Atheism isn’t an Absence in belief

On 9/3/2010 12:17 PM, Jimbo wrote:
> On Sep 3, 10:52 am, Beam Me Up Scotty > Everyth…@Blackhole.NebulaX.com> wrote:
>> On 9/2/2010 11:58 PM, Free Lunch wrote:
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>>> On Thu, 2 Sep 2010 23:47:19 -0400, “Scout”
>>> wrote in alt.atheism:
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>>>> Jimbo wrote:
>>>>> On Sep 2, 6:18 pm, “Scout”
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>>>>>> Jimbo wrote:
>>>>>>> On Sep 2, 12:42 pm, Beam Me Up Scotty >>>>>>> Everyth…@Blackhole.NebulaX.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>> On 9/1/2010 7:42 PM, Free Lunch wrote:
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>>>>>>>>> On Wed, 1 Sep 2010 19:15:11 -0400, “Scout”
>>>>>>>>> wrote in alt.atheism:
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>>>>>>>>>> DanielSan wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>> On 9/1/2010 3:31 PM, IlBeBa…@gmail.com wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>> On Sep 1, 5:29 pm, Free Lunch wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Wed, 1 Sep 2010 18:18:30 -0400, “Scout”
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>>>>>>>>>>>>> alt.atheism:
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>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Colanth wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Mon, 30 Aug 2010 23:35:11 -0400, “Scout”
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>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Free Lunch wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Na, at worst he was violating policy, not the law
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>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> And you get fired for violating policy.
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>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Agreed, but a violation of policy isn’t a violation of the
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Constitution.
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>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> and certainly not the
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Constitution which would prohibit making any laws
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> concerning the free exercise of religion.
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>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> So if his religion had required him to work in the nude,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> there could be no law requiring him to work with clothes on?
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>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Unless there is a dress code which he agreed to prior to
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> employment.
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>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Sorry, that’s NOT
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> what the free exercise clause means.
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>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Really?
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>>>>>>>>>>>>>> So tell me what you think “free exercise” really means.
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>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> The government can make no laws
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> about religion
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>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Like infringing upon the free exercise thereof?
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>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> – A law having nothing to do with religion is legal -
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> even if your particular religion makes up things that have
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> to violate that law. (Christianity doesn’t require
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> displaying the Ten Commandments in public buildings.)
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>>>>>>>>>>>>>> No, it’s simply a free exercise thereof.
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>>>>>>>>>>>>> Does everyone have the right to trample over public property
>>>>>>>>>>>>> and put their religious baubles wherever they feel like?- Hide
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>>>>>>>>>>>>> – Show quoted text -
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>>>>>>>>>>>> That question needs to be asked of atheism which is based on
>>>>>>>>>>>> faith , thereby making it religious also.
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>>>>>>>>>>> Atheism isn’t based on faith.
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>>>>>>>>>> Already addressed and refuted.
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>>>>>>>>> Atheism is not based on faith.
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>>>>>>>> Then you have proof your view is the correct view?
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>>>>>>> Do you have proof that it isn’t? It doesn’t require faith to believe
>>>>>>> that Santa Claus doesn’t exist,
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>>>>>> Actually, it does.
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>>>>> Not in the least.
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>>>> Then you have absolute proof he doesn’t exist.
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>>>> Post your proof here ——>
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>>> The proof that a well-defined god does not exist is the total lack of
>>> evidence for that well-defined god when the definition of the god would
>>> require that evidence of that god exist or the logical contradictions
>>> found in the definition.
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>> the lack of evidence that other dimensions exist, means they don’t?
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> It means that the existence of other dimensions is an unproven
> theory. In fact, the existence of other dimensions is an unproven
> theory, of an unproven theory, since their existence is mostly
> justified by saying that in order for String Theory to work, other
> dimensions must exist. Is your god thing an unproven theory? It
> doesn’t sound like most theist are presenting him as an unproven
> theory, but rather as an assumed fact without the benifit of a single
> shred of objective evidence.
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They present god as a belief and a faith…. I get no people telling me
I can shake his hand and have brunch with god.

No one has a picture of them with god to show me….. So I have to think
they are telling me that they think there is a god NOT that there is a
god and they have physical evidence that can’t be disputed, they all
tell me that it’s faith based.