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  1. Dao Hao Now

    "Christian Nationalism is Not Christianity"

    Can you show examples of where this has happened?
  2. Dao Hao Now

    "Christian Nationalism is Not Christianity"

    Actually, @Policy clearly referenced conservatives. Before you trot out the old deceptive crap about the Republicans being the party who freed the slaves and the Democrats are the racists keeping them down, trying to equate it to the two parties in there current form; I suggest you learn a...
  3. Dao Hao Now

    I think I am now an atheist

    So you agree that rational beliefs require a reasonable justification, yet; That evidence is that there isn’t sufficient evidence to reasonably justify their existence. In other words, you believe X does not exist because you do not believe there is reasonable justification to believe in X...
  4. Dao Hao Now

    Fate of the Earth

    Do you live in Babylon? Sure hope you don’t have an infant!
  5. Dao Hao Now

    I think I am now an atheist

    This is very telling.
  6. Dao Hao Now

    I think I am now an atheist

    Actually no. In my understanding and that of popular usage,“lack of belief” is fully synonymous with “disbelief”, both indicate that the “belief” was considered and then rejected. With “uncertainty”, the “belief” was considered and was not rejected, but also not not accepted. This would be a...
  7. Dao Hao Now

    My hike in Mount Rainier National Park

    I’ve been there, it truly is beautiful! I’m jealous. I recently was up visiting my sister near Port Angeles at the base of the mountains at Olympic Mountains National Park. Unfortunately I didn’t get an opportunity for any hikes. We did however get a chance to drive up to Hurricane Ridge.
  8. Dao Hao Now

    I think I am now an atheist

    In the end it is about the meaning not the specific word or phrase. I am happy to use the word “disbelief” or any other synonymous word (there are many) and will avoid the phrase “lack of belief” since you don’t find it to be synonymous (even though I disagree), in order to avoid the sticking...
  9. Dao Hao Now

    I think I am now an atheist

    From the abstract. However, even the portion you cite; “Several psychological studies9 –11 appear to support Spinoza’s conjecture12 that the mere comprehension of a statement entails the tacit acceptance of its being true, whereas disbelief requires a subsequent process of rejection.” Along...
  10. Dao Hao Now

    The universe and the laws

  11. Dao Hao Now

    I think I am now an atheist

    Actually, I didn’t ignore how you explained “lack of belief”….. I challenged your contingency, I explained why it doesn’t hold water. This was also confirmed in the study I linked you to. Functional neuroimaging of belief, disbelief, and uncertainty - PubMed https://pubmed.n Naturally you...
  12. Dao Hao Now

    Do We Need Faith?

    As I said in the last post, I’ve adjourned from pointing out the differences of evidence. As I mentioned toward the beginning of our dialogue, that I surmised we disagree on what we each find to be compelling evidence. I’m happy to see you are comfortable embracing the act of asserting your...
  13. Dao Hao Now

    I think I am now an atheist

    Continuing from post #203 Notice once again, if the second part of the sentence included a negative, i.e. “no gods exist”, the sentence would have contained double negatives, which would have rendered the overall statement as a positive. i.e. “I don’t believe no gods exist”, which would render...
  14. Dao Hao Now

    I think I am now an atheist

    While I never used the word obviously, I will accept that characterization. Here is the context; You stated in post #172 In post #185 after quoting the above for context, I stated: Which you have subsequently agreed with: The fact “you can reject it” means that you do not “have to accept...
  15. Dao Hao Now

    I think I am now an atheist

    Based on your favored Spinozan model (which I would not agree with); if you hear a proposition…. “Purple humanoids from Neptune are currently living in France”,…. your ability to comprehend the proposition means you hold a belief that purple humanoids from Neptune are currently living in France...
  16. Dao Hao Now

    Why did God create us

    Ah, the ol’ argument from personal incredulity. Argument from incredulity - Wikipedia So, this may in your mind get you to God creating things How did you determine the details about this god? That it(?) has no genitalia, has unlimited power, who can be everywhere simultaneously and is...
  17. Dao Hao Now

    Let's not talk about the Big Bang

    I would strongly suggest reading a science book or two.
  18. Dao Hao Now

    I think I am now an atheist

    If you are a rational person they do. You are the person which must be persuaded to adopt a proposition as true in order to believe the proposition. Whether you do the persuading yourself by gathering information independently or somebody else persuades you by presenting evidence is...
  19. Dao Hao Now

    I think I am now an atheist

    In other words: “You believe X does not exist because you do not believe there is reason to believe in X, therefore your entire statement is due to a lack of belief. Once you have determined that you lack belief in X, you then assert you believe X does not exist based on your lack of belief in...
  20. Dao Hao Now

    I think I am now an atheist

    1.) “I believe X is not true” is a belief. 2.) “I don’t believe X is true” is not a belief; it is a lack of belief. 1.) Is a positive statement. 2.) Is a negative statement. Since atheism is a lack of belief in a god, it would be considered a #2 type statement. As result, can’t be a “belief...
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