Re: Selling Points of the Major Religions

beelzebub wrote:
> On Mon, 12 May 2008 20:53:20 -0700, DanielSan
> <danielsan1977@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> 
>> beelzebub wrote:
>>> On May 12, 8:57 pm, DanielSan <danielsan1...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>>> beelzebub wrote:
>>>>> On May 12, 7:01 pm, Free Lunch <lu...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>>>>> On Mon, 12 May 2008 17:27:07 -0700 (PDT), beelzebub
>>>>>> <yank_ees_s...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>>>>>> On May 12, 4:53 pm, Free Lunch <lu...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>>>>>>> On Mon, 12 May 2008 13:00:08 -0700 (PDT), beelzebub
>>>>>>>> <yank_ees_s...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>>>>>>>> So you believe in a god or gods?
>>>>>>>> No.
>>>>>>> Then as your answer indicates, you *believe* that there is no god.
>>>>>> No.
>>>>> You just contradicted yourself.
>>>> No, he didn't.
>>>
>>> You're as stupid as he is.  Of course he contradicted himself.
>>> (Hilarious.)
>>>
>> No.  He doesn't believe there is no god and he doesn't believe there is

>> a god.
> 
> 
> Thanks for proving my point.  That was never the question.  He clearly
> contradicted himself.  (You can't be this stupid.)

You: "You believe in a god or gods?"
Him: "No."
You: "Then as your answer indicates, you *believe* that there is no god."
Him: "No."

No contradiction.  He doesn't believe in gods and he doesn't believe in 
no gods.

You can't possibly be this stupid, can you?

> 
> 
>>> Why do atheists play semantic games to avoid acknowledging that they
>>> have a belief system?
>> Because we don't have a belief system.
> 
> Bull****.  
> 
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> 
> atheism  /aythi-iz’m/
> (n) the belief that God does not exist. --Oxford English Dictionary

Sorry, but the OED actually defines atheism as:
Disbelief in, or denial of, the existence of a god.

> 
> belief (n) 
> 1 a feeling that something exists or is true, especially one without
proof. 
> 2 a firmly held opinion. 
> 3 (belief in) trust or confidence in. 
> 4 religious faith. 

Okay, now the definition for "disbelief", please.

> hypocrisy 
> (n) the practice of claiming to have higher standards or beliefs 
> than is the case. 

I have never claimed that I have higher standards than anyone else.


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