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A HERETIC I AM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-05 12:41 AM Original message |
ATTN. ATHEISTS!!! PLEASE please please stop saying you "Lack belief" |
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Az (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-05 12:51 AM Response to Original message |
1. Logic problem |
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A HERETIC I AM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-05 01:01 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. You use the term "God" from the get go |
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Az (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-05 01:13 AM Response to Reply #2 |
5. For when you wake |
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fshrink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-05 01:06 AM Response to Reply #1 |
4. When you use the word "god" |
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Az (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-05 01:24 AM Response to Reply #4 |
6. Scope |
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fshrink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-05 01:42 AM Response to Reply #6 |
7. There is no absolute argument about anything. |
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Az (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-05 01:58 AM Response to Reply #7 |
8. Their ability to propogate is not dependent on god |
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fshrink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-05 10:05 AM Response to Reply #8 |
13. What we can do here |
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Az (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-05 10:15 AM Response to Reply #13 |
14. Agreed |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-05 01:03 AM Response to Original message |
3. Believers and unbelievers have very different PET scans |
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Taxloss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-05 08:41 PM Response to Reply #3 |
17. Belief or unbelief isn't "hardwired" into your brain. |
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Az (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-05 08:47 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. Although belief and nonbelief are not hardwired |
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Taxloss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-05 09:00 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. Pattern recognition is a fundamental part of human intelligence. |
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Az (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-05 09:04 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. Fundimental doesn't mean uniform |
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Taxloss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-05 09:13 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. Religion also has Darwinist advantages. |
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Az (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-05 09:15 PM Response to Reply #21 |
22. Agreed not hardlined |
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Taxloss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-05 09:24 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. Agreed. You want my personal theory? |
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Az (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-05 09:41 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. The word tied to a naturally occurring concept |
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onager (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-05 10:51 PM Response to Reply #17 |
25. I agree with that |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-05 11:47 AM Response to Reply #25 |
27. PET scans aren't absolute proof, but the differences are there |
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Taxloss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-05 08:02 PM Response to Reply #27 |
30. Where is this research? |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-05 08:09 PM Response to Reply #30 |
31. One article on it |
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rman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-02-05 10:51 AM Response to Reply #27 |
32. but the differences don't say anything about the causes |
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YankeyMCC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-05 07:49 AM Response to Original message |
9. I think Az is making the more detailed reasoned point |
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fshrink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-05 09:51 AM Response to Reply #9 |
11. It's akin to an old problem indirectly described by Plato |
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immoderate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-04-05 08:45 AM Response to Reply #9 |
33. You didn't like Howard the Duck? |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-05 08:30 AM Response to Original message |
10. Don't get caught up on the word "lack" |
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Beetwasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-05 09:58 AM Response to Original message |
12. You Lack Belief In An Infinite Variety Of Things |
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Modem Butterfly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-05 02:47 PM Response to Original message |
15. That's ironic from someone who embraces the term heretic |
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Az (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-05 02:59 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. There are actually |
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fshrink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-05 02:44 PM Response to Reply #15 |
28. Actually, to be agnostic you first |
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Az (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-05 03:00 PM Response to Reply #28 |
29. Technically |
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A HERETIC I AM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-05 02:21 AM Response to Original message |
26. Many very interesting and insightful posts in the last 24 hrs. |
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