response to Reply #105 |
149. It is you who has little knowledge.... |
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skepticscott (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 04:17 PM Response to Reply #48 |
114. Is someone who is an agnostic |
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darkstar3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 04:20 PM Response to Reply #114 |
115. +1 n/t |
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ElboRuum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 04:48 PM Response to Reply #114 |
118. ZING! n/t |
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dmallind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 06:21 PM Response to Reply #48 |
127. Which would make sense if....it actually made sense |
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omega minimo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 09:54 PM Response to Reply #127 |
142. Where's the primer on all this splitting of hairs of angels not/dancing on the head of a pin? |
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darkstar3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 10:12 PM Response to Reply #142 |
150. Who's splitting hairs? |
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omega minimo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 10:14 PM Response to Reply #150 |
152. Gotta LINK!!!!1!!1!!1?????? |
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darkstar3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 10:19 PM Response to Reply #152 |
154. To what, exactly? n/t |
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dmallind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 09:48 AM Response to Reply #142 |
183. It's not that difficult |
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omega minimo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 12:28 PM Response to Reply #183 |
185. Clearly it is difficult, since it's so difficult to discuss and the people engaged |
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dmallind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 12:57 PM Response to Reply #185 |
187. No - there are three types of people here |
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omega minimo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 01:24 PM Response to Reply #187 |
191. . |
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dmallind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 01:27 PM Response to Reply #191 |
192. And this is relevant how? |
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omega minimo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 09:54 PM Response to Reply #127 |
143. . |
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Touchdown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 07:39 PM Response to Reply #48 |
131. Agnostics are just atheists without balls |
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DeSwiss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 10:04 PM Response to Reply #48 |
147. Did you actually listen to those words as they were coming from your mouth? |
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ZombieHorde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 05:43 PM Response to Reply #48 |
196. Agnostics are either atheists or theists. |
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krabigirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-24-09 03:38 PM Response to Reply #196 |
248. Well, i am an agnostic pantheist.. |
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omega minimo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 09:48 PM Response to Reply #37 |
141. Some people call Everything God |
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darkstar3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 10:00 PM Response to Reply #141 |
145. Which trivializes the concept of God |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 10:13 PM Response to Reply #145 |
151. Deleted sub-thread |
Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 10:43 PM Response to Reply #145 |
163. That's exactly why I consider the notion of "god" to be irrelevent to me. |
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tavalon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 09:53 AM Response to Reply #1 |
81. Well, first off, the sane religions get that each of those stories are allegory |
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ZombieHorde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-15-09 11:21 AM Response to Reply #81 |
224. What about the stories of Heaven, Hell, and all powerful beings? |
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nannah (690 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 08:12 PM Response to Reply #1 |
135. more like a delusion bubble n/t |
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The Straight Story (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 12:13 AM Response to Original message |
3. Atheists did a good job in China and old USSR |
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Electric Monk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 03:01 AM Response to Reply #3 |
63. You're an atheist to 90%+ of our worlds various religions. |
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Electric Monk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 03:07 AM Response to Reply #63 |
65. Time for an Emo Phillips joke |
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ZombieHorde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 05:45 PM Response to Reply #65 |
197. That is pretty funny. nt |
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Deep13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-15-09 02:18 PM Response to Reply #3 |
233. Nice deflection. |
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and-justice-for-all (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 12:15 AM Response to Original message |
4. I would applogize for my words...but I will not... |
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alittlelark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 12:17 AM Response to Original message |
5. Intersting ... the # of unrec's |
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The Straight Story (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 12:19 AM Response to Reply #5 |
7. Your view on God is interesting |
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alittlelark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 12:33 AM Response to Reply #7 |
11. God is a construct of the 'powers that be' - utilized for |
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The Straight Story (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 12:48 AM Response to Reply #11 |
18. Not really (although in some ways you are right) |
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alittlelark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 01:56 AM Response to Reply #18 |
45. Did you just say gods powers are LIMITED? |
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tavalon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 10:00 AM Response to Reply #45 |
82. I believe that would be the God as he understands God |
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The Straight Story (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 06:55 PM Response to Reply #45 |
129. Um, read the bible as an example, pretty clear his/her powers are limited (nt) |
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PassingFair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-15-09 11:13 AM Response to Reply #45 |
222. Shhhh! |
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golddigger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-15-09 06:32 PM Response to Reply #18 |
239. WTF? LMAO!!! |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 12:20 AM Response to Reply #5 |
8. Deleted message |
alittlelark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 12:25 AM Response to Reply #8 |
9. I disagree. The #1 requirement is to be logical. |
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WolverineDG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 05:28 PM Response to Reply #9 |
119. Get used to it |
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NMMNG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 12:37 AM Response to Reply #8 |
12. The #1 requirement to be an atheist, |
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alittlelark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 12:54 AM Response to Reply #12 |
19. Exactly - If one chooses not to believe in a cloud being..... |
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NMMNG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 01:20 AM Response to Reply #19 |
33. I was a believer for 20 years |
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alittlelark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 02:03 AM Response to Reply #33 |
47. I was a believer for 20+ years as well. |
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tavalon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 10:08 AM Response to Reply #47 |
84. And yet you seem to be prosyletizing here |
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skepticscott (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 04:24 PM Response to Reply #84 |
116. Most atheists |
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tavalon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 11:22 PM Response to Reply #116 |
167. I'm a witch and I know all of that stuff happens but I just can't get up the gumption to care |
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skepticscott (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 05:53 AM Response to Reply #167 |
179. Would the Christian church have to |
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tavalon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 10:07 AM Response to Reply #19 |
83. I had three transcendental experiences |
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Union Yes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 12:18 AM Response to Original message |
6. I am? |
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RagAss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 12:32 AM Response to Original message |
10. "I am the God I do not believe in" ... Argento Calais |
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alittlelark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 12:45 AM Response to Reply #10 |
17. If there was a christian god - it would not be a |
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A-Schwarzenegger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 12:41 AM Response to Original message |
13. Has anybody ever done a study on who thinks more often of God/god? |
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LooseWilly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 01:09 AM Response to Reply #13 |
24. Does this qualify? |
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A-Schwarzenegger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 01:15 AM Response to Reply #24 |
29. Yes! It cinches it. As does this: |
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LooseWilly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 01:48 AM Response to Reply #29 |
41. You sir are the first person... |
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tavalon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 10:13 AM Response to Reply #24 |
85. LOL |
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Deep13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-15-09 02:21 PM Response to Reply #13 |
234. I dunno. Does it matter? |
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UndertheOcean (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 12:44 AM Response to Original message |
14. Brains is the greatest threat to all Religions |
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alittlelark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 01:18 AM Response to Reply #14 |
30. +1 |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 01:23 AM Response to Reply #14 |
34. No cigar. Go read Isaac Newton's scientific work and decide whether he had brains. Then read |
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alittlelark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 01:51 AM Response to Reply #34 |
44. Those that are afraid of death are natural converts. |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 02:15 AM Response to Reply #44 |
49. There are billions of religious people on the planet. It is a mistake to assume that you |
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alittlelark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 02:28 AM Response to Reply #49 |
53. As an atheist I cannot fathom.... |
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tavalon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 10:28 AM Response to Reply #53 |
89. George Lucas was quite influenced by Joseph Campbell |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 12:17 PM Response to Reply #53 |
101. From a scientific standpoint |
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tavalon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 10:25 AM Response to Reply #44 |
87. I'm not afraid of death since my near death experience |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 12:27 PM Response to Reply #87 |
102. Having seen death up close and personal a couple of times, I think that ketamine connection is |
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tavalon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 01:39 PM Response to Reply #102 |
106. I love Viggo Mortenson but that just looks very, very depressing |
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omega minimo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 10:09 PM Response to Reply #106 |
148. Viggo Mortenson is God |
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tavalon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 11:19 PM Response to Reply #148 |
165. that's not a question any more |
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omega minimo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 12:28 AM Response to Reply #165 |
170. Yeah, your soul needs to take your vessel and get in LINE!! |
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tavalon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 12:49 AM Response to Reply #170 |
172. Next time I want a vessel that doesn't have celiac so I can enjoy beer! |
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omega minimo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 01:08 AM Response to Reply #172 |
174. Raise a vessel to the pantheon!! |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 06:03 PM Response to Reply #34 |
124. John Nash was brilliant, too. Doesn't mean he wasn't Schizophrenic. |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 09:09 PM Response to Reply #124 |
139. If you search the archives a few years back, you'll see that I once provoked outrage in this forum |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 10:04 PM Response to Reply #139 |
146. Yep, as a high-functioning autistic I know that all too well. |
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omega minimo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 10:19 PM Response to Reply #139 |
153. Art, music, culture are full of these realms, outside the cut and dried, binary straitjackets |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 12:48 AM Response to Reply #153 |
171. Euclid alone has looked on Beauty bare (Edna St. Vincent Millay) |
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omega minimo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 01:10 AM Response to Reply #171 |
175. Holy roly moly |
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PassingFair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-15-09 11:17 AM Response to Reply #34 |
223. Genius and crazy are NOT strangers. |
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tavalon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 10:16 AM Response to Reply #14 |
86. Well, it certainly didn't help me stay with the Southern Baptist Church I was raised in |
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omega minimo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 10:20 PM Response to Reply #86 |
155. Sounds like you mean |
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Lost-in-FL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 10:27 AM Response to Reply #14 |
88. Other species have brains that are even more speciallized than humans. |
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Feron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 12:44 AM Response to Original message |
15. As an atheist, I disagree. |
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alittlelark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 01:05 AM Response to Reply #15 |
22. I was going to disagree - but my other post was more prescient. |
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Lost-in-FL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 11:12 AM Response to Reply #15 |
98. +1 |
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anonymous171 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 12:45 AM Response to Original message |
16. Christians are the greatest threat to ALL false religions |
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alittlelark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 01:12 AM Response to Reply #16 |
26. Nice try - I'm gettin' close to 50 |
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LooseWilly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 01:13 AM Response to Reply #16 |
27. Ahh... touche. |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 12:56 AM Response to Original message |
20. Atheists believe there is no God. The religious believe there is a God. |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 01:18 AM Response to Reply #20 |
32. athiest don't 'believe there is no god' -they DON"T BELIEVE that there is a god. |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 01:29 AM Response to Reply #32 |
39. Oh, right! I forgot "you can't proove a negative". I stand corrected on that matter. |
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immoderate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 08:29 PM Response to Reply #39 |
137. I can prove a negative. |
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rd_kent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 03:13 AM Response to Reply #20 |
69. Prove only has one O, not two. Its spelled prove, not proove. |
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omega minimo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 01:11 AM Response to Original message |
25. Atheists are the greatest threats to themselves |
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alittlelark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 01:15 AM Response to Reply #25 |
28. Only when we must be confronted w/ 'believers' |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 01:26 AM Response to Reply #28 |
35. If you are logical then you must know that it is not logical to say, |
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alittlelark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 01:47 AM Response to Reply #35 |
40. I feel for those that utilize 'faith' |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 01:50 AM Response to Reply #40 |
43. I'm a deconstructionist myself. I have trouble with the notion that if there were something |
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alittlelark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 02:45 AM Response to Reply #43 |
56. It's late - I'd like to discuss this w/you further. |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 02:51 AM Response to Reply #56 |
62. I gotta toss myself in bed, after one more load of laundry! |
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alittlelark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 03:13 AM Response to Reply #62 |
68. OMG - I'm doing the same |
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tavalon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 10:35 AM Response to Reply #68 |
93. You have no idea how many of us are post between loaders |
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tavalon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 10:34 AM Response to Reply #43 |
91. My High Priest called "GOD" that which we cannot directly |
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omega minimo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 02:47 AM Response to Reply #40 |
59. Funny |
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omega minimo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 02:50 AM Response to Reply #35 |
61. The certitude there is no God is as faith-based as the certitude that there is. |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 03:11 AM Response to Reply #61 |
67. Well as someone pointed out to me earlier, it isn't that they BELIEVE that there is |
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rd_kent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 03:17 AM Response to Reply #67 |
70. Man, that there is some RIPE bullshit. I thought I was a bullshitter but you Sir, are the master! |
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omega minimo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 02:25 PM Response to Reply #67 |
107. Active disbelief is belief. |
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darkstar3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 02:33 PM Response to Reply #107 |
109. That's right, |
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omega minimo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 02:36 PM Response to Reply #109 |
110. Please read the rest of my post and provide any clarification you think would help |
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darkstar3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 02:56 PM Response to Reply #110 |
111. That is not an answer to my question. n/t |
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omega minimo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 09:03 PM Response to Reply #111 |
138. That is an answer to your challenge. If you know the answer, please share. |
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darkstar3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 09:58 PM Response to Reply #138 |
144. Call it a challenge if you like, you still didn't answer. |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 06:07 PM Response to Reply #61 |
125. I don't "Believe in no god", I don't believe in a god", big difference. |
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omega minimo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 10:26 PM Response to Reply #125 |
157. both dependent on thinking you know what god is |
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darkstar3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 10:34 PM Response to Reply #157 |
160. Oh, I'm sorry, are you playing with the English language again? |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 10:41 PM Response to Reply #157 |
162. No, I just reject the term "god" as not useful. |
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dmallind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 06:24 PM Response to Reply #61 |
128. ...which applies only to the tiny minority of atheists who are strong atheists. NT |
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darkstar3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 03:38 AM Response to Reply #35 |
72. You'd be right, |
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FlaGranny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 07:55 AM Response to Reply #72 |
77. I wonder what I am. |
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immoderate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 07:59 PM Response to Reply #72 |
133. Can you PROVE that you can't prove a negative? It is, after all, a negative. |
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darkstar3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 08:11 PM Response to Reply #133 |
134. If you disprove a single positive, |
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immoderate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 08:21 PM Response to Reply #134 |
136. That's what I said. Or at least I tried to. |
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darkstar3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 09:17 PM Response to Reply #136 |
140. OK, then, I guess I kinda missed your point. :) |
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dmallind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 01:19 PM Response to Reply #133 |
190. It;s very easy to prove some negatives |
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darkstar3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 06:35 PM Response to Reply #190 |
198. Yeah, that's kinda what I was trying to say. :) |
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omega minimo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 10:33 PM Response to Reply #72 |
159. How do you define God? |
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darkstar3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 10:35 PM Response to Reply #159 |
161. Try the dictionary |
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omega minimo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 11:18 PM Response to Reply #161 |
164. Like Rock Stars? |
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darkstar3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 11:19 PM Response to Reply #164 |
166. You've never heard the term "rock-and-roll god"? n/t |
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JoeyT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 06:54 AM Response to Reply #35 |
75. The former of those lines is a description of most atheists. |
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skepticscott (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 04:34 PM Response to Reply #35 |
117. And if you are logical |
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immoderate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 07:43 PM Response to Reply #35 |
132. Sure, IF you pose the problem that way. |
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omega minimo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 01:28 AM Response to Reply #28 |
38. Who says they "must be confronted w/believers"? |
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NMMNG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 02:41 AM Response to Reply #25 |
55. Much in the same way women are the greatest threats to themselves. |
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omega minimo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 02:46 AM Response to Reply #55 |
57. how is that? |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 05:52 PM Response to Reply #25 |
120. Sorry, OM, but that was a VERY offensive post. |
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omega minimo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 12:07 AM Response to Reply #120 |
169. OD you have GOT to be kidding |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 09:10 AM Response to Reply #169 |
182. Saying that I'm a threat to myself ISN'T offensive? |
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Silent3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 03:50 PM Response to Reply #169 |
195. If we apply your own thin-skinned sensitivity... |
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omega minimo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-15-09 12:33 AM Response to Reply #195 |
209. It's not thin-skinned to object to being piled on by pigs or refusing their loutish demands |
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Silent3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-15-09 12:53 AM Response to Reply #209 |
211. "Loutish" demands, like proof or reason. |
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omega minimo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-15-09 02:25 AM Response to Reply #211 |
213. If those are the same thing to you |
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Silent3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-15-09 08:28 AM Response to Reply #213 |
221. You argue like a petulant 5 year-old. |
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omega minimo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-15-09 04:10 PM Response to Reply #221 |
235. I don't know who you are or carry around a load of bullshit like you apparently do |
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Silent3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-15-09 04:19 PM Response to Reply #235 |
236. This whole subthread goes back to you spouting off with... |
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omega minimo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-15-09 10:56 PM Response to Reply #236 |
245. No that would be YOU |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 01:18 AM Response to Original message |
31. I dunno. You make a rather sweeping statement. Intellectual maturity must bring with it |
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alittlelark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 01:27 AM Response to Reply #31 |
36. R-Fundie cranks are gaining too much power |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 01:48 AM Response to Reply #36 |
42. There are multiple issues here. The influence of religious wingnuts is partly related to |
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alittlelark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 01:59 AM Response to Reply #42 |
46. Keeping ppl divided is in the best interests of the overlords. |
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Union Yes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 02:20 AM Response to Original message |
50. This Gay Atheist's one and only prayer.. |
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alittlelark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 02:22 AM Response to Reply #50 |
52. +1 |
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Prophet 451 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 02:29 AM Response to Original message |
54. Only to those uncomfortable with uncertainty |
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alittlelark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 02:49 AM Response to Reply #54 |
60. I worship as well - quiet, trees, rocks, lizards |
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tavalon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 10:42 AM Response to Reply #60 |
94. For me, Gaia makes it easy to believe |
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Prophet 451 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 08:41 AM Response to Reply #60 |
181. We all find peace where we can |
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NMMNG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 06:00 PM Response to Reply #54 |
123. Get back under Lake Victoria where you belong. |
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Prophet 451 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 08:40 AM Response to Reply #123 |
180. Glub, glub, glub... n/t |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 02:47 AM Response to Original message |
58. Religions are a much bigger threat to atheists. |
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alittlelark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 03:03 AM Response to Reply #58 |
64. True - atheists are NOT organized - by virtue of their beliefs |
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Lost-in-FL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 10:35 AM Response to Reply #58 |
92. Of course, look at the murder rate of believers vs unbelievers. nt |
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Kablooie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 03:08 AM Response to Original message |
66. All atheists should die! |
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alittlelark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 03:24 AM Response to Original message |
71. It seems my post made it to the DUNGEON.... |
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FreeState (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 03:38 AM Response to Original message |
73. There are religions that have no God or Gods in them n/t |
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alittlelark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 03:41 AM Response to Reply #73 |
74. Many of them are more logical thaan the whackadoodles I see |
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tavalon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 10:44 AM Response to Reply #74 |
95. So, as I'm reading your posts, I'm getting the impression |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 11:59 AM Response to Reply #74 |
100. No, they're Mutual Admiration $ocietie$ whose primary methodology is Brainwa$hing - many are anyway. |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 07:13 AM Response to Original message |
76. What an odd post. |
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LiberalFighter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 08:45 AM Response to Original message |
78. God was created to create fear so they could control people. |
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Meshuga (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 08:53 AM Response to Original message |
79. What are atheist beliefs? |
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tavalon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 09:51 AM Response to Original message |
80. Atheists are only threatening to small minded people |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 11:49 AM Response to Reply #80 |
99. 1+++ with the proviso: Make that "different points of view" - literally - different perspectives on |
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Sal316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 11:00 AM Response to Original message |
96. This is most childish nonsense posted. |
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Lost-in-FL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 11:08 AM Response to Reply #96 |
97. I can "link" you to more nonsense threads. |
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uberllama42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 12:32 PM Response to Reply #96 |
104. So when God destroyed all the wicked people in the Flood of Noah |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 10:21 PM Response to Reply #104 |
156. So you're taking the story of Noah literally, when most mainstream Christians don't? |
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darkstar3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 10:32 PM Response to Reply #156 |
158. So which stories from the Bible DO you take literally? |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 02:14 AM Response to Reply #158 |
177. See my answer to the next post |
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Amaya (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 12:49 AM Response to Reply #156 |
173. Most mainstream Christians don't take Noah literally |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 02:12 AM Response to Reply #173 |
176. Well, for one thing, we accept modern science |
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skepticscott (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 05:45 AM Response to Reply #176 |
178. The problem is |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 12:53 PM Response to Reply #178 |
186. We don't really take anything literally--it's all context |
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skepticscott (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 08:56 PM Response to Reply #186 |
202. But what it boils down to |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 09:32 PM Response to Reply #202 |
204. Not entirely |
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skepticscott (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-15-09 10:01 PM Response to Reply #204 |
243. If you said that |
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uberllama42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 12:24 PM Response to Reply #156 |
184. It doesn't matter whether or not I believe it |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 01:07 PM Response to Reply #184 |
188. The so-called mainline Protestant denominations: |
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darkstar3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 07:11 PM Response to Reply #188 |
200. ELCA doesn't represent mainline Lutheranism. |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 09:30 PM Response to Reply #200 |
203. "Evangelical" is a survival of the German name of the church |
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darkstar3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 09:48 PM Response to Reply #203 |
206. An admirable reply |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 09:50 PM Response to Reply #206 |
207. In a word, experience |
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skepticscott (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-15-09 06:23 AM Response to Reply #200 |
218. Not true |
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uberllama42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 07:35 PM Response to Reply #188 |
201. You didn't answer my question |
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Sal316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-15-09 10:46 PM Response to Reply #104 |
244. If you look at the story of Noah.... |
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darkstar3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-15-09 11:03 PM Response to Reply #244 |
246. So you're saying the God of the Bible is the world's worst parent? |
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uberllama42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-15-09 11:41 PM Response to Reply #244 |
247. You're the one who suggest that eliminating the wicked is a violation of free will |
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darkstar3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 02:30 PM Response to Reply #96 |
108. Catch that knee! |
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Sal316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 03:15 PM Response to Reply #108 |
112. There isn't a knee to catch... |
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darkstar3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 03:34 PM Response to Reply #112 |
113. Isn't there? |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 01:12 PM Response to Reply #113 |
189. You're interpreting "faith" as the fundies do |
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darkstar3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 01:28 PM Response to Reply #189 |
193. And what is your interpretation of the word "faith"? n/t |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 02:25 PM Response to Reply #189 |
194. The non-fundamentalist one, of course |
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darkstar3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 06:59 PM Response to Reply #194 |
199. I respectfully disagree with that interpretation. |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 09:33 PM Response to Reply #199 |
205. I don't make up the terminology |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 12:29 PM Response to Original message |
103. Has anyone in this thread seen or read The Road yet? |
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LAGC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 06:08 PM Response to Reply #103 |
126. I want to see it but its not playing in my area. |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 05:55 PM Response to Original message |
122. I constantly run into morans that think Atheism = Nihilism. |
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tavalon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 11:26 PM Response to Reply #122 |
168. I have a friend who, whilst in seminary school, was told that Pagan meant nonbeliever |
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Vehl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 10:50 PM Response to Original message |
208. I hate to nitpick, but not "all" religions hate atheists...eg Buddhism, Hinduism |
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omega minimo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-15-09 12:45 AM Response to Reply #208 |
210. and they don't feel the need to wrestle with Yahweh out of tradition and habit |
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Vehl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-15-09 01:54 AM Response to Reply #210 |
212. Thank you :) |
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omega minimo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-15-09 02:28 AM Response to Reply #212 |
214. it also touches on some of the thoughts in this thread |
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Vehl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-15-09 12:08 PM Response to Reply #214 |
226. :) |
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Manifestor_of_Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-15-09 02:34 AM Response to Reply #212 |
215. Very interesting. |
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Vehl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-15-09 12:12 PM Response to Reply #215 |
227. Thanks |
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skepticscott (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-15-09 06:17 AM Response to Reply #212 |
217. So you think |
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Vehl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-15-09 12:17 PM Response to Reply #217 |
228. no i dont think :) |
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skepticscott (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-15-09 07:03 PM Response to Reply #228 |
240. So in other words |
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Vehl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-15-09 07:40 PM Response to Reply #240 |
241. good for you:) |
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skepticscott (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-15-09 09:57 PM Response to Reply #241 |
242. By "odd actions of fringe groups" |
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PassingFair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-15-09 11:35 AM Response to Reply #212 |
225. My personal favorite Indian hero, BR Ambedkar certainly did NOT believe... |
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Vehl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-15-09 12:31 PM Response to Reply #225 |
229. Ah..but i do think that not believing that "all paths are not equally correct" is a path too :) |
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PassingFair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-15-09 12:56 PM Response to Reply #229 |
230. Yes, but I view it from a different perspective as an outsider... |
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Vehl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-15-09 01:13 PM Response to Reply #230 |
231. yes |
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PassingFair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-15-09 01:21 PM Response to Reply #231 |
232. My daughter loved the Ganesh celebrations in Pune.... |
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Vehl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-15-09 05:28 PM Response to Reply #232 |
237. thats cool :) |
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Manifestor_of_Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-15-09 02:39 AM Response to Original message |
216. I had a bunch of pagans get mad at me. |
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Dorian Gray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-15-09 07:32 AM Response to Reply #216 |
220. That was nice |
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Dorian Gray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-15-09 07:30 AM Response to Original message |
219. Your fundy mom |
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Manifestor_of_Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-15-09 05:58 PM Response to Reply #219 |
238. I don't have a problem with live and let live. |
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