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manic expression Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-21-06 05:19 PM
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19. Really?
Again, why is rationality automatically impossible because it is about a certain subject? It isn't. One can think rationally about divinity and come to the conclusion that it exists with rationality. That is not an incorrect statement.

The basic premise is divinity. Many religions conclude that it exists through rational thought and logic. That is the real point here. Faith is not a major component in many religions, but is also simply a matter of agreeing with the conclusion (which uses rational thought, in case you missed that part). Again, that divinity exists is the premise, and many reach that through logic and rationality. It's something that we're talking about because you brought it up, there's nothing I'm at odds with here. As I said, you need to live with the fact that religion can use logic.

I didn't insult you at all. I pointed out that some definitions are inaccurate, and used one that I knew would mean something to you as an example. In case you missed it, I PUT THE ROLLING EYES THERE FOR A REASON. The reason being that I didn't agree with the definition that atheists are "immoral", just as I was not satisfied with dictionary.com's definitions of religion. Why do you have trouble comprehending that? Since I'm not sure you got that, I'll repeat myself: I do not think that atheists are "immoral", I also completely disagree with such a definition and statement.

The point about the definition was that it is somewhat narrow. That's all.

Your argument is flawed. I don't think anyone would have trouble believing something so obvious.
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