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From: reverend_dave@minister.com
Mike Franklin wrote in
news:d71dae94-4d90-47c8-b1c9-6d061bc994c9@33g2000yqj.googlegroups.com:
> On Mar 3, 5:32 am, Reverend Dave wrote:
>> Virgil wrote
>> innews:Virgil-3B9166.01513803032010@bignew
> s.usenetmonster.com:
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>> > Reverend Dave wrote:
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>> >> Virgil wrote in
>> >>news:Virgil-56372D.20294902032010@bignews.usenetmonster.com:
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>> >> > In article
>> >> > <0f03b172-c3e6-4e1d-bf84-296642ec6...@v20g2000yqv.googlegroups.co
>> >> > m>, omprem wrote:
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>> >> >> Rather than misrepresenting Atheism I have represented what
>> >> >> Atheists say about their own belief system.
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>> >> > Atheists do not have a "belief system".
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>> >> > Atheists may have a system of non-belief, if one choses to
>> >> > characterize them that way, but not a system of belief.
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>> >> > Theists believe in gods, atheists lack belief in gods.
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>> >> Here's an analogy that I always liked.
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>> >> Atheism is a belief system in the same way that not collecting
>> >> stamps is a hobby.
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>> > Nice! May I borrow it?
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>> It isn't mine to give permission for. I suspect it's in the public
>> domain, so feel free to use it.
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> If you haven't seen his stuff, you should check out NonStampCollector
> on YouTube. The guy is a genius.
>
> Mike
>
What's funny is that most of what he presents has appeared in these
newsgroups - both the theist's arguments as well as our counter
arguments.
--
Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge: it is
those who know little, not those who know much, who so positively assert
that this or that problem will never be solved by science. - Charles
Darwin
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