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Roddy
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Panama
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 Posted - 10/08/2007 : 17:33:55
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There is an article on Forbes magazine and atheism:
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The arguments against atheism presented by the writer are nothing new:
(1) Religion makes me feel good. Therefore God exists
(2) Atheists are dangerous. Therefore God exists.
The most offensive thing about this article stems from the fact that it calls the new wave of atheism: militant, which implies that atheists are planting bombs and attacking religious people with violence. Outspoken is the right word, but the writer seems unable to distinguish between the two.
Edited to Fix overly long link.
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Gorgo
SFN Die Hard
USA
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Posted - 10/08/2007 : 17:38:58 [Permalink]
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"If ever God is banished from the world so that even His image is eradicated from the human mind, we will cease to be human and become merely very clever animals--and our ultimate fate will be too horrible to contemplate."
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Again, proof that the author doesn't think much of himself, and finds it necessary to create a fantasy world. What, oh what, if we were "merely" clever animals. What a terrible thing reality is to these people. |
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Roddy
New Member
Panama
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Posted - 10/08/2007 : 18:30:52 [Permalink]
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| Sounds a lot like the typical "nonsense argument" to me. For starters, we are already clever animals. We are mammals, we reproduce through sex, and we take a shit like any other creature. What am I missing? Animals don't crash planes against buildings in the name of their animal God. |
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HalfMooner
Dingaling
Philippines
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Posted - 10/08/2007 : 18:53:07 [Permalink]
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Paul Johnson is a conservative Catholic writer, a product of the Jesuit mindwashing machine. When he uses "militant atheist," he knows exactly what he's doing: Giving a deceptive spin that invites one to compare with Communists and terrorists. He's just another fancy liar and apologist, cast from the mold of thousands of Jesuits and their educational products.
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“Biology is just physics that has begun to smell bad.” —HalfMooner
Here's a link to Moonscape News, and one to its Archive. |
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Gorgo
SFN Die Hard
USA
5310 Posts |
Posted - 10/08/2007 : 23:41:30 [Permalink]
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| Maybe he knows what he's doing, but do you think he knows that he knows? |
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HalfMooner
Dingaling
Philippines
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Posted - 10/08/2007 : 23:53:32 [Permalink]
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I only suspect, but he knows.
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“Biology is just physics that has begun to smell bad.” —HalfMooner
Here's a link to Moonscape News, and one to its Archive. |
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Hawks
SFN Regular
Canada
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Posted - 10/09/2007 : 00:33:37 [Permalink]
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We've got this "get into shape" message being touted in New Zealand at the moment. We get these ads with overweight people jumping on trampolines, walking up stairs etc. Damn these militant sports freaks!
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METHINKS IT IS LIKE A WEASEL
It's a small, off-duty czechoslovakian traffic warden! |
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Gorgo
SFN Die Hard
USA
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Posted - 10/09/2007 : 00:46:53 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by Hawks
We've got this "get into shape" message being touted in New Zealand at the moment. We get these ads with overweight people jumping on trampolines, walking up stairs etc. Damn these militant sports freaks!
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Wow. Treating us like animals. Like we should be concerned about health as though we were mere mortals. |
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The dog has not been fed in years
It's even worse than it appears
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furshur
SFN Regular
USA
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Posted - 10/09/2007 : 06:52:19 [Permalink]
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From the article.
| More people were killed by totalitarian states (all atheistic) in the 20th century than in all previous periods of history. |
Bullshit
Also from the article with a small parenthetical comment by me.
| States that practice mass murder continue to exist but are now accompanied by terrorist movements (all theistic) doing all within their power to acquire nuclear weapons so they can exterminate entire populations--millions, even tens and hundreds of millions. |
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If I knew then what I know now then I would know more now than I know. |
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Militant Atheism and God
