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"privacy.at Anonymous Remailer" |
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16 Sep 2004 10:00:09 PM |
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Atheists are freaks of nature |
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"I am too much of a sceptic to deny the possibility of anything."
T.X Huxley
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| User: "Gregory Gadow" |
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| Title: Re: Atheists are freaks of nature |
17 Sep 2004 08:49:04 AM |
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"I contend that we are both atheists. I just believe in one fewer god
than you do. When you understand why you dismiss all the other possible
gods, you will understand why I dismiss yours." - Stephen F. Roberts
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Gregory Gadow
techbear@serv.net
http://www.serv.net/~techbear
"The accumulation of all power, legislative,
executive, and judicial in the same hands...
may justly be pronounced the very definition
of tyranny."
- James Madison, _The Federalist_, #47
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| User: "Boony" |
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| Title: Re: Atheists are freaks of nature |
17 Sep 2004 04:43:02 PM |
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"privacy.at Anonymous Remailer" <mixmaster@remailer.privacy.at> wrote in
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"I am too much of a sceptic to deny the possibility of anything."
T.X Huxley
"Never argue with an idiot. They drag you down to their level and beat you
with experience."
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| User: "raven1" |
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| Title: Re: Atheists are freaks of nature |
16 Sep 2004 11:19:48 PM |
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On Fri, 17 Sep 2004 05:00:09 +0200 (CEST), "privacy.at Anonymous
Remailer" <mixmaster@remailer.privacy.at> wrote:
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"I am too much of a sceptic to deny the possibility of anything."
T.X Huxley
"Keep an open mind. But not so open that your brain falls out."
Carl Sagan
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| User: "Brian Westley" |
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| Title: Re: Atheists are freaks of nature |
17 Sep 2004 12:12:27 PM |
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raven1 <quoththeraven@nevermore.com> writes:
On Fri, 17 Sep 2004 05:00:09 +0200 (CEST), "privacy.at Anonymous
Remailer" <mixmaster@remailer.privacy.at> wrote:
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"I am too much of a sceptic to deny the possibility of anything."
T.X Huxley
"Keep an open mind. But not so open that your brain falls out."
Carl Sagan
He cribbed that from Harry Anderson on "Night Court"
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Merlyn LeRoy
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| User: "John Baker" |
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| Title: Re: Atheists are freaks of nature |
17 Sep 2004 09:59:59 PM |
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On 17 Sep 2004 17:12:27 GMT, Brian Westley <westley@visi.com> wrote:
raven1 <quoththeraven@nevermore.com> writes:
On Fri, 17 Sep 2004 05:00:09 +0200 (CEST), "privacy.at Anonymous
Remailer" <mixmaster@remailer.privacy.at> wrote:
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"I am too much of a sceptic to deny the possibility of anything."
T.X Huxley
"Keep an open mind. But not so open that your brain falls out."
Carl Sagan
He cribbed that from Harry Anderson on "Night Court"
Who in turn likely cribbed it from someone like Mencken or Ingersoll.
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Merlyn LeRoy
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| User: "Ian Braidwood" |
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| Title: Re: Atheists are freaks of nature |
18 Sep 2004 04:10:46 AM |
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raven1 <quoththeraven@nevermore.com> wrote in message news:<lcpkk01a7r4llm6704dlncpj7ofjomops4@4ax.com>...
On Fri, 17 Sep 2004 05:00:09 +0200 (CEST), "privacy.at Anonymous
Remailer" <mixmaster@remailer.privacy.at> wrote:
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"I am too much of a sceptic to deny the possibility of anything."
T.X Huxley
"Keep an open mind. But not so open that your brain falls out."
Carl Sagan
I'm happy to say that I agree with both quotations, but even happier
to say that the Huxley one is genuine, see:
http://www.philosophers.co.uk/quotations/author_search.php3?author=Thomas%20Huxley&num=2
(Except that it should be T.H. Huxley, not T.X.)
Irony Mode: ON
Not that theists have ever forged quotes from famous people like
Plato, you musn't think that.
Irony Mode: OFF
What surprises me is that anyone should consider this an effective
slavo aginst atheism.
Who ever proved Osiris doesn't exist, or Apollo? There is no more
reason to believe or disbelieve them than for the Christian god. The
only difference between God and Osiris is that He is part of a living
tradition, but the same is true of Ganesha and Siva as opposed to
Athena and Quetzalcoatl. None of these dieties has any evidence to
support their existence or nonexistence, because Quetzalcoatl never
strolled the streets, even in Chichen Itza.
It is inherently more rational to be an atheist than a believer of any
sort, because the atheist treats all claims of belief equally, rather
than prefer one just because they grew up with it.
You don't have to prove that any deity doesn't exist - indeed you
can't - to be more rational than a theist, simply because your belief
is guided by evidence.
The topic of absolute proof is a red herring put forward by people who
are foolish enough to think that without proof all beliefs are
equivalent. The thing which must be pushed is the point that our
beliefs are founded and informed by evidence, not tradition.
That is what makes science and rationalism superior. It's not just the
picture, its the way it was painted.
(-: Ian :-)
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| User: "Christopher A. Lee" |
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| Title: Re: Atheists are freaks of nature |
17 Sep 2004 06:27:34 AM |
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Yet another of these in-you-face bigoted morons.
Or is this the same one trying to avoid killfiles?
On Fri, 17 Sep 2004 05:00:09 +0200 (CEST), "privacy.at Anonymous
Remailer" <mixmaster@remailer.privacy.at> wrote:
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"I am too much of a sceptic to deny the possibility of anything."
T.X Huxley
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| User: "Olrik" |
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| Title: Re: Atheists are freaks of nature |
17 Sep 2004 12:13:36 AM |
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privacy.at Anonymous Remailer wrote:
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"I am too much of a sceptic to deny the possibility of anything."
T.X Huxley
And you went through a remailer to post that?
What are you afraid of? Your mommy?
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Olrik
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| User: "Martin Crisp" |
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| Title: Re: Atheists are freaks of nature |
17 Sep 2004 04:03:58 AM |
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On Fri, 17 Sep 2004 15:13:36 +1000, Olrik wrote
(in article <5ou2d.30437$4P6.621052@wagner.videotron.net>):
privacy.at Anonymous Remailer wrote:
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"I am too much of a sceptic to deny the possibility of anything."
T.X Huxley
And you went through a remailer to post that?
What are you afraid of? Your mommy?
Maybe he thinks his 'god' is fooled by anonymisers?
Have Fun
Martin
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