Atheism requires as much faith as religion?

[TheBlackSheep]

mtimber wrote:

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So if society dictates human morality, there are times when it is acceptable for adults to have sex with children?
That is essentially your argument taken to its logical conclusion.

Again, it is quite obvious that you don't know history or your bible! Read up one your bible, then try to defend the lack of logic and modern morals it contains.

[Clementia]

Thinking wrote:

It's great, isn't it?
Built the bottom half of that snowman yet?
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My car is bloody dead!! I left it out in the snow, oh shit!

what? i built the bottom half first, i got to build the top, now. i'm gonna wait till snow stops and until my throat gets better. i can feel my tonsils when i swallow food.

Have u built a snowman?

I'm going to make my snowman into a snow woman!

[Clementia]

Givemeliberty wrote:

You do that momma pm me it of that's more comfy :)
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U mean PM? PM = PERSONAL MESSAGE?

I PMed u and other posters, they all PMed me back u were the stuck up one that didn't.

So why should i? why? huh, why?

What r u up to?

[Catcher1]

Clementia wrote:

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I'm going to make my snowman into a snow woman!

Will that require more snow, or less?

[RiversideRedneck]

Clementia wrote:

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What's a white sheet?

A sheet that's white.

der

[Thinking]

I opened the roof on my car without taking the snow off once to make a comedy photo but all the snow fell inside the boot. Worth it for the photo, though.

I'm reminded of an old joke: "What's the difference between a snowman and a snow woman?"
"Snowballs."

Clementia wrote:

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My car is bloody dead!! I left it out in the snow, oh shit!
what? i built the bottom half first, i got to build the top, now. i'm gonna wait till snow stops and until my throat gets better. i can feel my tonsils when i swallow food.
Have u built a snowman?
I'm going to make my snowman into a snow woman!

[Tide with Beach]

mtimber wrote:

You have to apply this reasoning to all claims of course.

So are you saying that you believe every claim that has ever been made that was argued against?

[Thinking]

I thought I found a snowman mass grave once but apparently it was just a field planted out with carrots.

Catcher1 wrote:

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Will that require more snow, or less?

[NightSerf]

Aerobatty wrote:

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No!
Hiding is hiding.

...or busy. We're coming up on one of the dates when grant proposals must be submitted, so Hiding may be too busy putting the finishing touches on one to read or post here. Just a guess, of course.

[RiversideRedneck]

Clementia wrote:

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Yh....nooooo! the problem with your jokes is that they r mean. u can have racist jokes but there is a limit, u get me?

See that's the thing. I don't care if they're mean jokes.

Because they aren't mean to the light hearted people, only to the closed minded shut ins.

[RiversideRedneck]

Catcher1 wrote:

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Clementine, don't be mean to me, I was supporting you and chastising that rude RR guy.
I'll talk to you anytime, just don't leave me freezing at Marble Arch in the cold, dark, London night.

"that rude RR guy" ...?

*walks around, wondering*

[RiversideRedneck]

Givemeliberty wrote:

.... Uh .... Hey do you have any idea how retarded this question made you look? No seriously..... Just when you though riverside retard couldn't get any dumber....
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Redneck dirty sheet drawn.

Bye-bye

[RiversideRedneck]

Aerobatty wrote:

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What number of ancient sites haven't been found?

That's a stupid question.

I don't know, how many stars have not been counted?

[RiversideRedneck]

Clementia wrote:

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It's on the prove a God thread, one was about black people and the other was when he called Muslims towel-heads and i said to him i'm a sikh, we wear turbans more than Muslims do, but he told me not to get offended.
I'll try and find the page number, liberty guy!:-)

hehehe....

Y'alls is gonna tell the teacher about my joke?

Oooooh.... I'm shakin in my lil booties.

[Tide with Beach]

mtimber wrote:

You are equivocating here.

Huh? Where? Do you expect me to guess?

mtimber wrote:

But let us follow your argument to its logical conclusion.
If morality is subjective, then there is no absolute "good" or "evil".

I don't know of any absolute "good" or "evil". It's possible to attain consensus among all minds who make moral distinctions, but I would not call that a moral absolute, because it is subject to consensus, which could be lost at any time.

mtimber wrote:

There is nothing absolutely "wrong", because two subjective opinions on morality, would both have equal authority.

Each person is only truly accountable to themselves, unless they volunteer accountability to other people, or systems (real or imaginary).

Moral authorities vary in type and influence. We have different types of moral authorities. Most of them are based on consensus, moderated by social mechanisms, and ruled by force. The authorities are far from equal.

mtimber wrote:

So with that in mind, nothing is wrong of itself.
Do you understand where your own reasoning leads you, have you ever considered and thought through what you are saying?

Yes. Have you read much about philosophy?

mtimber wrote:

If morality is a merely subjective construct of society, then nothing is absolutely wrong or absolutely right.
This is your argument.

It's a premise. Do you accept that premise?

I can try again to demonstrate how morality is subjective, but all I can do is rephrase it.

There is a much more interesting argument about comparing different moral systems, but if you think there is one moral system with absolute moral authority, arguing about it with you would be one sided.

[Tide with Beach]

mtimber wrote:

So you don't think that we are all here due to an accident in the universe?

What does that have to do with fizzing superiority? You brought that up, as a strawman argument.

mtimber wrote:

And if we are just two chemical accidents fizzing away, how do you know your fizzing is superior to mine...

Is anyone here claiming a superior fizz? I'm not. Who are you arguing with here? A strawman?

Misrepresenting the other side is a logical fallacy, and a cheap trick.

[BBSting]

Givemeliberty wrote:

Are you upset that atheists don't believe in your retarded god? Sorry about that retard! We're just smarter than you.
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Hell, you're so thoroughly indoctinated by science's fictions, I bet you tossed your laptop out the window just to see if it was intelligent enough to evolve into a bird.

[Tide with Beach]

mtimber wrote:

Very simple.
God has to be absolute in all things by His very nature.

I do not accept the premise that "God" exists. You need to demonstrate that your god exists before you can speak of his nature, and what that might mean to the rest of reality.

If your argument hinges on faith, it is equal to all arguments that hinge on faith.

mtimber wrote:

That being the case, all transcendant knowledge proceeds from God and is accountable because of Gods absolute nature.

You haven't demonstrated that your premise is true.

mtimber wrote:

The gods you refer to are not able to meet that measure.

Why? As of right now, the only thing you can demonstrate are that claims exist about your god. Claims exist about many gods. Those claims are similar enough to be analogous to the claims of your god.

mtimber wrote:

This is why your analogy is a false analogy...
It does not matter how much you deny it, it doesn't change the fact you have not been able to reason around this simple problem.

Elaborate on what you think this simple problem is.

The analogy is about the absurdity of the claim, not the god, which is why the Flying Spaghetti Monster was used instead of a traditional god claim with mythical similarities. Do you accept that as the reason for the analogy, or would you like to attempt defeating a strawman?

[Tide with Beach]

mtimber wrote:

So if society dictates human morality, there are times when it is acceptable for adults to have sex with children?
That is essentially your argument taken to its logical conclusion.

There are societies that exist, and have existed in the past, where it was acceptable for adults to have sex with children.

Would you like to make a point about that?

[Catcher1]

RiversideRedneck wrote:

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"that rude RR guy" ...?
*walks around, wondering*

You say your jokes are for the light-hearted, meant just for fun.

But they are nevertheless rude, which makes you rude.

I didn't say "that bigot RR."

Although you do give the impression of being something of a bigot.