(01-20-2014 03:03 PM)Fatalisk Wrote:  

(01-20-2014 02:30 PM)LSU04_08 Wrote:  Cool, it's a win/win situation for this Christian.

There's a loss in believing a fairy tale your entire adult life.

Name the loss, name the fairy tale.

(01-20-2014 03:09 PM)LSU04_08 Wrote:  

(01-20-2014 03:03 PM)Fatalisk Wrote:  

(01-20-2014 02:30 PM)LSU04_08 Wrote:  Cool, it's a win/win situation for this Christian.

There's a loss in believing a fairy tale your entire adult life.

Name the loss, name the fairy tale.

Aren't those both apparent? It was a little jab/joke. Funny in it's truthfulness.

(01-20-2014 03:10 PM)Fatalisk Wrote:  

(01-20-2014 03:09 PM)LSU04_08 Wrote:  

(01-20-2014 03:03 PM)Fatalisk Wrote:  

(01-20-2014 02:30 PM)LSU04_08 Wrote:  Cool, it's a win/win situation for this Christian.

There's a loss in believing a fairy tale your entire adult life.

Name the loss, name the fairy tale.

Aren't those both apparent? It was a little jab/joke. Funny in it's truthfulness.

The "fairy tale" you speak about is apparent, but not the loss...

(01-20-2014 03:11 PM)LSU04_08 Wrote:  The "fairy tale" you speak about is apparent, but not the loss...

Eh. Seems obvious in this hypothetical why you would have wanted to die in the more enlightened crowd.

Never ceases to amaze me the "smugness" of the Atheist / Agnostic that believes they have to "disprove" Christianity somehow. Simple fact of the matter is neither side can be proven in a way that will satisfy the other.

(01-20-2014 03:25 PM)blunderbuss Wrote:  Never ceases to amaze me the "smugness" of the Atheist / Agnostic that believes they have to "disprove" Christianity somehow. Simple fact of the matter is neither side can be proven in a way that will satisfy the other.

It takes two to tango.

(01-20-2014 03:25 PM)blunderbuss Wrote:  Never ceases to amaze me the "smugness" of the Atheist / Agnostic that believes they have to "disprove" Christianity somehow. Simple fact of the matter is neither side can be proven in a way that will satisfy the other.

This is true. Which is why the first thing the POE does is make a faulty assumption. That an all powerful, knowing, and loving being would not allow evil to happen.

(01-20-2014 03:28 PM)Bull_In_Exile Wrote:  

(01-20-2014 03:25 PM)blunderbuss Wrote:  Never ceases to amaze me the "smugness" of the Atheist / Agnostic that believes they have to "disprove" Christianity somehow. Simple fact of the matter is neither side can be proven in a way that will satisfy the other.

This is true. Which is why the first thing the POE does is make a faulty assumption. That an all powerful, knowing, and loving being would not allow evil to happen.

Far more intelligent people than you and I know that argument to be logical. Have a little modesty.

(01-20-2014 03:28 PM)Fatalisk Wrote:  

(01-20-2014 03:25 PM)blunderbuss Wrote:  Never ceases to amaze me the "smugness" of the Atheist / Agnostic that believes they have to "disprove" Christianity somehow. Simple fact of the matter is neither side can be proven in a way that will satisfy the other.

It takes two to tango.

And.....? I'm suggesting we just drop it and this is your response.

(01-20-2014 03:33 PM)blunderbuss Wrote:  

(01-20-2014 03:28 PM)Fatalisk Wrote:  

(01-20-2014 03:25 PM)blunderbuss Wrote:  Never ceases to amaze me the "smugness" of the Atheist / Agnostic that believes they have to "disprove" Christianity somehow. Simple fact of the matter is neither side can be proven in a way that will satisfy the other.

It takes two to tango.

And.....? I'm suggesting we just drop it and this is your response.

And........? uhhh. maybe you take it a step further and see that in the same breath you called the non-religious smug and argumentative you said the same about Christians.

(01-20-2014 03:29 PM)Fatalisk Wrote:  

(01-20-2014 03:28 PM)Bull_In_Exile Wrote:  

(01-20-2014 03:25 PM)blunderbuss Wrote:  Never ceases to amaze me the "smugness" of the Atheist / Agnostic that believes they have to "disprove" Christianity somehow. Simple fact of the matter is neither side can be proven in a way that will satisfy the other.

This is true. Which is why the first thing the POE does is make a faulty assumption. That an all powerful, knowing, and loving being would not allow evil to happen.

Far more intelligent people than you and I know that argument to be logical. Have a little modesty.

And Far more intelligent people than you or I have posited exactly what I have just said..

I'm not the one here who needs modesty.

I don't have a problem with anything that's happened here. Some people think debate is innately bad.

(01-20-2014 03:37 PM)Bull_In_Exile Wrote:  And Far more intelligent people than you or I have posited exactly what I have just said..

I'm not the one here who needs modesty.

nah bro

(01-20-2014 03:36 PM)Fatalisk Wrote:  

(01-20-2014 03:33 PM)blunderbuss Wrote:  

(01-20-2014 03:28 PM)Fatalisk Wrote:  

(01-20-2014 03:25 PM)blunderbuss Wrote:  Never ceases to amaze me the "smugness" of the Atheist / Agnostic that believes they have to "disprove" Christianity somehow. Simple fact of the matter is neither side can be proven in a way that will satisfy the other.

It takes two to tango.

And.....? I'm suggesting we just drop it and this is your response.

And........? uhhh. maybe you take it a step further and see that in the same breath you called the non-religious smug and argumentative you said the same about Christians.

Without a doubt that happens sometimes. Problem being, both sides typically enter the "debate" with their minds completely made up. The big difference is that Christians have a little more "skin in the game" as it's the driver to their view on the world and things eternal. Non-Christians, and especially atheists simply cannot understand this aspect. Pretty much why I say it's best to sometimes just drop it b/c it doesn't end well typically.

(01-20-2014 03:42 PM)blunderbuss Wrote:  

(01-20-2014 03:36 PM)Fatalisk Wrote:  

(01-20-2014 03:33 PM)blunderbuss Wrote:  

(01-20-2014 03:28 PM)Fatalisk Wrote:  

(01-20-2014 03:25 PM)blunderbuss Wrote:  Never ceases to amaze me the "smugness" of the Atheist / Agnostic that believes they have to "disprove" Christianity somehow. Simple fact of the matter is neither side can be proven in a way that will satisfy the other.

It takes two to tango.

And.....? I'm suggesting we just drop it and this is your response.

And........? uhhh. maybe you take it a step further and see that in the same breath you called the non-religious smug and argumentative you said the same about Christians.

Without a doubt that happens sometimes. Problem being, both sides typically enter the "debate" with their minds completely made up. The big difference is that Christians have a little more "skin in the game" as it's the driver to their view on the world and things eternal. Non-Christians, and especially atheists simply cannot understand this aspect. Pretty much why I say it's best to sometimes just drop it b/c it doesn't end well typically.

I don't scream this stuff on the streets.

(01-20-2014 03:44 PM)Fatalisk Wrote:  

(01-20-2014 03:42 PM)blunderbuss Wrote:  

(01-20-2014 03:36 PM)Fatalisk Wrote:  

(01-20-2014 03:33 PM)blunderbuss Wrote:  

(01-20-2014 03:28 PM)Fatalisk Wrote:  It takes two to tango.

And.....? I'm suggesting we just drop it and this is your response.

And........? uhhh. maybe you take it a step further and see that in the same breath you called the non-religious smug and argumentative you said the same about Christians.

Without a doubt that happens sometimes. Problem being, both sides typically enter the "debate" with their minds completely made up. The big difference is that Christians have a little more "skin in the game" as it's the driver to their view on the world and things eternal. Non-Christians, and especially atheists simply cannot understand this aspect. Pretty much why I say it's best to sometimes just drop it b/c it doesn't end well typically.

I don't scream this stuff on the streets.

I don't put billboards up demeaning peoples beliefs..

(01-20-2014 03:51 PM)Bull_In_Exile Wrote:  I don't put billboards up demeaning peoples beliefs..

Neither do I. What was the billboard? I mean do you really think Christmas is under attack? Hell, it's a National holiday. It affects productivity lol. Can't get more cemented as safe than that.

(01-20-2014 03:51 PM)Bull_In_Exile Wrote:  

(01-20-2014 03:44 PM)Fatalisk Wrote:  

(01-20-2014 03:42 PM)blunderbuss Wrote:  

(01-20-2014 03:36 PM)Fatalisk Wrote:  

(01-20-2014 03:33 PM)blunderbuss Wrote:  And.....? I'm suggesting we just drop it and this is your response.

And........? uhhh. maybe you take it a step further and see that in the same breath you called the non-religious smug and argumentative you said the same about Christians.

Without a doubt that happens sometimes. Problem being, both sides typically enter the "debate" with their minds completely made up. The big difference is that Christians have a little more "skin in the game" as it's the driver to their view on the world and things eternal. Non-Christians, and especially atheists simply cannot understand this aspect. Pretty much why I say it's best to sometimes just drop it b/c it doesn't end well typically.

I don't scream this stuff on the streets.

I don't put billboards up demeaning peoples beliefs..

Some Christians do:

(01-20-2014 03:51 PM)Bull_In_Exile Wrote:  I don't put billboards up demeaning peoples beliefs..

I don't see why someone who is confident in their beliefs would get offended by this anyway. Freedom of speech and all.

(01-20-2014 03:53 PM)Fatalisk Wrote:  

(01-20-2014 03:51 PM)Bull_In_Exile Wrote:  I don't put billboards up demeaning peoples beliefs..

Neither do I. What was the billboard? I mean do you really think Christmas is under attack? Hell, it's a National holiday. It affects productivity lol. Can't get more cemented as safe than that.

It was not a "christmas is under attack OMG" post... I was an observation that Atheist are no more the "live and let live" crowd then the Christians who they think are jerkwads.