tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12897315.post3553510117327028301..comments2024-03-28T09:54:55.115-05:00Comments on Dad29: The "Knowledge" of the AtheistsDad29http://www.blogger.com/profile/08554276286736923821noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12897315.post-8825426390494510342008-01-31T10:27:00.000-06:002008-01-31T10:27:00.000-06:00Jay:Spoken like a troll and a fanatic.Jay:<BR/><BR/>Spoken like a troll and a fanatic.Davehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01194200955033642204noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12897315.post-91916329034298421072008-01-31T03:17:00.000-06:002008-01-31T03:17:00.000-06:00Haha, sorry but get used to it. Nothing is sacred...Haha, sorry but get used to it. Nothing is sacred any longer. Your religious beliefs will be challenged in the same manner as any other mistakenly held belief. The times when blasphemy was punishable by death are gone and the times when blasphemy was rude are now ending. You must examine your beliefs honestly and skeptically. You may not like it but the world simply continues around those who stand still.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12897315.post-22233590117249456042008-01-29T20:38:00.000-06:002008-01-29T20:38:00.000-06:00John Foust:I'll readily admit that how God operate...John Foust:<BR/><BR/>I'll readily admit that how God operates is a matter of belief. Either Jesus is God Incarnate, or he is not. Mohammed is the Last Prophet, or he is not. A small tribe of Semites was set aside by God as his chosen people, or it was not. Even the Eastern religions, which have more flexibility, have certain principles to which a believer must adhere. Eventually, we will all find out which one is right, right?<BR/><BR/>Now, as to whether such a God/Creator/Supreme Being exists: I'd say that if one were not a believer in religion, then Deism (a Creator who exists outside Space and Time, but does not interfere with natural affairs)or agnosticism are the only two honest positions.Davehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01194200955033642204noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12897315.post-62449243675705199722008-01-29T18:00:00.000-06:002008-01-29T18:00:00.000-06:00Wow, McAdams, the next thing you'll be telling me ...Wow, McAdams, the next thing you'll be telling me is that all those hundreds of claims of the existence of God for Christianity, Judaism, Hinduism, Islam, etc. all throughout history are all true, too! And all those religions that came before in history, that millions believed, but aren't popular now - they must be false, right?Display Namehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15842340986220388709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12897315.post-76036898356335558262008-01-29T15:57:00.000-06:002008-01-29T15:57:00.000-06:00The burden of proof is on the one making a claim.Y...<I>The burden of proof is on the one making a claim.</I><BR/><BR/>Yea, but saying God exists is a claim, and saying that He does not is a claim.<BR/><BR/>Your claims don't get any special advantages.John McAdamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04843727752066511266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12897315.post-6782345781776070232008-01-29T15:31:00.000-06:002008-01-29T15:31:00.000-06:00John, I know that the Catholic church has never ma...John, I know that the Catholic church has never made such a proclamation--because the Catholic church acknowledges Original Sin and its effects.<BR/><BR/>That's why I can say that 'a perversion of religion' can cause violence.<BR/><BR/>It ain't religion, perfectly practiced and observed, that does so--but very few 'perfectly practice' ANY religion.<BR/><BR/>Original Sin. Still the best excuse.Dad29https://www.blogger.com/profile/08554276286736923821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12897315.post-85870271665955707282008-01-29T14:11:00.000-06:002008-01-29T14:11:00.000-06:00Well, when you define "religion" as that which pro...Well, when you define "religion" as that which promotes or contains all goodness and can't possible contain any evil, that's pretty much what you get. Have you never heard someone make the claim that some evil deed was due to the absence of belief inside the perpetrator?<BR/><BR/>The burden of proof is on the one making a claim. Who proclaims that if only religion would take hold as the view throughout the world, that humans would lose their propensity for violence, lion would nestle beside the lamb, children would regain their long-lost happiness, swords would magically turn into plowshares?<BR/><BR/>That'll be ten percent of your income, please.<BR/><BR/>How did Pascal know he was betting on the right God?Display Namehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15842340986220388709noreply@blogger.com