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   mur to All   
   Re: In the atheist bible, is homosexuali   
   03 Jul 15 22:19:46   
   
   XPost: sac.politics, can.politics, alt.atheism   
   XPost: alt.politics.homosexuality   
      
   On Sat, 27 Jun 2015 20:54:06 -0500, Mitchell Holman couldn't comprehend:   
   .   
   >mur wrote in news:ik0soa9q97cfnr10qf37h1dpptc3vqeo4h@4ax.com:   
   >   
   >> On Sat, 13 Jun 2015 16:58:49 -0500, Mitchell Holman    
   >> wrote: .   
   >>>mur wrote in news:t3sonalvs6v470umg1ep23vnvt0j34f18v@4ax.com:   
   >>>   
   >>>> On Fri, 05 Jun 2015 21:14:40 -0500, Mitchell Holman   
   >>>>  wrote: .   
   >>>>>On Fri, 05 Jun 2015 16:22:58 -0400, mur wrote:   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>>>On Fri, 29 May 2015 21:19:41 -0500, Mitchell Holman   
   >>>>>> wrote: .   
   >>>>>>>mur wrote in news:s12ima9pc971423jdua48839mqq66gk2i3@4ax.com:   
   >>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>> On Sat, 23 May 2015 08:59:03 -0500, Mitchell Holman   
   >>>>>>>>  wrote: .   
   >>>>>>>>>On Fri, 22 May 2015 12:03:43 -0400, mur wrote:   
   >>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>On Sat, 09 May 2015 00:16:38 -0700, Jeanne Douglas   
   >>>>>>>>>> wrote:   
   >>>>>>>>>>.   
   >>>>>>>>>>>In article <9nqqka16g2v0jpntpid0nl2nhipl86hosq@4ax.com>, mur   
   >>>>>>>>>>>wrote:   
   >>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>> On Wed, 29 Apr 2015 21:11:05 -0700, Jeanne Douglas   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>  wrote:   
   >>>>>>>>>>>> .   
   >>>>>>>>>>>> >In article ,   
   >>>>>>>>>>>> >mur wrote:   
   >>>>>>>>>>>> >   
   >>>>>>>>>>>> >> On Mon, 20 Apr 2015 15:45:06 -0500, duke   
   >>>>>>>>>>>> >>  wrote: .   
   >>>>>>>>>>>> >> >On Sat, 18 Apr 2015 17:58:32 -0600, David Johnston   
   >>>>>>>>>>>> >> > wrote:   
   >>>>>>>>>>>> >> >   
   >>>>>>>>>>>> >> >>On 4/18/2015 7:24 AM, duke wrote:   
   >>>>>>>>>>>> >> >>> On Fri, 10 Apr 2015 19:07:02 -0600, David Johnston   
   >>>>>>>>>>>> >> >>>  wrote:   
   >>>>>>>>>>>> >> >>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>> >> >>>> On 4/10/2015 2:14 PM, duke wrote:   
   >>>>>>>>>>>> >> >>>>> On Thu, 09 Apr 2015 14:32:02 -0600, David Johnston   
   >>>>>>>>>>>> >> >>>>>  wrote:   
   >>>>>>>>>>>> >> >>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>> >> >>>>>> On 4/9/2015 5:28 AM, duke wrote:   
   >>>>>>>>>>>> >> >>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>> >> >>>>>>> Too much hair splitting.  Evidence exists for the   
   >>>>>>>>>>>> >> >>>>>>> presence of God -   
   >>>>>>>>>>>> >> >>>>>>> it can't be   
   >>>>>>>>>>>> >> >>>>>>> denied.  One may not like it, but none the less,   
   >>>>>>>>>>>> >> >>>>>>> it stares them in the face,   
   >>>>>>>>>>>> >> >>>>>>> hence:   
   >>>>>>>>>>>> >> >>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>> >> >>>>>>> An atheist denies   
   >>>>>>>>>>>> >> >>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>> >> >>>>>> I see that you regard consistency as too much   
   >>>>>>>>>>>> >> >>>>>> trouble to bother with.   
   >>>>>>>>>>>> >> >>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>> >> >>>>> You see wrong.  I'm highly consistent.   
   >>>>>>>>>>>> >> >>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>> >> >>>> Either it can't be denied, or atheists deny it.   
   >>>>>>>>>>>> >> >>>> Pick one.   
   >>>>>>>>>>>> >> >   
   >>>>>>>>>>>> >> >>> The item that nails the supposed atheist is that he   
   >>>>>>>>>>>> >> >>> rejects evidence we   
   >>>>>>>>>>>> >> >>> see.   
   >>>>>>>>>>>> >> >>Yeah.  I've seen a bible too.  But Harry Potter was a   
   >>>>>>>>>>>> >> >>more fun read.   
   >>>>>>>>>>>> >> >   
   >>>>>>>>>>>> >> >But not any truth at all.  Unless you think you can ride   
   >>>>>>>>>>>> >> >a broom stick.   
   >>>>>>>>>>>> >>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>> >>     These people can't distinguish between things we know   
   >>>>>>>>>>>> >>     are fiction and things   
   >>>>>>>>>>>> >> no one could know are fiction.   
   >>>>>>>>>>>> >   
   >>>>>>>>>>>> >Let's have examples of "things no one could know are   
   >>>>>>>>>>>> >fiction". 3-5 examples would be a good start.   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>     Any of the miracles Jesus was said to have performed,   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>     including rising from   
   >>>>>>>>>>>> the dead, etc.   
   >>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>We KNOW all of that is fiction   
   >>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>    There's no way anyone could know that. Even you SHOULD be   
   >>>>>>>>>>    able to comprehend   
   >>>>>>>>>>that much.   
   >>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>because there's not even one piece of   
   >>>>>>>>>>>evidence that any of that happened or even that Jesus ever   
   >>>>>>>>>>>existed.   
   >>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>    Other than the evidence we do have, WHAT more do you think   
   >>>>>>>>>>    there SHOULD BE?   
   >>>>>>>>>>WHERE do you think it SHOULD BE? WHY do you think it SHOULD BE   
   >>>>>>>>>>available? Just desperately maundering that you think there   
   >>>>>>>>>>should be some sort of verifiable evidence somewhere for some   
   >>>>>>>>>>unknown reason does NOT explain anything other than to clearly   
   >>>>>>>>>>show that you don't have the slightest clue what you think   
   >>>>>>>>>>you're trying to talk about.   
   >>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>     There is enough evidence for YOU to believe   
   >>>>>>>>>in this deity.   
   >>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>     No there isn't. But there's enough to make me consider the   
   >>>>>>>>     possibility that   
   >>>>>>>> there is.   
   >>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>      And there is the possibility that the Tooth   
   >>>>>>>Fairy exists, Santa Claus exists,   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>>    Not to me.   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>UFO's exists,   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>>    There are plenty of them.   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>Shiva exists, and Ra exists.   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>>    If God does exist I've no doubt people have a number of   
   >>>>>>    differing beliefs   
   >>>>>>about "him" and refer to "him" in a number of different ways.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>>      That isn't very convincing of you.   
   >>>>   
   >>>>     No one has ever suggested anything that seems more likely.   
   >>>>   
   >>>>>What proof   
   >>>>>do you have for your belief in him?   
   >>>>   
   >>>>     People do have a number of differing beliefs about "him" and   
   >>>>     refer to "him"   
   >>>> in a number of different ways, so if he does exist what I pointed   
   >>>> out for you is obviously true.   
   >>>   
   >>>   
   >>>     I didn't ask what other people believe, I asked   
   >>>what YOU believe. What proof do you have for YOUR belief?   
   >>   
   >>         I already clearly told you one of my beliefs is that if God   
   >>         does exist   
   >   
   >   
   >"I don't have a belief. I consider the possibility that   
   >there is not and that there is."   
   >Mur June 28 2015   
      
       This is more than your overly challenged little mind is able to comprehend,   
   but though I don't have a belief about whether God exists or not there are   
   other   
   things I do have beliefs about.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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