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Post by Atheo on Aug 24, 2009 9:12:32 GMT -5
I expressly said that this is not true- and I have quite an accurate idea of what I believe.
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Post by clareabel on Aug 24, 2009 11:31:30 GMT -5
Malcolm, I've understood what you've said, and all I'm gonna say here is that I'm thankful for someone who doesn't believe in the same as many of the rest of us but who actually knows what they're talking about and can make a good argument.
Josh, can you please mend that terrible run-on?
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Post by Azrael on Aug 24, 2009 12:43:50 GMT -5
I expressly said that this is not true- and I have quite an accurate idea of what I believe. You're using weasel words again. By not believing in God, you disbelieve in God. It's not like there can be a middle-ground to the statement. You cannot believe and doubt something at the same time. Calling it a "lack of belief" just turns it into a language battle where you go and claim since you don't give a positive claim that you don't need any support for it. A disbelief is a positive claim, just as a belief is. This is the reason Metaphysics was completely and utterly destroyed by Deconstructionism. Metaphysics falls apart when removed from the language contexts that hold it up and when the basis for empiricism is challenged. Rational Objectivists just haven't gotten the memo that Heidegger killed Aristotle, Kant, and all of the other Rationalist Metaphysicians.
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Post by Brent on Aug 24, 2009 19:18:01 GMT -5
Malcolm, I've understood what you've said, and all I'm gonna say here is that I'm thankful for someone who doesn't believe in the same as many of the rest of us but who actually knows what they're talking about and can make a good argument. CALLING ME OUTnice. Atheo is absolutely more educated on the subject, but that doesn't discredit anything I say. My philosophy is to simplify logical arguments. I'm not trying to sound pretentious or anything, but to put into words what I believe in a small, tight package. I don't like typing essays to when it can be summarized in two sentences. I don't like making abstract and long arguments, but tried-and-true ones. and Metalman, the Occam's razor thing was a joke I guess.
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Post by Ferd Berfel on Aug 25, 2009 3:44:01 GMT -5
Malcolm, I've understood what you've said, and all I'm gonna say here is that I'm thankful for someone who doesn't believe in the same as many of the rest of us but who actually knows what they're talking about and can make a good argument. Josh, can you please mend that terrible run-on? Certainly, Clare. Try this: "Malcom, I've understood what you've said. All I will say is that I am thankful for someone who doesn't hold the same beliefs as all of us. I am thankful that you know what you're talking about, and that you can make a good argument."
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Post by clareabel on Aug 25, 2009 4:48:47 GMT -5
Malcolm, I've understood what you've said, and all I'm gonna say here is that I'm thankful for someone who doesn't believe in the same as many of the rest of us but who actually knows what they're talking about and can make a good argument. Josh, can you please mend that terrible run-on? Certainly, Clare. Try this: "Malcom, I've understood what you've said. All I will say is that I am thankful for someone who doesn't hold the same beliefs as all of us. I am thankful that you know what you're talking about, and that you can make a good argument." Thanks. I can do spelling and minor grammar issues, but ever since I stopped writing essays on a regular basis major grammar issues have begun to elude me.
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Post by Van Zan on Aug 25, 2009 16:34:58 GMT -5
Thank God (or lack thereoff) that Atheo is back.
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Post by Brent on Aug 25, 2009 18:34:03 GMT -5
Thank God (or lack thereoff) that Atheo is back. seriously, it was scary there for a minute with Avant leaving I was the only non-theist for like a month
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Post by alastairjohnjack on Aug 25, 2009 19:37:49 GMT -5
Theres probably only so much forum putrid Atheo can handle, so I'm not sure he'll hang around.
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Post by Atheo on Aug 25, 2009 22:59:23 GMT -5
I never do anymore, really. I'm such a tease.
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Post by davo on Aug 26, 2009 2:47:24 GMT -5
I never do anymore, really. I'm such a tease. I like it when you tease me except in bed.
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Post by notavailable on Aug 27, 2009 1:36:16 GMT -5
"GOOD CHRISTIANS DON'T GET JIGGY WITH IT UNTIL MARRIAGE" - SEE YOU NEXT TUESDAY
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Post by Van Zan on Aug 27, 2009 16:24:27 GMT -5
Now this thread is going somewhere.
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Post by Jeremy on Aug 27, 2009 17:33:40 GMT -5
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Post by Shiv on Aug 27, 2009 23:00:08 GMT -5
"getting"
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