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RE: There's probably no God...... - 10/22/2008 3:20:14 PM   
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The yahoo article doesn't give the full poster Phil and probably because of the reasson - it actually reads -  'there probably is no god, now stop worrying and enjoy your life'.
 
Yeah, 'great' freedom of speech - assuming the negative of a groups of people who have a non belief.  It's been a pretty heated debate here, as it was sponsered by the Humanist society and most humanists and atheists find it a pretty dire interpretation of both their belief and their life.  I pretty much agree with them.
 
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RE: There's probably no God...... - 10/22/2008 3:24:08 PM   
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I'm baffled:

a) 'Seems to be a counter-productive advert. For instance, the idea that anxiety can be eradicated on the back of not believing in a god, is bordering on the ridiculous.

b) Why would they do this in England? Let's see, there are 1.6 million church goers in this country; half of these are catholic and half are protestant. The catholic half is swelled by a significant number of Polish migrant workers, and the protestant half by a significant number of African immigrants. So, approximately 800,000 of 55 million natives go to church. Remove those over 65 who won't be alive in twenty years time, and you'll be left with roughly 200,000 of 55 million, or one in every 275ish. We're not exactly running 'round in mobs looking for heretics to burn, so I don't understand why they're wasting their time. 


They're not going to argue about it because clearly no one in England has any idea what anyone else in England is saying, what with folks making up their own words and having a minimum of 8 different words for everything. So bufoonbery on that.

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RE: There's probably no God...... - 10/22/2008 3:32:31 PM   
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081022/ap_on_re_eu/eu_britain_atheist_ads

..........saw this story on the CBC this morning.  Whether or not one is an aethist this seems to me to be a good example of free speech. How will this story play in the US?


... as for me.. I just think it's sad.

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RE: There's probably no God...... - 10/22/2008 3:34:24 PM   
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Based on the stories i have ever heard, God may seem to go away for a while, but always seems to come back.


"If you feel removed from God... guess who moved"  (just something I heard once)

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RE: There's probably no God...... - 10/22/2008 3:38:14 PM   
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It's just the commercial space on London buses - religious groups buy it to promote their message, and since atheism is a belief of sorts... it's only fair. I wonder whether Christopher Hitchens contributed to their war effort  . 


I think what I dislike most about atheism is not the disbelief in God.. but the mocking of other's hope.    The Amazing Randy will love it.                                                                 

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RE: There's probably no God...... - 10/22/2008 3:55:08 PM   
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clearly no one in England has any idea what anyone else in England is saying



Except where we're talking of disappointment......then we understand one another and come together as one.....we crave it; in fact, we actively seek it out.....

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So bufoonbery on that.



Don't mind if I do.....thanks very much.......have some rascality in return....

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RE: There's probably no God...... - 10/22/2008 3:56:07 PM   
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I think what I dislike most about atheism is not the disbelief in God.. but the mocking of other's hope.                        


.....that's as crass a statement as someone saying that all Christians are anti-abortionist nutcases. Just because some aethists mock those with faith doesn't mean they all do.

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RE: There's probably no God...... - 10/22/2008 4:00:32 PM   
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Status: offline 		From the POV of free speech it carnt be faulted.
Whether a God exists or not depends upon what you mean by God.
How deep is that perfesser?

If you were to say ...
the probability is low that a God who has much concern for human beings exists...
then I would have to agree with that.
The only problem there is that it wouldnt fit on the side of a bus.Maybe that was God's cunning plan and he does exist after all.

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RE: There's probably no God...... - 10/22/2008 4:40:45 PM   
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RE: There's probably no God...... - 10/22/2008 4:43:55 PM   
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God may seem to go away for a while, but always seems to come back.

The Divine is always present, everywhere, in empty outer space, in the searing core of stars, in the billions of neutrino's that pass through our bodies every second. As for the incarnate gods, they walk among us in their multitudes.

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RE: There's probably no God...... - 10/22/2008 5:13:23 PM   
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RE: There's probably no God...... - 10/22/2008 5:23:47 PM   
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Status: offline 		I don't really think a billboard on the side of the bus is really going to influence anyone, but it will attract the media that is looking for something to do to justifiy their existence, and it adds a few dollars to the transport company I guess.  I think the the athiests should change advertising companies...their slogan would have more
impact if it said "There IS no God" rather than "Their probably is no God"..

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RE: There's probably no God...... - 10/22/2008 5:28:30 PM   
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God may seem to go away for a while, but always seems to come back.

The Divine is always present, everywhere, in empty outer space, in the searing core of stars, in the billions of neutrino's that pass through our bodies every second. As for the incarnate gods, they walk among us in their multitudes.


Especially, the Eternal is present within us, the Jews, and the circumcised penises of our male brood.


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RE: There's probably no God...... - 10/22/2008 6:05:12 PM   
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It's just the commercial space on London buses - religious groups buy it to promote their message, and since atheism is a belief of sorts... it's only fair. I wonder whether Christopher Hitchens contributed to their war effort  . 


isn't that a contradiction of terms?

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RE: There's probably no God...... - 10/22/2008 6:14:16 PM   
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It's just the commercial space on London buses - religious groups buy it to promote their message, and since atheism is a belief of sorts... it's only fair. I wonder whether Christopher Hitchens contributed to their war effort  . 


isn't that a contradiction of terms?


...strictly speaking, no. As the existence of God is neither empircally provable or not provable, any position vis a vis the existence of God has an element of belief in it.

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RE: There's probably no God...... - 10/22/2008 6:17:46 PM   
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RE: There's probably no God...... - 10/22/2008 6:43:47 PM   
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RE: There's probably no God...... - 10/22/2008 7:58:37 PM   
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Is someone who believe's there's probably no God a "Maytheist"?

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RE: There's probably no God...... - 10/22/2008 8:01:31 PM   
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Status: offline 		If they call themselves that... why not? Everything is possible in this world where there may or may not be, or where there is no way or knowing one way or another :-) . 

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RE: There's probably no God...... - 10/22/2008 8:03:46 PM   
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Status: offline 		I'm an atheist, but I think that's a little silly.  I mean it's a little too . . . evangical, isn't it?

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