Robibnikoff
9/1/2009 4:30:00 PM
"Steven Douglas" <steven.douglas@rocketmail.com> wrote in message
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On Aug 31, 10:20 pm, Free Lunch <lu...@nofreelunch.us> wrote:
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> On Mon, 31 Aug 2009 21:54:40 -0700 (PDT), Steven Douglas
> <steven.doug...@rocketmail.com> wrote in alt.talk.creationism:
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> >On Aug 31, 9:23 pm, Free Lunch <lu...@nofreelunch.us> wrote:
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> >> On Mon, 31 Aug 2009 21:00:11 -0700 (PDT), Steven Douglas
> >> <steven.doug...@rocketmail.com> wrote in alt.talk.creationism:
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> >> >On Aug 29, 1:52 pm, tirebiter <dontspamme...@bigfoot.com> wrote:
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> >> >> On Aug 27, 9:10 am, Steven Douglas <steven.doug...@rocketmail.com>
> >> >> wrote:
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> >> >> > On Aug 26, 9:48 pm, tirebiter <dontspamme...@bigfoot.com> wrote:
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> >> >> > > On Aug 27, 12:34 am, Steven Douglas
> >> >> > > <steven.doug...@rocketmail.com>
> >> >> > > wrote:
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> >> >> > > > Jesus frequently spoke in parables. I don't take everything he
> >> >> > > > said
> >> >> > > > literally, since it's obvious he often spoke figuratively.
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> >> >> > > It just gets better and better. You cherry-pick what you want to
> >> >> > > believe and turn a blind eye to the rest.
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> >> >> > I've turned a blind eye to nothing. I just interpret it
> >> >> > differently
> >> >> > than you do.
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> >> >> And yet you still don't see what you are actually writing here. This
> >> >> is supposed to be the literal and inerrant word of your god, and you
> >> >> have to INTERPRET it before it makes sense to you. And after you've
> >> >> mangled it into what every mush that is palatable to you, you use it
> >> >> as the basis of your whole religious belief system.
>
> >> >Just because God is undetectable to you doesn't mean He's undetectable
> >> >to others.
>
> >> What makes God selectively detectible? How do we know if the person
> >> claiming to detect God is telling the truth or suffering severe
> >> psychosis?
>
> >Why do you care? There are billions of people who believe in God. If
> >you don't, that's your right. But why do you spend so much time being
> >concerned with something you don't believe exists? It would be as if I
> >spent my time worrying that someone might believe in unicorns. I don't
> >do that. Why do you?
>
> Because a large number of the people who believe in gods are willing to
> take away my right not to. They are also willing to do stupid things
> because they think it will bring the Last Days closer.
I'm neither of those.
>
> Religion can cause great harm.
Yes. We see examples of that everyday in various parts of the world,
in the form of Islamic fundamentalist terrorism. Yet for years, every
time I mention that, many atheists defend Islam. Odd, isn't it?
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