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27 Jul 04
27 Jul 04
Originally posted by player42No. There is weak atheism, which I 'practice', which maintains that there is no God. However, should empirical evidence be introduced to make the existence of God convincing and a better explanation for some phenomenon than anything else, then I would change my position. The point is, a weak atheist is convinced that there is no God, but it is not static, the same way I would be justified in belieiving in luminiferous ether in 1850. Strong atheism is superficially the same; there is no God. However, a strong atheist would not change his position even in the face of overwhelming evidence, a conviction I consider on a par with fundamentalism (which, as David Dondero said, is ''just as bad as the Taliban...''😉.
Did anybody hear me call myself an athiest?
Fact is, you're using the word athiest when you really mean agnostic. That's the word that means lack of conviction. There are preachers; people who try to get me and other RHP users to convert to christianity. I feel these "preachings" have no place in the "General" forum.
Present company excluded; none of you guys have ever tried to turn me Christian. Other users have.
Agnosticism is the position of: ''I don't know/refuse to take a position/am unconvinced either way.''
Atheists should constantly re-evaluate their positions and think about things. Convictions are upsetting to the critical view of things that every atheist should take.
I'm sorry if I contrued your desire to not be converted as atheism; that was apparently a mistake and I apologize. Your post does, however, contain a confusion which I hope I have explained.
As to ''preaching'', I don't see why this is any different to my expressing a (hypothetical) desire not to see references to Douglas Adams' work in the general forum, which is absurd.
27 Jul 04
Originally posted by royalchickenI repeat; I have no desire to participate in any religious debate. I withdraw from this thread, as I see that any statement I make has no chance of being interpreted even remotely correctly.
No. There is weak atheism, which I 'practice', which maintains that there is no God. However, should empirical evidence be introduced to make the existence of God convincing and a better explanation for some phenomenon than anything else, then I would change my position. The point is, a weak atheist is convinced that there is no God, but it is not ...[text shortened]... l) desire not to see references to Douglas Adams' work in the general forum, which is absurd.
27 Jul 04
Originally posted by FeivelGive me some credit ... I was one of the first to respond to the moving of evangelistic threads to the general forum, calling it a kind of spam.
Did we pay to subscribe to this site to listen to evangelism? Put the evangelism in it's own forum. Why did nobody respond (besides Mr Pimp) when I said there would be NO problems in the forum had there been no evangelism by RBHILL?
Feivel
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27 Jul 04
Originally posted by Feivellook-if noone responds to the religious threads, they'll just go away, correct?
Did we pay to subscribe to this site to listen to evangelism? Put the evangelism in it's own forum. Why did nobody respond (besides Mr Pimp) when I said there would be NO problems in the forum had there been no evangelism by RBHILL?
Feivel
bnut people are responding to them. if everyones so agaisnt them, why does everyone respond?
is it just me, or is it simple frikking logic. we all play chess. we all have at least some grasp of this rather simple thing, do we not?
27 Jul 04
I stand by my desire for a 'Rubbish' forum. Threads which have got out of hand, and ones which are generally considered annoying or offensive (eg multiple threads on the topic of non-believers going to Hell) can be moved to Rubbish, where people can still read, post etc if they want, but know not to expect anything good there. I usually disapprove of censorship, but I think that a gentle form of it would go a long way to tidying up the forums.
