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Atheists & Agnostics

werdna

(998 posts) Mon Mar 3, 2025, 04:14 PM Mar 3

Article: I gave "30 Questions to Ask Atheists" a try. Here is the result. [View all]

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"My adult son got this from someone he knows. It’s from the Christian apologist Joel Settecase of The Think Institute,

' The goal is not to win the argument but to engage in meaningful dialogue, to seek "truth in conversation"…Encouraging an unbeliever to really examine their own worldview can be a powerful apologetic tool.'

"Well, I am an unbeliever and my boy wanted me to give his 30 Questions to Ask Atheists, Agnostics & Skeptics a try. I think he wants crib notes. Anyways, here is the result:"

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2025/3/1/2307179/-I-gave-30-Questions-to-Ask-Atheists-a-try-Here-is-the-result?utm_campaign=trending

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Article: I gave "30 Questions to Ask Atheists" a try. Here is the result. [View all] werdna Mar 3 OP

These are basically dumb questions Jilly_in_VA Mar 3 #1

Yep... Ninga Mar 3 #2

I think that either people believe or they don't. No talking into or out of. That's ok. Srkdqltr Mar 3 #3

I freely admit I cannot prove there is no God (or gods), but ... 4th Mar 3 #4

Nothing they can say or do can convince me of their father God in the sky image Walleye Mar 3 #5

Or Santa Clause... "He knows when you've been bad or good so be good for goodness sake" uff...nt mitch96 Mar 3 #6

Ugh. So many straw man arguments and other logical fallacies. progressoid Mar 3 #7

Faith is a gift. cyclonefence Mar 3 #8

Like a flaming bag of poo JoseBalow Mar 3 #9

I'm sure you're right about that. Susan Calvin Mar 4 #11

This is presuppositionalist nonsense A HERETIC I AM Mar 4 #10

This idiotic list of questions is not addressed to atheists. NNadir Mar 4 #12

The atheist position answers one and only one question: Do you believe in a god or gods? Iggo Mar 6 #13