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Post by Occam's Spork on Jun 6, 2018 1:18:18 GMT 10
Did I suggest Normie Rowe was an atheist? No.
Do I care who Normie Rowe even is? Nope.
I was referencing the actual topic of the conversation, and not compulsively vamping on a single word to increase my post total.
My point was a reduction in church attendance doesn't necessarily reflect an increase in Atheism.
In fact, I've read somewhere, that despite this trend; atheist numbers have remained fairly static.
Also 8% of those who call themselves atheists also say they believe in God or a universal spirit.
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Post by Occam's Spork on Jun 6, 2018 6:14:18 GMT 10
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Post by KTJ on Jun 6, 2018 10:04:14 GMT 10
Religion belongs in the 17th century and earlier.
We are now in the 21st century where there is no need to pander to the god delusion inside the minds of human beings.
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Post by pim on Jun 6, 2018 10:14:10 GMT 10
Is this a debate about history or theology? I relish the idea of taking you on on either front - or both!  |
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Post by Occam's Spork on Jun 12, 2018 7:52:05 GMT 10
Religion belongs in the 17th century and earlier. We are now in the 21st century where there is no need to pander to the god delusion inside the minds of human beings. Yes... As was once stated by Voltaire 200 years later, and we are still waiting for that prediction to come to fruition. It must be very frustrating for you. |
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Post by Occam's Spork on Jun 12, 2018 7:57:28 GMT 10
I thought you were actually reasonably happy to have what you call "banter" in the threads since you did actually say recently that "banter" would be helpful to you. Hence my light-hearted musical post of Normie Rowe. Granted, but my desire was for "witty" banter.  |
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Post by KTJ on Jun 12, 2018 10:00:08 GMT 10
Religion belongs in the 17th century and earlier. We are now in the 21st century where there is no need to pander to the god delusion inside the minds of human beings. Yes... As was once stated by Voltaire 200 years later, and we are still waiting for that prediction to come to fruition. It must be very frustrating for you. Sadly, many human beings are displaying that they are so primitive in their thinking that, not only do they listen to the god delusion inside their minds, but they are also too weak to exist and stand on their own two feet and still need the crutch of religion. Not to worry....the number of “intelligent” human beings who can see that god delusion for what it is, ie....a delusion, is growing rapidly in western countries, the U.S.A. excepted, but then again, they elected a moron as their president, so that tells us a lot about the collective intelligence levels prevailing in that country. I am very grateful that I live in one of the more intelligent western countries. YOU, sporky, also live in one of the “intelligent” western countries, but sadly you are still indulging in dark-ages clap-trap. |
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Post by Occam's Spork on Jun 12, 2018 10:13:01 GMT 10
It's amusing how you count yourself among the "Intelligent", as though you've given this any contemplative thought at all. If a higher Intelligence, whether you call it "God" or not, doesn't exist in this universe, then ultimately you can't account for yours. Your position is self-refuting.  |
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Post by Occam's Spork on Jun 12, 2018 10:37:31 GMT 10
"It is as impossible for man to demonstrate the existence of God as it would be for even Sherlock Holmes to demonstrate the existence of Arthur Conan Doyle." - Frederick Buechner
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Post by Occam's Spork on Jun 14, 2018 9:47:15 GMT 10
What if "God" is a fictional character just like Sherlock Holmes? That is a pretty big "what if" considering raw natural forces have a general tendency toward disorder. Imagination implies a mind, and there is no way to account for a source of imagination in a Godless universe. |
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Post by Occam's Spork on Jun 15, 2018 22:56:04 GMT 10
Okay... You are welcome to try...
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Post by Occam's Spork on Jun 17, 2018 2:34:51 GMT 10
Is this the 5 minute argument or the full half hour? Is that rhetorical, or are you just deflecting? |
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Post by pim on Jun 17, 2018 10:29:19 GMT 10
Quel supplice affreux que d'avoir affaire Ă un sot  |
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Post by pim on Jun 17, 2018 10:46:27 GMT 10
One ...
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Post by Occam's Spork on Jun 18, 2018 10:12:35 GMT 10
Quel supplice affreux que d'avoir affaire Ă un sot Simon Ding-a-ling: How dare you call Ron a fool.  I am, and I'm not. "A fool thinks himself to be wise, but a wise man knows himself to be a fool." -William Shakespeare I mock the world and all of you; You mock me, but I mock me too.  |
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