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Atheist and the nativity

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  • onlyroz
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    fawd1 wrote: »
    I see where you're going with this, but again, this is a government. What SCRIPTURE asks this of people?
    You should try reading leviticus.
  • conradmum
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    onlyroz wrote: »
    Do you have any evidence that prayer increases your chance of survival?

    There's actually been some research done on this which indicated that prayer had either no or a slightly detrimental affect in patient outcomes.
  • spaghetti_monster
    spaghetti_monster Posts: 1,019 Forumite
    http://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/31/health/31pray.html?pagewanted=all

    Ramen!
  • Torry_Quine
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    starrystarry wrote: »
    It's not just nonsense to me, it is factually incorrect.

    Nothing I have said is factually incorrect. As an atheist you just don't see it.
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  • erichamster
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    Torry_Quine wrote: »
    Nothing I have said is factually incorrect. As an atheist you just don't see it.

    Nobody able to look at it clearly, rationally and reasonably could see it.
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  • daska
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    Torry_Quine wrote: »
    Nothing I have said is factually incorrect. As an atheist you just don't see it.

    ?
    Torry_Quine wrote: »
    Mankind has always been the ones to care for the earth throughout history.

    You genuinely believe that god created the earth and man in six days about 10,000 years ago?
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  • Torry_Quine
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    daska wrote: »
    ?



    You genuinely believe that god created the earth and man in six days about 10,000 years ago?


    I do not believe and have never said that God created the earth in six literal days or that man was created 10,000 years ago. If you are going to attack me please get your facts correct.
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  • partan
    partan Posts: 152 Forumite
    daska wrote: »
    ?



    You genuinely believe that god created the earth and man in six days about 10,000 years ago?


    sounds plausible to me. he must've been getting a bit short of time when he was creating torry tho... ;)
  • Torry_Quine
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    partan wrote: »
    sounds plausible to me. he must've been getting a bit short of time when he was creating torry tho... ;)

    Totally uncalled for! :mad:
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  • daska
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    edited 17 December 2011 at 10:29PM
    Torry_Quine wrote: »
    I do not believe and have never said that God created the earth in six literal days or that man was created 10,000 years ago. If you are going to attack me please get your facts correct.

    You stated that "Mankind has always been the ones to care for the earth throughout history." and "Nothing I have said is factually incorrect." The two statements together imply that you believe that it is factually correct that man has always been around to care for the earth which, to me, can only be explained if you believe that god created it in 6 days. Hence phrasing it as a question (the giveaway being the question mark) rather than a statement.

    Unless you are making a literal distinction between 'history' and 'pre-history', but tbh I think if that were the case your rejoinder would have corrected me rather than accused me of attacking you.
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