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MrMickeysMom

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28. Interesting...

Reply to man4allcats (Reply #15)

Thu Mar 1, 2012, 02:21 AM

Mar 2012

The only way to win that game is not to play ("War Games&quot

I don't know what is really a fact, but I do know that I've been frustrated by others who can only hold on to their structure of "fact" by denying other's version of it.

This is why I really don't follow religion.

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I would love to believe ... that when I die I will live again - Carl Sagan [View all] MattSh Feb 2012 OP

And there you have it. n/t yankeepants Feb 2012 #1

If humans were immortal would there be religion? fasttense Feb 2012 #2

It would still be likely, just not as visceral. The Doctor. Feb 2012 #20

"An atheist has to know a lot more than I know." - Carl Sagan - nt onehandle Feb 2012 #3

Billions and billions of recs! FailureToCommunicate Feb 2012 #4

Wouldn't it be cool VWolf Feb 2012 #5

As an atheist, I find some solace in knowing that once my death occurs man4allcats Feb 2012 #6

How do you know for a "fact?" Fantastic Anarchist Feb 2012 #7

God talks to me and man4allcats Feb 2012 #8

Burden of proof... Fearless Feb 2012 #9

No one has proof. That's my point. Fantastic Anarchist Feb 2012 #14

Define "fact." man4allcats Feb 2012 #15

Something knowable. Verifiable. Empirically tested and defined. Fantastic Anarchist Feb 2012 #19

Mental gymnastics are what differentiate us man4allcats Feb 2012 #21

Mmmmkay ... Fantastic Anarchist Feb 2012 #22

Why do you care what I think or say? man4allcats Feb 2012 #23

So, you'll huff and you'll puff and you'll build a straw man. Fantastic Anarchist Feb 2012 #24

Well I am impressed that you too can use bold. Kudos. Quite an accomplishment. man4allcats Feb 2012 #25

And I'm pretty sure that your ad hominem wasn't that clever. n/t Fantastic Anarchist Feb 2012 #26

I would say that your grandmother wears combat boots man4allcats Feb 2012 #27

How cute. Fantastic Anarchist Mar 2012 #29

Hey.... MrMickeysMom Mar 2012 #31

True ... Fantastic Anarchist Mar 2012 #32

Interesting... MrMickeysMom Mar 2012 #28

+1 Fantastic Anarchist Mar 2012 #30

Agnosticism DireStrike Feb 2012 #10

Thanks for the J Cash and Willie Nelson, kris Kristoferson, Waylon Jennings Dont call me Shirley Feb 2012 #12

And where's the evidence to back up the statement CrawlingChaos Feb 2012 #11

If we all believed that we would live in exquisite love and moral depth. Dont call me Shirley Feb 2012 #13

I understand where you are coming from... tex-wyo-dem Feb 2012 #18

Spam deleted by La Lioness Priyanka (MIR Team) dsfgerher Feb 2012 #16

MattSh Diclotican Feb 2012 #17