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"rbwinn" <rbwinn3@juno.com> wrote in message 
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On Jul 6, 8:41?pm, "Dogmantic Pyrrhonist (AKA Al)"
<alwh...@optusnet.com.au> wrote:
> On Jul 7, 1:25 am, rich...@rmeredith.co.uk (Richard Meredith) wrote:
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> > In article <dv3v641nlblt9lrl26j45pnb5v085e8...@4ax.com>,
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> > lu...@nofreelunch.us (Free Lunch) wrote:
> > > >Atheists, theists - what's the difference? They're both equally
> > > dogmatic
> > > >that what they happen to believe is the one and only version of the
> > > truth,
> > > >despite a complete inability to prove it - or even put up a decent
> > > set of
> > > >repeatable and verifiable evidence that supports their position.
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> > > What rubbish. Atheists say they don't believe in gods. The lack of
> > > evidence for gods is sufficient not to believe in them. It is not
> > > necessary for atheists to prove that gods do not exist to not believe
> > > in
> > > them. Do you believe in Thor because you cannot prove he does not
> > > exist?
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> > I don't believe in Thor but that doesn't give me any authority to insist
> > on his nonexistence to someone who does: if someone does, or claims to,
> > that's their business and none of mine. The atheists who have the marked
> > similarity to theists are not those who happen not to share the beliefs
> > of the theists, but are content to let them believe whatever they want 
> > to,
> > but those who get in longwinded, dogmatic and frequently ill-tempered
> > arguments about who is right, despite neither side having any real
> > evidence either that they are right or that their opponent is wrong.
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> Atheists are those who don't believe in a god. ?This is not the same
> as saying they believe there are no gods. ?Atheists (generally) don't
> go around pushing their beliefs on others, for the main fact that
> atheism is the lack of belief. ?Some do try to educate people away
> from religion, but that's not atheism per se.
> As far as this discussion is concerned, you will notice that it is
> taking place in alt.atheism, and it's basically a case of atheists not
> liking to put up with theistic crap on their home turf.
> We don't care if you believe in god or thor or kali. ?We care if you
> try BSing to us about it.
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