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Advice for a radio discussion RE: Scouts Promise
Started Dec 6, 2012 0 Replies 0 Likes
Hey everyone,Hope you are all well. I got a call today from someone at BBC London radio, and they would like me to join a discussion on Sunday about the current issue that UK scouts are facing. Some…Continue
Tags: Radio, Atheist, Discrimination, Scouts, Advice
How to argue against a particular delusion.
Started this discussion. Last reply by Ron Humphrey Apr 25. 344 Replies 5 Likes
Hello everyone,A friend of mine is a pretty die-hard Christian (shock horror, both of his parents are missionaries/vicars) and he often posts little sayings of some kind or another on Facebook, which…Continue
Tags: Religion, Modern, Christians, Invented, God
Cherry-picking religion: Do some religious people just choose the bits they like?
Started this discussion. Last reply by Unseen Nov 6, 2011. 186 Replies 4 Likes
Hello everyone, I am fairly new to Think Atheist, so thought I would start with a topic that has always confused me. If this has already some up somewhere on the site I apologise, but I couldn't…Continue
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Ron Humphrey replied to Natasha Gladwell's discussion 'How to argue against a particular delusion.'"I would contend that the Christian scientists made their discoveries in spite of their beliefs and not because of them."
Warren E Jappe replied to Natasha Gladwell's discussion 'How to argue against a particular delusion.'"How can you argue with someone that is "religious" which to me is pretty much the same as insane, you would better spend your time talking to a wall, at least the wall won't make bizarre comeback arguments."
Justin Tuttle replied to Natasha Gladwell's discussion 'How to argue against a particular delusion.'"I totally agree with this explanation."
Karl Mugele replied to Natasha Gladwell's discussion 'How to argue against a particular delusion.'"Would a child humourously dressed with a green hat and a ginger beard, and pot of gold paint do?"
Unseen replied to Natasha Gladwell's discussion 'How to argue against a particular delusion.'"No God or angels? Please don't tell me there are no leprechauns, either! I so want that pot o' gold!"
Karl Mugele replied to Natasha Gladwell's discussion 'How to argue against a particular delusion.'"Why act like a sheep Richard. You seem to be saying that a fictional book of tribal myths, no more real that the myths in the Illiad or Beowulf; this book having been translated from multiple languages not contemporaneously by…"
John Kelly replied to Natasha Gladwell's discussion 'How to argue against a particular delusion.'"I think it also depends on the theist. I am not sure if there is as huge of a disconnect, but I think the focus is different. If an atheist critiques religion in a sloppy manner, it doesn't have a huge effect. But religion has…"
Gregg R Thomas replied to Natasha Gladwell's discussion 'How to argue against a particular delusion.'"The underlying "point" to Kelly's post (I don't know if he intended it but it is there) is that yes all communities have a group bias, but there is a huge difference in the level of cognitive disconnect and logical fallacy…"
James Cox replied to Natasha Gladwell's discussion 'How to argue against a particular delusion.'"Dear Richard:
The deeper fates have received you, and off you go.
To serve in an abstract heaven, where strings of words are betrayed by silence?
We who lift the vail, can offer no tasty meal of certain truths, and can only show strings of…"
James Cox replied to Natasha Gladwell's discussion 'How to argue against a particular delusion.'"In HS, I was ablt to sit in on a 'Young Scientists' retreat at OSU. Sadly my parents could not pay for it, so I sort of 'crashed' the conference.
During that one day, 'get in free card', we watched the superconductor…"
Donald S. Chase replied to Natasha Gladwell's discussion 'How to argue against a particular delusion.'" No."
James Cox replied to Natasha Gladwell's discussion 'How to argue against a particular delusion.'"In the absence of other forces other than the earth's gravity, I would have an extream state of confidence that 'the ball' would fall. We are talking in the 'abstract' here though.
If you intrude another force into the…"
archaeopteryx replied to Natasha Gladwell's discussion 'How to argue against a particular delusion.'"Much of the natural world is totally unintelligible, Josh, as well as counter intuitive - I give you the entire realm of quantum dynamics, that created the universe, as a prime example."
Kris Feenstra replied to Natasha Gladwell's discussion 'How to argue against a particular delusion.'"Does the process yield reliable results?If 'yes', continue.If 'no', revise."
Strega replied to Natasha Gladwell's discussion 'How to argue against a particular delusion.'"Not at all, Joshua, in fact I think you are one of the most polite theists to post on this site. I like the questions you ask, and I like the responses you elicit.
When I said "You can never squish my mind..." I probably should have…"
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- I have been an atheist all of my life. I have no hatred towards those who are religious and never try to force my beliefs on anyone; I only encourage people who ask to think with an open, critical mind and to not rely on religion to make them happy or peaceful. I do not believe that religion is needed to give anyone a purpose in life. I believe that there is no real purpose, that life on Earth is probably an accident. So many find that depressing, but it is what makes me happier than anything else; we are all incredibly lucky to have this experience as human beings on this beautiful planet in this incredible universe (and perhaps more) - why is that not enough for some?
"Strange is our situation here on Earth. Each of us comes for a short visit, not knowing why, yet sometimes seeming to divine a purpose. From the standpoint of daily life, however, there is one thing we do know: that man is here for the sake of other men -- above all for those upon whose smiles and well-being our own happiness depends." - Albert Einstein
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- At 5:02pm on October 11, 2011,
Monica Salcedo (Monicks) said… Welcome to Think Atheist, Natasha! It is great to have you here.
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- At 3:05pm on October 8, 2011,
Robert Karp said… Welcome to the Think Atheist community Natasha!
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Is Atheism a Religion?
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