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offline Monoid from one source all things depend on 2007-01-31 04:19 [#02041768]
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Well, the question if 'god' (who?) exists is in itself
pointless. So, an Agnostic person would just leave it open.
An Atheist instead beleives in the non-existance of God, SO
HE THE ATHEIST HAS ACTUALLY TO PROVE IT THAT GOD DOESNT
EXIST. And thats impossible. Atheists in my opinion have a
probem with logic


 

offline Indeksical from Phobiazero Damage Control (United Kingdom) on 2007-01-31 04:22 [#02041771]
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offline mortsto-x from Trondheim/Bodø (Norway) on 2007-01-31 04:24 [#02041772]
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I'm an atheist and don't have to prove shit, you silly
wanker


 

offline redrum from the allman brothers band (Ireland) on 2007-01-31 04:25 [#02041773]
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I think Atheists are going on not only common sense, but
also faith, in not believing in a God.

i think that's why it qualifies as a religion, even when
it's more of an anti-religion.


 

offline unabomber from Palma de Mallorca (Spain) on 2007-01-31 04:45 [#02041785]
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To claim the NON EXISTANCE of something is mandatory to know
EVERYTHING that exists, therefore IMPOSSIBLE.


 

offline furoi from Udine (Eriko Sato's undies) (Italy) on 2007-01-31 04:54 [#02041787]
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just two sides of the same monoid face


 

offline zero-cool on 2007-01-31 05:01 [#02041789]
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yeh get fucked you usless piece of bullshit cunt wank


 

offline Indeksical from Phobiazero Damage Control (United Kingdom) on 2007-01-31 05:02 [#02041790]
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you go girlfriend!


 

offline Phresch from fucking Trondheim (Norway) on 2007-01-31 05:09 [#02041793]
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i'll let Richie do the talking


 

offline Ezkerraldean from the lowest common denominator (United Kingdom) on 2007-01-31 07:31 [#02041882]
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i dont see why people say atheism is a religion - it's a
lack of religion - not believing in god(s)


 

offline Ezkerraldean from the lowest common denominator (United Kingdom) on 2007-01-31 07:32 [#02041883]
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in my case at least its a lack of faith, a lack of belief.
an absence of faith in a god, not faith in the absence of a
god.


 

offline swears from junk sleep on 2007-01-31 07:43 [#02041887]
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You can't disprove that I'm not sitting here with three
testicles. It's just highly unlikely. I think atheists can
disprove the existence of god to a certain degree of
resonable doubt. There is no solid evidence that he exists.
There is a huge amount of evidence for people making up folk
stories, writing religious texts, and pushing religion as
means to their own ends.


 

offline epohs from )C: on 2007-01-31 08:03 [#02041897]
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i think there are different flavors of atheism. the one
that makes the most sense to me is the one that says since
there is absolutely no evidence that a supreme being exists
it is nonsensical to believe that one does, thusly it is a
safe bet to proceed as if a god did not exist.

that's a little bit stronger than a strictly agnostic view,
but still pretty much nit-picking.



 

offline J198 from Maastricht (Netherlands, The) on 2007-01-31 08:32 [#02041919]
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the only one who made sense in this thread is unabomber.

being an atheist 'because it's a pretty safe bet to say that
God MOST LIKELY does not exist' is laughable.

The problem with a lot of atheists is that they think of god
as the stereotype of an old bearded man high up there who
created the world and everything in it, while god could just
as well exist in your body and mind.


 

offline J198 from Maastricht (Netherlands, The) on 2007-01-31 08:35 [#02041922]
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one could argue that believing that the big bang ever
occurred is just as nonsensical. There is absolutely no
evidence for it, yet people are pretty much convinced, for
whatever reasons (probably because it's the easiest, as is
saying 'god most likely doesnt exist')


 

offline edgey from New York (United States) on 2007-01-31 09:18 [#02041953]
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Simple logic will state that you cannot prove the
nonexistence of something. Logic is just a combination of
mathematics and philosophy...

Logic is merely a study of truth and false... So we apply
"mathematical" logic to our philosophy (using words and
concepts). It's very difficult to assign a "boolean" value
to a word or a concept. Slightly easier when it comes to
existence (where-as a concept exists, or does not exist),
but you cannot prove nonexistence.

It is not for the atheist to prove god doesn't exist, it is
for the believer to prove he does.


 

offline Ezkerraldean from the lowest common denominator (United Kingdom) on 2007-01-31 09:25 [#02041957]
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there is a lot of evidence for the big bang actually.

a lot of atheists are probably actually atheist only in
terms of the christian god. since with a lot of people
(especially in america i would imagine) christianity would
be the only religion they had encountered.


 

offline fleetmouse from Horny for Truth on 2007-01-31 09:38 [#02041971]
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while god could just as well exist in your body and
mind.


I too can defend the existence of any entity X given the
ability to freely redefine X. Observe:

- Leprechauns are small pebbles.
- Small pebbles exist.
- Therefore Leprechauns exist.

QED



 

offline DirtyPriest from Copenhagen (Denmark) on 2007-01-31 09:39 [#02041973]
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Flawed syllogism


 

offline fleetmouse from Horny for Truth on 2007-01-31 09:45 [#02041979]
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Yes, I should have said that all small pebbles are
leprechauns. My bad.


 

offline epohs from )C: on 2007-01-31 09:53 [#02041987]
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I would take exception to your point that there is no
evidence for the big bang. I wouldn't say that the evidence
is conclusive, but as far as I know almost everything
astro-cosmologists have found so far points in that general
direction, and the anomalies that don't point that direction
are not well understood at all...

I guess what I'm trying to say is, just because you don't
understand it doesn't mean that no one does.


 

offline epohs from )C: on 2007-01-31 09:58 [#02041992]
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"being an atheist 'because it's a pretty safe bet to say
that
God MOST LIKELY does not exist' is laughable."

I also take exception to this. There's not much of a chance
that science will be able to provide "Proof" that a
supernatural being exists, being that it would exist outside
the realm of natural law.

In my opinion, the most ethical way to live is by basing
your decisions on the best evidence possible... and since
there is no evidence for the existence of a god then basing
your decisions on the fact that a god likely doesn't exist
IS the best way to live. That is, of course, not to say
that you should claim to be certain that a god doesn't
exist.


 

offline Combo from Sex on 2007-01-31 10:38 [#02042023]
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Atheists don't think there is no God, because they don't
even use the word God. Or if they do, it means nothing to
them, like "jhfekzjfhe" or "bleheuehehe".


 

offline edgey from New York (United States) on 2007-01-31 10:41 [#02042028]
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Darwin's Pitbull.. Richard Dawkins

10 minute interview regarding the irrational belief in god.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gWL1ZMH3-54

1 hour long discussion Q&A.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qR_z85O0P2M


 

offline Raz0rBlade_uk on 2007-01-31 11:50 [#02042088]
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for arguments sake i'm a agnostic

but at the same time i do truly believe that christianity is
bullshit


 

offline edgey from New York (United States) on 2007-01-31 12:00 [#02042098]
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I almost forgot about this one.. this is rather mausing...

Door-to-door Atheist


 

offline Rostasky from United States on 2007-01-31 12:06 [#02042105]
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Don't argue against religion and Cite sCienCe. That is
debating someone on irrelevant terms.

Of Course religion is irrational! Religion is not sCienCe.
God Can never be observed or quantified (even as a "yes" or
"no"). If he Could, then it would be sCienCe. That is the
basiC premise of religion.


 

offline Ezkerraldean from the lowest common denominator (United Kingdom) on 2007-01-31 12:09 [#02042107]
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if he can never be observed or quantified, then surely its
possible that he is just made up?


 

offline fleetmouse from Horny for Truth on 2007-01-31 12:12 [#02042109]
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Ahahahah! The old guy with the rake, that was just
beautiful.


 

offline fleetmouse from Horny for Truth on 2007-01-31 12:12 [#02042111]
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I have proved that God does not exist by weighing his
skeleton. That's Science.


 

offline epohs from )C: on 2007-01-31 12:14 [#02042112]
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i don't know if you're referring to me there, but the only
reason i mentioned anything about science is that it was
mentioned in a response to my first post.

however, i think both science and religion do compete in the
area of trying to explain the way the world works. the
former is based on logic and experimentation whereas the
later is based on faith in authority figures or scriptures,
and i think it is possible to compare and debate the worth
of those two fundamental aspects.


 


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