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Humanist_Activist

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16. Damn, this is a fail starting with the nonsensical title. n/t

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Mon May 12, 2014, 10:22 PM

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One Reason Atheism Doesn�t Really Answer Anything [View all] rug May 2014 OP

Atheism only answers the question edhopper May 2014 #1

It doesn't even answer that. It simply declines belief in god(s). rug May 2014 #4

Yes edhopper May 2014 #7

I practice Buddhism. There is no need upaloopa May 2014 #2

Ginormous pile of straw manism. longship May 2014 #3

Can you think of one thing atheism has answered? rug May 2014 #5

One thing that comes to mind is the Bible, Koran, etc were written by MEN, not catbyte May 2014 #8

Can you think of one thing belief in God edhopper May 2014 #9

Yes. rug May 2014 #13

I'll bite edhopper May 2014 #15

That we are not random molecules awaiting disspiation. rug May 2014 #23

Belief in god didn't answer that question, science did. cleanhippie May 2014 #25

No it didn't. Show me the alleged link. rug May 2014 #26

advocating for the "god did it" crowd, I see. cleanhippie May 2014 #27

No, debunking bullshit. rug May 2014 #28

Ed was responsive to your question - do him the courtesy of returning that favour intaglio May 2014 #19

I have a jury out at the moment. rug May 2014 #22

It's answered many things, but only ever with wrong answers. Donald Ian Rankin May 2014 #32

That is, as you realize, an opinion. rug May 2014 #33

I think that's yet another straw man. longship May 2014 #10

Yes. The question is "are all these people full of shit?" enki23 May 2014 #14

The same thing as any religion. Gore1FL May 2014 #24

Holy shit, that guy is an idiot. enki23 May 2014 #6

It sounds like an interesting book. Jim__ May 2014 #11

"...atheist vision of a cold, meaningless universe." Tells you right there he has nothing to offer. Humanist_Activist May 2014 #17

Let's look at the first paragraph intaglio May 2014 #12

WOW. AtheistCrusader May 2014 #18

Damn, this is a fail starting with the nonsensical title. n/t Humanist_Activist May 2014 #16

Atheism doesn't purport to answer anything Fumesucker May 2014 #20

Paragraph 2 intaglio May 2014 #21

yum, word salad.... mike_c May 2014 #29

This is a classic example of the hubris of the religious, what a disgusting display. n/t Humanist_Activist May 2014 #30

Atheism is a lack of belief in the existence of god(s) LostOne4Ever May 2014 #31

That's right. Therefore, it gives no answers. rug May 2014 #34

You say that as if that were a bad thing. (nt) LostOne4Ever May 2014 #35

Not bad, just inconsequential. rug May 2014 #36