The Absurdity of Atheism

Only Dale is obtuse enough to ask a Muslim to justify the production of pork--or, for that matter, the justify anything to do with Christianity.

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@Al-Fatihah,

Al, if you are indeed Muslim and if you interpreted my posting as a request asking justification of some sort, then I apologize most profusely

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http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3b/Common_Loon.jpg

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@Brandon9000,

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Well, since there isn't a speck of evidence that the events in the Bible are true, I guess believing it constitutes confirmation bias.

Hmm, didn't the Bible state :
- where they settled in Israel
- that Jericho existed
- that the Romans ruled Israel during one part of it's writing

I guess when you make blanket assertions like above, Neo's response starts to look a lot more rational.

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@vikorr,

vikorr wrote:

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Well, since there isn't a speck of evidence that the events in the Bible are true, I guess believing it constitutes confirmation bias.
Hmm, didn't the Bible state :
- where they settled in Israel
- that Jericho existed
- that the Romans ruled Israel during one part of it's writing

I guess when you make blanket assertions like above, Neo's response starts to look a lot more rational.

Provide me with some evidence, please, that God exists, created the world, Moses spoke to God, Jesus performed miracles, etc.

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@Brandon9000,

Why would I feel the need to do that?

While your request is much better worded - it doesn't relate directly to the essence of my post.

So the actual intent of it (and what it ignores / diverts from) is a tactic which again reinforces the wisdom of Neologists reply.

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@Brandon9000,

Bran whattayaspose is meant by S.'s duck

Oh and Bran, do you suppose it might have something to do with my posting describing the mistreatment of pigs by Christians; but in any case how do you suppose it constitutes justification--or was that a typo

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@Brandon9000,

Brandon9000 wrote:

Provide me with some evidence, please, that God exists, created the world, Moses spoke to God, Jesus performed miracles, etc.

I have never claimed epistemological certainty. Perhaps I am just not very intelligent.

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(Matthew 11:25) . . . At that time Jesus said in response: “I publicly praise you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and intellectual ones and have revealed them to babes. . .

I suppose folks will now say I must have cheated on the Mensa exam. Very Happy

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Absurdity of this topic. His thesis is based on "faith," and nothing else.
His religion is the religion of his parents; it was not 'chosen' by him/her.
We are the creature of our birth and environment; most just follow in their parent's religion, because that's how they are brainwashed into believing in the myths of their god(s).

Which god is the true god? Jesus, Buddha, sun god, moon god, all the Greek and Egyptian gods, or any of the cultural gods listed below.

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By cultural sphere[edit]
Near East and North Africa[edit]

Osiris, lord of the dead. His green skin symbolizes rebirth
Ancient Near East
Ancient Egyptian deities
Mesopotamian deities
Kassite deities
Semitic gods: see El, Elohim
Assyro-Babylonian pantheon (see also Family tree of the Babylonian gods)
Canaanite deities
Anatolia
Hittite deities
Hurrian deities
Lydian deities
Caucasus
Armenian deities
Georgian deities
Ossetian deities
Persia: see Yazata, see also Proto-Indo-Iranian religion
North Africa: Berber mythology
Pre-Islamic Arabian deities
Central / Northern Asia[edit]
Siberian
Raven God of Kamchatka and Chukotka
Turco-Mongol
Tengri
East Asia[edit]
Chinese deities
Japanese deities
Korean deities
List of bodhisattvas
India / South Asia[edit]

The image illustrates the Hindu belief that each part of the cow embodies a particular deity
Hindu deities
Rigvedic deities (see also Proto-Indo-Iranian religion)
Southeast Asia[edit]
Deities of Philippine mythology
Malaysian Chinese Gods
Europe[edit]
Baltic deities
Celtic deities
Irish deities
Etruscan deities
Finnic deities
Germanic deities
Anglo-Saxon deities
List of Norse gods and goddesses
Greek pantheon (see also List of Greek mythological figures, Twelve Olympians, Greek hero cult, Family tree of the Greek gods, Mycenaean gods)
Hungarian deities
List of Roman deities
Lusitani deities
Paleo-Balkanic deities (Thracian/Dacian/Illyrian)
Sami deities
Slavic deities
Sub-Saharan Africa[edit]

Contemporary poster of a Mami Wata, "serpent priestess" painted by German (Hamburg) artist Schleisinger, ca. 1926, displayed in shrines as a popular image of Mami Wata in Africa and in the Diaspora.[1][2]
African deities
Alusi
Guanche deities
Yoruba deities
Afro-American religion
Loa
Orisha
Americas[edit]
Mesoamerica
Aztec deities
Maya deities
North America
Inuit deities
Native American deities
South America
Incan deities
Guarani
Mapuche
Australia-Oceania[edit]
Australian Aboriginal deities
Māori deities
Polynesian deities
Rapa Nui deities (Easter Island)

Which one is your god?

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@cicerone imposter,

I'm with you...when you know this much.....you have to come up with your own conclusions.

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@Germlat,

Yeah. It's a real handicap to be so doggoned intelligent.

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@dalehileman,

http://cur.cursors-4u.net/smilies/images1/smi12-2.gif

Hi, Dale!

S.'s duck is not a duck at all. It's a loon. Smile

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@wmwcjr,

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Hi, Dale!

Hi, Bill!

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S.'s duck is not a duck at all. It's a loon. Smile

Aha! now I get the implication. However it's at least a handsome bird isn't it

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@dalehileman,

Yes, it is. Smile

Perhaps Setanta has paid you a compliment after all. Wink

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@wmwcjr,

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@wmwcjr,

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Perhaps Setanta has paid you a compliment after all

Somewhat unlikely, Bill

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@dalehileman,

Oh, I know that! Laughing

But I am sympathetic to those who have ever been subjected to Setanta's scorn or wrath. Smile

Well, maybe not all of them. Actually, there's no "maybe" about it. I mean -- oh, I don't know -- some of them! Smile

Uh, peace, everyone! Mr. Green

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@Al-Fatihah,

strawman

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@wmwcjr,

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But I am sympathetic to those who have ever been subjected to Setanta's scorn or wrath.

Thank you Bill but doesn't that keep you pretty busy if not exhausted

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If you need evidence of evolution it is out there...I doubt you will seek it out however. We can actually see evolution in the lab with various life forms including bacteria and even worms where several generations and their resulting mutations can be observed. The probelm with obseving it in larger species in the lab is that the stretch of time is far to great. Of course the reult is more than evident. But then Im sure you know that. Evolution is all around us and everywhere in the universe. SEEK AND YE SHALL FIND

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