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Why do the freethinkers always field their first eleven while the faithful hardly seem able to muster a scratch side?
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Zabadak, who stomped all over it in capital letters? You say it was 'someone not a million miles away'. Since my name is attached to the preceding post, I would like to clarify this because I don't believe I've ever written anything like that in capital letters and I wouldn't like anyone to get the wrong idea. I presume this is the thread you're talking about. I've had a quick skim through, but I can't see it.
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Naomi - it was indeed you, and the moment was burned into my brain, as I was sort of enjoying the debate up to that point. It really was a critical moment for me in my participation in this section of AB. However, a review of the relevant section only reveals "Your God did zilch" and the totally silly statement "Zabadak, you cannot understand God because you have no conception of what God may be. All you know is what other men have told you - and they know no more than you, so what they're telling you and what you are believing is in fact absolute nonsense. "
It is possible my memory is flawed on the capital letters, but I don't think so: maybe it was removed. However, like so many things, I can't back it up with hard evidence, so I apologise unreservedly for the attribution.
It's still that conversation that was pivotal in persuading me to stop bothering. Sorry again.
It is possible my memory is flawed on the capital letters, but I don't think so: maybe it was removed. However, like so many things, I can't back it up with hard evidence, so I apologise unreservedly for the attribution.
It's still that conversation that was pivotal in persuading me to stop bothering. Sorry again.
Hi, Zabadak, If god decided to trap the miners underground, then he also allowed them to escape? to what purpose other than a mysterious one? Why does god get credited with all the good stuff that happens and none of the bad? it doesn't make sense. It is circular reasoning. (God does good things, something good has happened, that proves the existence of god).
Zabadak, The moment was burned into your brain? What moment? As your own review of the relevant thread has confirmed, there was no such moment.
Despite saying ….
//I quote exactly, capitals included, though I might have the number of !s wrong.//
….you now say it’s possible your memory is flawed. Well, your memory is flawed because none of my posts were removed – they are all there – and you have misquoted me. That needed to be clarified, and it has been, so thank you for the apology.
Yes, I did say your God did zilch – and it’s true – because as I also said, although I don't doubt that the miners’ prayers made them feel better the fact remains that had they relied upon God to save them, rather than the courageous men upon whom the credit for the rescue should be bestowed, the miners would have been dead – and they would.
As for my ‘totally silly statement ‘, is it really silly? If you do, indeed, understand an unknown almighty creator God, you are the only person on this earth that does, and I would be very interested indeed in learning more from you.
This is the second time in as many days that I have been misquoted, and actually, I would like to say that I think the non-believers around here cope admirably with the unjustifiable charges laid against them and with the insults they receive. They don’t succumb to petulant attacks of the vapours, or resort to the ‘report’ button, but stand their ground and argue their point – and when they are able to overlook comments like this…..
//Why don't you just crawl into your own dustbin and take your nasty, vicious, "holier than thou" atheism with you, instead of mocking those who have some religious faith.//
…from supposedly loving Christians, it says much for their common sense and for their fortitude. Funnily enough, I spoke to the author of that delightful gem only yesterday, but if you feel you cannot contribute to R&S because you are unable to move on from opposing arguments that haven’t suited your sensibilities, then of course that can only be your choice.
Despite saying ….
//I quote exactly, capitals included, though I might have the number of !s wrong.//
….you now say it’s possible your memory is flawed. Well, your memory is flawed because none of my posts were removed – they are all there – and you have misquoted me. That needed to be clarified, and it has been, so thank you for the apology.
Yes, I did say your God did zilch – and it’s true – because as I also said, although I don't doubt that the miners’ prayers made them feel better the fact remains that had they relied upon God to save them, rather than the courageous men upon whom the credit for the rescue should be bestowed, the miners would have been dead – and they would.
As for my ‘totally silly statement ‘, is it really silly? If you do, indeed, understand an unknown almighty creator God, you are the only person on this earth that does, and I would be very interested indeed in learning more from you.
This is the second time in as many days that I have been misquoted, and actually, I would like to say that I think the non-believers around here cope admirably with the unjustifiable charges laid against them and with the insults they receive. They don’t succumb to petulant attacks of the vapours, or resort to the ‘report’ button, but stand their ground and argue their point – and when they are able to overlook comments like this…..
//Why don't you just crawl into your own dustbin and take your nasty, vicious, "holier than thou" atheism with you, instead of mocking those who have some religious faith.//
…from supposedly loving Christians, it says much for their common sense and for their fortitude. Funnily enough, I spoke to the author of that delightful gem only yesterday, but if you feel you cannot contribute to R&S because you are unable to move on from opposing arguments that haven’t suited your sensibilities, then of course that can only be your choice.
Hi Naomi. I'd love to stay and chat, but I'm off to indulge my fantasies, burn some witches, suppress a few women, persecute a gay or two, propagate some lies, plan a bit of genocide, wipe out any unbelievers I can lay hands on, and generally behave as Christians are supposed to. You are so right. I can't stand the heat, so I'm getting out of the kitchen.
Perhaps before I go "If you do, indeed, understand an unknown almighty creator God, you are the only person on this earth that does." is still silly. Everyone develops their own understanding of who/what god/God is, including you. I'm not claiming mine is better than anyone else's. That would be silly.
Perhaps before I go "If you do, indeed, understand an unknown almighty creator God, you are the only person on this earth that does." is still silly. Everyone develops their own understanding of who/what god/God is, including you. I'm not claiming mine is better than anyone else's. That would be silly.
Zabadak, //Everyone develops their own understanding of who/what god/God is, including you.//
If you understand that, then why would you get upset when someone disagrees with you? To quote you, 'That would be silly'.
You’re certainly behaving as Christians sometimes do – but despite your self-confessed penchant for indulging in fantasies, like some of the others here, you’re suffering under a misapprehension if you think you’re behaving as Christians are supposed to.
If you understand that, then why would you get upset when someone disagrees with you? To quote you, 'That would be silly'.
You’re certainly behaving as Christians sometimes do – but despite your self-confessed penchant for indulging in fantasies, like some of the others here, you’re suffering under a misapprehension if you think you’re behaving as Christians are supposed to.
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Well, yes, obviously, it's better, for me at least. But probably not for you, and I'll lay long odds that you won't find anything anywhere in anything I've written around here that claims that, in a play-off between different world views, mine would come off empirically the best. You have arrived where you are in your thinking, and until tomorrow at least, and possibly for a lot longer, you're going to be reasonably happy with that. I doubt you'll be saying to anyone soon wow! your belief system is so much better than mine! These things take ages to evolve, and change, sometimes dramatically but usually at glacial speeds, during any thoughtful person's lifetime. Mine works for me for now, though I expect it to develop and grow. Your's presumably works for you: I have emphatically not introduced the comparative factor.
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