Re: Atheists dying

From: Holden (nothx_at_ihatespam.com)
Date: 08/30/04


Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2004 12:30:18 -0500

Gactimus wrote:
> thomas p <thomasagainspam@yahoo.dk> wrote in
> news:v6tui0dbp8bu663praeg4d1spr69lrq25p@4ax.com:
>
>> On Fri, 27 Aug 2004 16:51:40 GMT, Gactimus <gactimus@xrs.net> wrote:
>>
>>> "Karl Johanson" <karljohanson@shaw.ca> wrote in
>>> news:szJXc.221353$M95.161454@pd7tw1no:
>>>
>>>> "Gactimus" <gactimus@xrs.net> wrote in message
>>>> news:Xns95515FEF3D516PQ@alaska.local...
>>>>
>>>>>> But a system of religious beliefs is. Atheism is not a belief
>>>>>> system of any kind.
>>>>>
>>>>> Wrong. Atheism is based on the belief that there is no god.
>>>>
>>>> No, atheism is the absence of belief in god, or gods.
>>>>
>>>> If atheism is a religion, then abstinence is a form of sex.
>>>
>>> Nice non sequitur.
>>
>> It is a completely valiid comparison. Lack of belief is not a
>> religion, and abstinence is not a form of sex.
>
> The discussion was whether or not atheism is a belief system.

Somebody buy this man a clue.



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