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Atheists Don't Exist

Peter King said:
And again, you are wrong. And you clearly do not know what an IS is because of your definition of an IS and you comments about IS.
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I have a long history deal with IS. I know it when I see it.
 
Angel said:
If it walks like an Internet Skeptic, and squawks like an Internet Skeptic and balks like an Internet Skeptic, then it must be an Internet Skeptic.
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Yes, you indeed are an internet skeptic (if I am one, and I doubt it you are most certainly also one).
 
Peter King said:
Yes, you indeed are an internet skeptic (if I am one, and I doubt it you are most certainly also one).
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Ah! A post worthy of Pee Wee Herman!
Have a supercalifragilisticexpialodocious day in idyllic Northern Europe.
 
Angel said:
Ah! A post worthy of Pee Wee Herman!
Have a supercalifragilisticexpialodocious day in idyllic Northern Europe.
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You are very right, it is an idyllic day in Northern Europe. Almost 90% of Dutch people of 15 and older (our children are already the happiest in the world) say they are happy. Only in the age group above 75 about 16% say they are unhappy. So yes, pretty idyllic. In the South (where I live) people are ecstatic at the moment because Carnaval is about to begin so everywhere the colors of red/green/yellow. The beer sales people will be very very happy and all the people who have prepared floats will be very happy. In the next few days (Thursday through Tuesday) a lot of businesses are closed, shops are closed and the bars are open from early to late at night. The schools will be out for a week or so and from Maastricht to all the way in the high north of the Netherlands the costumes will be coming out and the party will start.

The provincial television station for the province I live in are transmitting almost nothing but carnaval's programming. Songs, the Boètegewoeëne Boètezitting will be taking place in the Zoepkoel in Venlo (Boètegewoeëne Boètezitting is just extraordinary outside celebration, and the zoepkoel is the drinking hole).

I do not celebrate carnaval as I do not drink and I am not a great fan of drunks. I worked in a bar for 10 years during carnaval and all those stupidly drunk people are not my cup of tea.


Now going back to may claim:

Do you agree with my statement that there are no gods? I have seen you state that god is real. And if you feel that way, you are an internet skeptic of my view that gods do not exist.
 
Peter King said:
You are very right, it is an idyllic day in Northern Europe. Almost 90% of Dutch people of 15 and older (our children are already the happiest in the world) say they are happy. Only in the age group above 75 about 16% say they are unhappy. So yes, pretty idyllic. In the South (where I live) people are ecstatic at the moment because Carnaval is about to begin so everywhere the colors of red/green/yellow. The beer sales people will be very very happy and all the people who have prepared floats will be very happy. In the next few days (Thursday through Tuesday) a lot of businesses are closed, shops are closed and the bars are open from early to late at night. The schools will be out for a week or so and from Maastricht to all the way in the high north of the Netherlands the costumes will be coming out and the party will start.

The provincial television station for the province I live in are transmitting almost nothing but carnaval's programming. Songs, the Boètegewoeëne Boètezitting will be taking place in the Zoepkoel in Venlo (Boètegewoeëne Boètezitting is just extraordinary outside celebration, and the zoepkoel is the drinking hole).

I do not celebrate carnaval as I do not drink and I am not a great fan of drunks. I worked in a bar for 10 years during carnaval and all those stupidly drunk people are not my cup of tea.


Now going back to may claim:

Do you agree with my statement that there are no gods? I have seen you state that god is real. And if you feel that way, you are an internet skeptic of my view that gods do not exist.
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I live on the Belgian/Nederland border. It has been idyllic here, good weather, nice people and no mass shootings.
 
Peter King said:
You are very right, it is an idyllic day in Northern Europe. Almost 90% of Dutch people of 15 and older (our children are already the happiest in the world) say they are happy. Only in the age group above 75 about 16% say they are unhappy. So yes, pretty idyllic. In the South (where I live) people are ecstatic at the moment because Carnaval is about to begin so everywhere the colors of red/green/yellow. The beer sales people will be very very happy and all the people who have prepared floats will be very happy. In the next few days (Thursday through Tuesday) a lot of businesses are closed, shops are closed and the bars are open from early to late at night. The schools will be out for a week or so and from Maastricht to all the way in the high north of the Netherlands the costumes will be coming out and the party will start.

The provincial television station for the province I live in are transmitting almost nothing but carnaval's programming. Songs, the Boètegewoeëne Boètezitting will be taking place in the Zoepkoel in Venlo (Boètegewoeëne Boètezitting is just extraordinary outside celebration, and the zoepkoel is the drinking hole).

I do not celebrate carnaval as I do not drink and I am not a great fan of drunks. I worked in a bar for 10 years during carnaval and all those stupidly drunk people are not my cup of tea....
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God bless idyllic Northern Europe.
 
Angel said:
God bless idyllic Northern Europe.
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well, that is impossible as gods do not exist. Our political system has blessed our happy country.
 
Angel said:
No one in idyllic Northern Europe believes in God?
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The minority of the Dutch are religious. Still plenty of them but most catholics are not really in tune with the Vatican and most are reasonably liberal (even among the protestants).
 
Peter King said:
The minority of the Dutch are religious. Still plenty of them but most catholics are not really in tune with the Vatican and most are reasonably liberal (even among the protestants).
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I have many Dutch friends. I don't know if any of them are religious, religion is never discussed and seems to play no part in daily life.
 
Angel said:
No one in idyllic Northern Europe believes in God?
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Peter King said:
The minority of the Dutch are religious. Still plenty of them but most catholics are not really in tune with the Vatican and most are reasonably liberal (even among the protestants).
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zyzygy said:
I have many Dutch friends. I don't know if any of them are religious, religion is never discussed and seems to play no part in daily life.
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What made you gentlemen think I was asking about religion?
 
Omega Man said:
Okay, ambiguity notwithstanding, what is God? Intelligent, or meaningless? Natural, or supernatural? Involved, or neutral? A fatherly deity first known to ancient Near Easterners, or something nobody has ever truly known or identified?

What are we talking about here when we use the word "God"?


OM
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God is the main subject being discussed on these threads by atheist skeptics seeking proof of God’s existence.

Roseann:)
 
CharisRose said:
God is the main subject being discussed on these threads by atheist skeptics seeking proof of God’s existence.

Roseann:)
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So in other words, more ambiguity (which is what I was trying to avoid).

Omega Man said:
Okay, ambiguity notwithstanding, what is God? Intelligent, or meaningless? Natural, or supernatural? Involved, or neutral? A fatherly deity first known to ancient Near Easterners, or something nobody has ever truly known or identified?

What are we talking about here when we use the word "God"?


OM
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OM
 
AProudLefty said:
I have not been convinced that God exist, therefore I am an atheist and I exist.

Q.E.D.
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You exist as an atheist who has not been convinced that God exists.

Your existence is connected to a ”theos” (a god) with an “a” in front of “theos”. “a” meaning “without” ... thus meaning of atheist “without a god”.

If, atheists are convinced that God or god does not exist...

imho... I think, it would be a good idea to ditch the “god” label for some other label that doesn’t use the word “theos” (a god).

Just providing food for thought. Please, ignore my idea if it doesn’t work for you.

Roseann:)
 
Peter King said:
You are very right, it is an idyllic day in Northern Europe. Almost 90% of Dutch people of 15 and older (our children are already the happiest in the world) say they are happy. Only in the age group above 75 about 16% say they are unhappy. So yes, pretty idyllic. In the South (where I live) people are ecstatic at the moment because Carnaval is about to begin so everywhere the colors of red/green/yellow. The beer sales people will be very very happy and all the people who have prepared floats will be very happy. In the next few days (Thursday through Tuesday) a lot of businesses are closed, shops are closed and the bars are open from early to late at night. The schools will be out for a week or so and from Maastricht to all the way in the high north of the Netherlands the costumes will be coming out and the party will start.

The provincial television station for the province I live in are transmitting almost nothing but carnaval's programming. Songs, the Boètegewoeëne Boètezitting will be taking place in the Zoepkoel in Venlo (Boètegewoeëne Boètezitting is just extraordinary outside celebration, and the zoepkoel is the drinking hole).

I do not celebrate carnaval as I do not drink and I am not a great fan of drunks. I worked in a bar for 10 years during carnaval and all those stupidly drunk people are not my cup of tea.


Now going back to may claim:

Do you agree with my statement that there are no gods? I have seen you state that god is real. And if you feel that way, you are an internet skeptic of my view that gods do not exist.
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Because God is good He must judge sin fairly. Sinners who have harmed others with their sins must obtain forgiveness from God for those sins if God is to be able to forgive them without being unfair.
 
CharisRose said:
God is the main subject being discussed on these threads by atheist skeptics seeking proof of God’s existence.

Roseann:)
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Asking for proof of claims, not seeking.
 
zyzygy said:
Asking for proof of claims, not seeking.
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Even sound evidence for such an entity would be nice. No one has fulfilled the burden of proof in providing sound evidence for a God, and all arguments pro deo are fallacious or downright specious.
 
CharisRose said:
Okay, not seeking. Why do you need/want proof of claims?

Roseann:)
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I don't want it or need it. It's just that ever since I was a child I have been asking the religious for proof of their far-fetched claims. I find their answers amusing.
 
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