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Atheists & Agnostics

SoLeftIAmRight

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19. Wow - what a jump

Reply to mr blur (Reply #18)

Fri May 29, 2015, 10:09 AM

May 2015

I have no faitheist friends. Not interested in faith.

You have jumped off a big cliff of assumption.

Your silly analogy about bullshit shows me that you have not used your critical thinking abilities when it comes to this subject.

Bullshit is very useful in my garden. Likewise a book like the one I mentioned gives incite into the subject.

I think it is nice that the people in this group have taken a step to understanding. I hope that the energy is used for making meaningful changes when confronted by religious insanity.

More than that I hope you can grow to understand more about the mind and what Einstein was hinting at when he spoke about the cosmic religious experience.

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Some say we should try to understand religion and not bash it. [View all] edhopper May 2015 OP

We can easily multi-task and do both! onager May 2015 #1

I have a friend who's a much more vocal atheist than I am Rob H. May 2015 #2

That's exactly it for me. I am a recovered Evangelical Christian. PeaceNikki May 2015 #3

All too well. Solly Mack May 2015 #4

Have you taken a look at... SoLeftIAmRight May 2015 #5

What it means to believe edhopper May 2015 #9

Really? SoLeftIAmRight May 2015 #11

No edhopper May 2015 #16

Aren't you the one who said "atheist are unable to reason" and that we "bore" you? beam me up scottie May 2015 #13

The post hit the front page - did not notice the group SoLeftIAmRight May 2015 #14

Ah, that got your attention. Good. beam me up scottie May 2015 #15

This was on the front page? edhopper May 2015 #17

It might have been on the Greatest Threads page SoLeftIAmRight May 2015 #20

I wasn't complaining edhopper May 2015 #22

And have YOU ever heard the expression - mr blur May 2015 #18

Wow - what a jump SoLeftIAmRight May 2015 #19

Indeed nil desperandum May 2015 #6

I think I understand it RussBLib May 2015 #7

And we're the ones expected to put ourselves to all that trouble because ... ? eppur_se_muova May 2015 #8

I understand it better than any religious person. That's why I'm not a believer. Tobin S. May 2015 #10

May the Flying Spaghetti Monster forgive you all for not believing in It. Yorktown May 2015 #12

It's easier to claim your opponent doesn't understand you... Act_of_Reparation May 2015 #21

Many firm believers exit seminary school atheists or other non-Christian faiths Major Nikon Jun 2015 #23

And we still don't know where edhopper Jun 2015 #24

None of the canonical gospels were written by those in which they are attributed Major Nikon Jun 2015 #25

Yes decades later, edhopper Jun 2015 #26

Some or all of the cannonal gospels were originally authored in Greek Major Nikon Jun 2015 #27

Wait, your saying a religious leader edhopper Jun 2015 #28

Money and/or power Major Nikon Jun 2015 #29

and here I've been told edhopper Jun 2015 #30

The official version is the holy ghost was whispering in his ear Major Nikon Jun 2015 #31

And changed his name for some reason. edhopper Jun 2015 #32

Better call Saul! Major Nikon Jun 2015 #33

Ha Ha edhopper Jun 2015 #34