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Permalink Reply by Sarah Jane Hall on January 25, 2013 at 9:46pm

I love Emily Dickinson I just thought I would mention that to you I agreed with your post as well.

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Permalink Reply by archaeopteryx on January 25, 2013 at 10:30pm

One of my favorites is,

"I'm nobody! Who are you?
Are you nobody, too?"

So, Sarah Jane Hall, Hi, I'm nobody! Who are you? Are you nobody, too?

"Then there's a pair of us—don't tell!
They'd banish us, you know.

"How dreary to be somebody!
How public, like a frog
To tell your name the livelong day
To an admiring bog!"

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Permalink Reply by Sarah Jane Hall on January 26, 2013 at 2:00am

right on...that is my fav

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Permalink Reply by doug wahl on January 25, 2013 at 11:23am

Here is the first question

"wow cool ..i just dont understand how they think there's nothing greater then themselves
how can something be brought into life if life wasn't there to start the ball rolling so to speak?"

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Permalink Reply by Karl Mugele on January 25, 2013 at 11:35am

But then how did the first life start - the question only "answers" the second start of life, not the first.  The answer often given is that their god (I am referring to abrahamics) always existed..."but then you've not answered the question...silly boy!"

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Permalink Reply by archaeopteryx on January 25, 2013 at 12:00pm

Does that question translate to "What created god?"

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Permalink Reply by Milos Cakovan on January 25, 2013 at 12:09pm

Here is the answer.

There is probably a lot of stuff out there greater than us. We only assert that the idea of "god" is false.
As for the second part of the question; if god started life, where did god come from? And I will not accept the "He is eternal and was always there" crap because that is the same as saying that something came from nothing. The big bang did not come from nothing, we simply don't know what happened before it.

The reason we do not believe is because there is overwhelming evidence in favor of the world existing just fine without the need for a god, and very little evidence for the validity of any god or any holy scripture.

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Permalink Reply by archaeopteryx on January 25, 2013 at 2:00pm

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Permalink Reply by Teri G on January 25, 2013 at 12:04pm

I am generally a friendly atheist, I don't hold grudges against those that follow their own belief as long as they leave me be and I enjoy debating reasonable people about religion.

That being said, the chances of finding reasonable religious people is highly unlikely, especially on a site like Facebook. I don't see this working out well. You may have a few who respectfully ask questions and then the rest will attack and threaten, even if they do so passively. Even those that engage properly with said atheist will eventually turn nasty when aspects that they hold their entire faith on are held to question. People get angry when they hear what they don't want to.

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Permalink Reply by josiah vanvliet on January 25, 2013 at 12:08pm

So far, only like 6 posts, nobody has been rude or pushy. 

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Permalink Reply by Teri G on January 25, 2013 at 12:12pm

6 posts you say?

Are you the atheist taking part? I wish you luck my friend and I hope no one threatens you as I suspect will happen.

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Permalink Reply by josiah vanvliet on January 25, 2013 at 12:13pm

Yes, me to some extent, and about 1200. 

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