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Re: The God Game!
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Tue, 25 Apr 2006 14:26:15 GMT
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   I agree-- I had the same thoughts when I took the Loch Ness “hit”.

Yeah. It’s a massively flawed argument IMO.

   BTW, when you say you are a “devout atheist”, what exactly does that mean? Are you asserting that there definitely ISN’T a God somehow?

I’m making the point that atheism is as much of a leap of (not)faith as religion is a leap of faith. Thus although I know that agnosticism is logical (as there is nor proof for or against) I cannot believe in the possibility of a God which makes me devout.

   Just wondering,

No problem.

Tim



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(...) I don't want to start a whole big thing here, but I'd take issue with that statement as being too broad and non-specific. One form of atheism--the belief that God does not exist--may require a leap of faith, but that's not the only form. I, (...) (19 years ago, 25-Apr-06, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)

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(...) I agree-- I had the same thoughts when I took the Loch Ness "hit". BTW, when you say you are a "devout atheist", what exactly does that mean? Are you asserting that there definitely ISN'T a God somehow? Just wondering, JOHN (19 years ago, 25-Apr-06, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)

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