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Originally Posted by tspikes51
I know this will make a lot of people mad.
If you're an atheist, and you go out of your way to tell people that they're wrong because they follow a religion, that makes you a fanatic.
Since I'm sure these arguments will come up, I'll go ahead and offer my rebuttal.
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I only bring up my atheism in appropriate venues, such as internet message boards. The moment I start going door to door or 'preaching' it at my place of work then you can talk about me being a fanatic.
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Originally Posted by tspikes51
No, tspikes, you're wrong because we aren't motivated by a god that doesn't exist.
You don't know if there's a god or not.
I do too...
No, you don't. Shut the fuck up.
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Actually I'm fairly certain, however this isn't the time or the place. Have you ever heard of the argument from non-cognitivism?
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Originally Posted by tspikes51
But we never had a pope or anything tell people to kill people.
No, not yet (or at least any notable incidents like the Inquizition). Atheists were almost non-existent until fairly recently, though. Give them 500 more years and then we'll talk.
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This just flat-out isn't true.
Look up Socrates and what he got accused of. Please read the "Apology".
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Originally Posted by tspikes51
But the creationist theory isn't very believable
Who gives a shit how we got here. We can't change it.
But evolution
Again, who cares. It doesn't have much to do with religion.
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I pretty much agree. Evolution doesn't actually disprove god.
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Originally Posted by tspikes51
I see this trend everywhere that just because people are atheist it gives them immunity from being a fanatic. You're not right, and neither are religious people. So stop comparing dick size, man up, and agree to disagree; because nobody's gonna ever be right or wrong.
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Perhaps you are looking in venues that encourage atheists to give their opinions, such as the philosophy section of message boards.