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ironbark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-27-10 07:40 PM Original message |
Atheism VS Theism. Two irreconcilable “Camps”? |
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laconicsax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-27-10 07:53 PM Response to Original message |
1. Most theists are also atheists when it comes to other gods. |
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JerseygirlCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-27-10 08:33 PM Response to Reply #1 |
7. Or that they simply believe all those other gods were other peoples' |
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laconicsax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-27-10 09:03 PM Response to Reply #7 |
15. Yes, there's that as well. |
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JerseygirlCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-28-10 06:23 AM Response to Reply #15 |
21. I think humankind has always been in a search |
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Silent3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-29-10 09:38 AM Response to Reply #7 |
28. While that's a pleasant "let's all sing Kumbaya" thought... |
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darkstar3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-29-10 10:01 AM Response to Reply #28 |
29. Well and clearly stated. |
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JerseygirlCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-29-10 11:48 AM Response to Reply #28 |
31. No, I disagree |
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Silent3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-29-10 01:02 PM Response to Reply #31 |
34. The dogmas of polytheistic religions don't generally... |
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rrneck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-01-10 11:09 AM Response to Reply #34 |
42. It seems to me |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-28-10 09:37 AM Response to Reply #1 |
25. One, of course, chooses one gods, either deliberately or by accidental practice |
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adnelson60087 (661 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-27-10 07:55 PM Response to Original message |
2. Sure you can claim the 2 sides can get along |
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uberllama42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-27-10 08:03 PM Response to Original message |
3. "The proposition has been put" |
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ironbark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-27-10 08:59 PM Response to Reply #3 |
14. Sure, and you’ll get exactly the same reply as when I ask. ;-) |
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uberllama42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-28-10 03:25 AM Response to Reply #14 |
20. Well, I don't remotely feel obligated to respond |
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ironbark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-28-10 08:18 AM Response to Reply #20 |
23. Your right |
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Curmudgeoness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-27-10 08:10 PM Response to Original message |
4. As an atheist, I have respect for theist's beliefs, therefore, |
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JerseygirlCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-27-10 08:36 PM Response to Reply #4 |
8. As a believer |
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Curmudgeoness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-27-10 08:48 PM Response to Reply #8 |
11. I envy you in a way. Having something to believe in must be comforting. |
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JerseygirlCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-27-10 08:57 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. Thanks, Curmudgeoness |
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humblebum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-27-10 09:55 PM Response to Reply #4 |
16. Well put. nt |
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Beststash (48 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-27-10 08:26 PM Response to Original message |
5. Live and let live! |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-27-10 08:32 PM Response to Original message |
6. Personal boundaries! |
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JerseygirlCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-27-10 08:38 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. That seems about right, Warpy |
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Ozymanithrax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-27-10 08:47 PM Response to Original message |
10. I'm an agnostic, I think both camps might exist, or one, or the other, or neither, and either way... |
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ironbark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-27-10 08:56 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. Ditto to all......and thanks ;-) n/t |
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Angry Dragon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-27-10 10:55 PM Response to Original message |
17. Going to throw this out there |
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ironbark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-28-10 12:49 AM Response to Reply #17 |
18. Sounds plausible and reasonable to me. |
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Angry Dragon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-28-10 01:11 AM Response to Reply #18 |
19. "lives on the other side of the planet" |
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ironbark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-29-10 08:39 AM Response to Reply #19 |
27. That is the voice, the principle and the sentiment I came here to hear. |
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Cleobulus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-01-10 12:08 AM Response to Reply #17 |
37. The flaw in your argument is two fold... |
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laconicsax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-01-10 01:12 AM Response to Reply #37 |
38. +1 |
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Cleobulus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-01-10 02:06 AM Response to Reply #38 |
39. I remember a story I saw on the internet about a Wiccan... |
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ironbark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-01-10 06:24 AM Response to Reply #37 |
40. The perceived ‘flaw’ is potentially resolved by the theory of ‘Progressive Revelation’ |
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Cleobulus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-01-10 07:30 AM Response to Reply #40 |
41. Sounds more like progressive make shit up... |
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Jim__ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-28-10 07:33 AM Response to Original message |
22. They are not two irreconcilable camps. |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-28-10 09:32 AM Response to Original message |
24. Apparently, some people find it an important and interesting disagreement. I don't. |
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dmallind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-28-10 09:38 AM Response to Original message |
26. Yes and no |
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TZ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-29-10 10:21 AM Response to Original message |
30. Message boards like this automatically draw lines |
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JerseygirlCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-29-10 11:49 AM Response to Reply #30 |
32. That's quite true. |
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ChadwickHenryWard (692 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-29-10 11:51 AM Response to Original message |
33. To quote Christopher Hitchens, |
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ironbark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-10 03:46 AM Response to Reply #33 |
35. Did he have the intelligence to add why? |
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ChadwickHenryWard (692 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-10 11:08 AM Response to Reply #35 |
36. He did. He gave quite an excellent answer to the question |
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rrneck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-01-10 11:28 AM Response to Original message |
43. You can't tell somebody else how to feel. |
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