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MineralMan

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18. Only to the extent that there are persons posting messages in

Reply to cbayer (Reply #15)

Mon Aug 6, 2012, 09:01 PM

Aug 2012

this Group on DU. I do believe that those persons are real, certainly. If that's what you mean by personal, then I suppose it is personal. It is a form of personal communication, to be sure.

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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