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  • B benjymous

    phykell wrote: Atheism requires "active" belief that God doesn't exist. I don't feel that I "believe" one way or the other. therefore I'm not an atheist either. Yeah, that was what I was getting at. I don't really believe anything and I don't not believe anything - I'd be happy to accept that there is a God, it just doesn't really bother me much one way or another) In my view, an Atheist is someone who makes a firm point to say that they strongly believe that there isn't a God -- Help me! I'm turning into a grapefruit!

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    Christian Graus
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    That makes you agnostic. Christian come on all you MS suckups, defend your sugar-daddy now. - Chris Losinger - 11/07/2002

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      That makes you agnostic. Christian come on all you MS suckups, defend your sugar-daddy now. - Chris Losinger - 11/07/2002

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      thowra
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      I can't accept that because it sounds like I'm somewhere in the middle, as though I regard it just as possible as impossible. The fact is, that I regard it as highly improbable. I could meet somebody tomorrow who firmly believes he has a little green monster sat on his shoulder which is invisible. I couldn't say that I am 100% sure he is wrong, but neither would I shrug my shoulders and accpet his opinion as a serious possibility. The idea of God is just as ludicrous to me as somebody's own personal invisible monster, yet am I an atheist? No I don't think so, but I'd hardly call myself agnostic either unless the dictionary description was one who had no belief one way or the other. I guess I can just about live with that :) "The folly of man is that he dreams of what he can never achieve rather than dream of what he can."

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        I can't accept that because it sounds like I'm somewhere in the middle, as though I regard it just as possible as impossible. The fact is, that I regard it as highly improbable. I could meet somebody tomorrow who firmly believes he has a little green monster sat on his shoulder which is invisible. I couldn't say that I am 100% sure he is wrong, but neither would I shrug my shoulders and accpet his opinion as a serious possibility. The idea of God is just as ludicrous to me as somebody's own personal invisible monster, yet am I an atheist? No I don't think so, but I'd hardly call myself agnostic either unless the dictionary description was one who had no belief one way or the other. I guess I can just about live with that :) "The folly of man is that he dreams of what he can never achieve rather than dream of what he can."

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        Christian Graus
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        phykell wrote: The idea of God is just as ludicrous to me as somebody's own personal invisible monster, yet am I an atheist? The label is pretty much irrelevant. Who cares *what* you are, in terms of what someone says - does it change *who* you are ? If you're an athiest, then you were that before someone attached a label to it for you, so who cares ? phykell wrote: but I'd hardly call myself agnostic either unless the dictionary description was one who had no belief one way or the other. I'd accept that as a definition of agnostic. Christian come on all you MS suckups, defend your sugar-daddy now. - Chris Losinger - 11/07/2002

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        • C Christian Graus

          phykell wrote: The idea of God is just as ludicrous to me as somebody's own personal invisible monster, yet am I an atheist? The label is pretty much irrelevant. Who cares *what* you are, in terms of what someone says - does it change *who* you are ? If you're an athiest, then you were that before someone attached a label to it for you, so who cares ? phykell wrote: but I'd hardly call myself agnostic either unless the dictionary description was one who had no belief one way or the other. I'd accept that as a definition of agnostic. Christian come on all you MS suckups, defend your sugar-daddy now. - Chris Losinger - 11/07/2002

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          thowra
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          Christian Graus wrote: phykell wrote: but I'd hardly call myself agnostic either unless the dictionary description was one who had no belief one way or the other. I'd accept that as a definition of agnostic. OK, I'll accept that I'm probably "agnostic", though as you also implied, the label is just an attachment. I don't feel I'm anything in particular just because I can't believe in God (note my terminology there - I *can't* believe in God). "The folly of man is that he dreams of what he can never achieve rather than dream of what he can."

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          • C ColinDavies

            Atheists == MindControlers;
            Commies == Atheists;
            Greenies == Commies;

            I'll elaborate later, if you would care to assist me to prove this please reply. Regardz Colin J Davies

            Sonork ID 100.9197:Colin

            I am sick of fighting with Martin, I think I will ignore his posts from here on in, and spend the time working on articles instead. Christian Graus

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            Jeremy Falcon
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            Colin Davies wrote: Atheists == MindControlers; This condition would evaluate to false. :) Jeremy Falcon Imputek "The happy people are those who are producing something; the bored people are those who are consuming much and producing nothing." - William Ralph Inge

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            • J Jeremy Falcon

              Colin Davies wrote: Atheists == MindControlers; This condition would evaluate to false. :) Jeremy Falcon Imputek "The happy people are those who are producing something; the bored people are those who are consuming much and producing nothing." - William Ralph Inge

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              Shog9 0
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              So, are you saying Atheists != MindControllers ? --------

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              • J James Pullicino

                Have you heard of the dyslexic agnostic insomiac? He stayed up all night trying to figure out whether there is a doG. ;P :-D Drinking In The Sun Forgot Password?

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                benjymous
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                or the dyslexic devil worshipper who sold his soul to Santa -- Help me! I'm turning into a grapefruit!

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                  So, are you saying Atheists != MindControllers ? --------

                  PMGRE

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                  benjymous
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                  error C2065: 'Athiests' : undeclared identifier -- Help me! I'm turning into a grapefruit!

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                  • B benjymous

                    error C2065: 'Athiests' : undeclared identifier -- Help me! I'm turning into a grapefruit!

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                    LOL! Sad when i get it wrong while looking right at it... :-O --------

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                    • C ColinDavies

                      Atheists == MindControlers;
                      Commies == Atheists;
                      Greenies == Commies;

                      I'll elaborate later, if you would care to assist me to prove this please reply. Regardz Colin J Davies

                      Sonork ID 100.9197:Colin

                      I am sick of fighting with Martin, I think I will ignore his posts from here on in, and spend the time working on articles instead. Christian Graus

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                      Daniel Ferguson
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                      Generalizations != AlwaysTrue; "You don't have to be a political scientist or a history major to see the 'bigger dick foreign policy' at work. It goes something like this: 'What?! They have bigger dicks? Bomb them!' And of course the bombs and the bullets and the rockets are all shaped like dicks. I don't understand that part of it, but it is part of the equation." -George Carlin

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                        Generalizations != AlwaysTrue; "You don't have to be a political scientist or a history major to see the 'bigger dick foreign policy' at work. It goes something like this: 'What?! They have bigger dicks? Bomb them!' And of course the bombs and the bullets and the rockets are all shaped like dicks. I don't understand that part of it, but it is part of the equation." -George Carlin

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                        Greenhorn
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                        Daniel Ferguson wrote: Generalizations != AlwaysTrue; Correction- Generalizations == MostOftenFalse;

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