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Atheists cite resurgence as they gather on Easter weekend (Triple Barf Alert)
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| 3 Apr 10
| John Blake
Posted on 04/03/2010 5:36:23 PM PDT by SkyPilot
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To: Mr. Mojo
I personally know a few atheists (even a few on FR), and not one of them feels the need to whine and join activist-victim movements like the nutballs in this story. I'm an atheist, and I have far better things to do with my time! They really do need to get a life (an overused phrase, but it applies here).
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posted on
04/03/2010 6:02:11 PM PDT
by
GL of Sector 2814
(One man's theology is another man's belly laugh - Robert A. Heinlein)
To: 353FMG
Speaking just for my self. something like god doesn´t exist. i will defend this against everyone even i respect if someone thinks different.
To: SkyPilot
Silverman will join about 300 atheists in a Newark, New Jersey, hotel ballroom......in the 36th annual American Atheists National Convention at the Newark Liberty Renaissance Hotel.36 years/300 people = 8.33 people per year joining the movement. That's quite an organization he's got going there - I draw more people to my block party every year.
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posted on
04/03/2010 6:04:34 PM PDT
by
capydick
(''Life's tough.......it's even tougher if you're stupid.'')
To: dr_lew; WVNan
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posted on
04/03/2010 6:05:37 PM PDT
by
dr_lew
To: pnh102
Probably no God? LOL. Whats wrong with these people? If they are so confident of their faith they should just out and say there IS no God. Bear in mind that there's more than one flavor of atheism. Strong (or positive) atheists explicitly deny the existence of deities. Weak (or negative) atheists include implicit atheists (those who have thought little, or not at all, about gods) and those who explicitly eschew belief in deities without asserting deities do not exist.
I subscribe to the latter, myself.
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posted on
04/03/2010 6:06:03 PM PDT
by
GL of Sector 2814
(One man's theology is another man's belly laugh - Robert A. Heinlein)
To: Ozone34
Aristotles proof that there is a prime mover or pure beingGodremains solid.Thanks for the reference. I am going to build on this statement to make a point.
St. Paul spread the Gospel to both Jews and Greeks, at least initially. He had some success with both groups of people. However, when he did not have success, the results were different. For the most part, unbelieving Greeks continued to believe in polytheism, but left Paul alone. Unbelieving Jews, on the other hand, who understood the God the Father part of the equation, ran Paul out of town and even made attempts on his life. The Jews did this because either Paul's message shook the foundation of their beliefs, or because they had money and power to lose.
The atheists of today that attack Christianity have a lot in common with the Jews of St. Paul's time. Either their fundamental beliefs are being challenged (and they have no answer), or they are losing power and money.
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posted on
04/03/2010 6:07:38 PM PDT
by
mlocher
(USA is a sovereign nation)
To: SkyPilot
Sorry, I couldn’t read it all. I’m looking for a teflon barf bag.
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posted on
04/03/2010 6:07:55 PM PDT
by
rdl6989
(January 20, 2013- The end of an error.)
To: 353FMG
I’m with you, if there is no God then why fight him? why spend time fighting that that dose not exist? don’t they put people in rubber rooms for that?
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posted on
04/03/2010 6:09:31 PM PDT
by
mtnjimmi
(God is dead Niche, Niche is dead God)
To: pnh102
Probably no God? LOL. Whats wrong with these people? If they are so confident of their faith they should just out and say there IS no God.
Ok word there is no god! i will never believe in somthing like this. Now tell me why i´m wrong?
To: mlocher
If anything, it was the Clinton Administration that should have made the atheists irate, not Bush. That was certainly the case for myself, but I suspect I'm in the minority as regards atheists as a whole...they tend to be quite left-leaning, with the notable exception of those who have Objectivist & Libertarian tendencies.
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posted on
04/03/2010 6:11:01 PM PDT
by
GL of Sector 2814
(One man's theology is another man's belly laugh - Robert A. Heinlein)
To: SkyPilot
A gathering of anti-Semites, anti-Christites and anti-Buddhites.
All that is missing is their pointy white hoods and a cross to burn.
To: SkyPilot
Too many worship political correctness, instead. How is political correctness NOT a religion, too?
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posted on
04/03/2010 6:14:21 PM PDT
by
johnthebaptistmoore
(If leftist legislation that's already in place really can't be ended by non-leftists, then what?)
To: SkyPilot
"There's
probably no God"?
ROTFL!!!
Nice sign, hosers! It sounds as though somebody isn't so sure of themself.
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posted on
04/03/2010 6:14:44 PM PDT
by
FlingWingFlyer
(Help! I've been Alinskyed by the Obamanoids and I can't get up!)
To: darkside321
Ok word there is no god! i will never believe in somthing like this. Now tell me why i´m wrong? Why do I have to prove anything? I'm not the one making the assertion.
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posted on
04/03/2010 6:18:40 PM PDT
by
pnh102
(Regarding liberalism, always attribute to malice what you think can be explained by stupidity. - Me)
To: mlocher
The atheists of today that attack Christianity have a lot in common with the Jews of St. Paul's time. Either their fundamental beliefs are being challenged (and they have no answer), or they are losing power and money. This may interest you as well:
"The Jewish Revolutionary Spirit: And Its Impact on World History"
by E. Michael Jones.
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posted on
04/03/2010 6:18:50 PM PDT
by
Ozone34
("There are only two philosophies: Thomism and bullshitism!" -Leon Bloy)
To: darkside321
Why bother with defending something that doesn’t exist? A waste of a true atheist’s time.
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posted on
04/03/2010 6:34:19 PM PDT
by
353FMG
(What else can Islam possibly contribute to America other than its destruction?)
To: SkyPilot
The Internet showed atheists that they weren't alone, as they sought out and encouraged one another.Gore's fault.
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posted on
04/03/2010 6:50:47 PM PDT
by
shekkian
To: SkyPilot
Satan is an imitator. His people can't even come up with their own day but just like their progenitor is a thief they try to steal ours.
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posted on
04/03/2010 6:51:04 PM PDT
by
Bellflower
(If you are left DO NOT take the mark of the beast and be damned forever.)
To: SkyPilot
NJ population: 8,707,739
“surging atheist” gathering: 300
silliness: priceless
To: SkyPilot
What Silverman is doing instead is talking up the "resurgence" among atheists. He says atheists once felt isolated and misunderstood. Yeah, now they've progressed all the way to denial.
Cheers!
...oh, and Happy Easter.
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posted on
04/03/2010 7:27:08 PM PDT
by
grey_whiskers
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