Dutch Uncle
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You aren't very good at math, I can see
If you roll four six-sided die 45,989,356,193,567 times, is it just chance when all four come up 6s? Answer: yes.
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You aren't very good at math, I can see
If you roll four six-sided die 45,989,356,193,567 times, is it just chance when all four come up 6s? Answer: yes.
Then leave us alone.
We do. I know there are a few atheists who get confrontational. Atheism is not a church or an organization. There is no leader and nobody controls them or gives orders. It is not like the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster.
Explain what I ever did to bother you, infringe on your rights, or when I harassed or harangued you.
I was saying that atheism is more than just a disbelief in gods. That is an inadequate definition because when you cut to the chase, its a rejection of religion wholesale.
"Rejection" implies an action. Atheism is nothing more than an absence of a belief in god(s), in some form of an afterlife, of even a soul.
Which is why atheists looooove to fluff up their numbers with Buddhists, agnostics and people who believe in an afterlife even if they don’t believe in an old man sitting on a golden throne passing judgement.I agree, that's why I don't think unbelief in gods is an adequate definition. Some religions don't have a specific creator god
We do. I know there are a few atheists who get confrontational. Atheism is not a church or an organization. There is no leader and nobody controls them or gives orders. It is not like the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster.
I don't know anyone who wants to ban all gunsWhich is why atheists looooove to fluff up their numbers with Buddhists, agnostics and people who believe in an afterlife even if they don’t believe in an old man sitting on a golden throne passing judgement.
Like gun banners, lots of atheists are dishonest….probably because they are the same people. LOL
Which is why atheists looooove to fluff up their numbers with Buddhists, agnostics and people who believe in an afterlife even if they don’t believe in an old man sitting on a golden throne passing judgement.
Like gun banners, lots of atheists are dishonest….probably because they are the same people. LOL
I didn’t say you, I said “lots”. Ask Nordberg, TOW and Phan for clarification. <—- inside joke.I am an atheist, and I believe in gun control. Am I dishonest? How?
I didn’t say you, I said “lots”. Ask Nordberg, TOW and Phan for clarification. <—- inside joke.
I don't know anyone who wants to ban all guns
Kind of like how holy rollers would like to claim Thomas Jefferson, Abe Lincoln, and Donald Trumpf as christians. Jefferson and Lincoln were deists, and Trump is an atheist in practice if not in public performance.
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Niel de grasse Tyson strikes me as a very principled and honest atheist, and there are undoubtedly many like him.
I think there is a distinction between those who are just angry at Christianity, and those who are principled and detached unbelievers.
Agreed, just like the religious or political. People have a tendency to only focus on the active (in your face) and forget that the majority are passive (minding their own business).Fair enough. I do agree there are active atheists and passive atheists. I fall into the latter category.
I don't think I've seen any established liberal poster call for a full ban on all guns.There are lots on JPP. Politically, it would be impossible to completely ban guns in one fell swoop. Ergo, it must be done in steps. This is why I like asking the question about Obama’s 2013 Gun Control bill. It’s obviously a first step.
Agreed on deists. I lean that way too: a watchmaker God.
I like Dr. Tyson. Sure, sometimes he’s a little arrogant, but he really gets the message of science out to the public. His testimony to the Science committee still brings tears to my eyes. IMO, the 25 minute testimony goes quickly:
I agree, that's why I don't think unbelief in gods is an adequate definition. Some religions don't have a specific creator god
Fair enough. I do agree there are active atheists and passive atheists. I fall into the latter category.
True. From discussions with the atheists in our family, it's the absence of a belief in the supernatural, which they define as deities, spirits, ghosts, souls, Heaven, Hell, nirvana, reincarnation, and so on. The reason: No evidence for any of these things.
His quota is 1,000 times... Anything beyond that he receives a commission for.Really? You're one of those leftist nutcases that ensures he meets his quota of screaming "RACIST!" 1000 times each day for good health?
You're a fucking idiot.
Hey, would you call me a "RACIST!" a few times? Just to go towards your quota, I mean. Just, maybe thirty to forty? It's not like I'm asking for a few hundred.
Who is "the Right"? Would you consider me as part of "the Right"? I don't hate EV's at all, and actually find that they do have a number of practical/sensible uses. E.g., They make a great commuter vehicle for anyone living in/near a big city who doesn't go that far away from the big city very often.I fail to understand why the Right seems to HATE (hate hate hate hate hate) EV's.
... and I don't.I get it that they may not want to buy one,
Once again, a leftist communist libtard being dishonest... Nothing new here.. move along, move along...but to act like EV's are somehow an affront to their lives is beyond the pale.
Why are you anti-choice? Do you fear that EV's can't compete with ICE's in a free market?Is it because they fear that one day EV's will be the only choice? That's a waaaaays off.
I don't. That's why I own ICE vehicles. Much cheaper maintenance too.Besides: who wants to own a car that requires MORE maintenance?
Lots of atheists, mostly the angry, militant ones, follow the Four Horsemen of New Atheism. Specifically Richard Dawkins.
Christopher Hitchens used to be a major figure as one of the Horsemen until he choked out his life from cancer at age 62 from a lifetime of heavy smoking and drinking.