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Message 43 of 71 (551342)
03-22-2010 12:31 PM



"Some people think God is an outsized, light-skinned male with a long white beard, sitting on a throne somewhere up there in the sky, busily tallying the fall of every sparrow. Othersfor example Baruch Spinoza and Albert Einsteinconsidered God to be essentially the sum total of the physical laws which describe the universe. I do not know of any compelling evidence for anthropomorphic patriarchs controlling human destiny from some hidden celestial vantage point, but it would be madness to deny the existence of physical laws."-Carl Sagan
"Show me where Christ said "Love thy fellow man, except for the gay ones." Gay people, too, are made in my God's image. I would never worship a homophobic God." -Desmond Tutu

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Message 51 of 71 (551397)
03-22-2010 4:23 PM
Reply to: Message 50 by bluegenes
03-22-2010 4:12 PM


Re: Why are any of you feeding the troll?
However, is it not a common occurrence that no matter what is said to them, no matter what logic, they will still feel as though they have won the "debate"? They will always run back to their peers (or any other like minded group) and turn it into "see, see, I did good. I showed them atheists". And they will all agree.
{I say "them" referring to creo-fundies because Den smacks of being one, albeit in an attempted disguise.}

"Some people think God is an outsized, light-skinned male with a long white beard, sitting on a throne somewhere up there in the sky, busily tallying the fall of every sparrow. Othersfor example Baruch Spinoza and Albert Einsteinconsidered God to be essentially the sum total of the physical laws which describe the universe. I do not know of any compelling evidence for anthropomorphic patriarchs controlling human destiny from some hidden celestial vantage point, but it would be madness to deny the existence of physical laws."-Carl Sagan
"Show me where Christ said "Love thy fellow man, except for the gay ones." Gay people, too, are made in my God's image. I would never worship a homophobic God." -Desmond Tutu

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