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Synnical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-27-06 11:10 PM Original message |
LTTE: You don't need faith to be atheist |
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opiate69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-27-06 11:14 PM Response to Original message |
1. well said.. well said, indeed. |
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beam me up scottie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-27-06 11:14 PM Response to Original message |
2. Thanks. |
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Synnical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-27-06 11:20 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. BMUS - we so miss you in the Ath and Ag forum! |
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beam me up scottie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-27-06 11:34 PM Response to Reply #3 |
7. Wow. |
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Synnical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-27-06 11:49 PM Response to Reply #7 |
12. Yeah, but not in the same way |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-27-06 11:22 PM Response to Original message |
4. Yup, that's it in a nutshell |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-28-06 09:04 AM Response to Reply #4 |
23. if only there was a way to turn it all off |
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Mind_your_head (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-27-06 11:22 PM Response to Original message |
5. Free Will!!! |
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beam me up scottie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-27-06 11:35 PM Response to Reply #5 |
9. So, bushco is God's fault? |
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Mind_your_head (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-27-06 11:42 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. I don't understand how your flippant comment to my post |
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beam me up scottie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-28-06 09:38 AM Response to Reply #11 |
27. Of course you don't. |
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beam me up scottie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-28-06 09:38 AM Response to Reply #11 |
28. dupe/delete |
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klyon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-04-06 07:53 AM Response to Reply #11 |
74. may I take a shot and answer for someone else |
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LiberalVoice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-27-06 11:53 PM Response to Reply #5 |
13. You say that... |
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Mind_your_head (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-28-06 12:02 AM Response to Reply #13 |
15. well, that's be beauty of free will..... |
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LiberalVoice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-28-06 01:08 AM Response to Reply #15 |
17. "but it would be better for yourself if you did." |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-28-06 09:05 AM Response to Reply #17 |
24. OMG, THE ARROGANCE |
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LiberalVoice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-28-06 05:08 PM Response to Reply #24 |
40. What arrogance? |
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beam me up scottie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-28-06 06:57 PM Response to Reply #40 |
47. pssssssssst ! |
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LiberalVoice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-29-06 05:37 AM Response to Reply #47 |
58. Oh lol... |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-29-06 01:19 PM Response to Reply #58 |
62. lol, I just woke up |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-29-06 01:18 PM Response to Reply #40 |
61. no, I absolutely agree with that answser |
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Synnical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-27-06 11:53 PM Response to Reply #5 |
14. Not to offend, but I prefer She/He/It = SHIT n/t |
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daydreamer (503 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-03-06 06:37 PM Response to Reply #14 |
73. Yes, it might be a IT. |
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Karenca (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-28-06 12:10 PM Response to Reply #5 |
36. So, what is God's religion? |
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unpossibles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-28-06 05:28 PM Response to Reply #5 |
41. What?!? How does that add up? |
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bloom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-29-06 10:05 PM Response to Reply #41 |
67. no offense, but |
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unpossibles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-30-06 09:01 AM Response to Reply #67 |
70. true, I am assuming a lot |
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bloom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-01-06 09:15 AM Response to Reply #70 |
71. I wouldn't assume |
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Jaundice James (248 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-27-06 11:31 PM Response to Original message |
6. Atheism is a religion like bald is a hair color. n/t |
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spooky3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-28-06 05:47 AM Response to Reply #6 |
19. good one! |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-27-06 11:35 PM Response to Original message |
8. Bravo! Very well done! |
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Mind_your_head (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-27-06 11:40 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. The Old "ask someone to prove a negative trick", eh??? |
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NMMNG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-28-06 12:11 AM Response to Original message |
16. Excellent letter |
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w4rma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-28-06 05:26 AM Response to Original message |
18. You don't need faith to be agnostic, but you do to be an atheist. |
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Vidar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-28-06 06:45 AM Response to Reply #18 |
20. Well said. |
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beam me up scottie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-28-06 09:36 AM Response to Reply #20 |
26. No, actually, the poster is sadly mistaken. |
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w4rma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-28-06 09:56 AM Response to Reply #26 |
31. It's pure logic. You're actively believing something that you must take |
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beam me up scottie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-28-06 12:07 PM Response to Reply #31 |
35. Logic? Do you even know the meaning of the word? |
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Vidar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-28-06 05:40 PM Response to Reply #26 |
44. Both the existence & non-existence of God are absolutes. |
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beam me up scottie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-28-06 06:42 PM Response to Reply #44 |
45. Here's a clue. |
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Vidar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-28-06 07:14 PM Response to Reply #45 |
48. From your own source- Wikipedia: |
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beam me up scottie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-28-06 07:19 PM Response to Reply #48 |
49. My "kind" ? |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-03-06 03:16 AM Response to Reply #49 |
72. our kind |
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Synnical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-28-06 09:39 PM Response to Reply #44 |
51. Nonsense |
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beam me up scottie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-28-06 09:19 AM Response to Reply #18 |
25. You couldn't be more wrong. I don't need faith to be an atheist. |
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Jo March (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-28-06 09:44 AM Response to Reply #25 |
29. You hit the nail on the head |
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beam me up scottie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-28-06 09:49 AM Response to Reply #29 |
30. arnheim!!! |
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Jo March (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-28-06 10:05 AM Response to Reply #30 |
33. We always meet in these types of threads |
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w4rma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-28-06 09:59 AM Response to Reply #29 |
32. "No one should try to define the faith of another." |
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beam me up scottie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-28-06 12:12 PM Response to Reply #32 |
37. Logic ran screaming into the night when she read your posts. |
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bloom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-29-06 10:15 PM Response to Reply #25 |
68. I would appreciate it if DU atheists would define their own |
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CAcyclist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-28-06 10:58 AM Response to Reply #18 |
34. Don't tell me what I think |
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unpossibles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-28-06 05:31 PM Response to Reply #18 |
42. but I do know how it works. Electricity is fairly simple to get. :) |
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Synnical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-28-06 09:47 PM Response to Reply #18 |
52. Could you define "god" for me, please |
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ThomCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-28-06 07:24 AM Response to Original message |
21. Nice article. |
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yellerpup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-28-06 08:42 AM Response to Original message |
22. Very nice. |
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BrokenBeyondRepair (642 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-28-06 12:38 PM Response to Original message |
38. please lord.. save me from your followers |
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newyawker99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-05-06 04:59 PM Response to Reply #38 |
75. Hi BrokenBeyondRepair!! |
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eppur_se_muova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-28-06 04:05 PM Response to Original message |
39. At birth, we are all atheists. Only indoctrination changes that. nt |
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unpossibles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-28-06 05:34 PM Response to Reply #39 |
43. and it's amazing how we almost always wind up |
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beam me up scottie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-28-06 06:55 PM Response to Original message |
46. Gee, Synnie, |
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Synnical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-28-06 09:30 PM Response to Reply #46 |
50. Dunno, 'cause I don't have "beliefs" |
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beam me up scottie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-28-06 10:07 PM Response to Reply #50 |
53. Of course you do. |
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Synnical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-28-06 10:24 PM Response to Reply #53 |
54. Nope, I've logically concluded, based on evidence, that |
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beam me up scottie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-28-06 10:29 PM Response to Reply #54 |
55. To your chagrin? |
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Mind_your_head (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-29-06 12:15 AM Response to Original message |
56. The Story of Job |
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beam me up scottie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-29-06 01:32 AM Response to Reply #56 |
57. A human is telling me that human wisdom is partial and temporary. |
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Stuckinthebush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-29-06 07:28 AM Response to Original message |
59. Interesting discussions on this thread... |
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Synnical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-29-06 06:50 PM Response to Reply #59 |
64. Have you read Carl Sagan's "Demon Haunted World"? |
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Stuckinthebush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-29-06 09:08 PM Response to Reply #64 |
65. I loved that book! |
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Synnical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-29-06 09:46 PM Response to Reply #65 |
66. Miss ya, Carl. |
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Duncan (498 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-29-06 07:31 AM Response to Original message |
60. Excellent letter. nt |
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cracksquirrel (251 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-29-06 03:32 PM Response to Original message |
63. Well written |
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Mind_your_head (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-29-06 10:53 PM Response to Reply #63 |
69. Welcome to DU, cracksquirrel |
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newyawker99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-05-06 05:00 PM Response to Reply #63 |
76. Hi cracksquirrel!! |
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