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Why Atheists don't believe

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Coragyps
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05-11-2006 9:00 PM 		Reply to: Message 16 by igor_the_hero
05-11-2006 8:50 PM

Re: Bad Response
Igor - think sarcasm.
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05-11-2006 9:13 PM 		Reply to: Message 1 by riVeRraT
05-11-2006 8:24 AM

RR - I, too, gave up a belief in anything "divine," except possibly a very bizarre actor/actress that hung out with Andy Warhol, because of lack of any evidence whatsoever for any such species. And I started as a missionary kid, so I was well exposed to the teachings: I just grew to a point where I saw them all as fabrications.
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And I'm tempted to ask you in return an old question: Why do you believe in only one flavor of the devine? There are several thousand dieties to pick from - Coyote, Maui, Thor, Eris, Ra.....and we atheists just take one (three??) more off the list than you Christians do.
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I believe quite a few things with minimal to no evidence, but I go along with what a couple of folks have pointed out - if it gets important, I'm liable to go look for some.
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05-12-2006 1:30 PM 		Reply to: Message 22 by riVeRraT
05-12-2006 8:28 AM

Re: Why I believe
If you guys can believe in love, then you can believe in God.
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But why would I want to? Some particular imaginary Sky Guy out of a selection of a few thousand Sky Guys, none with any evidence? My wife has hung around with me for 36 years now, through a couple of real tough spots - I have that evidence that she actually cares a little bit about me, and I care about her. It doesn't take any "belief in love" at all.
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Message 67 of 310 (312041)
05-15-2006 2:59 PM 		Reply to: Message 61 by iano
05-15-2006 1:16 PM

Re: Why I have a disbelief
when Paul chose (in Romans 1) an example of human sinfulness on which to demonstrate Gods wrath poured out on all the ungodlyness and wickedness of men, it was sexual perversion that he used.
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Ol' Paul. So terribly hung up on sex that he discouraged marriage. Yeah.
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You think that's where the Pope got the idea?
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05-15-2006 8:30 PM 		Reply to: Message 79 by rokfaith
05-15-2006 8:22 PM

greetings
Hello, new person! Welcome!
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Message 129 of 310 (312589)
05-16-2006 8:13 PM 		Reply to: Message 111 by iano
05-16-2006 1:11 PM

Non-Christians are those who have rejected Gods attempt to save them. He calls all. All are welcome to come. Only our rejection can result in our being lost.
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So all the inhabitants of the Western Hemisphere prior to 1492 aren't "non-Christians?" How does that work, exactly?
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