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Topic: The Law Of Contradiction
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robinrohan
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Message 59 of 177 (339327)
08-11-2006 5:59 PM
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Reply to: Message 57 by subbie
08-11-2006 5:21 PM
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Re: Welcome to EvC
You gave the first reason, something about all atheists deep down believing that god does exist, that's why we can't stop talking about it, or something along those lines Yes, I got that impression too. But he didn't actually say that.
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robinrohan
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Message 62 of 177 (339332)
08-11-2006 6:09 PM
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Reply to: Message 60 by jar
08-11-2006 6:02 PM
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Re: Welcome to EvC
It is wondrous and awesome. See, here is how it works. Some things can be verified, some things can't. OK, I got it. If I don't find the contents of that picture awesome, then I am wrong. There is something wrong with my sensibilities. It's not just a matter of personal taste because the awesomeness can be verified.
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robinrohan
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Message 65 of 177 (339340)
08-11-2006 6:26 PM
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Reply to: Message 63 by jar
08-11-2006 6:18 PM
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Re: On wonder
However I do feel very sorry for someone who doesn't see that as awesome. Would you stop dehumanizing me? I don't need your pity.
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robinrohan
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Re: Welcome to EvC
The mere fact that they spend inordinate amounts of time attempting to dissuade you in your faith coupled with the fact that many of them turn rabid against Christians speaks very loudly that there is still part of them that wants to believe, and in certain respects, do still believe. He didn't actually say that.
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robinrohan
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Re: Welcome to EvC
Do you mean he didn't actually say it, he only typed it? Did you actually quote word for word his sorry ass?
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robinrohan
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Re: Welcome to EvC
Well, in that case . . .
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robinrohan
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nemesis
So are you saying that people like me really believe, when they think they don't?
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robinrohan
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Message 78 of 177 (339391)
08-11-2006 8:04 PM
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Reply to: Message 75 by nator
08-11-2006 8:00 PM
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Re: Welcome to EvC
It is condecending, arrogant, patronizing attitudes such as this that prompt some of us to become irritated. Oh, please. Don't you understand that you are as arrogant as all the rest of us?
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robinrohan
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Message 113 of 177 (339508)
08-12-2006 9:25 AM
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Reply to: Message 109 by nator
08-12-2006 7:13 AM
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Re: Welcome to EvC
It is arrogant to assume anything about how people feel, even generally. Especially generally. Everybody does this all the time.
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robinrohan
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Message 125 of 177 (339937)
08-14-2006 7:43 AM
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Reply to: Message 124 by Annafan
08-14-2006 7:35 AM
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Re: Welcome to EvC
In fact, there are smart people who are smokers. You think so?
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robinrohan
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Re: Welcome to EvC
It makes a MASSIVE difference. No, it doesn't. It's the same idea expressed in a different grammatical form. If you had NO belief, then you would have come to no conclusion at all, but you have come to a conclusion, so you have a belief. There's nothing wrong with that. Everybody has beliefs. I might say, "I don't believe I will go to the movie," but I might as well have said, "I believe I will not go to the movie."
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robinrohan
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Re: Welcome to EvC
No I haven't. That's the whole point. I may lean 99.99% of the way towards a conclusion but I have never reached it and never will. Who said the belief had to be certain? It might very well be tentative. Many of my beliefs are tentative.
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robinrohan
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Re: Welcome to EvC
The trouble is that I don't know what other word to actually use in its place to get my meaning across. "Hypothesis," perhaps? Although that connotes TOO much uncertainty.
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robinrohan
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Re: What atheism really means
It was robinrohan who stated it. I guess you mean when I said I wasn't certain? NO, I'm not certain that God doesn't exist. I would like to be certain one way or the other.
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robinrohan
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Message 150 of 177 (340493)
08-16-2006 11:59 AM
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Reply to: Message 149 by Annafan
08-16-2006 11:44 AM
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Re: Welcome to EvC
Considering the existence of a diety simply doesn't have a place in my life, to put it simply. How very odd. "Considering" it seems to me like something very natural. Edited by robinrohan, : No reason given.
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