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Re: The meaning of Christmas (was Re: Christmas Train update
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Mon, 14 Dec 1998 21:28:25 GMT
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I know a guy who's an agnostic, dyslexic insomniac. He lies awake at
night wondering if there is a dog.
JSA
Larry Pieniazek wrote:
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> Richard Dee wrote:
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> >
> > (1)Using this theory.....atheism itself can be considered
> > to be a god in itself. Atheism suggests an acknowledgement
> > of the possibility of a god, but the practitioner should
> > choose to not believe in the existence of. Therefor the
> > god manifests itself in the form of disbelief!
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> I don't believe that Atheism acknowledges the possibility of a god. That
> would be Agnosticism. At least my particular brand of Atheism doesn't.
> Any mention of the possibility of the existence of a being more perfect
> than any other by me has been purely as a rhetorical device to further
> an argument, not as a real possibility.
>
> I am quite satisified that the impossibility of a god existing has been
> proven beyond the shadow of a doubt. And most(1) theists agree. After
> all, they state that one must put aside logic and take things on faith,
> that their god admits of no logical analysis.
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> 1 - but not Descartes, of course.
> --
> Larry Pieniazek http://my.voyager.net/lar
> For me: No voyager e-mail please. All snail-mail to Ada, please.
> - Posting Binaries to RTL causes flamage... Don't do it, please.
> - Stick to the facts when posting about others, please.
> - This is a family newsgroup, thanks.
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