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"Joe" |
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15 Jan 2008 09:56:20 AM |
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50 best atheism quotes |
And more stuff.
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| User: "Calhoun" |
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| Title: Re: 50 best atheism quotes |
15 Jan 2008 09:15:08 PM |
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My favorite is #4!
"Joe" <useful_infos@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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And more stuff.
http://muvy.org/new.php?topic=g
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| User: "Conspiracy of Doves" |
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15 Jan 2008 02:28:43 PM |
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On Jan 15, 10:56 am, Joe <useful_in...@yahoo.com> wrote:
And more stuff.http://muvy.org/new.php?topic=g
http://leftofzen.com/quotes-atheism/2008/01/14/
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| User: "Ken" |
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15 Jan 2008 06:42:46 PM |
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On Jan 15, 7:56=A0am, Joe <useful_in...@yahoo.com> wrote:
Of all of them, these two are the finest:
27. What can be asserted without proof can be dismissed without proof.
Christopher Hitchens
28. Christopher Hitchens On Jerry Falwell: If you gave Falwell an
enema, he could be buried in a matchbox.
And the same can be said of Dimwitted dave (ho's now using ilbeback to
hide his stupidity)
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| User: "Scott Richter" |
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15 Jan 2008 08:00:50 PM |
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Ken <flakey714@aol.com> wrote:
On Jan 15, 7:56 am, Joe <useful_in...@yahoo.com> wrote:
Of all of them, these two are the finest:
27. What can be asserted without proof can be dismissed without proof.
Christopher Hitchens
Actually, this is incomplete and inaccurate. The actual quote is:
"Forgotten were the elementary rules of logic, that extraordinary claims
require extraordinary evidence and that what can be asserted without
evidence can also be dismissed without evidence."
--Christopher Hitchens, Slate.com, 20 Oct 2003
(It's one of my favorite quotes, and I keep it handy just for occasions
like this!)
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| User: "ken" |
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16 Jan 2008 10:48:56 AM |
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On Jan 15, 6:00=A0pm, (Scott Richter) wrote:
Ken <flakey...@aol.com> wrote:
On Jan 15, 7:56 am, Joe <useful_in...@yahoo.com> wrote:
Of all of them, these two are the finest:
27. What can be asserted without proof can be dismissed without proof.
Christopher Hitchens
Actually, this is incomplete and inaccurate. The actual quote is:
"Forgotten were the elementary rules of logic, that extraordinary claims
require extraordinary evidence and that what can be asserted without
evidence can also be dismissed without evidence."
--Christopher Hitchens, Slate.com, 20 Oct 2003
(It's one of my favorite quotes, and I keep it handy just for occasions
like this!)
Sounds a bit like something Carl Sagan once said...K
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| User: "Christopher A.Lee" |
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16 Jan 2008 10:54:43 AM |
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On Wed, 16 Jan 2008 08:48:56 -0800 (PST), ken <flakey714@aol.com>
wrote:
On Jan 15, 6:00 pm, (Scott Richter) wrote:
Ken <flakey...@aol.com> wrote:
On Jan 15, 7:56 am, Joe <useful_in...@yahoo.com> wrote:
Of all of them, these two are the finest:
27. What can be asserted without proof can be dismissed without proof.
Christopher Hitchens
Actually, this is incomplete and inaccurate. The actual quote is:
"Forgotten were the elementary rules of logic, that extraordinary claims
require extraordinary evidence and that what can be asserted without
evidence can also be dismissed without evidence."
--Christopher Hitchens, Slate.com, 20 Oct 2003
(It's one of my favorite quotes, and I keep it handy just for occasions
like this!)
Sounds a bit like something Carl Sagan once said...K
A lot of people have. Hitchens, Sagan etc are more articulate than
most of us.
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| User: "Ken" |
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16 Jan 2008 11:17:46 AM |
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On Jan 16, 8:54=A0am, Christopher A.Lee <ca...@optonline.net> wrote:
A lot of people have. Hitchens, Sagan etc are more articulate than
most of us.
I'd much rather hang with bright intelligent articulate people (not to
mention the babelicious ones), just on the chance a bit might rub off
Whereas one's like DILV/ilbeback prefer to spend time with stupid
people, probably makes him feel a tad superior
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| User: "John Baker" |
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16 Jan 2008 12:47:52 PM |
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On Wed, 16 Jan 2008 09:17:46 -0800 (PST), Ken <flakey714@aol.com>
wrote:
On Jan 16, 8:54 am, Christopher A.Lee <ca...@optonline.net> wrote:
A lot of people have. Hitchens, Sagan etc are more articulate than
most of us.
I'd much rather hang with bright intelligent articulate people (not to
mention the babelicious ones), just on the chance a bit might rub off
Whereas one's like DILV/ilbeback prefer to spend time with stupid
people, probably makes him feel a tad superior
Don't see how. Anybody actually intellectually inferior to Dimwit Dave
would need 24 hour supervision.
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| User: "David V." |
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16 Jan 2008 01:07:07 PM |
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ken wrote:
On Jan 15, 6:00 pm, (Scott Richter)
wrote:
Ken <flakey...@aol.com> wrote:
On Jan 15, 7:56 am, Joe <useful_in...@yahoo.com> wrote:
Of all of them, these two are the finest:
27. What can be asserted without proof can be dismissed
without proof. Christopher Hitchens
Actually, this is incomplete and inaccurate. The actual
quote is:
"Forgotten were the elementary rules of logic, that
extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence and that
what can be asserted without evidence can also be dismissed
without evidence."
--Christopher Hitchens, Slate.com, 20 Oct 2003
(It's one of my favorite quotes, and I keep it handy just
for occasions like this!)
Sounds a bit like something Carl Sagan once said...K
Cosmos, Episode 12: Encyclopedia Galactica
In the vastness of the Cosmos there must be other civilizations
far older and more advanced than ours.
What counts is not what sounds plausible, not what we would like
to believe, not what one or two witnesses claim, but only what is
supported by hard evidence rigorously and sceptically examined.
Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.
For all I know we may be visited by a different extraterrestrial
civilization every second Tuesday, but there's no support for
this appealing idea. The extraordinary claims are not supported
by extraordinary evidence.
(Back reference to UFO abduction claims)
--
Dave
You measure a democracy by the freedom it gives its dissidents,
not the freedom it gives its assimilated conformists.
- Abbie Hoffman
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| User: "" |
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15 Jan 2008 12:51:34 PM |
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On Jan 15, 9:56=A0am, Joe <useful_in...@yahoo.com> wrote:
And more stuff.http://muvy.org/new.php?topic=3Dg
REPLY: From atheist Bertrand Russell : " What we now need is
Christian love and compassion" . Source : Russell, his book 'Anti-
Christ' .
=46rom atheist Voltaire : " Within 3 decades, the Bible will be
extinct" . (today, his own house in France is THE largest Bible
distribution center to the world).
=46rom (former) atheist Guru Prof. Anthony Flew : " In light of modern
science, i no longer find the philosophy of Atheism tenable".
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| User: "Mr D. Mr" |
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15 Jan 2008 01:28:15 PM |
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<IlBeBauck@gmail.com> wrote in message
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On Jan 15, 9:56 am, Joe <useful_in...@yahoo.com> wrote:
And more stuff.http://muvy.org/new.php?topic=g
From (former) atheist Guru Prof. Anthony Flew : " In light of modern
science, i no longer find the philosophy of Atheism tenable".
Er, atheists don't have 'Gurus', cupcake...
M.
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| User: "Darwin123" |
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15 Jan 2008 04:19:44 PM |
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On Jan 15, 2:28 pm, "Mr D." <Mr D...@home.co.uk> wrote:
<IlBeBa...@gmail.com> wrote in message
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On Jan 15, 9:56 am, Joe <useful_in...@yahoo.com> wrote:
From (former) atheist Guru Prof. Anthony Flew : " In light of modern
science, i no longer find the philosophy of Atheism tenable".
Er, atheists don't have 'Gurus', cupcake...
M.
He was a Guru after he stopped being an atheist. He is a former-
atheist Guru, not a former atheist-Guru. Furthermore, he is not a
Christian. If he is a Guru, he is a Hindu. He obviously didn't find
Christianity tenable either.
In any case, I never heard of this Guru. He suspect that he
wasn't a scientist.
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| User: "Kate" |
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15 Jan 2008 06:10:10 PM |
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On Jan 15, 2:19=A0pm, Darwin123 <drosen0...@yahoo.com> wrote:
On Jan 15, 2:28 pm, "Mr D." <Mr D...@home.co.uk> wrote:
<IlBeBa...@gmail.com> wrote in message
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On Jan 15, 9:56 am, Joe <useful_in...@yahoo.com> wrote:
From (former) atheist Guru =A0Prof. Anthony Flew : " In light of modern=
science, i no longer find the philosophy of Atheism tenable".
Er, atheists don't have 'Gurus', cupcake...
M.
=A0 =A0 =A0He was a Guru after he stopped being an atheist. He is a former=
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atheist Guru, not a former atheist-Guru. Furthermore, he is not a
Christian. If he is a Guru, he is a Hindu. He obviously didn't find
Christianity tenable either.
=A0 =A0 =A0In any case, I never heard of this Guru. He suspect that he
wasn't a scientist.
Nah, the issue is whether you can trust anything quoted to him now,
since the theist person 'quoting him' has been found to have beenlying
his ***** off. Wrote an entire book for Flew that now he has admitted
was a pack of lies.
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| User: "David V." |
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15 Jan 2008 03:44:18 PM |
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wrote:
On Jan 15, 9:56 am, Joe <useful_in...@yahoo.com> wrote:
And more stuff.http://muvy.org/new.php?topic=g
REPLY: From atheist Bertrand Russell : " What we now need is
Christian love and compassion"
He asked because he, and no one else, has ever seen any christian
love and compassion.
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Dave
You measure a democracy by the freedom it gives its dissidents,
not the freedom it gives its assimilated conformists.
- Abbie Hoffman
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| User: "johac" |
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17 Jan 2008 12:32:46 AM |
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In article
<650458e2-3984-4fab-aed1-1f5a372e94b9@k39g2000hsf.googlegroups.com>,
"IlBeBauck@gmail.com" <IlBeBauck@gmail.com> wrote:
On Jan 15, 9:56 am, Joe <useful_in...@yahoo.com> wrote:
And more stuff.http://muvy.org/new.php?topic=g
REPLY: From atheist Bertrand Russell : " What we now need is
Christian love and compassion" . Source : Russell, his book 'Anti-
Christ' .
From atheist Voltaire : " Within 3 decades, the Bible will be
extinct" . (today, his own house in France is THE largest Bible
distribution center to the world).
From (former) atheist Guru Prof. Anthony Flew : " In light of modern
science, i no longer find the philosophy of Atheism tenable".
One atheist goes back to religion and you guys do handstands. I'm sure
that on the same day that Flew thought he 'found god' many more
believers chucked their superstitions and embraced reality.
--
John #1782
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| User: "Ken" |
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15 Jan 2008 06:48:01 PM |
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On Jan 15, 10:51=A0am, "IlBeBa...@gmail.com" <IlBeBa...@gmail.com>
wrote:
From (former) atheist Guru =A0Prof. Anthony Flew : " In light of modern
science, i no longer find the philosophy of Atheism tenable".
LIAR LIAR LIAR
Your Google search for - "In light of modern science, i no longer find
the philosophy of Atheism tenable". - did not match any documents.
So once again you're shown to be a fucking LIAR LIAR LIAR
Just like those FAKE George Washington quotes you invented:
From: (Dave in Lake Villa)
Date: Fri, 1 Jun 2007 17:24:59 -0500
I guess George Washingtons prophecy was correct when he said in his
inaugural speech :
' If American ever decides to turn its back on God, she will come to
ruin ' . When you toss aside necessary Foundations for morality and
honor to the Creator...then it becomes a springboard to anarchy and
the general populus doing what is 'right' in their own minds
George Washingtons prediction is coming true right before our eyes :"
If America ever turns its back on the Divine Creator, it shall come
to ruin" (his Inagural Speech as first president).
Evidently Dimwitted Dave's knowledge of history is as lacking as his
knowledge of
science, chemistry, physics or biology, as GW's inuagural speech
doesn't
include either quoted sentence.
http://www.classbrain.com/artteenst/publish/article_38.shtml
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| User: "Mr D. Mr" |
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15 Jan 2008 10:56:53 PM |
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"Ken" <flakey714@aol.com> wrote in message
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On Jan 15, 10:51 am, "IlBeBa...@gmail.com" <IlBeBa...@gmail.com>
wrote:
From (former) atheist Guru Prof. Anthony Flew : " In light of modern
science, i no longer find the philosophy of Atheism tenable".
LIAR LIAR LIAR
Your Google search for - "In light of modern science, i no longer find
the philosophy of Atheism tenable". - did not match any documents.
No surprise: 'In light of' is not an English figure of speech; and 'In light
of modern science' isn't something Russell would have said. The 'quote', in
short, is a crock.
M.
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| User: "Smiler" |
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16 Jan 2008 11:52:40 PM |
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"Mr D." <Mr D.@home.co.uk> wrote in message
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"Ken" <flakey714@aol.com> wrote in message
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On Jan 15, 10:51 am, "IlBeBa...@gmail.com" <IlBeBa...@gmail.com>
wrote:
From (former) atheist Guru Prof. Anthony Flew : " In light of modern
science, i no longer find the philosophy of Atheism tenable".
LIAR LIAR LIAR
Your Google search for - "In light of modern science, i no longer find
the philosophy of Atheism tenable". - did not match any documents.
No surprise: 'In light of' is not an English figure of speech; and 'In
light of modern science' isn't something Russell would have said. The
'quote', in short, is a crock.
Try "In THE light of...." which *is* an English figure of speech.
It's Flew being quoted, not Russell.
Smiler,
The godless one
a.a.# 2279
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| User: "Mike" |
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17 Jan 2008 07:38:46 AM |
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Smiler wrote:
"Mr D." <Mr D.@home.co.uk> wrote in message
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"Ken" <flakey714@aol.com> wrote in message
news:fa6dc16d-680a-44fa-a83d-4175bbb28c3a@v29g2000hsf.googlegroups.com...
On Jan 15, 10:51 am, "IlBeBa...@gmail.com" <IlBeBa...@gmail.com>
wrote:
From (former) atheist Guru Prof. Anthony Flew : " In light of modern
science, i no longer find the philosophy of Atheism tenable".
LIAR LIAR LIAR
Your Google search for - "In light of modern science, i no longer find
the philosophy of Atheism tenable". - did not match any documents.
No surprise: 'In light of' is not an English figure of speech; and 'In
light of modern science' isn't something Russell would have said. The
'quote', in short, is a crock.
Try "In THE light of...." which *is* an English figure of speech.
It's Flew being quoted, not Russell.
Even searching for just "the philosophy of Atheism tenable" as in:
http://www.google.com/search?q=%22the+philosophy+of+Atheism+tenable%22&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a
finds a total of 27 hits and those are all the Usenet posts in this
thread. Even when searching for the individual words "In light of modern
science, i no longer find the philosophy of Atheism tenable flew" (i.e.
leaving off the quote marks), Google only came back with 657 hits and
none of them seemed to have any quote even remotely resembling the above.
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| User: "Ken" |
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17 Jan 2008 11:38:47 AM |
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On Jan 17, 5:38=A0am, Mike <prabb...@shamrocksgf.com> wrote:
Smiler wrote:
"Mr D." <Mr D...@home.co.uk> wrote in message
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"Ken" <flakey...@aol.com> wrote in message
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On Jan 15, 10:51 am, "IlBeBa...@gmail.com" <IlBeBa...@gmail.com>
wrote:
From (former) atheist Guru Prof. Anthony Flew : " In light of modern
science, i no longer find the philosophy of Atheism tenable".
LIAR LIAR LIAR
Your Google search for - "In light of modern science, i no longer find=
the philosophy of Atheism tenable". - did not match any documents.
No surprise: 'In light of' is not an English figure of speech; and 'In
light of modern science' isn't something Russell would have said. The
'quote', in short, is a crock.
Try "In THE light of...." which *is* an English figure of speech.
It's Flew being quoted, not Russell.
Even searching for just "the philosophy of Atheism tenable" as in:
http://www.google.com/search?q=3D%22the+philosophy+of+Atheism+tenable%2...=
finds a total of 27 hits and those are all the Usenet posts in this
thread. Even when searching for the individual words "In light of modern
science, i no longer find the philosophy of Atheism tenable flew" (i.e.
leaving off the quote marks), Google only came back with 657 hits and
none of them seemed to have any quote even remotely resembling the above.-=
Hide quoted text -
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Doesn't surprise me in the least
So apparently that quote of Flew's is just is ANOTHER faked quote made
up some idiot creationist or fundy Xtian after which people like
dumbfuck dave starts passing it off as "fact"...That dumbassed
Crackpot wouldn't know facts and truth even if they were lit on fire
and shoved up his butt!!!
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| User: "Mike" |
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18 Jan 2008 06:17:03 AM |
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Ken wrote:
On Jan 17, 5:38 am, Mike <prabb...@shamrocksgf.com> wrote:
Smiler wrote:
"Mr D." <Mr D...@home.co.uk> wrote in message
news:p8gjj.925$WJ.512@newsfe4-win.ntli.net...
"Ken" <flakey...@aol.com> wrote in message
news:fa6dc16d-680a-44fa-a83d-4175bbb28c3a@v29g2000hsf.googlegroups.com...
On Jan 15, 10:51 am, "IlBeBa...@gmail.com" <IlBeBa...@gmail.com>
wrote:
From (former) atheist Guru Prof. Anthony Flew : " In light of modern
science, i no longer find the philosophy of Atheism tenable".
LIAR LIAR LIAR
Your Google search for - "In light of modern science, i no longer find
the philosophy of Atheism tenable". - did not match any documents.
No surprise: 'In light of' is not an English figure of speech; and 'In
light of modern science' isn't something Russell would have said. The
'quote', in short, is a crock.
Try "In THE light of...." which *is* an English figure of speech.
It's Flew being quoted, not Russell.
Even searching for just "the philosophy of Atheism tenable" as in:
http://www.google.com/search?q=%22the+philosophy+of+Atheism+tenable%2...
finds a total of 27 hits and those are all the Usenet posts in this
thread. Even when searching for the individual words "In light of modern
science, i no longer find the philosophy of Atheism tenable flew" (i.e.
leaving off the quote marks), Google only came back with 657 hits and
none of them seemed to have any quote even remotely resembling the above.- Hide quoted text -
- Show quoted text -
Doesn't surprise me in the least
So apparently that quote of Flew's is just is ANOTHER faked quote made
up some idiot creationist or fundy Xtian after which people like
dumbfuck dave starts passing it off as "fact"...That dumbassed
Crackpot wouldn't know facts and truth even if they were lit on fire
and shoved up his butt!!!
It doesn't even seem to be something Dave cribbed from elsewhere (thus
the lack of Google hits for it.) Apparently, DAVE was the one who made
it up.
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| User: "Darwin123" |
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15 Jan 2008 04:24:40 PM |
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On Jan 15, 1:51 pm, "IlBeBa...@gmail.com" <IlBeBa...@gmail.com> wrote:
From (former) atheist Guru Prof. Anthony Flew : " In light of modern science, i no longer find the philosophy of Atheism tenable".
You skipped the best part.
From Wikepedia
"Flew's conception of God as explained in the interview is limited to
the idea of God as a first cause. He rejects the ideas of an
afterlife, of God as the source of good (he explicitly states that God
has created "a lot of" evil), and of the resurrection of Jesus as a
historical fact. He is particularly hostile to Islam, and says it is
"best described in a Marxian way as the uniting and justifying
ideology of Arab imperialism."
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| User: "JohnN" |
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15 Jan 2008 04:26:12 PM |
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On Jan 15, 1:51=A0pm, "IlBeBa...@gmail.com" <IlBeBa...@gmail.com> wrote:
On Jan 15, 9:56=A0am, Joe <useful_in...@yahoo.com> wrote:
From (former) atheist Guru =A0Prof. Anthony Flew : " In light of modern
science, i no longer find the philosophy of Atheism tenable".
Prof Antony Flew was a little noticed British academic. Most atheist
on AA never heard of him until the christians started to lied about
him.
JohnN
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16 Jan 2008 09:06:33 AM |
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"JohnN" <jnorris53@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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On Jan 15, 1:51 pm, "IlBeBa...@gmail.com" <IlBeBa...@gmail.com> wrote:
On Jan 15, 9:56 am, Joe <useful_in...@yahoo.com> wrote:
From (former) atheist Guru Prof. Anthony Flew : " In light of modern
science, i no longer find the philosophy of Atheism tenable".
Prof Antony Flew was a little noticed British academic. Most atheist
on AA never heard of him until the christians started to lied about
him.
What I find hilarious is that they actually think an atheist suddenly
believing in a god is actually supposed to change our minds or effect us in
any way. Someone losing their mind doesn't mean god(s) exist.
--
Robyn
Resident Witchypoo
BAAWA Knight!
#1557
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| User: "Brian E. Clark" |
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16 Jan 2008 11:18:22 AM |
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In article <5v6kmnF1kv8qkU1@mid.individual.net>,
Robibnikoff said...
What I find hilarious is that they actually think an atheist
suddenly believing in a god is actually supposed to change our
minds or effect us in any way.
It's a huge part of evangelical outreach, this
acknowledgment that "I was lost but now I'm found."
People susceptible to such manipulation assume that
everyone is swayed in equal measure by such tactics.
When someone tells me that so-and-so was a "notorious
atheist" but has now found Jesus, I ask what reasons
compelled the change. This often produces a look of
confusion and disappointment on the face of the
speaker, because from the speaker's point of view I'm
not reacting properly to the mere fact of an atheist's
conversion.
Someone losing their mind doesn't mean god(s) exist.
Almost every conversion story I've heard regarding
former atheists involves one of two things:
a) The rekindling of piety in someone who was not, in
fact, an atheist. It is fashionable for believers to
label, retrospectively, adolescent rage and rebellion
against God-belief as atheism. But when such people
discuss their would-be former atheism, sound little
like the atheists I've known.
b) The desperation borne of an emotionally crippling
series of tragedies, which has reduced the person to a
state of utmost despair and need -- making him ripe
pickings for conservation-minded Christians. But how
much relevance does such a conversion carry? Starving
people may eat pine bark, but you never see pine bark
on the cover of "Good Housekeeping."
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Brian E. Clark
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| User: "TT" |
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| Title: Re: 50 best atheism quotes |
16 Jan 2008 12:25:22 PM |
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On 1/16/08 10:06 AM, in article 5v6kmnF1kv8qkU1@mid.individual.net,
"Robibnikoff" <witchypoo@broomstick.com> wrote:
"JohnN" <jnorris53@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:55282c40-7c4c-4383-9d4a-b1fa5a61fddc@i3g2000hsf.googlegroups.com...
On Jan 15, 1:51 pm, "IlBeBa...@gmail.com" <IlBeBa...@gmail.com> wrote:
On Jan 15, 9:56 am, Joe <useful_in...@yahoo.com> wrote:
From (former) atheist Guru Prof. Anthony Flew : " In light of modern
science, i no longer find the philosophy of Atheism tenable".
Prof Antony Flew was a little noticed British academic. Most atheist
on AA never heard of him until the christians started to lied about
him.
What I find hilarious is that they actually think an atheist suddenly
believing in a god is actually supposed to change our minds or effect us in
any way. Someone losing their mind doesn't mean god(s) exist.
Well, if you think about it...if it happened a lot...it would seem like
nothing to them...get it? Even xtians are completely amazed by it...and
that's why they keep dusting off the (single digit in number) corpses of
former 'atheists' who suddenly found god...and it's not always even the
judeo christian fables they turn to...
On the other hand, people awaken and turn away from the fear and lies
of religion every day..around the clock, 365 days a year, all over the
planet with absolutely no fanfare..because they lost nothing of
importance...it all makes perfect sense...
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| User: "Hatter" |
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| Title: Re: 50 best atheism quotes |
16 Jan 2008 09:11:47 AM |
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On Jan 16, 10:06=A0am, "Robibnikoff" <witchy...@broomstick.com> wrote:
"JohnN" <jnorri...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:55282c40-7c4c-4383-9d4a-b1fa5a61fddc@i3g2000hsf.googlegroups.com...
On Jan 15, 1:51 pm, "IlBeBa...@gmail.com" <IlBeBa...@gmail.com> wrote:
On Jan 15, 9:56 am, Joe <useful_in...@yahoo.com> wrote:
From (former) atheist Guru Prof. Anthony Flew : " In light of modern
science, i no longer find the philosophy of Atheism tenable".
Prof Antony Flew was a little noticed British academic. =A0Most atheist
on AA never heard of him until the christians started to lied about
him.
What I find hilarious is that they actually think an atheist suddenly
believing in a god is actually supposed to change our minds or effect us i=
n
any way. =A0Someone losing their mind doesn't mean god(s) exist.
--
Robyn
Resident Witchypoo
BAAWA Knight!
#1557
I also can't quite figure out HOW an adult can suddenly start to
believe in Santa Claus(God) again unless some sort of proof was
furnished, even if it was their own delusional "visions" This "I used
to be an atheist" stuff, I just don't get. I don't know how someone
can start to believe in magic again after figuring out it was a sham.
Hatter
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| User: "John Baker" |
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| Title: Re: 50 best atheism quotes |
16 Jan 2008 09:41:06 AM |
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On Wed, 16 Jan 2008 07:11:47 -0800 (PST), Hatter <Hatter23@gmail.com>
wrote:
On Jan 16, 10:06 am, "Robibnikoff" <witchy...@broomstick.com> wrote:
"JohnN" <jnorri...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:55282c40-7c4c-4383-9d4a-b1fa5a61fddc@i3g2000hsf.googlegroups.com...
On Jan 15, 1:51 pm, "IlBeBa...@gmail.com" <IlBeBa...@gmail.com> wrote:
On Jan 15, 9:56 am, Joe <useful_in...@yahoo.com> wrote:
From (former) atheist Guru Prof. Anthony Flew : " In light of modern
science, i no longer find the philosophy of Atheism tenable".
Prof Antony Flew was a little noticed British academic. Most atheist
on AA never heard of him until the christians started to lied about
him.
What I find hilarious is that they actually think an atheist suddenly
believing in a god is actually supposed to change our minds or effect us in
any way. Someone losing their mind doesn't mean god(s) exist.
--
Robyn
Resident Witchypoo
BAAWA Knight!
#1557
I also can't quite figure out HOW an adult can suddenly start to
believe in Santa Claus(God) again unless some sort of proof was
furnished, even if it was their own delusional "visions" This "I used
to be an atheist" stuff, I just don't get. I don't know how someone
can start to believe in magic again after figuring out it was a sham.
"I used to be an atheist" is one of the most common lies Christians
tell. Sure, it does occasionally happen that an atheist will turn to
some sort of theism, but it's damned rare, and they almost never
become fundy Christians.
Hatter
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| User: "cactus" |
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| Title: Re: 50 best atheism quotes |
16 Jan 2008 10:41:41 AM |
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John Baker wrote:
On Wed, 16 Jan 2008 07:11:47 -0800 (PST), Hatter <Hatter23@gmail.com>
wrote:
On Jan 16, 10:06 am, "Robibnikoff" <witchy...@broomstick.com> wrote:
"JohnN" <jnorri...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:55282c40-7c4c-4383-9d4a-b1fa5a61fddc@i3g2000hsf.googlegroups.com...
On Jan 15, 1:51 pm, "IlBeBa...@gmail.com" <IlBeBa...@gmail.com> wrote:
On Jan 15, 9:56 am, Joe <useful_in...@yahoo.com> wrote:
From (former) atheist Guru Prof. Anthony Flew : " In light of modern
science, i no longer find the philosophy of Atheism tenable".
Prof Antony Flew was a little noticed British academic. Most atheist
on AA never heard of him until the christians started to lied about
him.
What I find hilarious is that they actually think an atheist suddenly
believing in a god is actually supposed to change our minds or effect us in
any way. Someone losing their mind doesn't mean god(s) exist.
--
Robyn
Resident Witchypoo
BAAWA Knight!
#1557
I also can't quite figure out HOW an adult can suddenly start to
believe in Santa Claus(God) again unless some sort of proof was
furnished, even if it was their own delusional "visions" This "I used
to be an atheist" stuff, I just don't get. I don't know how someone
can start to believe in magic again after figuring out it was a sham.
"I used to be an atheist" is one of the most common lies Christians
tell. Sure, it does occasionally happen that an atheist will turn to
some sort of theism, but it's damned rare, and they almost never
become fundy Christians.
By their definition, an "atheist" is anyone who doesn't belong to their
own sect of their religion, and does not therefore believe exactly as
they do.
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| User: "Christopher A.Lee" |
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| Title: Re: 50 best atheism quotes |
16 Jan 2008 09:47:45 AM |
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On Wed, 16 Jan 2008 10:41:06 -0500, John Baker <nunya@bizniz.net>
wrote:
On Wed, 16 Jan 2008 07:11:47 -0800 (PST), Hatter <Hatter23@gmail.com>
wrote:
On Jan 16, 10:06 am, "Robibnikoff" <witchy...@broomstick.com> wrote:
"JohnN" <jnorri...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:55282c40-7c4c-4383-9d4a-b1fa5a61fddc@i3g2000hsf.googlegroups.com...
On Jan 15, 1:51 pm, "IlBeBa...@gmail.com" <IlBeBa...@gmail.com> wrote:
On Jan 15, 9:56 am, Joe <useful_in...@yahoo.com> wrote:
From (former) atheist Guru Prof. Anthony Flew : " In light of modern
science, i no longer find the philosophy of Atheism tenable".
Prof Antony Flew was a little noticed British academic. Most atheist
on AA never heard of him until the christians started to lied about
him.
What I find hilarious is that they actually think an atheist suddenly
believing in a god is actually supposed to change our minds or effect us in
any way. Someone losing their mind doesn't mean god(s) exist.
--
Robyn
Resident Witchypoo
BAAWA Knight!
#1557
I also can't quite figure out HOW an adult can suddenly start to
believe in Santa Claus(God) again unless some sort of proof was
furnished, even if it was their own delusional "visions" This "I used
to be an atheist" stuff, I just don't get. I don't know how someone
can start to believe in magic again after figuring out it was a sham.
"I used to be an atheist" is one of the most common lies Christians
tell. Sure, it does occasionally happen that an atheist will turn to
some sort of theism, but it's damned rare, and they almost never
become fundy Christians.
The ones who say that immediately give themselves away by adding
things like "until I realised that [the] God [I didn't believe existed
in the first place] loved me" or "until I read the Bible [that as an
atheist I didn't find credible in the first place]".
They know they're lying. It's meant to fool other unthinking believers
but they are so sociopathically stupid they imagine it fools atheists.
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