Good response!
This game and faith would be similar on the psychological level, then?
People get so far gone in their belief in something that they don't really question it normally.
I don't understand your direction here.
Are you saying that someone specialized in science can't also specialize in revealed religion?
If so, what do you base that off of?
What does it take to not be a laymen on this subject?
It's sad that you're probably right about that, for the most part anyways.
Ah, but aren't quite a few of the arguments from our side directed straight toward the god in question?
Also, I don't have to justify my disbelief in whichever...
I could, but it wouldn't be true belief.
The closest I'll ever get would be through putting myself in a hypothetical situation where a belief in god is necessary.
Makes use of speech and/or wording to portray something that is evil/bad as something holy/good.
Edit: I might also mention that it works both directions, the book also turns white into black.
"They" as in "us atheists" are deniers?
I can rightfully assume that this is your direct meaning, correct?
Wow, I might've been scared if I bothered to care.
Let it happen, wont change my mind.
Fate and destiny give me a headache to think about, like most other philosophical concepts of the same caliber.
The idea behind these terms does not appeal to me.
I've yet to hear an argument for fate and destiny that I thought of as rational and logical.
The concepts also seemingly go against...
I can't sleep well unless I sleep on the floor without covering.
It gives me the sense of 'this is how it's supposed to be' and helps me relax.
Might not seem like a happy thing, but it is to me :D
I would consider an aggressor as a person or group that intends to directly inflict harm on me or those that I care about. How they do that is up to them, it is simply that they do it which makes them an aggressor.
But your quote seemed to be referring to those whom are aggressors to 'the way...
If we are talking about which one has more influence in the morality department, religion wins.
If we are talking about which one is the better adviser on what is moral, science wins.