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skepticscott

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51. Nice try

Mon Jun 13, 2016, 08:19 PM

Jun 2016

Well, actually, not even that.

I'll repeat my questions, so that everyone with sense can see how utterly UNlike "quibbling about how many angels could dance on the head of a pin" they are:

We belittle "extraordinary" beliefs on this site all the time. Like the belief that climate change is a hoax. Or the belief that Barack Obama was born in Kenya. Or the belief that cutting taxes on the rich will boost the economy. Given how much of public policy in this country and all over the world is dictated by religious beliefs, why should they not be subject to at least the same level of scrutiny and criticism, especially when they violate known laws of physics and biology?

How exactly did your actor capable of "conscious volition" or an "act of will" come into being out of energy and non-living matter in the first place?

Feel free to dodge and dance all you want. But there's only one person on this thread that will swallow it.

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Ok. hrmjustin Jun 2016 #19

And you know there are more plausible expalnations for why you believe that. cleanhippie Jun 2016 #20

No doubt you have your opinion. hrmjustin Jun 2016 #21

No doubt you tell tell yourself what you need to so you feel better. cleanhippie Jun 2016 #23

I am realistic about my faith. hrmjustin Jun 2016 #24

If you say so. cleanhippie Jun 2016 #25

I just did. hrmjustin Jun 2016 #29

And now you feel better about yourself. cleanhippie Jun 2016 #33

No. I am just responding to you. hrmjustin Jun 2016 #34

its not acceptable to deny the crutch of bullied people swhisper1 Jun 2016 #27

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I wouldn't say "spontaneous." ZombieHorde Jun 2016 #35

I think jonno99 Jun 2016 #36

Notable. nt ZombieHorde Jun 2016 #37

Nifty derailment. But irrelevant. mr blur Jun 2016 #39

Why? jonno99 Jun 2016 #40

Where you got the "belittle" part is a mystery skepticscott Jun 2016 #41

This pompous drivel for one thing. rug Jun 2016 #42

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"An opportunity to belittle"? skepticscott Jun 2016 #46

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Yes, I understand your mindset. trotsky Jun 2016 #74

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Be honest, now. Act_of_Reparation Jun 2016 #68

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That's a self-defeating argument since you must now answer who made god. cpwm17 Jun 2016 #73

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"you must now answer who made god" - jonno99 Jun 2016 #76

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No - I simply asked what makes you qualified to ask: jonno99 Jun 2016 #79

No, I'm using your own argument against you. cpwm17 Jun 2016 #81

No - you're misconstruing my response to a previous question. jonno99 Jun 2016 #82

That was my way of saying that you're making an argument for a predecessor to God. cpwm17 Jun 2016 #83

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You make impossible demands from science. cpwm17 Jun 2016 #85

Or - it is simply dealing with reality. Our agreement is not required. nt jonno99 Jun 2016 #86

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