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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-12-11 07:43 PM Original message |
Dear Dr. Dawkins, |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-12-11 07:45 PM Response to Original message |
1. I've never met a single atheist... |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-12-11 07:48 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. That's funny, I've never met as many atheists obsesed with religion. |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-12-11 08:12 PM Response to Reply #3 |
10. You mean how it affects our lives here in the United States? |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-12-11 08:27 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. No, not at all. It's your insistence on reducing it to unicorns. |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-12-11 08:55 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. Because there is the same evidence for each? |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-12-11 08:58 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. So you equate religious belief with invading Iraq? |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-12-11 08:59 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. Didn't say that. |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-12-11 09:01 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. Don't duck now. I asked why you reduce religion to unicorns and you mentioned invading Iraq. |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-13-11 06:16 AM Response to Reply #16 |
25. Only one of us is doing a lot of quacking, and it ain't me. |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-13-11 07:45 AM Response to Reply #25 |
26. I have to give you credit. |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-13-11 07:50 AM Response to Reply #26 |
27. And to no one's surprise, you choose Option B. n/t |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-13-11 01:10 PM Response to Reply #27 |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-13-11 05:55 PM Response to Reply #27 |
39. Actually, no. |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-14-11 06:26 AM Response to Reply #39 |
44. I told you why it's done. |
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LeftishBrit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-13-11 05:20 PM Response to Reply #14 |
37. To interrupt - I don't equate religious belief with invading Iraq... |
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LAGC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-12-11 07:48 PM Response to Original message |
2. You have to give credit where credit is due... |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-12-11 07:50 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. It's not a bad read but I think it misses the point. |
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LAGC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-12-11 07:57 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. Well, the interesting thing is, many religious claims are, in fact, scientific questions. |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-12-11 08:05 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. You're right, of course, but I consider them incompetent claims. |
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LAGC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-12-11 08:07 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. So far anyway... |
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skepticscott (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-12-11 08:11 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. The same typical bankrupt claim |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-12-11 08:26 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. You miss the point. The point is science hasn't. |
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skepticscott (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-12-11 09:04 PM Response to Reply #11 |
17. And did science ever claim |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-12-11 09:13 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. Which is precisely why the questions science can't answer should still be contemplated. |
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Silent3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-13-11 07:51 AM Response to Reply #18 |
28. Just because something isn't "susceptible" to scientific proof... |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-13-11 05:58 PM Response to Reply #28 |
40. Reflexively Invoking "god of the gaps" as a response to the limitations of science |
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skepticscott (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-13-11 05:28 PM Response to Reply #18 |
38. And again you ducked the central issue |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-13-11 06:00 PM Response to Reply #38 |
41. Some have. You avoid them because they can't be measured. |
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darkstar3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-13-11 09:17 PM Response to Reply #41 |
43. Are they answers if they cannot be in any way verified or agreed upon? |
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dimbear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-12-11 09:49 PM Response to Reply #9 |
20. Full employment in Tibet before the invasion by the Chinese. n/t |
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enki23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-12-11 10:05 PM Response to Reply #4 |
22. i have to ask, did you write "theological evidence" with a straight face? |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-12-11 10:33 PM Response to Reply #22 |
24. No you don't. |
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cleanhippie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-13-11 10:20 AM Response to Reply #22 |
31. Bwahahahaha! +100000! |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-12-11 08:00 PM Response to Original message |
6. The unrec monkeys are busy tonight |
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-12-11 09:31 PM Response to Original message |
19. A more apropos emoticon: |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-12-11 09:52 PM Response to Reply #19 |
21. The hug brought me tears of joy. |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-12-11 10:08 PM Response to Original message |
23. I dunno. Everyone wants to be right, and we can all find for ourselves various |
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Silent3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-13-11 09:20 AM Response to Reply #23 |
30. Fuzzy and vague definitions are good ways to blur... |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-13-11 03:01 PM Response to Reply #30 |
34. As the story is a stumbling block to you, I will not continue to put it in your path |
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Silent3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-13-11 04:00 PM Response to Reply #34 |
36. The story was never in my way |
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Silent3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-13-11 08:09 AM Response to Original message |
29. Other than the added emoticon for which there is no single clear interpretation... |
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-13-11 11:54 AM Response to Reply #29 |
32. Well, I understood the emoticon just fine. |
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Silent3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-13-11 03:54 PM Response to Reply #32 |
35. I'm fairly sure how it was meant too... |
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Curmudgeoness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-13-11 06:49 PM Response to Original message |
42. Not one person can say with 100% certainty |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-14-11 06:34 AM Response to Reply #42 |
45. True in general but... |
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