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    Are ANY of the arguments convincing?

    There are countless examples listed in the Skeptic's Annotated Bible, and you can find them as early on as Genesis: The two contradictory creation accounts. Other examples are listed here. It's a long list. SAB Contradictions I don't need the SAB here, most of the absurdities in the Bible are...
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    Are ANY of the arguments convincing?

    The thing is, I don't accept the Bible for truth. It's too self-contradictory, with too many absurdities and too little corroboration. The famed historian Josephus, who apparently recorded Jesus' history? Was born after Jesus died. And the fact remains that empirical/rational thought can offer...
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    Are ANY of the arguments convincing?

    Correct. We're assuming, however, that the theist made the positive claim. HOWEVER, if the atheist started the debate and said "Prove that God DOES exist", then it wouldn't be reasonable for the other person to say "No, you prove it!" And anyway, if the atheist is starting off by explaining...
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    Are ANY of the arguments convincing?

    On the contrary, quite a few Christians do set out to convince; such is the point of debate. Not all obviously, but a fair few. And thank you!
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    Are ANY of the arguments convincing?

    This argument makes several unsupported assumptions: namely that you have actually met God. Given that people from countless religions have reported similar experiences, we must take yours and everybody else's story with a pinch of salt. It also assumes that every atheist is as closed-minded...
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    Christian turned Atheist here.

    Have fun! This looks like a cool enough place. Loads of issues with the site though :/.
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    What are frubals?

    This was never explained well by the site (it needs a more obvious and easy to find Help section,) and I still don't really get what frubals are. All I know is that some people have lots of them and others don't.
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    Are ANY of the arguments convincing?

    1AOA1 - Ah. That's fair enough. But I would imagine that more hinges on the existence of God than my lucidity. It's a general principle to trust that people with whom you are conversing are sane otherwise you wouldn't be able to communicate. Whereas with the issue of God, there is far less...
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    Are ANY of the arguments convincing?

    Can you explain that one as well?
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    Are ANY of the arguments convincing?

    I'm sorry, I don't quite understand. Are you saying that I need to give evidence that I'm not hallucinating?
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    Are ANY of the arguments convincing?

    Simple: evidence. A high degree of irrefutable evidence. I'm neither an empiricist nor a rationalist. I believe that absolute knowledge derives from BOTH reason and sense. While reason on its own, and sense on its own can both give us a fairly good picture of something, it's only when we...
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    Are ANY of the arguments convincing?

    Yup. Nor me.
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    Are ANY of the arguments convincing?

    I've spent so much time around the internet learning more about why Christians think what they do, and just about never have I seen anything that remotely convinces me of the veracity of the Christian faith. And when I question their arguments to the extent where they can no longer form a...
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    The fine-tuning argument

    Interesting point.
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    The fine-tuning argument

    Thanks for clearing up my definition! And thank you again! :D
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    I'm sure you'll all skip over this anyway, but what the hell! Why not? This is me, here I am :D.

    I abhor text-speak, and I don't use shorthand like lol, btw, or wtf very often in formal discussion, though I always use those in chat. Is it me or are the skins on this site not coded very well?
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    I'm sure you'll all skip over this anyway, but what the hell! Why not? This is me, here I am :D.

    "No offence, of course" None taken :). Although I would struggle to think of myself as a youngun.
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    I'm sure you'll all skip over this anyway, but what the hell! Why not? This is me, here I am :D.

    Huh, that's weird. "Edit signature" isn't there.
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    I'm sure you'll all skip over this anyway, but what the hell! Why not? This is me, here I am :D.

    What links? I've looked there several times now and I've not been able to find it? :/ Edit: Oops. Sorry, I missed your post Gnomon.
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    I'm sure you'll all skip over this anyway, but what the hell! Why not? This is me, here I am :D.

    How do you make a signature? I've looked everywhere and I can't work out how to do it.
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