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From: S'mee on 21 Jul 2010 23:09 On Jul 21, 2:06 pm, "Bob Myers" <nospample...(a)address.invalid> wrote: > S'mee wrote: > > On Jul 21, 11:19 am, Beam Me Up Scotty <Then-Destroy- > > Everyth...(a)Blackhole.NebulaX.com> wrote: > >> The whacked out.... all believe in faith, for the socialist wackos > >> their faith/God is Marx, for Muslims its Mohammad, for others it's > >> Christ and for atheist (who have no proof that God doesn't exist) > >> and are also in a religion/faith they believe in. What they all have > >> in common is that they all have a point that allows them to > >> rationalize anything in the pursuit of their Utopia. > > > LOL you got one major screw up there...the muslims, the christians and > > the Hebrews ALL believe in the same god, the god of abraham. > > At least one other "major screw up" besides that one. Atheism is > not truly a matter of faith, despite continued attempts on the parts of > believers to paint it as such. If not believing in a God or Gods is an > example of faith, then the same could be set of not believing in Santa > Claus, the Easter Bunny, or Bertrand Russell's famous "cosmic teapot." > Or, as Richard Dawkins so nicely put it: "We're ALL atheists about > most of the gods that humanity has ever believed in. Some of us just > go one god further." You never require "proof" that a given entity > does not exist; what is required is evidence that said entity DOES > exist. Otherwise, you should be accepting of ANY statements that > say a given entity exists. You would have to believe, simultaneously, > in the Christian God, in Zeus, in Shiva, etc., simply because someone > has made the claim that they exist. > > I am not, myself, quite an atheist per the classic meaning, by the way; I > prefer Dawkins' "6th degree agnostic" description. I cannot know > for certain that there is no God, but I believe one (at least per most of > the classic descriptions to be found in mainstream religions) to be > unlikely in the extreme, and live my live on the assumption that there > is in fact no such being per those descriptions. I could also in some > sense be properly described as a Buddhist, but that would then make > sense only to those who understand that Buddhism is not, strictly > speaking, a religion. > > Bob M. Ah thankyou sirrah...I forget most people are not informed enough nor smart enoguh to learn such things. I expect to much from the stupid monkeys of our species.
From: Twibil on 22 Jul 2010 02:05 On Jul 21, 1:09 pm, The Starmaker <starma...(a)ix.netcom.com> wrote: > > > California <used to be> a Latin American State. Then we stole it because there was a lot of gold. (Corrected to reflect actual history.)
From: S'mee on 22 Jul 2010 11:20 On Jul 22, 12:05 am, Twibil <nowayjo...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > On Jul 21, 1:09 pm, The Starmaker <starma...(a)ix.netcom.com> wrote: > > > > > California <used to be> a Latin American State. Then we stole it because there was a lot of gold. > > (Corrected to reflect actual history.) Oh sure give him the cliff notes why don't you!
From: brad herschel on 22 Jul 2010 14:52 Is you family copulating with negroes?
From: Phxbrd on 22 Jul 2010 15:36
"brad herschel" <bradherschel(a)gmail.com> wrote in message news:6c1e6806-1a8d-4610-9517-ce6b62fcc082(a)s9g2000yqd.googlegroups.com... > Is you family copulating with negroes? Is you looking for your next 'encounter'? |