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   felix_unger to Gordon   
   Re: Trying to think realistically about    
   27 Oct 15 11:17:49   
   
   XPost: alt.religion.christian, alt.satanism, alt.atheism   
   From: me@nothere.biz   
      
   On 27-October-2015 5:42 AM, Gordon wrote:   
   > On Mon, 26 Oct 2015 12:35:50 -0500, Christopher A. Lee   
   >  wrote:   
   >   
   >> On Mon, 26 Oct 2015 13:26:50 -0400, mur@. wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> On Wed, 21 Oct 2015 19:54:23 +1100, felix_unger  wrote:   
   >>> .   
   >>>> On 21-October-2015 3:54 AM, mur@. wrote:   
   >>>>> On Mon, 30 Sep 2013 21:41:12 +0100, Brown Sugar    
   >>>>> wrote:   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>>> On 30/09/2013 20:29, dh@. wrote:   
   >>>>>>> On Sat, 28 Sep 2013 17:06:46 +0100, Brown Sugar    
   >>>>>>> wrote:   
   >>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>> On 28/09/2013 15:16, Uncle Vic wrote:   
   >>>>>>>>> dh@. wrote in news:u0l1495cq0bqem4438ltgbom370hvd6rhf@4ax.com:   
   >>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>> 6. Since disbelief is a form of belief, the degree of faith a   
   >>>>>>>>>> person has that God does not exist is what determines how   
   >>>>>>>>>> strong an atheist he or she is, or is not.   
   >>>>>>>>> Well, so much for coherency.  Can you explain how disbelief is a   
   form of   
   >>>>>>>>> belief?   
   >>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>> A belief that there is no god? perhaps?   
   >>>>>>>        Yup. Notice that some people don't like what it means to be a   
   strong atheist   
   >>>>>>> for some reason, and seem to hate it to the point of being in denial   
   about the   
   >>>>>>> truth for years. I know I've pointed out the distinction for them more   
   than once   
   >>>>>>> in the past, over a period of however many years. It's one thing to be   
   ignorant   
   >>>>>>> up to a point in your life, but it's another and lamer thing to still   
   be   
   >>>>>>> ignorant and in denial about it even after people have pointed it out   
   to you   
   >>>>>>> more than once.   
   >>>>>>>   
   >>>>>> One person was claiming that a beleive in the none existance of god or   
   >>>>>> gods requires a pre-requisite belief. That makes no sense to me.   
   >>>>>        Belief in non-existence is a belief. Does that make sense to you?   
   >>>> makes sense to me..   
   >>>     It's vey impressive that these people can't comprehend such obvious   
   things.   
   >> Why are you both so nastily stupid?   
   >>   
   > Maybe they are trying to see if, by combining their resources and   
   > working together in this matter they can be as nastily stupid as   
   > others who post here...you for example.   
      
   good one! :)  except I simply put forward my own views. and I'm not   
   trying to be nasty, nor do I consider myself to be stupid.   
      
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