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What is your religious orientation?

 
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_dartagnan
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Post by _dartagnan »

But yes Kevin logically we are all atheists.

No we're not. That remains the most ridiculous, yet easily disproved thing you've ever said.
I guess you didn't read the Catholic Encyclopedia comment on that.

I read it, but I know how to comprehend. It didn't say we're all atheists. You don't comprehend well. If you have to run back centuries before finding someone, anyone who once suggested the same flawed reasoning, well, then this speak volumes about your "logic" of what constitutes an established point. Repeating a flawed assumption, even twice in a 2000 year period, doesn't make it "logical" fact.
Considering you quoted the Pope as if your own words


According to you and only you. Nobody who knows anything about comprehension thinks so.

I figure you are partial to anything the Catholic church puts out.

Another ridiculous comment. Here you are, an atheist, refering to something a particular group of theists once said in the distant past, which you grab by way of a Catholic encyclopedia, and insisting this makes it "logical."

You're pretty desperate when you have to use two different theistic sources to establish an atheistic point. What's even worse is the fact that neither of them establish your point. And what's worst is that you don't even realize it.

Do yourself and everyone else a favor, and stop lashing out at me over your inability to comprehend, develop coherent arguments and think reasonably.
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Post by _marg »

previous: Considering you quoted the Pope as if your own words

Kevin's response: According to you and only you. Nobody who knows anything about comprehension thinks so.
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Ok Kevin, let's compare:

Kevin says: “The answer lies in the fact that in Islam, God's power is not limited to natural laws. Since God, according to Islam, is absolutely transcendent, his will is not bound with rationality.”

"At Regensburg, Pope Benedict XVI observed that: "for Muslim teaching, God is absolutely transcendent. His will is not bound up with any of our categories, even that of rationality."


I guess my mistake the Pope must have been quoting you with a little tweaking.
_Sam Harris
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Post by _Sam Harris »

Theist with progressive leanings. Wish more folks would chime in on this thread so we can see if the non-theists really do overrun this board...would explain a lot...
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Post by _Blixa »

GIMR wrote:Theist with progressive leanings. Wish more folks would chime in on this thread so we can see if the non-theists really do overrun this board...would explain a lot...


What do you mean GIMR?
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_Jersey Girl
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Post by _Jersey Girl »

GIMR wrote:Theist with progressive leanings. Wish more folks would chime in on this thread so we can see if the non-theists really do overrun this board...would explain a lot...


That's why I posted it, GIMR. I read someone whining about the board being dominated by atheists. In all serious, what does it matter what "side" dominates the board by their presence? If one has a strong argument, it shouldn't matter how many opposing viewpoints are presented to counter.
_CaliforniaKid
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Post by _CaliforniaKid »

Sort of an agnostic theist I guess.
_Jersey Girl
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Post by _Jersey Girl »

CaliforniaKid wrote:Sort of an agnostic theist I guess.


I think I fall into that same category, CK.
_Scottie
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Post by _Scottie »

I'm atheist, but I reserve the right to change my mind should He choose to prove it to me.
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_Moniker
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Post by _Moniker »

What is an agnostic theist?
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Post by _Jersey Girl »

Moniker wrote:What is an agnostic theist?


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agnostic_theism
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