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Atheists Don't Exist

Angel

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Do Atheists Exist?



Apparently not.

Not by the standards of Internet skepticism they don't.

At the very least there is no reason to believe that atheists exist.
(This to match the more tempered skeptical claim.)

Internet skeptics demand proof of God's existence.
Internet skeptics jeer at mystery presented as evidence.
Internet skeptics reject personal testimony out of hand.

(I use the word "prove" throughout in the loose sense popularized by Internet skeptics of course.)

So let us turn the tables on the Internet Skeptic.

Let's demand a proof of the existence of atheists.

Let us reject personal testimony as evidence.

(But let's leave the jeering to the Internet Skeptic, yes?)

The purpose and point of this thread is to show the Internet Skeptic the folly of his ways.

(Drum roll please)

because by the standards of the Internet Skeptic

Atheists Don't Exist

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Proofs?
Concessions?​
 

Yawn.

There are interesting discussions to be had on the subject of whether God exists. This just isn't an example of one.

As a matter of fact, it's the kind of conversation people I knew would have in college, after having ingested a lot of beer and/or various psychoactive substances. :lol:
 
I'm an atheist and I exist. I do not believe in any gods. I do not know why you're so childish and desperate with these outlandish claims. It can be objectively proven that atheists can and do exist, you can not provide any evidence objective or subjective that god exists.

You've gotten so dishonest you won't even admit people that don't think like you exist. Another thread fail.
 
This is the sort of thing that makes me ever more conviced that the whole thing of religion is all about lying.

The the more untrue an idea is the more appealing it is to the religious.

The freedom of personal responsibility that belonging to a group that holds as true obvious falsehoods is the thing of it.

That approaching the challenge of people who do not agree with your ideas of holding lies to be true is to start with a statement of position that is obviously not the position of those other people. That is a classic straw man.

Just a delving into deeper untruth to prove to yorself that you are into this cult 100%.
 
So you felt the need, whilst yawning, to quote the entire OP or thread starter at post #2 in order to dismiss the thread as beneath your interest, did you?
Interesting psychology in an otherwise pointless post.
 
I'm sure you exist, pilgrim, but can you prove you're an atheist? That is the question. That is the question you'd like to dodge.
 
Angel said:
I'm sure you exist, pilgrim, but can you prove you're an atheist? That is the question. That is the question you'd like to dodge.
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So proving I don't believe in your sky fairy is the same as you being unable to prove your sky fairy exists in the first place?

This might be your most pathetic and desperate whine thread to date, and damn that says a lot.
 
Well, apparently atheism is a lie as well -- unless you can prove that atheists exist. Can you?
 
Angel said:
Well, apparently atheism is a lie as well -- unless you can prove that atheists exist. Can you?
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Yes. I am certain that I don't believe in God, or indeed any god at all.

Give that I am the world's best expert on my own mind job done!
 



So, drink some beer, smoke a joint, drop acid and get on with the thread. Oh, and put on a pair of Borats.
 
Angel said:
Well, apparently atheism is a lie as well -- unless you can prove that atheists exist. Can you?
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So you no longer believe in anything that can't be objectively proven to exist? That would make you an atheist, bud. Atheism proven. Welcome to the club.
 
FreedomFromAll said:
Pointing out that this is just a bait thread is on topic.
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No, the topic is that the skeptical challenge to theism is as foolish as a skeptical challenge to atheism.
You missed the point entirely.
Now that I've helped you understand the thread, have you anything on point to post?
 



You must have been motivated for this OP after an exhilarating dance on the head of a pin.
 
Angel said:
No, the topic is that the skeptical challenge to theism is as foolish as a skeptical challenge to atheism.
You missed the point entirely.
Now that I've helped you understand the thread, have you anything on point to post?
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Nobody has claimed theists don't exist, because that would be idiotic and objectively false.
 
RabidAlpaca said:
So proving I don't believe in your sky fairy is the same as you being unable to prove your sky fairy exists in the first place?

This might be your most pathetic and desperate whine thread to date, and damn that says a lot.
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Can you or can you not prove you're an atheist?
 
Tim the plumber said:
Yes. I am certain that I don't believe in God, or indeed any god at all.

Give that I am the world's best expert on my own mind job done!
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Your certainty is on a par with the theist's certainty, which you jeer at. Can you prove you're an atheist?
 
Angel said:
Can you or can you not prove you're an atheist?
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I think it's hilarious that you're lumping the question of god into the same category as personal opinions instead of putting it in the realm of fact. Since you no longer believe things that can't be proven, you're an atheist.
 
Angel said:
Your certainty is on a par with the theist's certainty, which you jeer at. Can you prove you're an atheist?
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I can.

You can prove you are a theist. You say that you believe in God and actually believe it. That would do.

Given you certainly don't beleive in Zeus it is proven that you are atheistic about Zeus.

I am atheistic about your god.

Stop lying all the time. It is bad for your sanity.
 
RabidAlpaca said:
I think it's hilarious that you're lumping the question of god into the same category as personal opinions instead of putting it in the realm of fact. Since you no longer believe things that can't be proven, you're an atheist.
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Well, when the hilarity subsides, you may try to meet the OP challenge and prove that you're an atheist, or that someone is.
 
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