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Read the other posts.
To serve what end? All you do is reiterate nonsense.
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21% of aheists believe in god
Doesn't it say something about a movement if such a large part of it doesnt even know what its about?
They are not Atheists.
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To serve what end? All you do is reiterate nonsense.
Alright rodog, lets go through your points.

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(1) Either folks are misinterpreting the word "atheist" or they're lumping in agnostics as well.
(2) No theyre not.
(3) Well I guess we can add you to the list of people who don't know what atheism is.
Your argument: I don't know what atheism is, because I write that atheists are not misinterpreting the word atheism.
Well we agree then. My whole point in this thread it that most atheists don't know what they are talking about. I might have been unclear about that in (2).
If we agree, we both don't know what it means or we both do.

Your second argument: I don't know what atheism is, because I write that atheism and agnosticism is lumped together in the study.
The study did not throw together atheism and agnosticism.

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lol You just said that it's true that there are things in the bible that aren't scientific yet it still hasn't been proven false scientifically.
Your argument: I contradict myself, because I both say there are things in the bible that are not scientific
and that it has not been proven false scientifically.

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Okay, all that miracles and parting of the sea stuff is not scientific.
But saying the bible has been scientificly been proven wrong is just dishonest.
I was responding to this.
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scientific fact has refuted the Bible, completely.
Something being 'not scientific' is not the same as 'scientifically proven false'.
My disagreement was with the term 'scientifically proven wrong', if you look at what it means.
How would you ever 'disprove' something that didn't happen thousands of years ago, using the term proof as scientists do?

If your argument is, that 'scientifically proven wrong' is the same as 'not scientific'
or even 'not scientifically proven and very likely not true', your argument sticks.

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Then you accused someone else of being dishonest. WOW
Your argument: I am a hypocrite because I say there is a difference between 'scientifically proven wrong'
and 'not scientifically proven' while calling others dishonest for calling their opinion a scientific fact.

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I said this a few times around here: Declaring your personal opinion as fact makes one question all you say, even when true.
I wrote, there is a difference between 'scientifically proven wrong' and 'not scientific'.
Which is true.
I called quotes like that of HelloDollyLlama dishonest for saying that the bible is disproven, quoted above.
Which is his opinion, stated as fact.

Tell me where I go wrong, dear rodog.
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They are not Atheists.
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21% of people are retarded...
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Plus: this study does not describe its methodology at all, so, I'd take its results with more than a few grains of salt.
http://religions.pewforum.org/pdf/re...y-findings.pdf
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Alright rodog, lets go through your points.



Your argument: I don't know what atheism is, because I write that atheists are not misinterpreting the word atheism.
Well we agree then. My whole point in this thread it that most atheists don't know what they are talking about. I might have been unclear about that in (2).
If we agree, we both don't know what it means or we both do.
Last time I checked 21% does not constitute MOST it constitutes 1/5. Bad math on your part.

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Your second argument: I don't know what atheism is, because I write that atheism and agnosticism is lumped together in the study.
The study did not throw together atheism and agnosticism.
Strawman. I never said you lumped atheism and agnosticism together.

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Your argument: I contradict myself, because I both say there are things in the bible that are not scientific
and that it has not been proven false scientifically.

Lets look at that quote.

I was responding to this.


Something being 'not scientific' is not the same as 'scientifically proven false'.
My disagreement was with the term 'scientifically proven wrong', if you look at what it means.
How would you ever 'disprove' something that didn't happen thousands of years ago, using the term proof as scientists do?

If your argument is, that 'scientifically proven wrong' is the same as 'not scientific'
or even 'not scientifically proven and very likely not true', your argument sticks.
Riddle me this how exactly do you distinguish between scientifically being proven wrong and not being scientific? I would imagine talking snakes, resurrecting the dead and creationism all fall into both categories.

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Your argument: I am a hypocrite because I say there is a difference between 'scientifically proven wrong'
and 'not scientifically proven' while calling others dishonest for calling their opinion a scientific fact.

That's what I wrote.


I wrote, there is a difference between 'scientifically proven wrong' and 'not scientific'.
Which is true.
I called quotes like that of HelloDollyLlama dishonest for saying that the bible is disproven, quoted above.
Which is his opinion, stated as fact.

Tell me where I go wrong, dear rodog.
Your distinction is irrelevant. Many aspects of the bible have been proven false utterly and completely. It isn't just unscientific it's filled with scientific impossibilities.
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Many aspects of the bible have been proven false utterly and completely. It isn't just unscientific it's filled with scientific impossibilities.
The Bible is filles with scientific impossibilities.
That does not disprove it.

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Your distinction is irrelevant.
I'm sorry to say, but you admit that you don't seem know what a scientific proof is.

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Last time I checked 21% does not constitute MOST it constitutes 1/5. Bad math on your part.
Yes, but you don't address my point.
You said, that I dont know what atheism is. Your argument for that is that 21% does not constitute most?
True, but that is not my only argument.

Many so-called atheists don't know what they talk about, even if that study didn't exist.
There are a few reasons. Mainly that it is a popular movement and popular movements are often followed by many who are ignorant to its real meaning.

Many declare to know there is no god without evidence.
Saying you know something without evidence is having faith.
And I point out that declaring to be against religion, and following a faith is not knowing what you talk about.

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Strawman. I never said you lumped atheism and agnosticism together.
Then what is your argument for me not knowing what atheism is?

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Riddle me this how exactly do you distinguish between scientifically being proven wrong and not being scientific? I would imagine talking snakes, resurrecting the dead and creationism all fall into both categories.
I suggest you start reading here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falsifiability

Just because it isn't there doesn't mean you can disprove it.

'Not scientific' is a term someone else came up with, I think it is supposed to mean 'not true'.

To proove there is a talking snake, you would have to find one, or deduct its existence mathematically from something else that is proven.
You can't really prove there is no talking snake. How to do that?
You can argue that it is very unlikely, but you cant proove it.
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I have a problem with agnosticism, because this is nothing more than a statement of fact. Since we're talking about whether one believes whether or not there is a God, all agnostics lean either theist or atheist, though "weakly" so. As such, agnosticism is a fallacious position.
I consider myself one of the few "true agnostics" because whether I am theistic or atheistic depends heavily on mood and other stupid variables. I swing back and forth and have come to believe that this is my normal state.
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21% of people are retarded...
Actually 6%. Somebody pointed that out.
And I think Sadistic was right... At least some of them were just (*)(*)(*)(*)ing with the poll.
It's also possible they clicked or marked the wrong box at one point or another.
Or maybe they changed their minds while taking the survey.
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