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Re: Atheism is based on beliefs, not science.

From	niunian <niunian@ymail.com>
Newsgroups	alt.atheism, rec.arts.sf.written, sci.physics, sci.physics.relativity
Subject	Re: Atheism is based on beliefs, not science.
Date	2015-08-18 13:51 +0800
Organization	A noiseless patient Spider
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On 2015-08-18 07:27 AM, Attila < wrote:
> On Mon, 17 Aug 2015 20:16:10 +0800, niunian <niunian@ymail.com> in
> alt.atheism with message-id <mqsjdl$7bt$2@dont-email.me> wrote:
>
>
>>>>>
>>>>>> On 2015-08-15 10:43 PM, talishi wrote:
>>>>>>> niunian wrote:
>>>>>>>> On 2015-08-15 06:36 PM, talishi wrote:
>>>>>>>>> niunian wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> The Old Testament has at least two Gods. The first God is the God
>>>>>>>>>> of creation who is the God of Eden. The second God is the God of
>>>>>>>>>> Adam and Eve after they have sinned. The first God is the God of
>>>>>>>>>> living, the giver of life who is always good. The second God is the
>>>>>>>>>> God of sin who is always vengeful and evil. They are not the same
>>>>>>>>>> God. The sin has introduced or manufactured another God in the
>>>>>>>>>> place of the previous creation God.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> It turns out the previous creation God was manufactured as well.
>>>>>>>>> Humans have manufactured at least 5,000 of them.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Are we talking about philosophy or are we talking about science? Make up
>>>>>>>> your mind.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> We are talking about a unique form of literature that historically (and
>>>>>>> even in the present day) translated to terrible physical action such as
>>>>>>> war and beheadings.  Certainly no one ever took "Dune" as scripture and
>>>>>>> went out trying to kill "Harkonnens".
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The Bible is a spiritual teaching that explains the philosophy of life.
>>>>>> If you are not interested in that, there is no point to talk about the
>>>>>> Bible at all. Go back to your science class and stay away from
>>>>>> philosophy, then you will not be bothered by what's in the Bible.
>>>>>
>>>>> The problem is not what is in that book of myth, it is the way so many
>>>>> people not only insist it is true but demand everyone else must accept
>>>>> it as true also.
>>>>>
>>>>> There is no reason to fear any god but many reasons to fear your
>>>>> god-fearing neighbors.
>>>>
>>>> Then, it's the people you have a problem with, so why blame a book?
>>>
>>> A book is nothing more than a repository of words.  It isn't to blame
>>> for anything.
>>>
>>> Just because something is written down has nothing to do with whether
>>> it contains any truth or not, and it's age does the same.
>>
>> That's wonderful. So why do you have to show your total ignorance about
>> an ancient book which you claim you are not really interested?
>>
>
> What ancient book would that be?  There are a lot of mythologies from
> the distant past.

Yea. There are so many ancient books teaching the philosophy of life and 
the nature of human being, why picking on a single book alone?

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Re: Atheism is based on beliefs, not science. niunian <niunian@ymail.com> - 2015-08-16 10:28 +0800
  Re: Atheism is based on beliefs, not science. Attila <<prochoice@here.now> - 2015-08-16 04:08 -0400
    Re: Atheism is based on beliefs, not science. niunian <niunian@ymail.com> - 2015-08-16 20:04 +0800
      Re: Atheism is based on beliefs, not science. Attila <<prochoice@here.now> - 2015-08-17 06:07 -0400
        Re: Atheism is based on beliefs, not science. niunian <niunian@ymail.com> - 2015-08-17 20:16 +0800
          Re: Atheism is based on beliefs, not science. Attila <<prochoice@here.now> - 2015-08-17 19:27 -0400
            Re: Atheism is based on beliefs, not science. niunian <niunian@ymail.com> - 2015-08-18 13:51 +0800
              Re: Atheism is based on beliefs, not science. Attila <<prochoice@here.now> - 2015-08-18 03:34 -0400
                Re: Atheism is based on beliefs, not science. niunian <niunian@ymail.com> - 2015-08-19 07:55 +0800
                Re: Atheism is based on beliefs, not science. Attila <<prochoice@here.now> - 2015-08-19 04:48 -0400
                Re: Atheism is based on beliefs, not science. niunian <niunian@ymail.com> - 2015-08-19 20:59 +0800
                Re: Atheism is based on beliefs, not science. Attila <<prochoice@here.now> - 2015-08-20 05:13 -0400
                Re: Atheism is based on beliefs, not science. niunian <niunian@ymail.com> - 2015-08-20 22:30 +0800
                Re: Atheism is based on beliefs, not science. nature bats last <seqklogw@gmail.com> - 2015-08-20 09:36 -0700
                Re: Atheism is based on beliefs, not science. Attila <<prochoice@here.now> - 2015-08-21 04:58 -0400
                Re: Atheism is based on beliefs, not science. niunian <niunian@ymail.com> - 2015-08-21 19:58 +0800
                Re: Atheism is based on beliefs, not science. Attila <<prochoice@here.now> - 2015-08-21 17:31 -0400
                Re: Atheism is based on beliefs, not science. niunian <niunian@ymail.com> - 2015-08-22 07:47 +0800
                Re: Atheism is based on beliefs, not science. Attila <<prochoice@here.now> - 2015-08-22 03:40 -0400
                Re: Atheism is based on beliefs, not science. niunian <niunian@ymail.com> - 2015-08-22 16:19 +0800
                Re: Atheism is based on beliefs, not science. Attila <<prochoice@here.now> - 2015-08-23 03:58 -0400
                Re: Atheism is based on beliefs, not science. niunian <niunian@ymail.com> - 2015-08-23 21:20 +0800
                Re: Atheism is based on beliefs, not science. Attila <<prochoice@here.now> - 2015-08-23 17:00 -0400
                Re: Atheism is based on beliefs, not science. niunian <niunian@ymail.com> - 2015-08-24 23:49 +0800
                Re: Atheism is based on beliefs, not science. Attila <<prochoice@here.now> - 2015-08-24 20:26 -0400
                Re: Atheism is based on beliefs, not science. niunian <niunian@ymail.com> - 2015-08-26 08:02 +0800
                Re: Atheism is based on beliefs, not science. Attila <<prochoice@here.now> - 2015-08-26 03:43 -0400
                Re: Atheism is based on beliefs, not science. niunian <niunian@ymail.com> - 2015-08-27 00:44 +0800
                Re: Atheism is based on beliefs, not science. Attila <<prochoice@here.now> - 2015-08-26 16:46 -0400
                Re: Atheism is based on beliefs, not science. niunian <niunian@ymail.com> - 2015-08-27 17:36 +0800
        Re: Atheism is based on beliefs, not science. The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2015-08-17 22:23 -0700
          Re: Atheism is based on beliefs, not science. Attila <<prochoice@here.now> - 2015-08-18 03:37 -0400
            Re: Atheism is based on beliefs, not science. The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2015-08-18 00:51 -0700
              Re: Atheism is based on beliefs, not science. Attila <<prochoice@here.now> - 2015-08-18 16:58 -0400

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