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Forum: Atheist vs Theist 09-08-2010, 04:53 PM
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Posted By Sternwallow
Is this some kind of oblique reference to Cal...

Is this some kind of oblique reference to Cal Santorum?
Forum: Atheist vs Theist 07-08-2010, 06:02 PM
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Posted By Sternwallow
... and it is quite a bit short of six inches. :o

... and it is quite a bit short of six inches. :o
Forum: Atheist vs Theist 06-16-2010, 06:08 PM
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Posted By Sternwallow
So she has a little mustache and can deck you...

So she has a little mustache and can deck you with a fast right, she could be a lot worse. :)
Forum: Atheist vs Theist 05-21-2010, 05:05 AM
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Posted By Sternwallow
Another form of the pious fraud comes from people...

Another form of the pious fraud comes from people who think that only dictates from a god-figure will keep people in line, that, without god's say-so, everyone would run amock.

You are just getting...
Forum: Atheist vs Theist 05-20-2010, 10:30 PM
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Posted By Sternwallow
That is a very deep and troubling question. I...

That is a very deep and troubling question. I think that most believers don't really care as long as there is someone to tell them what to think.

I know that many of the unbelieving preachers feel...
Forum: Atheist vs Theist 04-08-2010, 10:43 AM
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Posted By Sternwallow
My position is that the statement "the desire to...

My position is that the statement "the desire to believe in God is a sufficient condition for belief? is incorrect because, for at least one person, no amount of desire was sufficient. ...
Forum: Atheist vs Theist 04-08-2010, 09:11 AM
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Posted By Sternwallow
Even I know the answer to this one. The desire...

Even I know the answer to this one. The desire to believe is not a sufficient condition for belief. Proof by counterexample.
Forum: Atheist vs Theist 04-08-2010, 08:58 AM
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Posted By Sternwallow
:thumbsup::heart:

:thumbsup::heart:
Forum: Atheist vs Theist 04-08-2010, 08:55 AM
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Posted By Sternwallow
Right, God was and still is nothing but a...

Right, God was and still is nothing but a place-holder for imagined attributes.
Forum: Atheist vs Theist 04-08-2010, 08:50 AM
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Posted By Sternwallow
Atheism is not a cause, it is an effect of...

Atheism is not a cause, it is an effect of rational evaluation of objective data (the only kind that can yield objective knowledge).
Forum: Atheist vs Theist 04-08-2010, 05:16 AM
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Posted By Sternwallow
Many persons, kept from access to relevant data,...

Many persons, kept from access to relevant data, can rationally believe that the Earth is only 6000 years old. The belief becomes becomes irrational, a delusion, if it is held in spite of the data...
Forum: Atheist vs Theist 04-08-2010, 04:59 AM
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Posted By Sternwallow
By learning things about how the universe...

By learning things about how the universe operates, we discover that God has less and less to do with the real observable universe.

So much of what we learn about how the universe operates is that...
Forum: Atheist vs Theist 04-07-2010, 09:52 PM
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Posted By Sternwallow
Q: What do Christians use to categorize subsets...

Q: What do Christians use to categorize subsets of products?
A: Lots, I'll bet.

P.S. See the Merino standing there, with his long shaggy hair.
Forum: Atheist vs Theist 04-02-2010, 04:36 PM
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Posted By Sternwallow
You are being so harsh! [sob] God has forgiven...

You are being so harsh! [sob]
God has forgiven me, why won't you? In fact, why don't you acknowledge God's infinite love by contributing some more to my re-election fund?
Forum: Atheist vs Theist 04-01-2010, 08:07 PM
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Posted By Sternwallow
But, redefining common words is SOP for...

But, redefining common words is SOP for Christians. Look what they did with "love". By Christian definition, love is the ichor that drips, along with our tears and blood, from God's pitiless talons.
Forum: Atheist vs Theist 04-01-2010, 01:43 PM
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Posted By Sternwallow
A deliberately self-handicapped mentally...

A deliberately self-handicapped mentally deficient adult.
Forum: Atheist vs Theist 04-01-2010, 01:41 PM
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Posted By Sternwallow
Well, to be fair (a noteworthy atheist quality),...

Well, to be fair (a noteworthy atheist quality), He does like to torture some of them a bit before outright killing them. It is not just about the killing; God has more dimension to his character...
Forum: Atheist vs Theist 04-01-2010, 11:24 AM
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Posted By Sternwallow
Just so! :)

Just so! :)
Forum: Atheist vs Theist 04-01-2010, 09:16 AM
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Posted By Sternwallow
You deliberately misunderstand. Personal...

You deliberately misunderstand. Personal experience is the only way we can gain knowledge (that includes reading about facts). But YOUR personal experiences are not facts to me. That is why, when...
Forum: Atheist vs Theist 03-31-2010, 02:49 PM
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Views: 61,637
Posted By Sternwallow
Is not a serious disbelief in the god of a whole...

Is not a serious disbelief in the god of a whole religion equivalent to disbelief in the truth of every part of that religion? That is the crux of what she wrote in those plaintive letters. She...
Forum: Atheist vs Theist 03-31-2010, 02:37 PM
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Posted By Sternwallow
So your assertion is that humans find it...

So your assertion is that humans find it difficult to free themselves from prejudice and confirmation bias. Is this a general statement or do you allow for the exceptions by which bias can be...
Forum: Atheist vs Theist 03-31-2010, 02:34 PM
Replies: 664
Views: 61,637
Posted By Sternwallow
"Plausible? Oh ye of little faith. Perhaps you...

"Plausible? Oh ye of little faith.
Perhaps you should be called Mustard Seed Boy - MSB - instead of t2."

Read the damned Bible!
Forum: Atheist vs Theist 03-31-2010, 02:32 PM
Replies: 664
Views: 61,637
Posted By Sternwallow
Search the Bible for the phrase "false prophet"....

Search the Bible for the phrase "false prophet". Perhaps with some knowledge you would not make such a false argument?[/quote]
See below. False prophet does not apply if the liar is telling the...
Forum: Atheist vs Theist 03-31-2010, 01:38 PM
Replies: 664
Views: 61,637
Posted By Sternwallow
Do you have some evidence that you think it is...

Do you have some evidence that you think it is plausible or are you just making an unsupported assertion?
Forum: Atheist vs Theist 03-31-2010, 05:20 AM
Replies: 664
Views: 61,637
Posted By Sternwallow
On what basis do you claim that the truths we...

On what basis do you claim that the truths we seek are vague or difficult to find? Just another unsupported assertion on your part?
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