It proves there are documented incidents of atheists persecuting theists.What does this prove?
It proves there are documented incidents of atheists persecuting theists.What does this prove?
Well now that is a leap.It proves there are documented incidents of atheists persecuting theists.
Alternatively you can use the google image search function and get an education in (amongst other things) modern history.Well now that is a leap.
Picture one could have been a result of the theist commandment; "Thou shalt have no false Gods before me".
Picture two could be a result of theist worshippers killing the followers of those false Gods.
Don't you even dare to cast these aspersions on atheists, asshole!
On 20 November 1979, just ten months after Khomeini and his followers seized power in Iran’s Islamic Revolution, a Sunni radical called Juhayman al-Otaybi occupied the Grand Mosque in Mecca with between 200 and 300 armed supporters. They denounced the Saud family for corruption and for being too open to Western influence, as well as Saudi clerics for not speaking up against these evils. Juhayman demanded that television be banned; that non-Muslims should be expelled from Saudi Arabia; that Muslims should depose their corrupt leaders; and that there should be a return to the way of life and the example of the prophet.
Atheists?After the occupation, Juhayman and his supporters were besieged by Saudi security forces for two weeks until they were finally overwhelmed (allegedly with help from France and others) at the beginning of December. Juhayman was beheaded, along with most of his surviving followers.
Research on the internet is all I do all day long. I am very well informed on modern history.Alternatively you can use the google image search function and get an education in (amongst other things) modern history.
im·per·ti·nence,
NOUN
1. unmannerly intrusion or presumption; insolence.
2. impertinent quality or action.
3. something impertinent, as an act or statement.
4. an impertinent person.
5. irrelevance, inappropriateness, or absurdity.
He does for innocent minds like children. Once you know it's daddy playing Santa Claus you stop believing.
No my standard is much more modest.
A simple miracle which physically cannot occur as a natural event.
My position is that the concept of God is wholly unneessary to explain the existence of the universe and it's functions.
No I I said that the slime mold can be conditioned by external stimulus to anticipate the condition. Much like the pigeon doing the dance in anticipation of receiving a reward. In the slime mold's case it is more subtle. It slows down it's metabolism in anticipation of being exposed to cold.
Bullshit. I actually believed a God might exist, until I reached the age of reason.
Only in the mind of a child. It is a subjective experience, until it is revealed that the bearded man in the red suit is daddy. At that point Santa is no longer real.If daddy dresses up as Santa, Santa exists, as per definition.
blah, blah...Denial and rejection in full effect folks.
Self organization and self assembly are scientifically proven methods. Did you not provide examples yourself?How could the natural world bring itself into being?
And that proves I'm wrong? Hubris "Vanity" (a deadly sin)Surprise! Surprise! NOT.
Your a frickin atheist.
Yes I thought about it and have come to the conclusion that a God was not necessary.What did you think there was a possibility that God could be wholly necessary, to explain the universe, and its functions?
Yes I do and I do not accept the "common" definition of God as a sentient and motivated being.Don't you get it yet? Jan.
met·a·phor,
NOUN
1. a figure of speech in which a term or phrase is applied to something to which it is not literally applicable in order to suggest a resemblance, as in “A mighty fortress is our God.”
2. something used, or regarded as being used, to represent something else; emblem; symbol.
Again, I see myself as a Metaphysical Humanist. Me being an Atheist is purely incidental. Read what I say.
blah, blah.So it's a nameless religion.
Jan.
Only in the mind of a child. It is a subjective experience, until it is revealed that the bearded man in the red suit is daddy. At that point Santa is no longer real.
Self organization and self assembly are scientifically proven methods. Did you not provide examples yourself?
And that proves I'm wrong? Hubris "Vanity" (a deadly sin)
Yes I thought about it and have come to the conclusion that a God was not necessary.
Yes I do and I do not accept the "common" definition of God as a sentient and motivated being.
And in the absence of a different definition of God by you or any other theist, I'll stick with the common definition, and that is wholly unacceptable as a cosmic imperative.
God is a metaphor, not an equation.
///If daddy dresses up as Santa, Santa exists, as per definition.
Denial and rejection in full effect folks.
How could the natural world bring itself into being?
Surprise! Surprise! NOT.
Your a frickin atheist.
What did you think there was a possibility that God could be wholly necessary, to explain the universe, and its functions?
Don't you get it yet?
Jan.
Well now that is a leap.
Picture one could have been a result of the theist commandment; "Thou shalt have no false Gods before me".
Picture two could be a result of theist worshippers killing the followers of those false Gods.
Don't you even dare to cast these aspersions on atheists, asshole!
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So if someone dresses up as god, that means god exists. If someone dresses up as Odin, Odin exists. If someone dresses up as Donald Duck, Donald Duck exists.
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The post in which that claim appears is typical of your posting. Here's the rest of that post:I do, but you don't listen.
Notice how accurately my description of your posting predicted your response to that very post:How so?
How far I push my sinning?
Isn't this religious language?
Isn't this what the article pertains to?
Find your own atheist expressions, don't borrow from the Christian world view.
If you can.
I do, but you don't listen. You are too busy defending your delusion. I use that term in the spirit of the article. But I am beginning to notice how deluded, explicit atheists (at least) are.
Atheists don't attack theists, do they.
Nooooooooo....!
No atheist has attacked me, in this thread. Have they?
Nooooooooo...!
So the question remains, and we can repeat it here: "- - - - are you misrepresenting your ideas, as well as other people's? Are you bearing false witness against yourself as well?"The wise, though, are not supposed to bear false witness.
The fool is at least not sinning. The OP author is.
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One can't help but notice that - like a stereotypical swindle pusher - you avoid going into detail or rational defense of your own thinking, or bringing attention to it. You use every question, every issue, as footing for some kind of attack, to direct attention away
If someone dresses up as Odin, Odin exists. If someone dresses up as Donald Duck, Donald Duck exists.
Notice how accurately my description of your posting predicted your response to that very post:
So the question remains, and we can repeat it here: "- - - - are you misrepresenting your ideas, as well as other people's? Are you bearing false witness against yourself as well?"
///Someone dresses up as God?
Jan.