XPost: sac.politics, can.politics, alt.atheism   
   XPost: alt.politics.homosexuality   
   From: David@block.net   
      
   On 4/17/2015 2:46 PM, mur wrote:   
   > On Tue, 07 Apr 2015 15:39:58 -0600, David Johnston  wrote:   
   > .   
   >> On Tue, 07 Apr 2015 17:03:53 -0400, mur wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> On Wed, 01 Apr 2015 11:29:59 -0500, duke  wrote:   
   >>> .   
   >>>> On Tue, 31 Mar 2015 20:02:20 -0400, mur. <> wrote:   
   >>>>   
   >>>>> On Thu, 26 Mar 2015 03:19:40 -0700, Jeanne Douglas    
   >>>>> wrote:   
   >>>>> .   
   >>>>>> On Wed, 25 Mar 2015 21:33:27 -0400, mur. <> wrote:   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>>> On Thu, 19 Mar 2015 05:04:44 -0700, Jeanne Douglas    
   >>>>>>> wrote:   
   >>>>>>> .   
   >>>>>>>> In article ,   
   >>>>>>>> David Johnston  wrote:   
   >>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>> On 3/18/2015 5:11 PM, mur wrote:   
   >>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>> I prefer the gigantic cow hypothesis.   
   >>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>       One absolute consistency is that you atheists can only   
   "consider" the   
   >>>>>>>>>> possibility of God's existence in very childlike ways, but never in   
   any   
   >>>>>>>>>> realistic ways.Of course that is significant since if you could   
   think of it   
   >>>>>>>>>> in   
   >>>>>>>>>> any realistic way you wouldn't be restricted to an atheist way of   
   thinking,   
   >>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>> Your assumption that I am "restricted" to an atheist way of thinking   
   is   
   >>>>>>>>> false.   
   >>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>> What the fuck is "an atheist way of thinking"?   
   >>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>     LOL....you really can't figure out a damn thing.   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> Why didn't you answer my question?   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>>     Before reading your post I predicted it would be either some sort of   
   blatant   
   >>>>> lie, or more of you revealing that you can't comprehend what's being   
   discussed.   
   >>>>> We'll if you can deal with it after I point out some basics.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> 1. Strong atheism is the belief that there is no god associated with   
   this planet   
   >>>>> and may or may not be that there is no type of god associated with any   
   place(s)   
   >>>>> in "the" universe, depending on the personal belief of the individual.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> 2. Weak atheism is having no belief about whether or not there is any god   
   >>>>> associated with any place(s) in "the" universe, which would necessarily   
   involve   
   >>>>> giving consideration to the possibility that there may be as well as   
   that there   
   >>>>> is not if a person has been exposed to the idea.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Weak atheism is otherwise called agnosticism.   
   >>>   
   >>>     There's more to it than that. Strong agnostics believe nobody can know   
   if   
   >>> God exists. Weak agnostics believe it's possible that some people can know   
   if   
   >>> God exists. I'm a weak agnostic.   
   >>   
   >> An agnostic is normally an atheist who doesn't care to argue the point.   
   >> You are clearly an exception since you will argue the point endlessly.   
   >   
   >      I'm an actual weak agnostic which necessarily involves considering the   
   > possibility that there is a God associated with Earth, and other things all   
   of   
   > which are beyond the consideration of some other people.   
   >   
      
   Hell I "consider" that.  But since I only consider it and don't believe   
   it, I'm an atheist.   
      
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