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Ya'll are a riot, I'm starting to rememeber why I bowed out last time.
I just did actually watch the video, and it's beyond stunning how unbelievers can be in such sheer denial.
Opposition to theism
The Oxford English Dictionary defines antitheist as "One opposed to belief in the existence of a god". The earliest citation given for this meaning dates from 1833.[2] An antitheist may oppose belief in the existence of any god or gods, and not merely one god in particular.
Antitheism has been adopted as a label by those who regard theism as dangerous, destructive, or encouraging of harmful behavior. Christopher Hitchens offers an example of this approach in Letters to a Young Contrarian (2001), in which he writes: "I'm not even an atheist so much as I am an antitheist; I not only maintain that all religions are versions of the same untruth, but I hold that the influence of churches, and the effect of religious belief, is positively harmful."[3]
Antitheism - Wikipedia
Well, the school educational system does go out of its way to inculcate a totally Godless view of our existence so if indeed parents are negligent in the slightest in countering that influence then atheism will definitely take over the young vulnerable minds of the children and they will grow up to be fanatically atheistic because they will equate it with being smart and irrefutable. After all, if it weren't so, then why did the school teachers, supposedly smart people, teach it as fact? So when as adults they come across information that in any way indicates the opposite of what they were taught, such individuals will tend to respond with a mindless knee-jerk reaction of total denial instead of objectively analyzing the evidence as cogent reasoning demands.Maybe that's all there is to it, or they had no God at all.
Well, the school educational system does go out of its way to inculcate a totally Godless view of our existence
Absolutely true. It is called anti-theism.
That is an astonishing accusation. Most of the teachers in this country are at least nominally Christian and would not teach such a thing. You are going to have to supply some evidence to back up your charge or be dismissed as a slanderer.Well, the school educational system does go out of its way to inculcate a totally Godless view of our existence so if indeed parents are negligent in the slightest in countering that influence then atheism will definitely take over the young vulnerable minds of the children and they will grow up to be fanatically atheistic because they will equate it with being smart and irrefutable. After all, if it weren't so, then why did the school teachers, supposedly smart people, teach it as fact? So when as adults they come across information that in any way indicates the opposite of what they were taught, such individuals will tend to respond with a mindless knee-jerk reaction of total denial instead of objectively analyzing the evidence as cogent reasoning demands.
Things need not be directly stated. Simple omission is suffice to provide a strong incentive for an unavoidable inference.Then you should have no problem providing, say, 10 quotes from high school science books which explicitly say that god is imaginary. Let's see how many you can actually find.
So how, exactly would you remedy this omission? Be specific about subject matter content.Things need not be directly stated. Simple omission is suffice to provide a strong incentive for an unavoidable inference.
Absolutely true. It is called anti-theism. The following article explains all its nuances. Here is an excerpt describing one aspect of it:
Other aspects are described in other parts of the article.
I said I believe, and I believe because of what I observe. Ive gone over it several times here. Just look around, go outside an look around some more, that is my evidence. IOW, it's there, and the only way I have ever see anything come to be "there" is for it to be created so, in turn I surmise it was created.
Excellent logic in my view.
No you "back up" your alternative, okay?
Do people with different religious beliefs than your own also use excellent logic to reach their different conclusions? If not, why not?
Ask them. Hey, some people think it's logical it all just came to be on it's on, so I warn you, be ready to expect anything, then you decide what is logical and what is not. I've already told you what I feel is logical.
You didn't answer my question, BTW.
I said I believe, and I believe because of what I observe. Ive gone over it several times here. Just look around, go outside an look around some more, that is my evidence. IOW, it's there, and the only way I have ever see anything come to be "there" is for it to be created so, in turn I surmise it was created.
No you "back up" your alternative, okay?
Interesting. I've looked at lots of things and I've never seen anything created ex nihilo using magic as described by creationists. Must be something unique to where you live.
What alternative do you feel I'm proposing?
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