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   Siri Cruise  wrote in   
   news:chine.bleu-FC7245.17111523122017@reader.eternal-september.org:   
      
   > In article , Teresita   
   >  wrote:   
   >   
   >> On 12/22/2017 05:58 PM, Scout wrote:   
   >> > Oh, and I would note that lack of evidence does not prove lack of   
   >> > existence.   
   >>   
   >> "Why are unicorns hollow?"   
   >   
   > They evolved with lungs and an alimentary canal like all other   
   > mammals.   
      
   Which means they are not hollow.  They have solid matter inside.   
   >   
   >> "Why are Smurf farts orange?"   
   >   
   > Orange and blue combine to brown or black. It's an evolved camoflage.   
      
   So, you now have proof of the existence of smurfs?  Share?   
      
   >> "Why did God create the universe?"   
   >   
   > So that after 14 billion years you would exist, and he could laugh at   
   > your conniption fits.   
      
   Nope, there is no reason to assume a singular god created the universe.   
   Especially not the Jewish one.  That priesthood copied & twisted prior   
   myths to con their income sources.   
      
   Now if you have proof, naw, let's settler for evidence, of   
   el, other than statues & figurines, share?   
      
   >> Each question assumes the existence of an imaginary being as part of   
   >> the   
      
   > And this is the hypocrisy of alt.atheists. You finally got it beaten   
   > into your brain meat that you have to admit that you can't disprove   
   > the existence of gods, and doing so is a belief, but you can't prevent   
   > yourself from slipping in your belief as if it were a fact.   
      
   I see your confusion.  You seem to accept that others have your   
   limitations.  No, I've never said gods don't exist.  They do, in the   
   believers imagination.  I've said I don't believe in your god, & don't.   
   It's that the evidence bleater's provide does not add up to the claims   
   they make for it.   Even the Delphi oracle had more evidence, & was more   
   useful to those believers.   
      
   > I don't think Thor is a god, and I proceed under that assumption by   
   > refusing any worship or even acknowledgement of a real Thor, but I   
   > also know that it is an assumption.   
      
   Ah, but you don't know he is not a god.  Not your god, according to you   
   that is true.  Given all the attributes given to gods, he could snitch   
   the bacon out of your frying pan, & you would never notice.  He could   
   make you feel full & have the taste of bacon in your mouth all day if he   
   exists.  &  you would never know.  Not all gods sought worshippers.   
   Though the revealed gods of the desert did & do through their priesthood.   
      
   >> premise.  Theology is a similar cascade of many-question fallacies.   
   >   
   > Theology isn't belief. Reza Aslan is a christian theology scholar who   
   > is moslem.   
      
   It is a study of religion.  Seems Teresita is correct.  One of her good   
   habits I suspect.   
      
   walksalone who has always wondered, if the gods are so wonderful, how   
   come they never drop in for a beer & BS session?   
      
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