Philosopher Who Gave the New Atheists Their Theoretical Foundations Became Convinced that God Exists

Enza Ferreri Blog ^ | 29 December 2013 | Enza Ferreri

[GOP Poet]

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[Nervous Tick]

bfl

[Inyo-Mono]

Yet another bookmark.

[Misterioso]

A famous atheist slips on a banana peel and believers think God taught him a lesson. Amusing.

[FreeperCell]

I think I would put my money on the lottery, before I put it on an atheist.

[GraceG]

The problem with the modern Atheist movement is that they are Ardent Authoritarians.

This is why the only Atheist that I actually respect is Penn Jillette.

[Viennacon]

I heard recently that Friedrich Nietzsche (who you might call the father of ‘old’ atheism), during his final years in an insane asylum, did little but sit and recite scripture he’d learned in his youth.

Ironic.

[elcid1970]

I guess all spiritual belief is amusing to atheists.

[Usagi_yo]

To those that liked this post, you’ll love quotes from Blaise Pascal.

http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/b/blaise_pascal.html

[Jonty30]

That’s definitely at the heart of the militant atheists.

[OneWingedShark]

you’ll love quotes from Blaise Pascal.

Well dang; he stole an idea I wanted to put into a book, and 400 years ago too -- that's talent!

There are only two kinds of men: the righteous who think they are sinners and the sinners who think they are righteous.
— Blaise Pascal

[Gene Eric]

The existence of God — by virtue of changing one’s view — imagine that.

[Misterioso]

Only to us happy-go-lucky atheists, mind you.

[Psiman]

The so called New Athiests in particular make me laugh out loud. They are especially full of that peculiar blend of ignorance, arrogance, and flat out stupid that make the lefties so charming.

[mdmathis6]

I always go back to the FIRST QUESTION that always gets “harrumphed, fluffed, tut tutted, or buried away in a sea of pseudo logical aphorisms.

“So how did all matter and energy come into existence? What put the “is” in “all there is”?

[dogcaller]

‘you’ll love the quotes from Blaise Pascal’...I was just thinking that perhaps Flew recently stumbled across Pascal’s Wager.

[Delta 21]

Me too. And I never play the lottery.

[Sane View]

You admit to RESPECTING an atheist?

These people, including Penn Jillette, deserve no respect. Funny wisecracks do not redeem damnation by God. Giving even one of them respect is an insult to God. Please consider long and hard what you are doing.

I guess it’s useful to see which side you’ve really lined up with, despite paying lip service to belief.

[trisham]

"Jillette was born in Greenfield, Massachusetts. His mother, Valda R. Jillette (née Parks; 1909–2000), was a secretary, and his father, Samuel Herbert Jillette (1912–1999), worked at Greenfield's Franklin County Jail.
Penn became an atheist in his early teens after reading the Bible and was subsequently asked to leave the church after asking questions in a youth group that also made skeptics of his peers."

Source: Wikipedia

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Imho, this was a failure on the part of his church.