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   felix_unger to Free Lunch   
   Re: having some doubts   
   28 Jun 14 00:36:36   
   
   XPost: alt.atheism, alt.agnosticism   
   From: me@nothere.biz   
      
   On 28-June-2014 12:19 AM, Free Lunch wrote:   
      
   > On Fri, 27 Jun 2014 13:41:00 +1000, felix_unger  wrote:   
   >   
   >> On 27-June-2014 6:59 AM, mur@.not. wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> On Tue, 24 Jun 2014 17:19:23 -0500, Free Lunch    
   wrote:   
   >>> ..   
   >>>> On Tue, 24 Jun 2014 11:06:04 -0400, mur@.not. wrote:   
   >>>>   
   >>>>> On Thu, 19 Jun 2014 18:34:55 -0500, Free Lunch    
   wrote:   
   >>>>> .   
   >>>>>> On Thu, 19 Jun 2014 15:17:27 -0400, mur@.not. wrote:   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>>> On Mon, 16 Jun 2014 01:02:22 -0230, David Dalton    
   wrote:   
   >>>>>>> .   
   >>>>>>>> In article <19bmp9hme2n7tg15gvfe17n76r9t4bnfj1@4ax.com>, mur@.not.   
   >>>>>>>> wrote:   
   >>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>> On Tue, 10 Jun 2014 00:27:57 -0230, David Dalton    
   wrote:   
   >>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>> In article , mur@.not.   
   >>>>>>>>>> wrote:   
   >>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>> On Fri, 06 Jun 2014 02:56:34 -0230, David Dalton    
   wrote:   
   >>>>>>>>>>>> 4.  mystic "live" sparks as opposed to dead normal static ones   
   >>>>>>>>>>>       Where?   
   >>>>>>>>>> The first one was in the center of my inner right forearm.   
   >>>>>>>>>> I was barefoot at the time and the air wasn't very dry and   
   >>>>>>>>>> I was standing in the middle of the room well away from   
   >>>>>>>>>> any metal.   
   >>>>>>>>>       How long did it last and what did it do?   
   >>>>>>>> It didn't last long, maybe half a second, and it zapped   
   >>>>>>>> me, but I didn't see any light.   Also it felt more   
   >>>>>>>> alive, like a hummingbird, than a usual static zap.   
   >>>>>>>      Well if a deity had something to do with it then there doesn't   
   seem like   
   >>>>>>> there's much point in trying to pretend otherwise.   
   >>>>>> Why do you pretend that there are deities when there is no reason to   
   >>>>>> accept such a silly claim?   
   >>>>>      I don't know if there are deities associated with Earth or not. If   
   there are   
   >>>>> I don't know if they have any influence on people's lives or not. I   
   consider the   
   >>>>> possibility that there are none. But I also take it waaaaaaaayy beyond   
   what your   
   >>>>> little mind can do and also consider that there might be, leaving you   
   far far   
   >>>>> behind. Though I don't know if there are any deities associated with   
   Earth or   
   >>>>> not, I DO KNOW that you don't know that it's "silly" to consider the   
   possibility   
   >>>>> that there are. I also know that it's stupid to put faith in the one   
   possibility   
   >>>>> that you put your faith in.   
   >>>> Whatever. Your arrogance is unsupported by evidence.   
   >>>       Try to provide evidence that I'm wrong about any of the things I've   
   pointed   
   >>> out.   
   >> interesting that ppl who have no evidence for their belief demand   
   >> evidence of others for theirs. but then they are not about truth and   
   >> honesty, they just want to deny any possibility of any supernatural   
   >> existence   
   > There is no evidence regarding gods,   
      
   wrong   
      
   >   that I why I don't bother to   
   > believe in them. If you ever find any evidence, let me know. Until then,   
   > I will ignore the competing claims of all religions.   
   >   
   > Tell me why you don't think that various competing religions is evidence   
   > against the claim that a god exists?   
      
   because different cultures form different beliefs about the nature of   
   (the creator) God   
      
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