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Originally posted by: Count Dushku
I'm curious...what are atheists denying? I mean...if there ISN'T a God, then Who or What are they denying? How can you claim to believe something doesn't exist if it already doesn't exist? I choose to not believe that the OT exists on licensed dvds...yet surprisingly they already don't. See my point?
Obviously since you are a member of these forums you like fantasy/science fiction...tell me, do you like C.S. Lewis or JRR Tolkien at all? Both men where Christians, and i know Lewis recorded his journey from being a rather violent and active athest and agnostic to becoming a Christian. Mere Christianity by CS Lewis. Check it out.
you know, radical Islam wouldn't exist without being like Reg and their mirror counterparts. Both the "extreme fundamentalist" and the "totally agnostic" are equally dangerous. You can't be either one of the extremes.
What a load of piffle.
But since you're curious.
The history of atheism and agnosticism is not the one soaked in blood my friend that history is maintained by the Church the blood was spilled in the name of faith and not rational inquiry.
There's nothing dangerous about agnosticism it's not an extreme of anything, it's a lack of belief in things that have no proof. If God, why not the Toothfairy the same proof exists in each case. If God why not Aliens or Ghosts, or Goblins and Witches. Because it's all meaningless bullshit that has no basis in facts and no bearing on the world and life. I mean, if there isn't a toothfairy then who or what are you denying? I mean, if there aren't witches then who or what are you denying?
Wondering whether there is a God is like wondering what triangles smell like or what colour thursdays are or whether there is a meaning to life. They seem like proper English sentences but they are absurd and without merit lacking any and all consideration.
Choosing not to believe in something for which there exists no evidence whatsoever is not a choice at all it's the only option. The surprising thing is that people will believe any guff you feed them if it comes from a book that is covered with enough dust. It's surprising that given the massive weight of evidence against religion and the zero proof for that there still exists any free-thinking fully-functioning humans who can swallow such lies, sophistry and illusion.
True I do like fantasy but I don't believe that somewhere out there The Jedi exist because like religion and God the films were fashioned by men.
If you bothered to read the previous page you'd find that I actually addressed your points even before you made them.
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I would encourage (Reg was it?) to actively seek out people who truly know the Bible...and I'm afraid I can't think of even one Catholic who can answer any of your past/present questions.
I have and you're right no-one knows it because there is nothing to know. So we agree.
Oh and Bush is an Imperialist Theocrat who must be stopped, the man believes in the 'End Of Days' for pity's sake. He believes in Armageddon and he may well be the one to bring it about. How can anyone take such a man seriously?