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To: A_perfect_lady
Nice change of the subject, but I think I'll wait for you to try to actually address what we're discussing.

All you have to do is say the obvious, your first sentence about belief and non belief was silly, obviously short sighted and ill thought out.

It's okay, I've done that lots of times too. Most times I own up to it though.

If you want to tell me about your "beliefs", I have no problem with that. Don't hit on me in Freepmail though....

Okay, okay, it was a joke.....

312 posted on 12/31/2011 9:51:04 AM PST by Lakeshark
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To: Lakeshark
No, my first sentence was exactly correct. The lack of belief in your god is not a belief system. You are trying to start there (as many have tried before you) because you hope to maneuver the atheist into positing their "beliefs" so that you can put them on the defensive, rather than defend your own belief system. But atheists don't have a belief system in and of itself. Some embrace systems, but they tend to be value-based rather than belief-based. We may have values, we may have priorities, we may operate on assumptions (until they are proven wrong, in which case we adapt and keep going) but there is no belief system.

Which is why you can't tell me what I believe. I don't blame you for not trying. You can't describe what is not there.

316 posted on 12/31/2011 9:57:58 AM PST by A_perfect_lady
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