Give up yer new sins ...

I like the perhaps provocative and controversial lower case 'g' and capitalised 'A' :)
 
Simeon said:
In the name of god can you define an Atheist. And would god's definition of an Atheist sound too egotistical?;)
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To answer your first - I cant do anything in the name of something I dont believe in.
To answer your second - how could god have a definition? Can things that dont exist define other things?

I actually suggested to my partner that we call the ladies back and offer them a copy of The God Delusion and then invite them for tea at a later date to discuss it.
 
Then someone should get on to Bantam Press ...... the name of the tome is misleading. It (IMHO) should read "The Thing That Doesn't Exist's Delusion".:confused:
Or "The Illusion Delusion"!:cool:
 
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Simeon said:
Then someone should get on to Bantam Press ...... the name of the tome is misleading. It (IMHO) should read "The Thing That Doesn't Exist's Delusion".:confused:
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Did anyone else read 'The God Delusion'?

Now I was a big fan of Richard Dawkins' "The Root of All Evil" TV programme, so I bought the book when I last went on holiday (I enjoy light reading!!).

However, as much as I took his point, he seems to be a believer in parallel universes and all that nonsense. He even gave an example, I believe, of a parallel universe where he has a green moustache!! Now he started to lose credibility with me at this point. He refuses to believe in a God but believes there is an infinite number of worlds which will cover EVERY single possibility that can exist.

:confused:
 
RMCF said:
believes there is an infinite number of worlds which will cover EVERY single possibility that can exist. :confused:
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Didn't Einstein theorise that this was the case or am I mixing up my physisiststsss..........scientists :confused:
 
RMCF said:
Did anyone else read 'The God Delusion'?

Now I was a big fan of Richard Dawkins' "The Root of All Evil" TV programme, so I bought the book when I last went on holiday (I enjoy light reading!!).

However, as much as I took his point, he seems to be a believer in parallel universes and all that nonsense. He even gave an example, I believe, of a parallel universe where he has a green moustache!! Now he started to lose credibility with me at this point. He refuses to believe in a God but believes there is an infinite number of worlds which will cover EVERY single possibility that can exist.

:confused:
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Isnt this the basis of quantum theory or string theory etc?
 
RMCF said:
However, as much as I took his point, he seems to be a believer in parallel universes and all that nonsense. He even gave an example, I believe, of a parallel universe where he has a green moustache!! Now he started to lose credibility with me at this point. He refuses to believe in a God but believes there is an infinite number of worlds which will cover EVERY single possibility that can exist.

:confused:
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Note that Dawkins appears to have conceded lately that life on earth may have had a designer - but from another planet !! (Should keep the scientologists happy!)
 
Remix said:
Note that Dawkins appears to have conceded lately that life on earth may have had a designer - but from another planet !! (Should keep the scientologists happy!)
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Really? I wasnt aware of this. Perhaps I should rethink my position on Atheism - I mean, if the Scientologists believe in Alien Design and now so does Richard Dawkins - well then - who am I to argue!
 
truthseeker said:
Really? I wasnt aware of this. Perhaps I should rethink my position on Atheism - I mean, if the Scientologists believe in Alien Design and now so does Richard Dawkins - well then - who am I to argue!
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Don't get it. If Dawkins concedes life on earth might have had an alien designer well that's not a rejection of his atheism. Rather it's an additonal story, if you like, to safeguard his atheism against other explanations.

Of course one might then ask how the alien intelligence came to be - oh yeah I forgot - an infinite number of universes make all things possible :)

Reminds me of a quote from mathematician David Berlinksi (who is Jewish):

If you ask me who is more credulous, the more suggestible, the dopier, the more perfectly prepared to convey absurdity to an almost inconceivable pitch of personal enthusiasm - a well trained Jesuit or a PhD in quantum physics, I’ll go with the physicist every time.
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truthseeker said:
Why is drug consumption a sin in the eyes of God? Surely if I grow a spamspamspam plant in my back yard and roll it up and smoke it quietly and dont bother anyone Im not committing any sins??? Where is the sin in it?
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Alcohol is a drug........wine is served at Mass.......go figure
 
GeneralZod said:
It's not wine, it's blood according to them. So they have an out on that one.
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Actually it's a very cheap cabernet sauvingon. I'm paraphrasing some old adage here but if it smells like a cheap cab sav, and tastes like a cheap cab sav, well it very probably is a cheap cab sav!
 
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