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  Labeling one self "Atheist" is Unscientific

  by LAWHFol in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i have not meet all atheists, and it would be foolish for me to assume that all atheists, share the same prototypical view points.

  i am inclined to feel that this classifies the views of a large percentage of atheists.

  "atheism is, in a broad sense, the rejection of belief in the existence of deities.

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  @obb - Which is where the label "athiest" gets dicey. The perception is that an athiest is someone who flatly denies god does or could exsit at all with 100% certainty. In fact, most self identified athiests that i have come across, myself included, fall into a catagory of "not currently believing in god but willing to accept evidance of him should some presented".

  What we do not accept as evidence, however, is "feeling" God exists, looking at random objects and not being able to explain how they got there and attributing them a supernatural sky daddy, finding 20$ in the street and feeling "blessed" etc etc.... This is not evidance.

  Nice motto, saintB;)
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  Labeling one self "Atheist" is Unscientific

  by LAWHFol in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i have not meet all atheists, and it would be foolish for me to assume that all atheists, share the same prototypical view points.

  i am inclined to feel that this classifies the views of a large percentage of atheists.

  "atheism is, in a broad sense, the rejection of belief in the existence of deities.

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  Sigh..... I wish i were a prophet. Im just a person who has seen this play out a dozens and dozens of times. Its a good exercise, maybe a cordnis struck somewhere for some, but mostly its as i described.
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  Labeling one self "Atheist" is Unscientific

  by LAWHFol in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i have not meet all atheists, and it would be foolish for me to assume that all atheists, share the same prototypical view points.

  i am inclined to feel that this classifies the views of a large percentage of atheists.

  "atheism is, in a broad sense, the rejection of belief in the existence of deities.

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  Good to see the first 5 pages in the books! Only 384 more to go... Let me sumerize the next week on this thread for you:

  thiest: "you cant prove god dosent exist therefore he does! I see what i want to and therefore you cant me convince otherwise! Also people who dont believe exactly as i do suck!"

  athiests: " but we are simply being logical. We just want some reason and evidence" (repeat pointlessly ad infinitum)

  i would like to believe my summary will save some time and effort but history suggests it wont..

  
  
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  Labeling one self "Atheist" is Unscientific

  by LAWHFol in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i have not meet all atheists, and it would be foolish for me to assume that all atheists, share the same prototypical view points.

  i am inclined to feel that this classifies the views of a large percentage of atheists.

  "atheism is, in a broad sense, the rejection of belief in the existence of deities.

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  Sorry freemind i cant always keep up :P again we have proof for him. Good wine speaks his praise. Ive yet to find the deasert god saying a damn thing
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  Labeling one self "Atheist" is Unscientific

  by LAWHFol in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i have not meet all atheists, and it would be foolish for me to assume that all atheists, share the same prototypical view points.

  i am inclined to feel that this classifies the views of a large percentage of atheists.

  "atheism is, in a broad sense, the rejection of belief in the existence of deities.

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  Oh Thor, perry are you going to start with the 'evolved from rocks' crap again?

  Why do i click on these theeads?!?!?!? Dear Odin, take me now! 😬🔫

  Athiesium is no more a belief system than "not collecting stamps" is a hobby. Its simply not believing in something, like your vengeful goat herder deity who killed his only son to pay himself back for something that wasnt owed. Im believe in deities that show themselves, like Thor and the All father Odin. Hell i am more than 50% sure freeminds god is real. What isnt real is the goat herder god or his magical son who raises the dead, walks on water and turns water into wine but cant figure out how to communicate with us, his supposed beloved creation, in a profcient manner or in any manner at all for that matter....

  And i swear perry, i will kiss the goat herder gods ass with you all day long if you please stop with the dumb ass 'evolved from rocks' nonsense. Please. Dear. God. Stop it.
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  Labeling one self "Atheist" is Unscientific

  by LAWHFol in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i have not meet all atheists, and it would be foolish for me to assume that all atheists, share the same prototypical view points.

  i am inclined to feel that this classifies the views of a large percentage of atheists.

  "atheism is, in a broad sense, the rejection of belief in the existence of deities.

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  _Morpheus

  Oh Thor, perry are you going to start with the 'evolved from rocks' crap again?

  Why do i click on these theeads?!?!?!? Dear Odin, take me now! 😬🔫

  Athiesium is no more a belief system than "not collecting stamps" is a hobby. Its simply not believing in something, like your vengeful goat herder deity who killed his only son to pay himself back for something that wasnt owed. Im believe in deities that show themselves, like Thor and the All father Odin. Hell i am more than 50% sure freeminds god is real. What isnt real is the goat herder god or his magical son who raises the dead, walks on water and turns water into wine but cant figure out how to communicate with us, his supposed beloved creation, in a profcient manner or in any manner at all for that matter....

  And i swear perry, i will kiss the goat herder gods ass with you all day long if you please stop with the dumb ass 'evolved from rocks' nonsense. Please. Dear. God. Stop it.
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  Labeling one self "Atheist" is Unscientific

  by LAWHFol in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i have not meet all atheists, and it would be foolish for me to assume that all atheists, share the same prototypical view points.

  i am inclined to feel that this classifies the views of a large percentage of atheists.

  "atheism is, in a broad sense, the rejection of belief in the existence of deities.

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  Annnnd i predict this thread will go off the rails in 5.....4.......3.......2.....
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  Cecil the Lion deserved what he got...That's right. I said it.

  by cappytan in

  1. social
  2. humour

  lions are notorious murderers of beautiful zebras, antelope and other graceful exotic animals.

  cecil probably contributed to the deaths of hundreds if not thousands of animals.

  what happened to him was justice.. you reap what you sow.

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  Kaik, im not trying to pick an fight but your last comment was had at least two false equivalencies that were a bit grating, even though we are on the same side of this issue.

  1) poaching was indeed a crime in the dark ages but absolutely NOT for the same reasons. They didnt give a damn about game managment in midevil England,( or about animal cruelty) nor did they need to... Poaching was merely a crime of theft against the baron or land owner or king . It did not resemble in any way the current crime of poaching, a crime related to game managment or in the case of lions, species management.

  2) your statment that lured him off the the preserve and into "nature"..... Sigh..... Nevermind. I cant fix the world.

  As noted, we are on the same side of this issue but being able to reason and related your argument logically and with a modicum of accuracy is nessary if you are going to reach people and change minds. Making emotional and error filled arguments will only convince those that agree with you and cause those that disagree to dig in deeper
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  Cecil the Lion deserved what he got...That's right. I said it.

  by cappytan in

  1. social
  2. humour

  lions are notorious murderers of beautiful zebras, antelope and other graceful exotic animals.

  cecil probably contributed to the deaths of hundreds if not thousands of animals.

  what happened to him was justice.. you reap what you sow.

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  Cappy, the humor wasnt lost on me :) it was ironic and reflected a real set of arguments that mirrors debate on other topics...

  What i find head shakingly bizzare is how much outcry there is over this one lion, simply because he was named. Its typical internet mob mentality and after a week nobody whos crying over poor cecil will give one damn. Whats also telling is that two weeks ago nobody whos crying over cecil cared one bit about all the lions the maasai kill every year and will continue to kill every year. Its people jumping on the band wagon, 'oh i bleed for cause xyz' because everyone else is..... Its staking out the easy moral high ground.

  im not suggesting that some of the well reasoned comments on this thread are not sincere and i dont object to taking a notrious incident and using it to draw attention to a real problem. But the level of phony outrage that was never expressed before and will vanish in a few days by some (especially on social media) simply so they can be "on the right side" of an issue is sickining. Talk to me next week or next month when the maasai or some other african tribe slaughter lions as a right of passage and then i will be be able to take the concern seen on various social media as genuine. Donante to a legitimate conservation fund for big cats. Do something afirmative to support big cat conservation. Donate to educate the chineese so they will stop harvesting lions for 'traditional' medicines. But please spare me the cause dejour outrage that only highlights how shallow the world has become and how easily people are manipulated into caring about something they have never before thought about.

  *note: i do not support the clown dentist who killed this lion and hope justice is served on him. I dont support any hunting for 'sport'. I cheer when the orcas kill "trainers" at sea world.
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  I Was Given The New Return To Jehovah Brochure

  by minimus in

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  2. friends

  i read it but it certainly didn't apply to me.

  nobody stumbled me or hurt my feelings.

  i just know crap when i see it.

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  _Morpheus

  How thoughtful! A little kindling could be useful around a campfire