On May 13, 12:55 pm, beelzebub
yahoo.com> wrote:> On May 12, 7:01 pm, Free Lunch wrote:
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>> On Mon, 12 May 2008 17:27:07 -0700 (PDT), beelzebub
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>>>On May 12, 4:53 pm, Free Lunch wrote:
>>>> On Mon, 12 May 2008 13:00:08 -0700 (PDT), beelzebub
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>>>>>On May 11, 6:33 pm, Free Lunch wrote:
>>>>>> On Sun, 11 May 2008 15:30:34 -0700 (PDT), beelzebub
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>>>>>>>On May 11, 3:07 pm, Free Lunch wrote:
>>>>>>>> On Sun, 11 May 2008 13:54:34 -0700 (PDT), Jerry Kraus
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>>>>>>>>>Splendid. YOU define Atheism, Mr. Atheist.
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>>>>>>>> The lack of belief in gods.
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>>>>>>>The belief that there is no god, actually.
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>>>>>> No.
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>>>>>So you believe in a god or gods?
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>>>> No.
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>>>Then as your answer indicates, you *believe* that there is no god.
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>> No.
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> You just contradicted yourself.
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No, he contradicted you.
>>>That is not the *lack* of belief, it is a very specific, concrete
>>>belief.
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>> No.
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> It isn't debatable. It is a fact. Your beliefs are stated above.
He stated that he lacked a belief in God.
It was you who said he had a belief that there was no God.
Please pay more careful attention to whom said what.
> You aren't very clever, are you?
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How deliciously ironic.
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>>>Atheism is a belief.
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>> No.
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> Wow. You really are a *hell* of a debater.
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Whats to debate? He doesn't accept your definition.
> Bottom line: Atheists hate to confront the fact that their beliefs
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How do you know that?
Got an example of such a belief?
> What else can they be? There is no
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Is an absence of cheese a kind of cheese?
"An absence of cheese has to be a kind of cheese!
What else could it be? There is no alternative."
Cheers, Mark.
