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Author: chazwinchazwin Date: Dec 16, 2007 15:53
In his summation to "Atheism: A Rough History of Disbelief", Jonathan
Miller concludes thus:
I am reluctant to use the term atheist to describe my unshakable
disbelief, and that is not because I am ashamed, afraid or even
embarrassed but simply because it seems so evidently true that there
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Author: tata Date: Dec 17, 2007 22:00
On Dec 17, 5:04 pm, tg earthlink.net> wrote:> On Dec 17, 4:38 pm, ta nc.rr.com> wrote:
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>>> On Dec 17, 10:05 am, "brian fletcher" bigpond.net.au> wrote:>
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>>>>>> In his summation to "Atheism: A Rough History of Disbelief", Jonathan
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Author: chazwinchazwin Date: Dec 18, 2007 00:56
On Dec 17, 1:28 am, "brian fletcher" bigpond.net.au> wrote:>> In his summation to "Atheism: A Rough History of Disbelief", Jonathan
>> Miller concludes thus:
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>> I am reluctant to use the term atheist to describe my unshakable
>> disbelief, and that is not because I am ashamed, afraid or even
>> embarrassed but simply because it seems so evidently true that there
>> is no god that giving that conviction a special title dignifies what
>> it denies, after all we don't have special word for people who don't
>> believe in ghosts or witches, but on the other hand that does not mean
>> that I think it was scarcely worth bothering making a series of this
>> length. ...
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Author: tgtg Date: Dec 18, 2007 03:36
On Dec 18, 1:00 am, ta nc.rr.com> wrote:> On Dec 17, 5:04 pm, tg earthlink.net> wrote:
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>>> On Dec 17, 4:38 pm, ta nc.rr.com> wrote:>
>>> On Dec 17, 10:05 am, "brian fletcher" bigpond.net.au> wrote:>
>>>> "Miller" chartermi.net> wrote in message>
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>>>>>>> In his summation to "Atheism: A Rough History of Disbelief", Jonathan
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Author: ErrolErrol Date: Dec 18, 2007 04:40
On Dec 18, 12:32 am, Michael Gordge xtra.co.nz> wrote:> If, as Kantians claim, all reality is created in man's mind, therefore
> begins in man's mind, then what the fuck's sooo wrong with the mystics
> creating the reality of a god? You're a fucking hypocrite or plain
> stupid chazzzz, the evidence is both.
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Kant never said that. Show me a reference from any of his works where
he actually states that reality is created in mans mind (not just a-
priori but a-posteriori as well).
He DID say that a-priori knowledge (an untested idea) must be tested
in the real world in order for it to become a-posteriori (tested/
confirmed idea)
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Author: brian fletcherbrian fletcher Date: Dec 18, 2007 07:19
"Miller" chartermi.net> wrote in message
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>> news:aql9j.78$y87.27@newsfe06.lga...>>>>> In his summation to "Atheism: A Rough History of Disbelief", Jonathan
>>>>> Miller concludes thus:
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>>>>> I am reluctant to use the term atheist to describe my unshakable
>>>>> disbelief, and that is not because I am ashamed, afraid or even
>>>>> embarrassed but simply because it seems so evidently true that there ...
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Author: brian fletcherbrian fletcher Date: Dec 18, 2007 07:32
> On Dec 17, 10:05 am, "brian fletcher" bigpond.net.au> wrote:>> "Miller" chartermi.net> wrote in message
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>>>>> In his summation to "Atheism: A Rough History of Disbelief", Jonathan
>>>>> Miller concludes thus:
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>>>>> I am reluctant to use the term atheist to describe my unshakable
>>>>> disbelief, and that is not because I am ashamed, afraid or even
>>>>> embarrassed but simply because it seems so evidently true that there ...
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Author: brian fletcherbrian fletcher Date: Dec 18, 2007 07:33
> On Dec 17, 4:38 pm, ta nc.rr.com> wrote:>> On Dec 17, 10:05 am, "brian fletcher" bigpond.net.au> wrote:
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>>>>>> Jonathan
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Author: brian fletcherbrian fletcher Date: Dec 18, 2007 07:39
> On Dec 17, 5:04 pm, tg earthlink.net> wrote:>> On Dec 17, 4:38 pm, ta nc.rr.com> wrote:
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>>>>> On Dec 17, 10:05 am, "brian fletcher" bigpond.net.au> wrote:>>
>>>> "Miller" chartermi.net> wrote in message>>
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Author: brian fletcherbrian fletcher Date: Dec 18, 2007 07:41
> On Dec 17, 8:53 am, chazwin yahoo.com> wrote:>> In his summation to "Atheism: A Rough History of Disbelief", Jonathan
>> Miller concludes thus:
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>> I am reluctant to use the term atheist to describe my unshakable
>> disbelief, and that is not because I am ashamed, afraid or even
>> embarrassed but simply because it seems so evidently true that there
>> is no god that giving that conviction a special title dignifies what
>> it denies, after all we don't have special word for people who don't
>> believe in ghosts or witches, but on the other hand that does not mean
>> that I think it was scarcely worth bothering making a series of this
>> length. On the contrary, there is a long history of atrocity committed
>> in the name of religion, and an equally long history of truly heroic
>> opposition, so this series is, in a sense, a tribute to those that
>> have won the right for me and others to stand up and be counted. But
>> nowadays there is another, and I think more important reason. In
>> various parts of the world, religion has undergone a politically
>> dangerous form of revival. Islam has undergone a widespread, but by no ...
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