drunkencop

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   by drunkencop 18y ago

   "...believing in God is seen as the logical equivalent to believing in Santa Claus and the Easter Bunny. If you think I am totally deluded because of my beliefs, I would ask that you at least show respect for the fact that I am devoted to t
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   by drunkencop 18y ago

   Welcome to the mirror world, where a lie isn't a lie if you put the word "faith" in front of it! Is this kinda like "Simon Says"? Up is down -- oops, matter of faith, so I'm okay! Burning heretics is good for the human race -- oh, wait, I a
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   by drunkencop 18y ago

   "Grandma went to heaven" is a statement of fact about a very specific matter that is either true or false. The person uttering it has not seen, heard, smelled, or touched a single piece of evidence to verify this supposed fact. Indeed, they
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   by drunkencop 18y ago

   No, he didn't tell a lie. Religion is silly. You don't have to "know" something is false to know if it's silly. Do I have a singing purple leprechaun on my desk? Well, think before you answer, Skepticism-Is-As-Bad-As-Faith; after all, you d
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   by drunkencop 18y ago

   But there's certainly also the possibility that the parent thinks he believes it, although all of his actions and other beliefs reveal that he doesn't believe it. Daniel Dennett has addressed this well. No one debates the existence of M
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   by drunkencop 18y ago

   Steven Pinker does a pretty admirable job of running down some ideas on swearing: http://www.tnr.com/currentissue/story.html?id=246c0071-a9cd-...