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   On Mon, 02 Jun 2014 06:44:17 -0500, bilgat@m.nu wrote:   
      
   >On Mon, 02 Jun 2014 01:56:12 -0230, David Dalton    
   >wrote:   
   >   
   >>These days I am having some doubts about my eight main deities   
   >>and am considering going atheist again as I have been twice before   
   >>for a good number of years.   But if I do so I would leave my   
   >   
   >being atheist is not something you go to and then go away from. Being   
   >a true atheist means realizing that the idea of a god or gods is so   
   >rediclous   
      
       Another way of thinking about that same thing is to think that considering   
   how huge the universe is, it's moronic to put faith in the possibility that   
   there are no beings in it who are advanced enough to be considered gods.   
      
   >that one would never go back to a god. Saying that you   
   >become agnostic and then going back to theism isnt really an answer.   
   >If you ever "go back" to theism that just means tghat you never   
   >actually left. You just wanted a different title for awhile, but you   
   >were the kind of person that when you were in a pinch you would wisper   
   >a little prayer for some reassurance. That an atheist or agnostic does   
   >not make.   
      
       Again the moron in you displays itself by claiming no agnostic would pray.   
      
   >>main messages on my Salmon on the Thorns web site, and leave   
   >>the description of my past mystical experiences, but would   
   >>remove the deities section.  And I would still claim to   
   >>be similar to some past major pagan and non-pagan   
   >>religious figures.  That similarity serves as a backing for   
   >>my main messages.   
   >>   
   >>Is it true that the Buddha had no deities?   
   >   
   >I am pretty sure that buddhaism does have deities   
      
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