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The Law Of Contradiction

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Message 75 of 177 (339387)
08-11-2006 8:00 PM 		Reply to: Message 10 by Hyroglyphx
08-11-2006 12:52 PM

Re: Welcome to EvC
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Why not just choose something arbitrary to get angry about? This leads me to believe that there is something in themselves that recognizes God as a threat. But a threat only comes from a fear that He might just exist.
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It is condecending, arrogant, patronizing attitudes such as this that prompt some of us to become irritated.
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Message 77 of 177 (339390)
08-11-2006 8:04 PM 		Reply to: Message 18 by Hyroglyphx
08-11-2006 1:49 PM

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If morals are relative then what difference does it make what somebody else thinks?
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All morals are relative, and always have been.
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Message 81 of 177 (339401)
08-11-2006 8:27 PM 		Reply to: Message 48 by Hyroglyphx
08-11-2006 4:30 PM

you've been answered, actually
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No, they attack me for a variety of reasons. They don't like my beliefs on a broad scale.
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No, your arguments are attacked because you have not supported many of your claims with evidence, nor logic.
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Not "liking" your claims or beliefs is irrelevant.
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But this argument extends to why anyone would attack the notion of God as if it has any consequence to them. Why hasn't anyone answered my question? If you don't believe in God then what do they care? Its irrational-- unless, of course, there is some tacit recognition that God does exist.
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Way back in message #15 of this thread, Purple Youko anwered your question perfectly.
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Maybe you missed it, so here it is again.
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If they truly disbelieved, then what compulsion is there is in telling us all about it? Who cares, right?
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I think you are missing the point.
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At least in my own experience, I have had to continuously defend my atheistic position against a barrage of assaults.
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People telling me how I think and feel, then refusing to accept what i tell them about it.
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People defining my lack of belief into something it isn't and arguing that I must believe in this or that.
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There is nothing I would like more than to just forget about God entirely but everywhere I look, my lack of belief is under attack.
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You ask...
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Who cares?
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I answer.. Obviously you do since you brought it up and I didn't. I don't care in the slightest but I won't stand idly by and be dissed.
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Message 109 of 177 (339495)
08-12-2006 7:13 AM 		Reply to: Message 96 by Hyroglyphx
08-11-2006 11:48 PM

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I didn;t mean lying, as much as I meant conealing one's inner-beliefs. Again, I was generalizing, not singling anyone out. Would you say that most atheists don't feel the twinge of belief every now anf again?
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I have no idea, and neither do you.
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It is arrogant to assume anything about how people feel, even generally. Especially generally.
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You have backed away from your initial statement, I've noticed.
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Message 110 of 177 (339496)
08-12-2006 7:16 AM 		Reply to: Message 102 by Hyroglyphx
08-12-2006 1:03 AM

Re: Welcome to EvC
All morals are relative, and always have been.
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The absolute phenomena concerning relativity... I like it. It should be a mantra emblazoned on a t-shirt. I'd buy one.
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Yeah.
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Strange but true. All morals are relative, including yours.
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...unless you'd like to trot over to one of the threads on on the subject and show all of us an absolute moral.
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