Does God Suffer From Vanity?

Discussion in 'Politics' started by Thunderdog, Dec 12, 2006.

  1. volente_00

    volente_00

    I am agnostic with a touch of pascal's wager when it comes to santa as well.






    :D
     
    #251     Dec 18, 2006
  2. Any idea that Z comes up with is automatically invested with the verity of the delivered word.

    Any opinion he has is the truth.

    The sooner you understand that, the better.
     
    #252     Dec 19, 2006
  3. stu

    stu

    Can be, yes, why not? and such a state need not be permanent or lethal !!

    Don't tell me pertinent to this discussion you consider a state of understand/non-understanding and a worldview are essentially different in some way !?


    itchy scritchy patchy poo now the devil wont get you.
    That should break any nasty ol' 666 spell :)

    Not easy to see how your argument can be fixed though.
     
    #253     Dec 19, 2006
  4. stu

    stu

    You've missed the point. At birth there can be no indoctrination. The child is oblivious to concepts of a God ie: theism. The child's cognizance of such things is as ddunbar's 'clean slate'. But we know it is without any theism. There is a word which commonly describes that state. Have a guess what it is. Yes that's right, atheism.

    Ah but now all the alarm bells go off. Evil, nasty, indoctrinating the child with atheism, against God, bad, jesus savior, help..... panic, rave --- but for what??

    My guess is there are plenty who would be quick to defend the word when it confirms the child is atheistic toward Allah or the Sun God.
    Well now, right on cue would you believe it!! A a baby cannot have theism and is without it just like you are toward those deities. You make a considered choice to be atheist, the baby is atheist by default.

    Indoctrination commences only on the intervention and introduction of theism to the child.
    Were there nothing of theism in the world, there would be nothing of atheism.
    "Jesus" was a catchy phrase for a long time. It nearly didn't catch on at all. Beliefs are there to be challenged. If they were not, you might well be Muslim or Hindu right now.
     
    #254     Dec 19, 2006
  5. I see the "argument" from ignorance continues :D

    According to this line of "thinking" a new born baby has an IQ of zero, because the baby can't take an IQ test, so their score would be zero.

    LMAO...

     
    #255     Dec 19, 2006
  6. ...a person with Alzheimers then or all people with brain damage or in a coma are OBVIOUSLY atheists i guess is the point???:confused:
     
    #256     Dec 19, 2006
  7. stu

    stu

    then you miss the point. Did you take any aim at all?
     
    #257     Dec 19, 2006

  8. ...a person with Alzheimers then or all people with brain damage or in a coma are OBVIOUSLY atheists i guess is the point???


    what point did you not get?
     
    #258     Dec 19, 2006
  9. pattersb

    pattersb Guest

    if a baby has never been "indoctrinated", as you call it, exposed is the word I'll choose, to the concept of a divinity, how can he reject it?


    Atheists == Do Not Believe In God

    NOT

    Atheists == Have never heard of the concept of God


    I suppose it depends on which definition suits your argument or agenda at the moment


    a·the·ist (th-st) KEY

    NOUN:

    One who disbelieves or denies the existence of God or gods.
     
    #259     Dec 19, 2006
  10. I knew this was going to happen. Whenever z10 turns on a subject, he is going to produce gems like this. This is as good as the "snowflake self" thing. :D

    What are you going to try next, z10? You have proven yourself to be totally clueless about physics, totally clueless about math, and totally clueless about philosophy. What next?
     
    #260     Dec 19, 2006