[extropy-chat] Atheism in Decline

[Mike Lorrey]

--- Technotranscendence <neptune at superlink.net> wrote: >
> > Theists are good at equivocating, that's for sure.
> > They dualist that all the time.
> 
> Funny.  I thought the argument about atheists not understanding the
> minutiae of various religious debates as an argument against atheism
> entertaining.  I guess those not familiar with the minutiae about
> phlogiston should not be taken seriously when they take Lavoisier's
> side on that issue.

I suppose it was too much to expect a bunch of orthodox atheists to
cease being intolerant for a day. You can find it funny, entertaining,
and you can invent fancy theological pedigrees as you wish. Atheism is
as much a faith as any other, and you can't escape it.

Mike Lorrey
Vice-Chair, 2nd District, Libertarian Party of NH
"Necessity is the plea for every infringement of human freedom.
It is the argument of tyrants; it is the creed of slaves."
                                      -William Pitt (1759-1806) 
Blog: http://intlib.blogspot.com


	
		
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