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humblebum

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22. Um? Excuse me, but you began our conversation. Therefore,

Reply to mr blur (Reply #20)

Mon Mar 5, 2012, 07:27 PM

Mar 2012

you offered yourself as the one to be irritated. I did not find you, as you suggest.

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The Fallacy of Faith [View all] cleanhippie Mar 2012 OP

There's a new religion afloat these past couple decades, marsis Mar 2012 #1

True, but they aren't all just Republicans. cleanhippie Mar 2012 #2

Oh Yeah marsis Mar 2012 #9

Faith Is Just A Shield 1ProudAtheist Mar 2012 #3

Do you realize that your total non-faith is as illogical to many people of faith humblebum Mar 2012 #4

Where's the logic in blindly accepting a proposition? laconicsax Mar 2012 #5

It is not a matter of "logic in blindly accepting a proposition?" humblebum Mar 2012 #7

I see the straw fairy left you something under your pillow last night. laconicsax Mar 2012 #8

Just the answer I expected, and thanks for the "young" comment. Not many humblebum Mar 2012 #10

I must have underestimated how much straw you had. laconicsax Mar 2012 #18

Um? yeh. OK. humblebum Mar 2012 #23

Understanding "their beliefs and ideas" mr blur Mar 2012 #11

I see why they call you mr blur. humblebum Mar 2012 #12

Guessing as all you seem to do. You have no idea. You show, mr blur Mar 2012 #20

Um? Excuse me, but you began our conversation. Therefore, humblebum Mar 2012 #22

It's only illogical because at some point you have to dismiss reason to support your faith. cleanhippie Mar 2012 #13

Reason is never dismissed. That is the great fallacy of atheism. humblebum Mar 2012 #14

Yeah, ok. If that make you feel better about your faith... cleanhippie Mar 2012 #17

The "great fallacy of atheism" is that it requires coherent thought? laconicsax Mar 2012 #19

So coherent thought is a fallacy? Did I ever say humblebum Mar 2012 #21

I see your goalposts are on rollers. laconicsax Mar 2012 #24

You do have a way of twisting words, don't you? I feel quite comfortable humblebum Mar 2012 #25

So directly quoting you is "twisting words," is it? laconicsax Mar 2012 #26

Where did I ever say that? But by implying that I substituted skeptical reasoning for humblebum Mar 2012 #27

I gotta gove you credit, humblebum, you are never afraid to deny that you wrote something, even when cleanhippie Mar 2012 #28

Most everything strikes you as a strange thought. nt humblebum Mar 2012 #30

Ahh, the personal insult, the last stand of a person with no argument. cleanhippie Mar 2012 #35

Guess that means you have no argument, huh? nt humblebum Mar 2012 #39

I find your willful denial of reality to be interesting. cleanhippie Mar 2012 #42

And, no doubt strange. nt humblebum Mar 2012 #44

I think you are confusing "rationalizing" with "reasoning." cleanhippie Mar 2012 #29

Funny. That's exactly what you are doing with your extremely narrow POV. humblebum Mar 2012 #31

Still beating that straw man, I see. laconicsax Mar 2012 #32

Straw men don't argue back. This one does. nt humblebum Mar 2012 #33

If an inanimate object is talking to you, you should seek psychiatric help. laconicsax Mar 2012 #34

Here ya go, it's from his Greatest Hits collection. cleanhippie Mar 2012 #36

Thanks. laconicsax Mar 2012 #41

There's no escape from the logic longship Mar 2012 #6

a good read deacon_sephiroth Mar 2012 #15

Faith consists in believing when it is beyond the power of reason to believe. rug Mar 2012 #16

Faith is not wanting to know what is true. cleanhippie Mar 2012 #37

You have your way. I have my way. As for the right way, the correct way, and the only way, rug Mar 2012 #38

sounds like a good arguement for atheism deacon_sephiroth Mar 2012 #40

Our principles are founded on the immovable basis of equal right and reason cleanhippie Mar 2012 #43

Reason itself is fallible, and this fallibility must find a place in our logic. rug Mar 2012 #45