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   From: Esque"@gmail.com   
      
   On 4/1/2016 2:33 AM, Bob Officer wrote:   
   > Wm. Esque <"Wm. Esque"@gmail.com> wrote:   
   >> On 3/31/2016 10:08 AM, Bob Officer wrote:   
   >>> Sylvia Else  wrote:   
   >>>> On 31/03/2016 3:08 PM, Wm. Esque wrote:   
   >>>>> On 3/28/2016 11:24 PM, Sylvia Else wrote:   
   >>>>>> On 28/03/2016 12:44 PM, mur@. wrote:   
   >>>>>>> On Thu, 24 Mar 2016 20:25:56 -0400, Dale  wrote:   
   >>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>> Do we abstract or do we just infer around unknowns or something like   
   >>>>>>>> that?   
   >>>>>>>> Blind Faith?   
   >>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>> Do only theists utilize blind faith?   
   >>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>> Strong atheism is more faith dependant than any other religious   
   >>>>>>> belief.   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> How do you quantify faith dependency?   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>> It's obvious, atheist have not falsified the hypothesis that God exist   
   >>>>> and Created the universe and life.   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> Sylvia.   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>   
   >>>> And than theists have not falsified the hypothesis that God does not   
   >>>> exist and did no create the universe and life.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> To the extent that these can be quantified at all, they appear to be   
   equal.   
   >>>>   
   >>>   
   >>> That could be true but isn't.   
   >>>   
   >>> A theist looks at the world and when asked how this came to be, in the end   
   >>> the theist invents a force the theist calls god. When asked where did god   
   >>> come form, rather than seeing god is an excuse for ignorance, starts   
   >>> creating a tale.   
   >>>   
   >> Where did you get this idea from? You did not justify this opinion.   
   >> Furthermore, it's nothing any theist would agree with. Therefore, one   
   >> can only conclude you are deliberately misrepresenting theists.   
   >   
   > It is an observation.   
    >   
     It might be a valid observation as applied to a few sects and   
   extremist cults, but not for the mainstream Christians.   
   >   
   >>> An atheist looks at the world, and in the end, will say We do not know what   
   >>> caused the Big Bang, but continues to look for the cause.   
   >>>   
   >> Good!   
   >>>   
   >>> The two are not equal, but are opposite.   
   >>>   
   >>> An atheist works at gaining knowledge and through knowledge gains an   
   >>> understanding. The atheist is not afraid of the unknown, and studies a   
   >>> problem seeking to fix it, using his knowledge.   
   >>>   
   >> Okay!   
   >>>   
   >>> The theist is acceptance of ignorance, and in his ignorance is afraid of   
   >>> the unknown. The theist allows their fear to rule their actions, triggering   
   >>> a fight or flight reaction.   
   >>>   
   >> Again a personal opinion about something you know virtually nothing   
   >> about, since you have done no research unless it's just scanning   
   >> anti-theist websites.   
   >   
   > An observation. Especially if you take a class in comparative religion.   
   > However by last class in comp-rel was in the late 60s   
    >   
   Comparative religion compared and contrasted the worlds religions,   
   drawing similarities such as the "golden rule".   
   >   
   >>> No theism and atheism do not appear to be equal at all.   
   >>>   
   >> I see atheist and religious fundamentalist as opposite side of the   
   >> same coin. Neither knows anything, but both are equally cock-sure they   
   >> are totally right.   
   >   
   > The religious fundy is at the extreme. The atheist may or may not be at the   
   > extreme.   
   >   
   I don't know who you are refering to as fundys. Perhaps Mormans, J.W.s etc.   
      
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