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Atheists Don’t Own Reason by Nobody: 11:26am On Jan 16, 2013 |
The new atheists--participants in the contemporary anti-religion movement led by Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris, the late Christopher Hitchens, among others--are working overtime to tell the world that reason favors atheism, and atheism alone. Richard Dawkins leads his Foundation for Reason and Science. Sam Harris is founder and chair of Project Reason. The upcoming March 24 Reason Rally in Washington, D.C. is the new atheists’ latest and most visible attempt to send the message that reason belongs to the atheists. |
Re: Atheists Don’t Own Reason by Nobody: 1:48pm On Jan 16, 2013 |
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Re: Atheists Don’t Own Reason by ezme(m): 2:17pm On Jan 16, 2013 |
Mr Frosbel, who decides reason, delusion or faith? |
Re: Atheists Don’t Own Reason by Nobody: 2:21pm On Jan 16, 2013 |
ezme: Mr Frosbel, who decides reason, delusion or faith? You tell me , you guys are the experts ! |
Re: Atheists Don’t Own Reason by ezme(m): 2:30pm On Jan 16, 2013 |
frosbel: I presently share your Christian faith so I'm not the enemy here. If your motive is to teach, you should have answers or plan to come with some later on |
Re: Atheists Don’t Own Reason by Nobody: 4:29pm On Jan 16, 2013 |
ezme: Frosbel, more and more christians are exposing you as a pharisee! |
Re: Atheists Don’t Own Reason by cyrexx: 6:24pm On Jan 16, 2013 |
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Re: Atheists Don’t Own Reason by truthislight: 12:40pm On Jan 17, 2013 |
ezme: Mr Frosbel, who decides reason, delusion or faith? Humans are inherently rational. Dont suspend you reasoning for any irrationality. Why then do we need to "keep on asking"? |
Re: Atheists Don’t Own Reason by truthislight: 12:45pm On Jan 17, 2013 |
which religion asked you to close your eyes and take a leap of faith? Or, it was you that "closed your eyes and took a leap of faith"? "keep on asking " that ^^ is what i saw and not "closed your eyes" |
Re: Atheists Don’t Own Reason by lagerwhenindoubt(m): 1:45pm On Jan 17, 2013 |
ezme:@frosbel is a distinct specie on nairaland - he originates from a group of aliens known as frosbelians - He is well read and well versed in the art of questioning without answering . his answers will come as further questions and so forth and so forth... there is no enemy but a closed-mind |
Re: Atheists Don’t Own Reason by Nobody: 1:51pm On Jan 17, 2013 |
lagerwhenindoubt: well, there are only 2 of us frosbelians , frosbel which is me and frosbella who is against me On a more serious note, I ask questions because I expect those who know more about the subject matter to at least posses a basic level of knowledge in their wonderful , though unproven and fanciful notions. You guys are the expert scientists on evolution or naturalism, so give us the answers , point us in the right direction |
Re: Atheists Don’t Own Reason by lagerwhenindoubt(m): 2:32pm On Jan 17, 2013 |
One must be cautious with words like "Believe". often than not, it gets used for Irrational Religious Belief as well as Rational Acceptance Saying Atheist don't own Reason is Stating Atheists claims to "OWN" Reason and asking them to defend it. if I recall Proverbs in the Bible encourages Critical Thinking as well so your question is a Loaded Dice which when thrown can only have one result - The one you expect. it is not OPEN. I speak for myself when i say Evolution is not a "belief" in the Irrational sense: it does not demand that we accept it without question, and neither do any of its supporters. I generally accept Evolution by Natural Selection as the best explanation of our origins, since right now there are no supported (i.e backed by objective evidence) Alternative Theories – . it is the state of the art. (though I really fancy the far-out Alien Origins more than any theory) The theory is so advanced that its findings mesh extremely well with other branches of science e.g. the discovery of the Tiktaalik fossils were the result of evolutionary predictions of what might have lived 375 million years ago, at which point geologists were able to steer researchers towards rock formations of that age – and the predictions panned out very well. However, what if I’m wrong, and some better explanation comes along? Then I will look at that too. My existence and self-image are not contingent on belief in any theory. This is the part that Religious folks don’t seem to get: We define the Theories, but are not defined by them. We’ll "believe" something if there’s a Reason to Believe: and if the reasons change to point at something else, we then can believe that – and suffer no consequences from the change, since we weren’t dogmatically wedded to the old “belief” in the first place. 1 Like |
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