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Up Front: The Up-Front Guides: The…, in reply to BenWilson,
The strong atheist is stabbing into the dark about God, just as true believers are.
I don't think so. Show any atheist actual proof that a god exists, and they would accept it. In the absence of any evidence and given that positing a god has no explanatory power, we think it's more rational to think there is no god.
But what we accept is contingent on the evidence, this is what separates us from religious believers.
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Hard News: Christchurch: Is "quite good"…, in reply to Sofie Bribiesca,
Thought it might have been Ian Dalziel in the crowd, only because of the cheese cutter/cloth cap
By their caps ye shall know them. ;-)
Or should that be BY THEIR CAPS?
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Cr Tim Carter asks for answers from EQC about their priorites. It's common knowledge that houses with minor damage are getting repaired first, and I'd love to see EQC stand up and explain how this can possibly be a good solution.
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Up Front: The Up-Front Guides: The…, in reply to Kracklite,
OK, I think this is a misunderstanding. What you write about atheisim reads to me as if you think it's illogical and not worthy of serious consideration. That's what bugs me. My atheism is an important part of who I am, and something I've thought and reflected about.
From what you say, you didn't mean it that way. It's much harder to interpret tone in a written forum, for all of us.
I'm happy for people to disagree with me as long as I think there is mutual respect and an attempt at mutual understanding. So, peace. :-)
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Up Front: The Up-Front Guides: The…, in reply to Kracklite,
It is not my intention to offend or score points, so why do you want to take offence?
I don't want to take offence. You're belittling and mocking me and accusing me of bad faith and oversensitivity.
If you can't see how your words are offensive, we've nothing more to discuss.
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Up Front: The Up-Front Guides: The…, in reply to Kracklite,
the integral paradox of absolute atheism is that it is itself a statement of faith – faith that there is nothing. It is in fact logically impossible to prove a negative, thus belief in nothing is untenable on its own terms.
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Up Front: The Up-Front Guides: The…, in reply to Kracklite,
I’m not sure if “everyone” on this blog can be so described, but be that as it may…
I meant, all atheists. As I think was perfectly clear from context.
And, speaking for myself only, I think it's kinda rude the way you're trying to define us out of existence. We're here. We're not stupid. Most of us have put a lot of thought into what we believe and what we don't.
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There's a FB group for saving the Ng Gallery.
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Hard News: Christchurch: Is "quite good"…, in reply to Islander,
there’re now 4+ of us eh?) who cherish our motu, wish to nourish our best ideals, and give much more than we take
And counting! :-)
Thanks Sacha for pulling up that section about action.
And particularly this:And it’s also worth remembering that there are lots of people feeling the same way – powerless, helpless, angry and sad, but also wishing they could do something.
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Up Front: The Up-Front Guides: The…, in reply to Kracklite,
A = without, theo = God
Actually, that’s positivism. In it’s pragmatic form, it’s more or less “The burden of proof”.
Thanks, we can do the etymology. And yes, most of could be descirbed as logical-positivists. Without gods, like Islander says.