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Originally Posted by GobbHayte
Alex, I'm not grasping at any half-baked theory, these are my own ideas and my own thought patterns, not something i got from a book,
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Beyond some vague notion that 'god is everything and nothing, maaaaaaaaan', I've not really got any more clue of what your 'ideas' actually are than I did 20 pages back.
As I'm assuming Mrs GobbHayte isn't going to answer the question previously asked, I'll present it to you -
Explain how belief in a 'god' that is formless, powerless, and pointless, is any different from there being no 'god' at all....
I look forward to your answer, assuming your 'theory' has been in the oven long enough for you to be able to provide one
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Originally Posted by GobbHayte
let's see an example of you thinking for yourself.
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Please refer to the last 40 something pages for numerous examples.
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Originally Posted by GobbHayte
As far as i can see all you have is quotes
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Yeah, quotes from other people who have arrived at the same conclusion for very compelling reasons.
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and statistics to back yourself up.
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Uh oh! I've only got STATISTICS to back me up! Cripes! You'll be saying 'You've only got FACTS!' next in an attempt to prove how much you've outmanoeuvred me!!
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Originally Posted by GobbHayte
Atheism is a personal choice, if that's the way you want to see the world, fine, if that's what makes you happy, but that's all it is, a choice to view the world in a particular way. It is not fact, it is not scientifically proven, it has not renderred other ways of looking at the world obsolete.
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It's not a 'personal choice' any more than believing the sky to be blue is a 'personal choice' IMO, and it's certainly not about making anyone 'happy' as it's based purely on observation and cold, hard facts. If it's any kind of 'choice to view the world in a particular way' then it's decided to view the world in light of reality rather than some kind of vague, spiritual, claptrap. It has substantially more evidence of being the case than religious belief does and it absolutely renders many other ways of looking at the world obsolete.
Anyway, that question. Going to answer? Or will you do a huffy runner like Kate did?