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Special Investigation: Evolution

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Seeing as you're in an environment where effectively everyone else uses the standard definition of atheist -
This definition has changed since I was in school, and probably will change again.

Even you guys don't agree 100% on what an atheist is.
 
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Am I the only one who seems to think AV is a troll that only hangs out here because he gets a kick out of people who are only trying to help?
Yes -- (I hope) -- and that's one too many thinking that way.
 
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This definition has changed since I was in school, and probably will change again.

Even you guys don't agree 100% on what an atheist is.
So you'll just make your own definitions up for words then? And only drop the actual meaning of those words if and when someone rightly asks you what you're talking about?
 
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So you'll just make your own definitions up for words then?
Did I not justify it with Scripture?

Put two and two together, Skavau.

Here is Psalm 14:1 again ...

  1. The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God.
  2. The fool hath said in his heart, There is no Elohim.
  3. The fool hath said in his heart, There is no Trinity.
Do you see the God-to-Trinity connection here?

Which of those three sentences above do you disagree with?
 
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Am I the only one who seems to think AV is a troll that only hangs out here because he gets a kick out of people who are only trying to help?

He's very inconsistent and will disagree with himself or have the same arguments over and over, and it seems like he is really just trying to see who will fall for it.

Unfortunately, as with many trolls, if they are the perfect straw man (worse yet, a sincere straw man) some people just have to continue to argue with them either because they think they can "win" at some point, or they appeal to the lurkers.

I wish more people would just ignore him, but... well.
 
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Did I not justify it with Scripture?

Put two and two together, Skavau.

Here is Psalm 14:1 again ...

  1. The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God.
  2. The fool hath said in his heart, There is no Elohim.
  3. The fool hath said in his heart, There is no Trinity.
Do you see the God-to-Trinity connection here?

Which of those three sentences above do you disagree with?
Sorry, I don't get my definitions of words from the Bible. You may want to add a disclaimer now though to everyone else that you're using a personal definition of atheism that labels all Non-Christians (and probably Christian sects as well) as atheistic.
 
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I wish more people would just ignore him, but... well.
But you guys don't truly ignore me.

You might place me on IGNORE, but then you talk to others about me, knowing I'm reading it.

And while I enjoy being on one particular poster's IGNORE list -- if I'm going to be ignored, ignore me; don't rub me in other peoples' faces.
 
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Sorry, I don't get my definitions of words from the Bible. You may want to add a disclaimer now though to everyone else that you're using a personal definition of atheism that labels all Non-Christians (and probably Christian sects as well) as atheistic.
I only mentioned it because of the video that Cal posted, which is making fun of those who don't believe in 'my' definition.

And since I have never brought it up before -- and don't intend to in the future unless apropo -- I'm not going to advertise myself with disclaimers.
 
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But you guys don't truly ignore me.

You might place me on IGNORE, but then you talk to others about me, knowing I'm reading it.

And while I enjoy being on one particular poster's IGNORE list -- if I'm going to be ignored, ignore me; don't rub me in other peoples' faces.
T minus 5 - 4 -3 -2 - 1... Welcome to the ignore function. :wave:
 
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But you guys don't truly ignore me.

You might place me on IGNORE, but then you talk to others about me, knowing I'm reading it.

And while I enjoy being on one particular poster's IGNORE list -- if I'm going to be ignored, ignore me; don't rub me in other peoples' faces.

Time to put you on ignore. Bye bye.
 
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Did I not justify it with Scripture?

Put two and two together, Skavau.

Here is Psalm 14:1 again ...

  1. The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God.
  2. The fool hath said in his heart, There is no Elohim.
  3. The fool hath said in his heart, There is no Trinity.
Do you see the God-to-Trinity connection here?

Which of those three sentences above do you disagree with?

If anything, that's defining the word 'fool,' not 'atheist.'
 
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