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MineralMan

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5. Why would you have that question for someone who was

Mon Aug 6, 2012, 08:09 PM

Aug 2012

stating his or her disbelief in deities? I'm not sure how it follows. In fact, I'm not sure there was a reason for any question at all. A person made a statement, and elaborated on it. It is a statement, not an invitation to an argument or some sort of irrelevant questioning.

I'm an atheist. I have no idea whether there is intelligent life anywhere in the universe besides Earth. There could be. There might not be. The question is irrelevant to my atheism. If there is such intelligent life or there is not, that demonstrates nothing that has anything to do with the existence of deities.

It is a silly question.

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How I lost my faith (x post with Atheists Agnostics) [View all] intaglio Aug 2012 OP

Well done and thanks for sharing. cbayer Aug 2012 #1

False equivalence intaglio Aug 2012 #2

You make some assumptions here. cbayer Aug 2012 #3

The only one making broad assumptions here is you. cleanhippie Aug 2012 #4

Now let me give you my answer that isn't intaglio Aug 2012 #25

I disagree with one of your initial premises that it is a black or white issue. cbayer Aug 2012 #28

You are telling me that there are people Goblinmonger Aug 2012 #30

It is absolutely black or white, pun intended intaglio Aug 2012 #31

I think there are many who vacillate and who would tell you that cbayer Aug 2012 #32

Look at your post, read it intaglio Aug 2012 #33

Sorry, this is all semantic play, imo. cbayer Aug 2012 #34

No it is not semantics intaglio Aug 2012 #35

You win. Call me anything you like. cbayer Aug 2012 #36

Why would you have that question for someone who was MineralMan Aug 2012 #5

Because he is making the argument that agnosticism is cowardly cbayer Aug 2012 #6

A statement regarding faith or a lack of it MineralMan Aug 2012 #7

And if someone tells you they simply don't know, don't expect to know cbayer Aug 2012 #10

You may not know, cbayer. And that's just fine with all of us, MineralMan Aug 2012 #12

I don't consider it a false equivalency at all, nor do I expect cbayer Aug 2012 #14

Oh, dear. It is not personal at all. MineralMan Aug 2012 #17

If one took the position that a deity was nothing more than a highly cbayer Aug 2012 #19

I'm not familiar with any such deities. MineralMan Aug 2012 #21

I am not familiar with any deities. cbayer Aug 2012 #22

Because cbayer thinks she's come up with a devastating "gotcha" when it comes to the plain fact... trotsky Aug 2012 #8

Well, that trick might work with dull people. MineralMan Aug 2012 #9

On the contrary, I don't think you or the OP are dull people at all. cbayer Aug 2012 #11

I do not make anything on DU personal. MineralMan Aug 2012 #13

When you start talking about another person, their motives, what they should and should not do, cbayer Aug 2012 #15

Only to the extent that there are persons posting messages in MineralMan Aug 2012 #18

It's not what I mean. cbayer Aug 2012 #20

You just made it personal, though. trotsky Aug 2012 #27

I think I have seen this question before... rexcat Aug 2012 #23

Exactly. cbayer Aug 2012 #24

I have another question. I find your subject line curious. cbayer Aug 2012 #16

Now onto the nitty gritty, What is faith? intaglio Aug 2012 #26

Ok, that makes sense. cbayer Aug 2012 #29