Re: America As We've Known It Is Finished

Michael Gray wrote:
> On Fri, 14 Dec 2007 05:11:22 -0500, strabo <strabo@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> wrote:
> 
>> Free Lunch wrote:
>>> On Thu, 13 Dec 2007 11:21:09 -0800, in alt.atheism 
>>> Gunner <gunner@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in
>>> <1113m3hc0upn15gc9i5nk4hv2vhmvpvoi0@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>:
>>>> On 12 Dec 2007 17:41:28 GMT, Bert Hyman <bert@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> gunner@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 (Gunner) wrote in
>>>>> news:g170m3tmo6dkrpg527t8klq008iqr263nv@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 
>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Atheism is *not* a philosophy, it is a mere lack of belief in
gods.
>>>>>> Atheism, just another faith based belief system.
>>>>> Nonsense.
>>>>>
>>>>> Do you believe in the flying spaghetti monster?
>>>>>
>>>>> No? Is that a faith-based belief system or merely the natural state
of
>>>>> a properly functioning human mind? 
>>>> Your diversion with some drivel about pasta is noted.
>>>>
>>>> Atheism is indeed a faith based belief system.  It proudly proclaims
>>>> that there is NO god, has never been a god, and there can never be a
>>>> god.
>>> Your claim is false. Atheists do not believe in gods. That is all.
Some
>>> may choose to take the next logical step and draw the conclusion that
no
>>> gods exist since no evidence sup****ts any claims about gods existing,
>>> but that is not necessary for atheism.
>>>
>> To *not* believe is a belief.
> 
> Abo****e bull****.
> A rock does not believe anything,



prove it

  but you would insist that it
> "believes".