A beginner's guide to being an atheist, by Richard Dawkins

Cypress said:
I don't think there is a militant atheist on this board who hasn't tried to pull the trick of equating Christian belief in Jesus with ancient pagan belief in Thor, Odin, or the Sun god Ra.

That is a terrible analogy because it ignores that the intellectual basis of religions like Christianity and Buddhism are based on historical claims about historical people.
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There is no such thing as a militant atheist, Cyborg.
 
Cypress said:
ftfy....It would actually make me more skeptical if they were all identical. That would be strong evidence they collaborated and copied from each other.

Witness accounts never match up in detail. Any cop or police detective will tell you that.
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There is no doubt that Luke and Matthew copied Mark.
Cypress said:
Christianity makes you very angry.

Ancient authors usually mixed historical factoids with myth, allegory, hyperbole. They did not write analytical history. You are using modern standards and applying them to ancient people.

You only apply your hyper-skeptical standards to Christian authors, but to no one else. That calls into question your impartiality. I've never seen you write that historians should throw away Herodotus and the Norse Sagas because they mix mythology and hyperbole with nuggets of historical data.

I notice you did not dispute my statement that whether or not one takes walking on water literally, it does nothing to change the core essence of Christian doctrine concerning faith, grace, salvation, ethics.

I don't think there is a militant atheist on this board who hasn't tried to pull the trick of equating Christian belief in Jesus with ancient pagan belief in Thor, Odin, or the Sun god Ra.

That is a terrible analogy because it ignores that the intellectual basis of religions like Christianity and Buddhism are based on historical claims about historical people.
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As I said, Christians take the parts they like as literal and the absurd, impossible or those that don’t fit their narrative as metaphor, allegory.

I apply my standards of proof to every part of my life. Why should Christians be exempt? We don’t accept the Honest Abe or Washington cutting down a cherry tree simply on faith, but you expect that just because it’s theological in nature. Bullshit on that.

We know the Norse, Greek, Roman gods are myths. So, why do you think the Christian ones are not? Where’s the evidence?
 
domer76 said:
That’s OK, dude.

But if you won’t contribute, debate or discuss, quit being such a tag along bystander on this thread, merely ditto-ing someone else’s posts. It’s pretty lame.
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Awesome.

Your judgments of me are interesting. Why do you believe none of my posts on this thread haven't contributed to the OP?
Agreed some people are lame. Especially those who use strawman arguments or those who clearly only want to push their POV and never listen to others. You know, the whole overflowing cup thing.

I've listened to your beliefs that "there is no god". As @Cypress and I have discussed, we don't know and agree no one can prove it either way. He and I agree it's silly to keep going over the same exact point over and over and over again. His multiple threads on the subject are always from different angles, like different facets of the same diamond. Why do you think some people have a problem with that?

Why do you have a problem with that?

Why do you think Perry follows Cypress like a puppy?

theteacupoflife.com

The Tale of the Overflowing Teacup

A Cup of Tea is a great tale that reminds us to be humble and empty our minds.
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Dutch Uncle said:
Awesome.

Your judgments of me are interesting. Why do you believe none of my posts on this thread haven't contributed to the OP?
Agreed some people are lame.
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You’re a Cypress tag alone, dude. His cheerleader.

You won’t accept my simple offer. Great. So, move on and maybe we’ll find something else, someday.
 
domer76 said:
You’re a Cypress tag alone, dude. His cheerleader.

You won’t accept my simple offer. Great. So, move on and maybe we’ll find something else, someday.
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Again, like Trump himself, you picture yourself on a throne making judgements. Weird.

Your simple offer for me to attack your strawmen arguments? Again, hard pass. Let me help you understand "hard pass" since you seem to have a very narrow view of worldly topics:

www.merriam-webster.com

Definition of HARD PASS

a firm refusal or rejection of something (such as an offer)… See the full definition
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a firm refusal or rejection of something (such as an offer)
 
Dutch Uncle said:
Again, like Trump himself, you picture yourself on a throne making judgements. Weird.

Your simple offer for me to attack your strawmen arguments? Again, hard pass. Let me help you understand "hard pass" since you seem to have a very narrow view of worldly topics:

www.merriam-webster.com

Definition of HARD PASS

a firm refusal or rejection of something (such as an offer)… See the full definition
www.merriam-webster.com www.merriam-webster.com
a firm refusal or rejection of something (such as an offer)
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I made the offer for you to put up, but I never added the shut up part.

I do now.
 
domer76 said:
I made the offer for you to put up, but I never added the shut up part.

I do now.
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Put up what? Prove your strawman's are straw?

When you tell me, specifically, what you are disagreeing with in my posts, I'll be happy to reply.

You and I both know what pisses you off about me is the fact I won't agree with your B&W view of the world when it comes to the spiritual side of mankind.

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