On Fri, 14 Dec 2007 05:11:22 -0500, strabo wrote:
> Free Lunch wrote:
>> On Thu, 13 Dec 2007 11:21:09 -0800, in alt.atheism Gunner
>> <gunner@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in
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>>> On 12 Dec 2007 17:41:28 GMT, Bert Hyman <bert@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
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>>>> 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 supports any claims about gods
>> existing, but that is not necessary for atheism.
>>
>>
> To *not* believe is a belief.
I don't believe you.
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