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27. I've found many anti-theists to be quite dependent on cartoons.

Reply to mr blur (Reply #21)

Sat May 2, 2015, 10:15 PM

May 2015

In actual discussion, reason yields to ad hominems in short order.

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Straight up hit piece on Daniel Dennett [View all] Lordquinton May 2015 OP

Grasping at straw men. longship May 2015 #1

I found this one a quite enjoyable read struggle4progress May 2015 #2

I enjoyed it too Cartoonist May 2015 #6

Yes an enjoyable read. Thanks for posting it. Jim__ May 2015 #9

There is no link to the original article. TM99 May 2015 #3

Seriously? skepticscott May 2015 #4

fix'd eom Lordquinton May 2015 #12

Aside from the usual academic strutting skepticscott May 2015 #5

"as is clear to anyone who has ever opened its pages" trotsky May 2015 #8

The old testament god is loving Lordquinton May 2015 #13

This article made me laugh. Yorktown May 2015 #7

I've found many atheists to be quite ignorant Leontius May 2015 #10

And so are many religious people skepticscott May 2015 #11

Don't surveys show edhopper May 2015 #14

Evidence or examples? n/t Humanist_Activist May 2015 #18

I've found many theists to be quite ignorant mr blur May 2015 #21

I've found many anti-theists to be quite dependent on cartoons. rug May 2015 #27

Your three examples given TM99 May 2015 #15

Nice example of the Courtier's Reply. beam me up scottie May 2015 #16

Do you have even a few meaningful examples? skepticscott May 2015 #17

Apparently edhopper May 2015 #19

What he meant probably needed to be qualified skepticscott May 2015 #20

But even with the scholarship edhopper May 2015 #22

And these are the people who think they're qualified to call atheists ignorant? beam me up scottie May 2015 #23

No, it's the people who claim skepticscott May 2015 #24

Must be another way of knowing. beam me up scottie May 2015 #25

Biblical Scholars Cartoonist May 2015 #26

"belief that the Bible is a book of facts" ... LiberalAndProud May 2015 #28

"Jehovah" was the construction okasha May 2015 #29

Current usage Cartoonist May 2015 #30

You do, apparently, okasha May 2015 #31

No, I don't Cartoonist May 2015 #32

That's too funny skepticscott May 2015 #34

We better tell the edhopper May 2015 #33

Yes, according to the OP and many posters here, they obviously are ignorant skepticscott May 2015 #35