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Major Nikon

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21. How is that a distortion?

Reply to rug (Reply #9)

Sat Feb 6, 2016, 12:09 AM

Feb 2016

Seems to be more of a simple-minded distortion to believe there aren't inconsistencies in the bible.

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I’m an atheist. So why can’t I shake God? [View all] rug Feb 2016 OP

"If God didn't exist, we'd create Him." "God doesn't exist." merrily Feb 2016 #1

A thoughtful post. rug Feb 2016 #2

Believe it or not, I know the difference between thinking of God and praying. merrily Feb 2016 #5

In my case, it was also an unanswered question that drove me away from religion. DetlefK Feb 2016 #3

Religion becomes toxic when it preaches difference. rug Feb 2016 #4

Pardon my saying so, but that diagram was quite contrary to the words and deeds attributed by merrily Feb 2016 #6

The bible rjsquirrel Feb 2016 #7

Do you have anything at all to say that relates to what I posted? merrily Feb 2016 #8

Because most people don't have the simple-minded distortion of religion that you have. rug Feb 2016 #9

How is that a distortion? Major Nikon Feb 2016 #21

"Why do people believe any of this obvious woo?" rug Feb 2016 #27

I asked how it's a distortion Major Nikon Feb 2016 #30

If you are trying to be willfully obtuse, you are doing a good job. rug Feb 2016 #35

I have repeated that question twice now and you have twice failed to provide an answer Major Nikon Feb 2016 #38

I will indulge your willful obtuseness, for the moment. rug Feb 2016 #40

I understand the question hurts your feelings Major Nikon Feb 2016 #43

No, it offends my intelligence. rug Feb 2016 #47

If that's what you got out of what I wrote, it explains how your intelligence is so easily offended Major Nikon Feb 2016 #48

Gee, how could I so misundertand your words? rug Feb 2016 #49

Do you think those things are obvious woo? Major Nikon Feb 2016 #50

Absolutely - to a literalist. rug Feb 2016 #51

So are you saying you're a bible literalist? Major Nikon Feb 2016 #52

Er . . . no. Nice try. rug Feb 2016 #53

So I directly contradicted this yet you still insist on telling me what I think Major Nikon Feb 2016 #54

Except the comment that prompted this inane sbthread did not say that. rug Feb 2016 #55

Which is no less a valid question Major Nikon Feb 2016 #56

You are now forming concentric circles of diminishing diameter. rug Feb 2016 #57

if you're simply looking for a way out, take any door Major Nikon Feb 2016 #58

That's right. Orbital velocity was reached with yor post. rug Feb 2016 #59

Whatever that means Major Nikon Feb 2016 #60

Ground Control to Major Kon . . . . rug Feb 2016 #61

... Major Nikon Feb 2016 #62

Your excerpt misrepresents the article Brettongarcia Feb 2016 #25

The excerpt is the first four paragraphs. rug Feb 2016 #28

Why does your excerpt leave out the central point? Brettongarcia Feb 2016 #32

Because I didn't edit it. rug Feb 2016 #33

My point Brettongarcia Feb 2016 #44

I don't think there's been enough neurological research to say either way. rug Feb 2016 #46

You can say the same thing about quite a bit of mainstream Christianity Major Nikon Feb 2016 #22

Very true. My stomach starts to churn when I hear some things. merrily Feb 2016 #23

Actually, Jesus put loving your neighbor in 2nd place. Mariana Feb 2016 #24

True. However going to church and loving God are not necessarily the same thing. merrily Feb 2016 #26

Going to church is first on the list because SwankyXomb Feb 2016 #45

I find it much harder to shake the idea of luck than God. safeinOhio Feb 2016 #10

Unanswered questions nil desperandum Feb 2016 #11

"Turns out it's pretty hard to believe in nothing when your psyche is wired for faith " edhopper Feb 2016 #12

What we have is an explanation, not evidence. rug Feb 2016 #13

well, I didn't say proof edhopper Feb 2016 #15

Which is all the OP was to begin with Major Nikon Feb 2016 #16

Which doesn't explain why people raised as nonbelievers become believers. rug Feb 2016 #19

It wasn't intended to explain anything other than the flaw in the OP's reasoning Major Nikon Feb 2016 #20

It does point to the flaw in your indoctrination claim. rug Feb 2016 #29

That wasn't my claim, it was the author of the OP's Major Nikon Feb 2016 #31

This is your claim: rug Feb 2016 #34

Asking loaded questions is juvenile and I'd appreciate it if you would refrain from doing so Major Nikon Feb 2016 #36

I know precisely what you wrote. rug Feb 2016 #37

So why ask silly loaded questions? Major Nikon Feb 2016 #39

Listen, Major, if you're simply looking for a way out, take any door. rug Feb 2016 #41

If you ask a relevant question, you'll get a relevant answer Major Nikon Feb 2016 #42

Or... gcomeau Feb 2016 #14

People who never smoke before the age of 18 have a greatly diminished chance of ever smoking Major Nikon Feb 2016 #18

You don't have to deny the existence of god to be an atheist Major Nikon Feb 2016 #17