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Indeed. If it turns out I'm wrong about my disbelief, I'll be standing before the big man himself saying, "Well, this is awkward." :mrgreen:
Indeed. If it turns out I'm wrong about my disbelief, I'll be standing before the big man himself saying, "Well, this is awkward." :mrgreen:
I don't "actively believe" that god does not exist. No more than I "actively believe" that werewolves don't either, or that Elvis is still alive, or that I have four arms. Some things are just obviously false. Now, while they may not be as obvious to some, framing the argument as if belief in god were some kind of default position is disingenuous. Especially when it is likely that no two people believe in exactly the same god.
Danger Mouse is 100% correct. Atheists, or rather, people who do not have the added element of theism, arrive at their position for a myriad of reasons.
If I am wrong, I will be very very angry. The piss poor job that a supreme being would have to be doing for the world to be the way it is stands among my chief evidence that no such supreme being exists. Doing a better job than I would is certainly a prerequisite for supremacy.
And you seem here to show us how to say nothing in few words.I'm really trying not to be rude, but once again you're typing a lot of words but not really saying anything.
Absolute poppycock. Being an "atheist" is quite simply not believing in God or gods. That's all it is. Atheists believe in lots of things, just as all inviduals do. We just don't believe there is an invisible, all-powerful diety in the sky listening to the individual prayers of 6 billion earthings. :shrug: Any other presumptions about "atheists" as a group are nothing more than stereotypical garbage.
Absolute poppycock. Being an "atheist" is quite simply not believing in God or gods. That's all it is. Atheists believe in lots of things, just as all inviduals do. We just don't believe there is an invisible, all-powerful diety in the sky listening to the individual prayers of 6 billion earthings. :shrug: Any other presumptions about "atheists" as a group are nothing more than stereotypical garbage.
As a non-Christian, I don't really see what the big deal is. Let them have their nativity scenes. Who cares? They don't take up a lot of space, and if they bother you that much... don't look at them! By taking them down, you give Christians a sense that there is a war on Christianity in this country even though that obviously isn't what you are going for. I realize many are trying to keep a separation between church and state and that is valid. Do it where it matters. For instance, when Christianity or other religions influence legislation. That's where it matters. A little nativity scene with plastic statues isn't going to disrupt the world. Let it go.
The big deal in this case is the anguished screams of the displaced Christian displayers bewailing their loss of entitlement.
Anguished screams?
Why do Leftists always fall back on hyperbole? Can't you deal with facts?
Anguished screams?
Why do Leftists always fall back on hyperbole? Can't you deal with facts?
There is a wonderful quote from William Cobbett's Peter Porcupine pamphlets where he describes one writer's hyperbole as what the rhetoricians call overblown hyperbole, but what others would be tempted to call a damned lie. I have a feeling what he would have thought of Manc's recent comments.Anguished screams?
Why do Leftists always fall back on hyperbole? Can't you deal with facts?
The Druids are dead.Right on.
If the atheists want to have a celebration, let them.. what celebrations do atheists have, anyway? The Druids can put up a Druid display if they want, Hindus can have their sacred cow, and I won't try to butcher it, what's the big deal?
The Druids are dead.
If we rule out vague hints of Irishmen (though I think they were mostly monks and not Druids) reaching the New World in the first millennium, then none of them were Americans.That's OK. Let's not discriminate against the non living Americans.
You are absolutely correct. I should have said pathetic whines.
...and snideries.
There is a wonderful quote from William Cobbett's Peter Porcupine pamphlets where he describes one writer's hyperbole as what the rhetoricians call overblown hyperbole, but what others would be tempted to call a damned lie. I have a feeling what he would have thought of Manc's recent comments.
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