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Atheists & Agnostics

progressoid

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7. Ugh. So many straw man arguments and other logical fallacies.

Reply to werdna (Original post)

Mon Mar 3, 2025, 05:11 PM

Mar 3

Obviously they don't want you to actually answer it honestly.

They think this is clever. I suppose it is clever if you are are trying to impress someone in a 6th grade school cafeteria.

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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