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Originally posted by SuzianneI can prove it to you, if you like, Suzianne???? 😛
I dunno about that. I was guessing that Mike was a guy.
-m.
Originally posted by sumydidHow do you argue against something that doesn't exist? I think the argument is with those that mistakenly believe one does.
mikelom: [b]It amuses me that y'all argue day in and day out, getting nowhere, about what they believe or don't believe about a God.
More than being amusing, I think it should be very telling.
You don't see people who don't believe in the FSM or Santa Claus dedicating minutes/hours everyday trying to tear down others' belief in such entitie ...[text shortened]... mean that people who don't believe in God, spend so much time trying to argue against Him?[/b]
Originally posted by woodypusherNo one I know of argues against science. The scientific community however, is strikingly similar to the early Church with its inquisitions and eliminating those who don't believe precisely as they do.
How do you argue against something that doesn't exist? I think the argument is with those that mistakenly believe one does.
More telling is arguing against something that does exist - like science.
I do like your analogy comparing god to Santa Claus though 😉
Originally posted by sumydidMaybe its because believers in the FSM do not go to war over which is best
You don't see people who don't believe in the FSM or Santa Claus dedicating minutes/hours everyday trying to tear down others' belief in such entities. So what does it mean that people who don't believe in God, spend so much time trying to argue against Him?
Originally posted by wolfgang59No one here is warring with anyone.
Maybe its because believers in the FSM do not go to war over which is best
tagliatelle or fussilli.
Maybe its because believers in the FSM do not insist spaghetti is the only true
pasta and all other pasta shapes are false.
Maybe its because believers in the FSM do not want national laws based on
passages from "101 ways to cook pasta". ...[text shortened]... believers in the FSM do not try and impose their world view
on others.
Maybe ............
Originally posted by sumydidAnd that is the exact belief of Buddhism, as a God has never been proven, never.!
You see, for all the supporting of scientific method, it's quite strange, if not hypocritical, that someone would blurt out as fact that no Creator exists, when such has never been proven.
Originally posted by KellyJayI have no puzzle, as I don't live in a world of puzzles. Everything is in order, even chaotically, and serves its purpose in order to maintain energetical balance.
Shame he doesn't move from being amused to that of being mused.
He is more than likely bemused now anyway. 🙂
Kelly
Originally posted by sumydidI can assure you, that when I meet adults, or even older children that believe in either the FSM or Santa Claus, I become very vocal in my attempts to tear down their beliefs in such entities. If anything, I can be more vocal because there is far less stigma against speaking out against such beliefs.
You don't see people who don't believe in the FSM or Santa Claus dedicating minutes/hours everyday trying to tear down others' belief in such entities. So what does it mean that people who don't believe in God, spend so much time trying to argue against Him?
Originally posted by twhiteheadWhere is the cut-off point of telling a child Father Christmas is a load of BS, or letting them live on in the hope?
I can assure you, that when I meet adults, or even older children that believe in either the FSM or Santa Claus, I become very vocal in my attempts to tear down their beliefs in such entities. If anything, I can be more vocal because there is far less stigma against speaking out against such beliefs.
Do you keep quiet when you meet such people? Do you qu ...[text shortened]... n Santa? After all, believing in Santa is hardly harmful and makes for far better Christmas''.
Originally posted by whodeyNonsense! Obama didn't invent the drone program. During the Bush administration I worked for a department at a university that was specifically designed to research, invent and design drones. I don't blame the Bush administration, either...right or wrong, the U.S. military and intelligence are going to use whatever technologies are out there...it's just what came up.
That's why Obama invented the drone program.
Originally posted by sumydidIf there were people here who insisted their belief in either the FSM or Santa should be imposed upon the rest of society, then you may rest assured that I would spend my time arguing against them. But since those people don't exist, there's no sense in arguing against that point of view.
mikelom: [b]It amuses me that y'all argue day in and day out, getting nowhere, about what they believe or don't believe about a God.
More than being amusing, I think it should be very telling.
You don't see people who don't believe in the FSM or Santa Claus dedicating minutes/hours everyday trying to tear down others' belief in such entitie ...[text shortened]... mean that people who don't believe in God, spend so much time trying to argue against Him?[/b]