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Religions > Atheism |
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"Dave" |
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04 Oct 2005 07:56:15 AM |
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Skepticism amongst the Faithful ? |
How do theists limit what they believe in? Since heresay evidence is
the basis of their faith that must leave them open to a lot of other
heresay evidence. Where do they draw the line?
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| User: "Soul food" |
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| Title: Re: Skepticism amongst the Faithful ? |
04 Oct 2005 08:09:41 AM |
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"Dave" <galt_57@hotmail.com> enquired:
How do theists limit what they believe in?
1: Weight of numbers. They tend to believe things because other
people do.
2: Appeasement. They tend to believe things because other people want
them to.
3: Automatic response. They tend to be brainwashed.
If most people believed in the tooth fairy, jokers like Duck,
VisiblePillockProfile and Turds of Wrath would be arguing that
non-believers in the tooth fairy were disciples of the great sugar
monster.
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"The real dichotomy in today's world is between reason and religion.
The future of civilisation rests upon how many people realise that and do something about it."
D Silverman FLAHN, SMLAHN
AA #2208
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| User: "Denis Loubet" |
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| Title: Re: Skepticism amongst the Faithful ? |
04 Oct 2005 02:14:38 PM |
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"Dave" <galt_57@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:1128430575.152281.159240@g44g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
How do theists limit what they believe in? Since heresay evidence is
the basis of their faith that must leave them open to a lot of other
heresay evidence. Where do they draw the line?
I wonder if they are skeptical.
Do Christians not believe in other gods because they're skeptical, or
because they believe their god told them not to?
--
Denis Loubet
dloubet@io.com
http://www.io.com/~dloubet
http://www.ashenempires.com
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| User: "stoney" |
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| Title: Re: Skepticism amongst the Faithful ? |
06 Oct 2005 08:14:30 PM |
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On 4 Oct 2005 05:56:15 -0700, "Dave" <galt_57@hotmail.com> wrote:
How do theists limit what they believe in? Since heresay evidence is
the basis of their faith that must leave them open to a lot of other
heresay evidence. Where do they draw the line?
At what makes them uncomfortable.
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Contempt of Congress meter reading-offscale.
Hello, theocracy with a fundamentalist US Supreme
Court who will ensure church and state are joined
at the hip like clergy and altar boys.
America 1776-Jan 2001 RIP
"As democracy is perfected, the office of president
represents, more and more closely, the inner soul
of the people. On some great and glorious day the
plain folks of the land will reach their heart's
desire at last and the White House will be adorned
by a downright moron." --- H.L. Mencken (1880 - 1956)
Religion is the original war crime.
-Michelle Malkin (Feb 26, 2005)
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