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To: chookter
Sure, and it makes perfect, rational sense to the human mind. It's probably the only thing that makes perfect, rational sense.

Not accepting a proposition without evidence for it is rational, I'll admit...though the "not accepting" part only comes into play when the proposition is presented. An atheist lacks belief in all deities, including those that have never been presented. Are you saying that it would be better to believe in something about which a person has never even heard? How would someone even go about believing in something without being informed of the concept?

That fact alone should arouse suspicion...

Why? What is wrong with being rational? What is wrong with not accepting unsupported assertions and not believing things of which you've never even heard at all?
77 posted on 06/28/2002 9:21:07 AM PDT by Dimensio
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To: Dimensio
An atheist lacks belief in all deities, including those that have never been presented.

Hmmmmmmm. Are you saying that it would be better to believe in something about which a person has never even heard?

I'm saying that those are the only things worth believing in. Occasionally you'll catch an echo of things unheard.

How would someone even go about believing in something without being informed of the concept?

I don't know, but there is no time to waste and you should get started on it quickly.

Why? What is wrong with being rational?

It leaves one seeing only what they can see and not seeing things as they are unobserved.

What is wrong with accepting unsupported assertions and believing things of which you've never even heard at all?

82 posted on 06/28/2002 9:27:50 AM PDT by Cogadh na Sith
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