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Joe Turner

(930 posts)

3. The short run doesn't count

Reply to rug (Reply #2)

Tue Sep 29, 2015, 10:51 PM

Sep 2015

You have to change hearts and minds. Not a easy sell for atheism. People want to believe there is something after death given hardships and challenges of everyday life. So do I.

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Why Abrasive Atheism Will Always Sell Better [View all] rug Sep 2015 OP

I don't think so Joe Turner Sep 2015 #1

Maybe. But Trump demonstrates that assholes sell, at least in the short run. rug Sep 2015 #2

The short run doesn't count Joe Turner Sep 2015 #3

Imagine eternity bored out of your pea picking mind... Fumesucker Sep 2015 #4

"As we age we get ever more alone" Joe Turner Sep 2015 #9

The descriptions of the afterlife in various holy books do not sound like what you mention Fumesucker Sep 2015 #25

People want to believe lots of things tkmorris Sep 2015 #26

It's instinctive to believe what your parents tell you muriel_volestrangler Sep 2015 #6

Beliefs in the supernatural goes back before recorded history Joe Turner Sep 2015 #18

Those beliefs outlived their usefulness Yorktown Oct 2015 #32

Any real evidence for that? Cartoonist Sep 2015 #7

Uhh? You must not know many people Joe Turner Sep 2015 #11

I know a lot of people Cartoonist Sep 2015 #12

I think you know a lot of people like you Joe Turner Sep 2015 #16

It's also "instinctive" to make spurious relationships. Goblinmonger Sep 2015 #8

Post removed Post removed Sep 2015 #10

Because there is not a scintilla of evidence for it. edhopper Sep 2015 #13

I think knowledge of hierarchies in this universe Joe Turner Sep 2015 #15

You must be very new to the conversation Cartoonist Sep 2015 #19

Your arrogance is on full display Joe Turner Sep 2015 #21

You don't even know when you're contradicting yourself Cartoonist Sep 2015 #27

Start by defining God Yorktown Oct 2015 #33

I do believe that you don't know any atheists. Curmudgeoness Oct 2015 #37

When did I say it was? Goblinmonger Sep 2015 #14

"there is ZERO evidence for it" Joe Turner Sep 2015 #17

How does the fact that we are alive and that there is life in the universe Goblinmonger Sep 2015 #20

You need to stay on topic Joe Turner Sep 2015 #22

I am on target. Goblinmonger Sep 2015 #23

You are way off topic Joe Turner Sep 2015 #24

Allow me to retort: Goblinmonger Sep 2015 #28

Post removed Post removed Oct 2015 #35

It's a bummer that you got locked out of this thread Goblinmonger Oct 2015 #36

Your argument is weak and doesn't withstand scrutiny. LiberalAndProud Oct 2015 #30

I'll give Dawkins credit for one thing bluestateguy Sep 2015 #5

Read "The End of Faith" by Sam Harris Yorktown Oct 2015 #34

"Atheism" in the US anyways... MellowDem Sep 2015 #29

Atheism isn't an abrasive thing. In fact, it isn't a thing at all. It's the rejection of a thing. Freelancer Oct 2015 #31