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Author Topic:   A question for Athiests/Evolutionists. (re: How can one not belive in something greater than himself? et all)
crashfrog
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Message 52 of 282 (161920)
11-20-2004 6:24 PM
Reply to: Message 48 by Itachi Uchiha
11-20-2004 5:58 PM


It it was an invention of our imagination why do we divide time in BC and AC
Well, not everybody does. The Hebrew and Chinese calendars don't, for instance.
Why do we do it? Because you Christians used to control everything in the Western world, including the calendars.

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crashfrog
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Message 89 of 282 (162153)
11-21-2004 9:27 PM
Reply to: Message 77 by mike the wiz
11-21-2004 9:00 PM


This is the problem with unbelievers - they'll attack the hell out of you for supporting the bible, and say God is evil, yet they'll then say that evil doesn't exist - and a child murderer is not evil.
Are you familiar with how argumentation works? It's common for opponents of a position to, for the purpose of argument, adopt that position and then explore the logical contradictions that stem from it.
Maybe it wasn't made clear to you, but that's what's going on. I mean, didn't it seem somewhat weird for someone to say that there's no god, but then talk about the qualities god has?
I realize that it seems like "mental gymnastics" to you; really, it's just a form of argumentation. We don't really believe your god is evil, because we don't believe your god exists at all. What we're doing is showing you the inconsistency of your own beliefs. I'm sorry that such an advanced technique confuses you, but maybe that's just because atheists tend to be better at reasoning things out than believers, by virtue of so much practice at it.

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crashfrog
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Message 158 of 282 (163076)
11-24-2004 11:12 PM
Reply to: Message 157 by TheClashFan
11-24-2004 11:07 PM


I think what he's saying is that it's a big mistake to set up this self-perpetuating stereotype about flaws in the thinking of girls.
It's that kind of thought at your age that, later, can enslave your mind. Learn to consider your intelligence without regard to your sex. If you're smart, you're smart. If you're not, you're not. Neither has anything to do with your gender.

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