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In reply to the discussion: It might be about religion if . . . [View all]guillaumeb
(42,641 posts)145. Ad hominem and evasion.
First, I do not care what you believe. I only take exception to the efforts of some here to attack belief and believers.
Nor do I care about your angry attempts at provocation.
And what I believe is not what I know, it is what I believe. I know that water freezes at 0 Centigrade. I know that gravity will always cause the brick to fall on my foot, or the bread to land butter side down on the floor.
I believe in a Creator.
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"it's just comprised of people who don't believe anything in that other philosophy's book."?
guillaumeb
Jun 2016
#74
My answers to those questions have nothing to do with any "philosophy" of atheism.
trotsky
Jun 2016
#94
Do you, or do you not, think that religion can motivate people to do bad things?
trotsky
Jun 2016
#106
"Can any philosophy or belief, religious or not, be used to rationalize violence?"
trotsky
Jun 2016
#111
But if certain acts can be attributed to religious belief because the actors
guillaumeb
Jun 2016
#75
So your intolerance of any who disagree with you makes you a fundamentalist Christian?
Lordquinton
Jun 2016
#9
Seriously? You took all that time, and this is the best response you could come up with?
skepticscott
Jun 2016
#116
It is you who mentioned the words "theory" and "Creator" in the same phrase.
guillaumeb
Jun 2016
#121
You should probably employ some other strategy besides subliteracy to make your point
Major Nikon
Jun 2016
#17
The best part is this level of ridiculousness is used as a building block for more ridiculousness
Major Nikon
Jun 2016
#22
Do you truly believe that ignorance, name calling, and personal hostility are substitutes
guillaumeb
Jun 2016
#26
I intended them exactly as they were used. If you can't answer my question, please say so.
Major Nikon
Jun 2016
#31
It's also by far more interesting than any post you've put up in this thread
Major Nikon
Jun 2016
#69
Some find excuses in a book that includes directions for selling your children into slavery
Major Nikon
Jun 2016
#42