Atheism

Not a big gripe - more a small whine.

Is that written somewhere?

But try to give me a better run for my money.

That's impossible. You mark your own exam papers. Nobody can do anything with that.

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Is that written somewhere?

It must be. Nobody would risk eternal punishment for a quickie.

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But try to give me a better run for my money.

That's impossible. You mark your own exam papers. Nobody can do anything with that.

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That's impossible. You mark your own exam papers. Nobody can do anything with that.

That is a silly reply. Frank allows others to grade his examination and he shows a natural emotional response sometimes to the tactics used to measure the logic he uses.

That is a silly reply.

I wrote--

"The real thing theist would embrace death believing that Heaven is next. You're having sinning theists to suit your argument."

Apisa replied--

"Nonsense...and I suspect you know it. But you are compulsive about disagreeing."

That's marking your own exam paper. Two assertions, both unsupported, and a big dig in the ribs. It follows that anybody disagreeing with Apisa is compulsive about disagreeing. Compulsive being an accusation of mental illness.

No attempt to answer the point. Impossible to argue with.

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That is a silly reply.

Same sort of thing. If you can't see it there's nothing I can do about it.

The reason the Church condemns suicide is that real pious believers might be tempted to get to Heaven post haste considering the **** they are in here on earth.

I watched the Dawkins video up to the point where the so called fundie evolutionist bottled out of condemning Luther King and Ghandi.

"pompous" (MYOEP), "arrogant" (MYOEP). " it is almost impossible to actually debate or respond to your assertions" (MYOEP--except for the soft escape of "almost"), "Your attempts at protest here are as phony as that supposed atheism of yours" (MYOEP x 2) . (I don't believe the Christian God exists--what's phoney about that?), "You are stuck with ideas for new insults (MYOEP x2) (any argument you can't deal with is an insult), "Fine...I can understand your lack of originality" (MYOEP) (I made no claim to be original), "But the fact that you are unoriginal...does not make your trite assertion true" (MYOEP x3), "It isn't" (MYOEP).

You have serious MYOPIA. (Marking your own performance in approval).

Why is my unoriginal, trite assertion not true? It can't possibly be because you said so. Trite means unoriginal. Hence either trite or unoriginal is a tautology.

silly games

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silly games

MYOEP.

You should be President. You can't possibly have ever lost an argument in your life.

It's inane to describe my posts as silly games simply because you have no sensible answer to them.

I describe your posts as inane...because they are inane.

There seldom are sensible answers to nonsense...other than to call it nonsense. And most of what you write these days, Spendius, is nonsense.

I wish it weren't. You should be more than you are.

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In any case, it does appear that theists are what many atheists and agnostics charge they are...people who are afraid of death. And it appears that many theists are so afraid of death...they assume that ANYONE who seems in near death situations would "break down" and pray to some god for help.

Okay.

I get it.

To take it further along the same lines, this conclusion is neither here nor there because invariably, there are many atheists and agnostics who are afraid of death as well, and the question remains of those atheists and agnostics who seem that in near death situations would break down and pray to some god for help.

Yeah, but it is not reasonable to suppose those people are atheists and agnostics because of any fear of death they might have.

In the case of theists, however, it is not unreasonable to suppose that is the reason for their theism. In fact, that sorta is the point of the "There are no atheists in foxholes."

Wanna try again?

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I describe your posts as inane...because they are inane.

Obviously.

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There seldom are sensible answers to nonsense...other than to call it nonsense. And most of what you write these days, Spendius, is nonsense.

I wish it weren't. You should be more than you are.

MYOEP pudding. If I wrote things you consider sensible I would pack it in.

Frank Apisa wrote:

InfraBlue wrote:

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In any case, it does appear that theists are what many atheists and agnostics charge they are...people who are afraid of death. And it appears that many theists are so afraid of death...they assume that ANYONE who seems in near death situations would "break down" and pray to some god for help.

Okay.

I get it.

To take it further along the same lines, this conclusion is neither here nor there because invariably, there are many atheists and agnostics who are afraid of death as well, and the question remains of those atheists and agnostics who seem that in near death situations would break down and pray to some god for help.

Yeah, but it is not reasonable to suppose those people are atheists and agnostics because of any fear of death they might have.

In the case of theists, however, it is not unreasonable to suppose that is the reason for their theism. In fact, that sorta is the point of the "There are no atheists in foxholes."

Sure, but then again, that does not address the point being made.

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Wanna try again?

I'll try getting the point across to you once more. The assertion is that self-proclaimed atheists (I'll grant you the inclusion of agnostics) aren't really atheists if they pray to, or hope for a god because of any fear of death that they might have.

Capisci?