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trotsky

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44. That's your belief.

Reply to hrmjustin (Reply #35)

Sun May 5, 2013, 10:19 PM

May 2013

Countless millions of Christians disagree with you.

And you can never prove them wrong.

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Atheism to Defeat Religion By 2038 (photo update) [View all] cleanhippie May 2013 OP

What month? rug May 2013 #1

Not January, March, or May. (nt) DreamGypsy May 2013 #3

Not soon enough. prole_for_peace May 2013 #2

Yeah, I wouldn't say "defeat," nor would I use the word "replace." trotsky May 2013 #4

Lol. rug May 2013 #5

They're delusional. okasha May 2013 #12

Imagine the peace and harmony of our world if there was never religion. rug May 2013 #13

We'd all be holding hands okasha May 2013 #14

Nice strawman Goblinmonger May 2013 #17

The fantasy is called the �existential security hypothesis.� okasha May 2013 #18

I wonder how they count religious atheists, such as many Buddhists. nt ZombieHorde May 2013 #6

Since he calls it "the existential security hypothesis", who the hell knows? rug May 2013 #9

Will Atheism force unconditional surrender? goldent May 2013 #7

the whole god delusion is foolish Spartacus Maximus XL May 2013 #8

Football first. rug May 2013 #10

Please, not Aussie Rules Football. longship May 2013 #26

Make a list of countries where you feel you could live happily. Everyone here dimbear May 2013 #11

That could be. But since human irrationality will never vanish, struggle4progress May 2013 #15

This raises very interesting questions. hrmjustin May 2013 #16

"Religion has a lot to offer to people. " cleanhippie May 2013 #20

You have a point, but it still has a lot to offer. hrmjustin May 2013 #21

That could be said about a lot of otherwise harmful institutions. trotsky May 2013 #22

We would have conflict even if we did not have religion. hrmjustin May 2013 #23

I don't believe anyone said there wouldn't be conflict without religion. trotsky May 2013 #24

All you really can do is try your best to isolate the fundamentalists. hrmjustin May 2013 #27

Isolate them based on what? trotsky May 2013 #28

Each religion would have to come up with that definition on their own. hrmjustin May 2013 #29

But even within a religion there will be disagreement. trotsky May 2013 #32

Well that is a hard question. There are parts I take literally like the ressurection. hrmjustin May 2013 #33

You're appealing to items that have yet to be established. trotsky May 2013 #34

I do not believe that God told the bible writters what to write. hrmjustin May 2013 #35

That's your belief. trotsky May 2013 #44

Of course i can not prove it. I know that. It is all a matter of opinion. hrmjustin May 2013 #46

As is the definition of who's a "fundamentalist." trotsky May 2013 #47

Sorry i could not be more helpful. hrmjustin May 2013 #49

There is an interesing paper that touches on that topic. Jim__ May 2013 #25

Note how that worked out in China. Secular forces finally stepped up dimbear May 2013 #37

Most people understand that the various 20th century totalitarianisms are not a solution to anything Jim__ May 2013 #38

You can look at it that way, take the Chinese action merely as a warning-- dimbear May 2013 #39

So China has a system okasha May 2013 #40

There are people in China who would prefer war, peasants mostly. dimbear May 2013 #41

Wouldn't you include global inflation LostOne4Ever May 2013 #19

I am not comfortable with extrapolations. longship May 2013 #30

The issue with fundamentalism is not only with their high birth rate Meshuga May 2013 #31

Advances in science will continue to zeeland May 2013 #36

Kick for the update cleanhippie May 2013 #42

That family must not have watched Star Trek very closely... goldent May 2013 #43

They just had to wait until TNG to get it stated more clearly: trotsky May 2013 #45

And McCoy seemed to have a perpetual urge okasha May 2013 #48