Re: Why do people laugh at atheists?

On Wed, 14 May 2008 15:22:40 GMT, Dave Oldridge
<doldridg@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>Barry OGrady <god_free_jones@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> On Mon, 12 May 2008 20:39:32 GMT, Dave Oldridge
>> <doldridg@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote: 
>> 
>>>Barry OGrady <god_free_jones@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in
>>>news:2mte24hb2l9q8nk4tji4eoig9po5nu0sqr@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 
>> 
>>>>>> Tradition does not equal truth.
>>>>>
>>>>>I never said it did.  But, in the absence of other "truth," it is
>>>>>often better than just guessing.
>>>> 
>>>> Only if you must have an answer, but that is the way the
>>>> creationists work.
>>>
>>>Maybe it's escaped your notice, but the creationists insist on their
>>>own answer despite evidence that it is wrong.
>> 
>> Christians do the same.
>> 
>>>>>>>>>Inquiring minds want to know.
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> Christians don't have inquiring lines.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>I don't understand this lie. What do you mean by "inquiring
>>>>>>>lines?" 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> I don't know what was on my line, er mind, when I wrote that.
>>>>>
>>>>>You have a mind?
>>>> 
>>>> There is a rumour to that effect.
>>>
>>>I don't place too much stock in unsubstantiated rumors.
>> 
>> Christianity is all about unsubstantiated and disproved claims.
>> 
>>>>>Sure had me fooled! Congratulations -- on a near 
>>>>>perfect emulation of a self-made moron.
>>>> 
>>>> As a Christian you would blame God for that.
>>>
>>>I'm not a Calvinist.  You have free will, and therefore the ability to
>>>make yourself a moron if you choose.
>> 
>> You are not a realest either. Free will does not work as you wish it
>> did.
>
>How would you know?

Much research has been done on brain function.

>You would have to be able to read what I write in 
>order to know what I wish it to do.  Since you are manifestly illiterate,

>there is little chance of that happening.

As a Christian you would blame God for that.

>-- 
>Dave Oldridge+

Barry
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