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Author Topic:   A Deteriorating State :: Morality in the 21st Century
berberry
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Message 3 of 65 (401298)
05-19-2007 4:27 AM
Reply to: Message 1 by Jon
05-19-2007 3:25 AM


Re: Morality in the 21st Centurty
I think the answer to your first question is a qualified yes. The qualification comes from your use of the oxymoron 'Agnostic beliefs'. If you'd phrased that last part "faster than non-believers and liberals can rebuild it?" I'd have answered with a loud and resounding yes!

W.W.E.D.?

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berberry
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Message 11 of 65 (401381)
05-19-2007 2:59 PM
Reply to: Message 8 by Jon
05-19-2007 2:44 PM


Re: Morality in the 21st Centurty
Wow, you've really got a thing for oxymorons, don't you? What the hell is a "non-existant God" and precisely how does one go about concluding whatever it is you think someone has concluded about him?
Why do you insist that atheism is some sort of active belief? Is it inconceivable to you that someone might not believe in a god for the same reason that you don't believe in a tooth fairy (there's an assumption in there, I trust it's a safe one)?

W.W.E.D.?

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berberry
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Message 13 of 65 (401384)
05-19-2007 3:09 PM
Reply to: Message 12 by Jon
05-19-2007 3:02 PM


Re: Morality in the 21st Centurty
Jon writes me:
quote:
Go back, reread my posts without assuming I hold any type of belief system, and tell me if you realize the error in your post. If you cannot, I will tell you.
No thanks, I already read that post more than once. I can only make sense of part of it. And I'm making no assumptions about your personal belief system. I'm merely asking why you seem to assume that one who fails to believe in a god is therefore actively believing in some sort of non-god. Why can't someone simply not believe in supernatural fairy stories of any sort?

W.W.E.D.?

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