Posted by Lew/+Silat on 12/17/06 10:35

"Theophilus" <intrexATsasktelDOTnet> wrote in message news:12o4vfl8fjm2t2c@corp.supernews.com...
>> It is impossible to "convert" to atheism since atheism is not only not
>> a religion, it is a rejection of religion. That's like saying you
>> joined nothing.
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> Atheism IS a religion, the most hypocritical known.
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> Religion is the wilful self-delusion about higher power(s) being the actual arbiters of mankind and the
> universe.
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> This self-delusion is necessary to prevent oneself from realizing one's true position in the universe,
> namely that a conscious mind is no more valuable or meaningful that any other bit of matter in the
> universe, be it cow dung, helium or coal.
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> Atheists wilfully remove that self-delusion (usually with great pride), even claiming that the universe is
> a meaningless place, but never once realizing where that leaves them.
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> It's really about who the arbiter, the assigner of meaning, is: for a religious person it is God, even
> though there is no empirical evidence to back it up; hence the wilful delusion.
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> For the atheist it is his himself, he is his own arbiter, master of all morality and value. That flies in
> the face of evidence; he says that he knows that he is no more valuable than any other piece of matter in
> the materialistic universe, and yet continues to assign value to himself and his actions anyways.
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> Which of these has the most reasonable position? (As if reason itself has any value in a materialistic,
> godless universe.) Who is the greater hypocrite?
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Always the one who believes in a comic book..

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Lew/+Silat

The reps went to bed with the religious kooks. Therefore they are ipsofacto co-nutbags..

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