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Forum: Atheist News 05-20-2013, 10:25 AM
Replies: 19
Views: 20,965
Posted By Demigod79
Gay marriage could stop Christians becoming teachers or doctors - church leaders

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/religion/10067062/Gay-marriage-could-stop-Christians-becoming-teachers-or-doctors-church-leaders.html

So in other words, allow us to discriminate or we won't work for...
Forum: Atheist/Theist Morality 04-28-2012, 06:11 PM
Replies: 36
Views: 15,065
Posted By Demigod79
Yeah, that's not the Abrahamic God at any rate....

Yeah, that's not the Abrahamic God at any rate. God told Abraham to kill his son, he carried it out until God told him to stop, and he was rewarded for his obedience.
Forum: Atheist/Theist Morality 04-28-2012, 02:05 PM
Replies: 36
Views: 15,065
Posted By Demigod79
Then I don't see why you're even bothering with...

Then I don't see why you're even bothering with logical arguments at all. The whole point of doing philosophy is to provide a reason for something (deduce a conclusion from some premises, based on...
Forum: Atheist/Theist Morality 04-28-2012, 09:24 AM
Replies: 36
Views: 15,065
Posted By Demigod79
With regard to Christianity, I think there's a...

With regard to Christianity, I think there's a comparable scenario when Jesus was taken into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. A common question for Christians is, could Jesus have failed...
Forum: Atheist/Theist Morality 04-27-2012, 07:20 PM
Replies: 36
Views: 15,065
Posted By Demigod79
Well, looking up the dictionary, for something to...

Well, looking up the dictionary, for something to be meaningful it has to provide significance, purpose or importance. Your scenario of morality being equated with God's nature is meaningless since...
Forum: Atheist/Theist Morality 04-27-2012, 04:59 PM
Replies: 36
Views: 15,065
Posted By Demigod79
No, the Eythyphro Dilemma forces theists to...

No, the Eythyphro Dilemma forces theists to choose between two options: 1) God's morality is meaningless or 2) morality is separate from God. The solution that theists seek is one that does not...
Forum: Atheist/Theist Morality 04-27-2012, 04:48 PM
Replies: 36
Views: 15,065
Posted By Demigod79
I'm sorry, but that comes nowhere close to...

I'm sorry, but that comes nowhere close to solving the Euthyphro Dilemma. If it's simply because it's in God's nature then God has no choice in it at all, in which case you cannot praise God for his...
Forum: Introduce Yourself 03-24-2012, 08:36 AM
Replies: 39
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Views: 6,873
Posted By Demigod79
Can you elaborate more on those perceived...

Can you elaborate more on those perceived interactions? As a person who's never communicated with a deity, I'm interested to know what such an experience is like (for example, how do you know you're...
Forum: Introduce Yourself 03-23-2012, 05:46 PM
Replies: 39
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Views: 6,873
Posted By Demigod79
Hello theistic! (or can I call you sheep?)...

Hello theistic! (or can I call you sheep?) Welcome to our humble forum.


I commend you for thinking outside of the typically restrictive theistic box. The way I see it, if a god exists, and this god...
Forum: Atheist News 03-14-2012, 08:12 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 5,034
Posted By Demigod79
The thing is, the judge may have actually done...

The thing is, the judge may have actually done this on behalf of the victim, so that her honor would be restored and she wouldn't have to live with the taint of rape. Kind of like, "I'm not letting...
Forum: Atheist News 03-14-2012, 05:39 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 5,034
Posted By Demigod79
Moroccan girl commits suicide after being forced to marry her rapist

http://english.alarabiya.net/articles/2012/03/14/200577.html


Saw this on my friend's Facebook. There's biblical morality for ya.
Forum: General Discussion 12-30-2011, 07:13 AM
Replies: 31
Views: 6,323
Posted By Demigod79
I'm not sure if that's directed at me, but as an...

I'm not sure if that's directed at me, but as an atheist, I don't believe in any of that stuff. And I don't think she is willing to do it to saved me from hell, but because she's been ordered to by...
Forum: Atheist vs Theist 12-26-2011, 09:13 AM
Replies: 81
Views: 14,664
Posted By Demigod79
The same old design argument *sigh*. This is the...

The same old design argument *sigh*. This is the same self-righteous, self-centered bullshit that is taught at the pulpit every sunday. Basically, you're saying that we are so special that something...
Forum: Atheist vs Theist 12-19-2011, 07:39 PM
Replies: 81
Views: 14,664
Posted By Demigod79
Then I don't understand why you'd bring up the...

Then I don't understand why you'd bring up the idea of of "absolutely nothing", since it never existed. How is this anything other than an unprovable idea?


I think you missed my point, which is...
Forum: General Discussion 12-19-2011, 06:58 PM
Replies: 31
Views: 6,323
Posted By Demigod79
Yes, it's true, I don't actually love her (I...

Yes, it's true, I don't actually love her (I think I may have once, but not anymore). She didn't seem offended by my godlessness so I was wondering if it was possible, but at the end of the day I...
Forum: Atheist vs Theist 12-18-2011, 06:00 PM
Replies: 81
Views: 14,664
Posted By Demigod79
You did not answer my question. How do you know...

You did not answer my question. How do you know that there was once a point when absolutely nothing existed? This needs to be established first before we can talk about how something can come from...
Forum: Atheist vs Theist 12-17-2011, 10:13 PM
Replies: 81
Views: 14,664
Posted By Demigod79
But what's to say that there was once a point...

But what's to say that there was once a point when absolutely nothing existed? (remember that the big bang proposes that the universe started from a singularity) If an eternally existing God is a...
Forum: General Discussion 12-17-2011, 07:36 PM
Replies: 31
Views: 6,323
Posted By Demigod79
Reminds me of a book by Bart Centre (the Hump),...

Reminds me of a book by Bart Centre (the Hump), in which he describes telling his children about the delusions that their mother holds.

As some of you may have guessed, I am currently in this...
Forum: General Discussion 12-17-2011, 06:48 PM
Replies: 31
Views: 6,323
Posted By Demigod79
What if a theist wanted to marry you? ...

I have a question for my fellow atheists here. If a theist wishes to marry you (for the sake of the argument let's say they know you are an atheist and everything), would you do it? If so, then under...
Forum: Atheist vs Theist 12-13-2011, 05:48 PM
Replies: 81
Views: 14,664
Posted By Demigod79
And so you posit an eternal, timeless entity...

And so you posit an eternal, timeless entity (which by its very nature can never make anything happen) to solve this problem? Perhaps you missed the point that Dawkins was making, which is that a God...
Forum: General Discussion 12-03-2011, 03:17 PM
Replies: 13
Views: 2,249
Posted By Demigod79
It's not surprising. As this article...

It's not surprising. As this article (http://atheism.about.com/od/definitionofatheism/a/definition.htm
) states:
Forum: Atheist vs Theist 11-25-2011, 09:58 PM
Replies: 48
Views: 9,326
Posted By Demigod79
I think this makes a lot of sense. The god of the...

I think this makes a lot of sense. The god of the bible is such an immature, insecure, bitter, jealous tyrant that it's difficult to see how any thinking person could equate this god with a god that...
Forum: Open Mic and General Chat 11-19-2011, 10:09 PM
Replies: 1,917
Views: 226,467
Posted By Demigod79
Hey, I never said automation leads to...

Hey, I never said automation leads to unemployment, I just said it's not the best model for increasing employment (it can create some jobs but also take some away).


Are you deliberately being...
Forum: Open Mic and General Chat 11-19-2011, 04:27 PM
Replies: 1,917
Views: 226,467
Posted By Demigod79
And yet why would someone invest in a robot that...

And yet why would someone invest in a robot that needs several people to build and maintain to replace one worker? Ideally, that one robot should replace the work of several workers, thus saving on...
Forum: Open Mic and General Chat 11-19-2011, 02:20 PM
Replies: 1,917
Views: 226,467
Posted By Demigod79
You really think companies seek investment money...

You really think companies seek investment money specifically to create jobs? Corporations are all about minimizing costs and so I'd imagine the bulk of investment money would go towards that end...
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