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    The faithless atheist

    I've got to head to a job. I'll try to get back on this evening and respond to the posts I haven't got to yet.
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    The faithless atheist

    The word isn't even 150 years old, but the concept dates back at least 2400 years. When Huxley coined the word he said he didn't believe or disbelieve in the existence of any god. So, it carries both connotations. Unfortunately, we don't have a word that only addresses the uncertain position, so...
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    The faithless atheist

    Actually, I said faith is synonomous with trust. My examples are harmonious with Hebrews 11:1. If you think they are not, please explain why that is the case.
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    The faithless atheist

    I know this is one position of agnosticism. I have no problem with someone holding this position. Honestly, I have no issue with someone calling theirself an agnostic-atheist, if they mean that they believe there is no god but that we cannot know that there is no god. If that's your position...
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    The faithless atheist

    Whether gods exist or not is absolutely argued by many people. It is argued on these forums constantly. If I have not been clear, I apologize. I have never meant to imply that one must believe gods exist or believe they do not. One can be undecided, as I once was, but that doesn't change that...
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    The faithless atheist

    I haven't ignored anyone's position insofar as I am aware. I accept that the vast majority of self-professing atheists on here are agnostics, according to how they have described their position. What I have not done is kowtow to ridiculous assertions that atheist also means agnostic now...
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    The faithless atheist

    Let me give you a practical example to illustrate what I mean by faith. You wake up in the morning and fix yourself a bowl of cereal and, without hesitation, you chow down with no fear that you are eating something poisonous. Why? Do you know, empirically, that the cereal you have brought...
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    The faithless atheist

    Naturalism: a theory denying that an event or object has a supernatural significance; specifically : the doctrine that scientific laws are adequate to account for all phenomena. For the moment their is no real need to split hairs about ontological or methodological. As far as natural...
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    Creationism=religious philosophy, evolution=science

    This is derailing the thread, so this is the last I'm going to post on this here. I will gladly discuss it in an appropriate thread if you will give me a link or I may start one when I get time. There needs to be sufficient evidence for a belief to be rational, but I didn't get into the...
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    Creationism=religious philosophy, evolution=science

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    Creationism=religious philosophy, evolution=science

    That would be an agnostic position. As much as atheists protest to the contrary, atheism is a position that makes a truth claim. Now, atheism can be believed by a person while acknowledging that they don't know that there is no god, but all this shows is that they hold that position by faith...
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    Creationism=religious philosophy, evolution=science

    Science isn't a philosophy. It is married to philosophy, since you cannot do science without it, but the two are very different. To claim that creationists cannot give answers that conform to science, give data, and are under no obligation to do so is as ludicrous as the "determine if a plane...
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    Creationism=religious philosophy, evolution=science

    This is a gross generalization. You are essentially correct on one point, though. The issue does need to be confronted on the philosophical level. Naturalism is a weak and insufficient philosophical framework and conclusions that are based on its presuppositions are not worth incorporating...
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    Creationism=religious philosophy, evolution=science

    That is not the difference, not even close. First, I can't say no one, because you can't account for everyone, but I don't know anyone who would claim that you would determine if a plane could fly by a "purely religous philosophy". This is ludicrous. Second, science doesn't "work for...
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    Can god make a rock so big even he can't lift it?

    God is omnipotent, just not according to the illogical definition you have chosen to fixate on, which your own link to wikipedia acknowledges is one of multiple definitions of omnipotent and not the one that applies to YHWH. God is able to make Himself unable to do something. When we turn to...
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