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[sam vimes]

Originally Posted by Sybren117

You're no fun.

I'm having the kind of day you had yesterday. I'll get better.

[cybernova]

Originally Posted by Sybren117

Just hearing the same argument many times doesn't make it bullshit. In fact, it might just be that people are repeating it so much because there is in fact some validity to it.

Trust me, I get as pissed as the next guy when people start calling it "a fairy tale for gullible people who are afraid of death", and unlike you I wouldn't even classify myself as atheist -- I am not confident enough in my knowledge of the mechanics and very existence of the universe that I can realistically call myself anything other than an absolutely clueless agnostic -- but to dismiss an argument as stupid and pointless just because you've heard it a lot is a path to ignorance.

Ah how I agree with you. Thank you for making more sense than I do.

The way I had written that argument in my original post (using only the best of grammar, "bible sucks etc") was meant to express that the argument proves nothing of your intelligence or your point when you're just playing broken telephone and screaming on an internet forum about it. It's not the argument that isn't valid, it's the way people repeat it and never bother to check if they've got their stuff right.

And I didn't say you'd have to read the book cover to cover (I haven't), but at least one could try to find and quote the passages that support their arguments, so that people could make their own perceptions. That'd give the argument ground, and make it actually arguable. And it's good manners IMO.

I guess I'm atheist unless/until given reason to turn agnostic. So maybe agnostic is closer in the end.

[The Hag]

Just going to leave these here without comment because I hate the Internet today.







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[Sybren117]

I believe my explanation planted me pretty firmly in the top right box.

[Lithium Flower]

I am so glad Boyfriend and I aren't wishywashy and pushy. Boyfriend believes in the Christian god. I believe in no god. He is sure of his god. I am sure of no god.

We got this all figured out.

Respectively that is.



Team Grumpy Cat, yo.

[cybernova]

That superiority strip is too true.

Sure, I try (and fail) to not look like an absolute idiot whenever I argue a point, but I don't do it to seem above others because frankly, I'm not.

[sam vimes]

Wait...it's Thursday.

I am god.

[StarsCASSiOPEiA]

Emmers, if Sam is in in charge today, it might be best to believe for just a little while.

With Sam having a bad day, who knows what sort of chaos will ensue?

[The Hag]

Originally Posted by sam vimes

Wait...it's Thursday.

I am god.

Originally Posted by StarsCASSiOPEiA

With Sam having a bad day, who knows what sort of chaos will ensue?

Well don't expect me to sacrifice a goat to appease him.

[BlondieSundae]

Originally Posted by sam vimes

Wait...it's Thursday.

I am god.

I BRING YOU OFFERINGS OF BEER!

[Lithium Flower]

I will make JoJo a MLP statue made of Nutella.

[Sybren117]

I don't need SV. Jesus is my friend.

[Lithium Flower]

People gettin' their pantsu in a twist whenever they see the word 'abortion' and don't know that it doesn't just mean a medical procedure.

A 'spontaneous abortion' is a medical term for a miscarriage. Along with about 5 other phrases with the word 'abortion' in them. They're goddamn medical terms you rube.

Get outta my face.

[penny_dreadful]

Originally Posted by Lithium Flower

I am so glad Boyfriend and I aren't wishywashy and pushy. Boyfriend believes in the Christian god. I believe in no god. He is sure of his god. I am sure of no god.

Excuse me, but are you saying that if you aren't sure of God, you're wishy-washy?

Originally Posted by Sybren117

I don't need SV. Jesus is my friend.

Oh man, can't be in a bad mood when that song is on.

[Lithium Flower]

Originally Posted by penny_dreadful

Excuse me, but are you saying that if you aren't sure of God, you're wishy-washy?

That is not at all what I meant and I was not referring to the kind of belief an individual had, apologies if it came across that way.