I don't like how everyone states their opinions as facts

Discussion in 'Free Thoughts' started by CatherineW, May 27, 2009.

  1. CatherineW Registered Senior Member

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    Nobody knows if god exists, don't tell me that you do. Nobody knows what happens after you die, don't tell me that you do!
    >.<
     
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  3. Oli Heute der Enteteich... Registered Senior Member

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    Wanna bet?
     
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  5. CatherineW Registered Senior Member

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    Of course
     
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  7. spidergoat pubic diorama Valued Senior Member

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    I can show beyond a reasonable doubt that some definitions of God are not valid.
     
  8. mikenostic Stop pretending you're smart! Registered Senior Member

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    Not that I don't agree with you, because I do. But expect a response from theists to the liking of, 'no one knows that he doesn't exist. Don't tell me he doesn't.'

    Trust me, there are some hard headed theists on here that do state their opinions as fact.
     
  9. cosmictraveler Be kind to yourself always. Valued Senior Member

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    I've died for over 3 minutes so I know there's nothing after I die. I saw or heard nothing while I was dead.
     
  10. CatherineW Registered Senior Member

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    I'm not asking for an explation of your opinions here. Personally I don't believe in God and personally I don't believe anything happens to you after you die but it offends me to see people criticising others for their opinions.
     
  11. CatherineW Registered Senior Member

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    How do you know that it doesn't take 4 minutes for something to happen?
     
  12. Orleander OH JOY!!!! Valued Senior Member

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    I know for a fact that Santa, Easter Bunny, and Tooth Fairy don't exist. God is in the same club.
    He doesn't exist.
     
  13. cosmictraveler Be kind to yourself always. Valued Senior Member

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    Well, dead is dead, isn't it? :shrug:
     
  14. CatherineW Registered Senior Member

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    I'm not gonna get into it with you but personally I don't think you should be so completely certain of anything.
     
  15. CatherineW Registered Senior Member

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    Is it?
     
  16. glaucon tending tangentially Registered Senior Member

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    And yet you're on this site.
    What kind of conversation would you suggest?

    "I was created by a giant purple slug."

    "Nice. I'm going to live forever or until I run out of midichlorian".

    "Nice."

    blah, blah, blah.....

    Wake up.
     
  17. CatherineW Registered Senior Member

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    No you don't have to agree or believe everything that everyone says that's ridiculous. But you definitely don't have to shove your beliefs down people's throats and expect them to agree with you.
     
  18. cosmictraveler Be kind to yourself always. Valued Senior Member

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    According to the doctors that were there , that was what I was told, are you going to dispute them too?:bawl:
     
  19. glaucon tending tangentially Registered Senior Member

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    Correct; that would be called preaching.
    Criticism is exactly what differentiates the discussions here from preaching.
     
  20. CatherineW Registered Senior Member

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    When criticism gets personal then it's just as bad as preaching.
     
  21. Oli Heute der Enteteich... Registered Senior Member

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    Meh, and you (and I) live in a country where the prime minister can tell the press "I had a word with with god, and he said it was okay to invade Iraq" (or words to that effect) - who's pushing things down people's throats?
     
  22. Norsefire Salam Shalom Salom Registered Senior Member

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    However there are so many people that claim something else altogether; the NDE's

    Therefore you don't "know" anything.
    He isn't in the same club. I don't believe in one, but I do understand the entire concept behind god and where we derive it....and also why it is fairly rational, stripped of the absurd cultural details that are thrown in blindly.
     
  23. glaucon tending tangentially Registered Senior Member

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    Criticism cannot 'get' personal.
    What you're describing would be ad hominem.
     

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