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Les Jenkins
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decrepitoldfool wrote: Terry, I was writing a detailed response, but then my Gmail indicated an update to this thread. And after reading it, let me say this: “What Les said.” You…[go]
Les wrote: Terry writes… To beat the dead pro-life horse one more time - atheism - the conclusion that there is no God - predictably changes the way our two camps view…[go]
Terry wrote: DOF, I’ll take a page from your own book and suggest that you read things into my comment that I did not say. No, I did not refuse painkillers and…[go]
swordsbane wrote: Who said anything about excusing willful stupidity? Justice suggested these people may have let their child die out of convenience and that is what I was responding to. I don’t…[go]
Les wrote: Coaltrain writes… Look, I am mearly trying to point out that we are based off of some of the beliefs that this nation was founded on. So is the…[go]
Les wrote: Who said anything about excusing willful stupidity? Justice suggested these people may have let their child die out of convenience and that is what I was responding to. I don’t…[go]
Coaltrain wrote: Look, I am mearly trying to point out that we are based off of some of the beliefs that this nation was founded on. To adress that the BSA does…[go]
swordsbane wrote: I’ve not seen anything that suggests that these people didn’t love their child. As for the sentence, it varies depending on the trial in question. Doesn’t excuse willful stupidity. I’m…[go]
leguru wrote: I like Last Hussar’s take on this (07/02/09). Remember what happened to Sodom and Gomorrah when the residents treated two strangers badly, not knowing that they represented God. Then, there’s…[go]
Les wrote: Rebecca, if the migraines are being triggered by CFLs then I agree that something should be done to help those folks, but I’m not convinced that the cause and effect…[go]
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I’m still reading the speech, but…I’m torn. I see an importance of not being automatically lumped together with theists at every turn. However, I also realize that in reality, you can affect people more with a gentle touch than a blunt force.
I guess for me it’s a bit of ego death to accept the idea of not identifying myself as an atheist, so I should probably refrain from insisting on it (Sorry if that sounds too Buddhist for anyone).
In any event, I definitely see his points about there being no “anti-astrologists” and such. If we really don’t believe in the supernatural, why stand in the spot that has been especially prepared for us by those we disagree with? Discussion of religiously involved concepts and events are unavoidable in modern life, but why give the religious the signal that makes them stop listening to us?
You may not be able to sway that fundy at work with logic and reason, but you definitely are not going to influence the mildly credulous participants of the arguement by making a fuss over being an atheist. To the semi-religious, moderate people around you, you just flipped a switch for them that says “as crazy as this guy is, I’m just as crazy!” I realize this is not always the case, but it definitely happens.
I’ll probably add several more cents worth after I finish reading the speech.