Ask your difficult questions of an Atheist.

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  1. Robert E Allen

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    I could buy that but the pie is theirs to grab already. All they have to do is work their asses off just like white guys have to.

    Companies nowadays are looking for talent. They don't care what the people look like what religion they are or who they sleep with.
    Competent people who work hard will move up and earn more.
    Heck companies where i live can't even expect talent, all they can hope for is someone who shows up on time every day.and not be stoned out of their mind.
    Anyone willing to work hard can make it without special privileges from the government.
     
  2. The Wyrd of Gawd

    The Wyrd of Gawd Well-Known Member

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    Did you know that the only people who died in WWII were
    The Bible preaches against people marrying outside the group. The rule is that people should marry their relatives.

    The Bible says that a wife who knows how to keep het yap shut is a treasure and that one who complains all the time is a pain in the butt.

    If tax revenue is decreased will there be enough money to buy toilet paper for the Congress Critters?
     
  3. tecoyah

    tecoyah Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    That would awesome if it happened....unfortunately as with the whole "Truckle Down" concept, all that actually happens is increased corporate and executive profit. How do you think we got here in the first place?
     
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    1. Lowering taxes increases revenue. But as far as that goes congress can buy their own toilet paper.

    2. you are being entirely untruthful about the bible.
     
  5. Robert E Allen

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    You mean how did we get to this great place we are in now? Where anyone who wants a job can get a job? Where unemployment is so low that employers are forced to hire crappy employees.
    The whole concept pushed by the left about the evil corporate world, yeah it's nearly entirely a lie.

    It does happen and currently is happening.

    You just think the average employee is worth more than they are.
     
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  6. tecoyah

    tecoyah Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    …..uh...yeah....sure.
     
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    Sorry that you have a problem with reality..
     
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    tecoyah Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    I prefer to have this thread return to its designed topic.
     
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    tecoyah Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    Please adhere to the intent of this thread as designated in the title.
     
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    Ok.

    Atheists, what evidence makes you believe there is no God?
     
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    Most do not believe there is no god, they just reject the claims of theists that a god exists.
     
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    tecoyah Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    For myself (I cannot speak for other Atheists) I do not believe in the Gods mankind has created over the years for many reasons.
    Firstly ….there is the simple fact that there are so many and each claims to be the only "True" version which inherently leads me to understand they are all incorrect.
    Secondly...I assume you refer to the Christian God, the Bible(s) that explain it actually refute its existence just from the "Miracle" aspect.
    Third...I have tested the hypothesis by doing as requested and "Praying" or mentally attempting communication to no avail.

    I have also read up an many of these deities and found the data unconvincing so they are dismissed as a general concept. There might be something, somewhere that could be called "God" but it is not any of the things we have made up.
     
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    Logic!
     
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    It is a mathematical impossibility to increase revenue, by decreasing the rate at which you collect it.
     
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    Good answer, well rationalized from the human perspective.
     
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    No it's not. When you decrease taxes people invest in their companies and increase the base that that lower tax rate is coming from.

    Lower taxes= more and better employment = more taxable income.
     
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    Please explain.
     
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    According to the laws of math, yes it is.

    Which never happens.
    No it doesn’t. Lower taxes just means bigger deficit and debt.
     
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    Nope overspending leads to deficits.
     
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    So what about those with low intelligence? Suffering from alcohol fetal syndrome? What bout those kids who's parents were junkies?

    Lots of white guys don't work their arses off. Just like lots of other colored people. But systemic racism has been around for hundreds of years. It takes more than a couple of generations to approach equal opportunity for all.

    There's also lots of people who work damn hard (regardless again of color) who can't make ends meet. In fact there's tens of millions of them.
     
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    Overspending can, no question. But so does slashing revenues, which is what tax cuts do. And every time republicans are in power, they slash revenue, and ramp up spending. It’s total fiscal incompetence.
     
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    Atheism is the opposite of an active believe. It
    We lost the war and you’re scenarios to justify an obscene war never happened! American involvement did not save millions of lives instead it did the opposite.
     
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    And if you notice with the past republican president in recent history the Democrats had to reverse the economy to get it on path again
     
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    We didn't lose, we left. Our leaving allowed the Khmer Rouge communists to take over Cambodia and murder millions. Point blank undeniably true.

    Enough about that though, could you explain your comment about Atheism? It's very unclear.
     
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    Certainly but first I need you to confirm the attributes of your god.

    Is your god omniscient AKA all knowing? Yes or no?

    Is your god omnipotent AKA all powerful? Yes or no?

    When you answer those questions I will explain the logic.
     
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