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coffee_addict
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Message 12 of 49 (172538)
12-31-2004 2:06 PM
Reply to: Message 11 by mike the wiz
12-31-2004 12:58 PM


Mikey Mouse writes:
I really mean no offense, but I think each man and woman has the knowledge of good and evil. Therefore, I know that unbelievers have morals, and I can figure out that many people here have morals, and are atheist.
Where the hell were you when we were discussing the Euthephro's dilemma?
This message has been edited by Lam, 12-31-2004 14:06 AM

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coffee_addict
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Message 21 of 49 (172676)
01-01-2005 3:45 AM
Reply to: Message 18 by Zawi
12-31-2004 9:19 PM


Um... are you sure you're not me?
Aside from what you said, I believe that theism will eventually die out because people will realize that believing in a deity is like believing in the tooth fairy (neither have any solid or objective evidence for its existence). One is wishful thinking by little kids and the other is wishful thinking by adults.

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coffee_addict
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Message 29 of 49 (173203)
01-02-2005 11:19 PM
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01-01-2005 5:06 AM


Sherlock Holmes writes:
1) While specific theologies may go belly up...
My optimistic side wants people to go another step forward from realizing that lightning had a natural explanation and not caused by Zeus or that the Sun did not require human sacrifice to travel across the sky.
2) People are actually helped out physically by having something emotional...
My optimistic side wants people to cling onto something more natural than the immaterial pink unicorn for emotional support.
3) This will seem overtly negative, but it is true: ignorance...
Well, if we're going to have to work with ignorance, might as well indoctrinate the atheist view onto those that choose not to think. I'm joking.
For what it's worth, my optimistic side wants people to live on Earth, not Middle Earth.

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