Re: Not Atheism - Not Theism

From	Smiler <smiler@jo.king>
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Subject	Re: Not Atheism - Not Theism
Date	2016-06-23 12:49 +0000
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On Wed, 22 Jun 2016 19:50:29 -0700, s.knight wrote:

> On Wed, 22 Jun 2016 18:28:10 +1000, "Alex W." <ingilt@yahoo.co.uk>
> wrote:
> 
>>On 22/06/2016 13:00, s.knight wrote:
>>> On Tue, 21 Jun 2016 13:18:03 -0400, "A. Wolfe" <Wolfe@unc.edu.org>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 6/19/2016 10:51 PM, s.knight wrote:
>>>>> On Sun, 19 Jun 2016 16:29:44 -0400, "A. Wolfe" <Wolfe@unc.edu.org>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> It makes no sense to claim that theism is about knowledge, I cannot
>>>>>> absolutely know that God(s) exist. But this is also true of
>>>>>> atheism, I cannot know with certainty that there is no God. So, for
>>>>>> me the most reasonable position is agnostic. I draw upon Pascel's
>>>>>> argument that since I cannot know, the no risk position is to
>>>>>> believe in gods. However, I don't like this since I might choose
>>>>>> the wrong god and draw the wrath of all the other gods. So.
>>>>>> agnosticism is taking no position and not pissing off any god.
>>>>>
>>>>>    Except Agnostism is intellectually retarded. You sit on the fence
>>>>> and claim the superior high ground and belch out your anthem...
>>>>> "MAYBE YES, MAYBE NO, DON'T KNOW." You could at least say 42.
>>>>>
>>>> You can't know, you can only believe one way or the other.
>>>
>>>    It has nothing to do with belief. It's all about the evidence.
>>> There is no evidence a god(s) exist. None.
>>
>>There is that which one might charitably call "empirical" testimony.
>>People having visions, epiphanies, divine visitations.  People
>>experiencing highly unlikely events such as surviving a plane crash.
>>People whose diseases unexpectedly go into remission.
>>
>    True. I almost believed in a god the first time I used Preperation
> H. Wow! Thank you jesus! Amen!

Hallelujah! You are now able to sit on god's right hand!

-- 
Smiler, The godless one.
aa #2279
Gods are all tailored to order. They are made 
to exactly fit the prejudices of the believer.

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Re: Not Atheism - Not Theism s.knight <Baawa@Baawa.nut> - 2016-06-22 19:50 -0700
  Re: Not Atheism - Not Theism Smiler <smiler@jo.king> - 2016-06-23 12:49 +0000
    Re: Not Atheism - Not Theism Christopher A. Lee <c.lee@fairpoint.net> - 2016-06-23 16:12 -0500
      Re: Not Atheism - Not Theism Smiler <smiler@jo.king> - 2016-06-24 00:32 +0000
    Re: Not Atheism - Not Theism Don Martin <drdonmartin@comcast.net> - 2016-06-23 18:07 -0400
      Re: Not Atheism - Not Theism "Alex W." <ingilt@yahoo.co.uk> - 2016-06-24 10:18 +1000
        Re: Not Atheism - Not Theism Don Martin <drdonmartin@comcast.net> - 2016-06-24 18:11 -0400
          Re: Not Atheism - Not Theism Smiler <smiler@jo.king> - 2016-06-25 00:25 +0000
            Re: Not Atheism - Not Theism Don Martin <drdonmartin@comcast.net> - 2016-06-25 08:40 -0400
              Re: Not Atheism - Not Theism Smiler <smiler@jo.king> - 2016-06-25 14:23 +0000
          Re: Not Atheism - Not Theism "Alex W." <ingilt@yahoo.co.uk> - 2016-06-25 18:00 +1000
      Re: Not Atheism - Not Theism Smiler <smiler@jo.king> - 2016-06-24 00:44 +0000
        Re: Not Atheism - Not Theism Smiler <smiler@jo.king> - 2016-06-24 15:48 +0000

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