shiva

This was the bit I loved

"while the pro-religion team stayed composed, well behaved and supported their position with well elaborated arguments."

Meow

You really are funny. And deluded to the end.

I'll just remind everyone that you are the poster who started talking about taking all your clothes off and waving your dick in front of children.

Anyway, you can choose to believe whatever sky fairy theory you wish. that's absolutely your perogative, but you haven't presented a scintilla of proof or any rational argument whatsoever. The atheists on here (who do not belong to any sort of organised group, just a rag tag bunch who don't believe in a deity and have no agenda) have nothing to prove; that's your job and you failed. Miserably. But hey, thanks for the entertainment.

Desert Dubliner

I can't believe you rational atheists are taking the stuff I write seriously.

Desert Dubliner

You can maintain the belief your warning was general (though it was certainly not) in the same way you can maintain the belief that your non-beliefs are rational.

As far as you are concerned, the only matter of substance you contributed to the discussion was your ridiculous claim that the bible recommends stoning, and a set of similar claims. This was clearly proven to be nonsense and the only other argument you have guys is that noone can prove anything. Well done if this is your dis-proof.

mikewot

This statement is as bizarre as all your others. Now you claim to know my own mind better than I do myself. Wow, just WOW!
How can non-beliefs be rational? You still don't get it do you, despite at least a half dozen posters telling you a half dozen ways. If you choose to believe something then you will believe it (despite any cognitive dissonance it causes you). If someone else tries to get you to believe in something which, after some thought, you choose not to believe in then you have maintained the status quo. Babies are all atheists because no one has persuaded them (or brainwashed them) into believing something. It's not until there is external 'interference' that the belief in the supernatural and mythical beings is instilled.
How do we 'know' this? Look at the demographics of religious belief. If your parents were muslim then you are pretty certain to be muslim. No one gets to choose their religion because they like a particular brand of religions architecture, or the way they worship, or the hymns they sing. Your parents choose it for you. (Yes I am aware that there are the very few who break away or convert but I believe in sweeping generalisations).

Oh and I posted you several quotes from your bible of being put to death.

Desert Dubliner

I am not going again into a discussion on the Old and New Testament with you. You don't have a basic grasp on this and obviously it is beyond your capacity to understand.

littlejimmy

DD, you say that about every subject you discuss on here, to be fair.

Paracletus

As someone else said about this very subject: The Bible may, indeed does, contain a warrant for trafficking in humans, for ethnic cleansing, for slavery, for bride-price, and for indiscriminate massacre, but we are not bound by any of it because it was put together by crude, uncultured human mammals.

mikewot

This is the basis of your argument, that the rest of us are too dumb to understand your 'arguments'? I understand the bible perfectly well but you carry on as theologists have for years arguing about interpretation and context. Knock yourself out.

Boomhauer

I'm Agnostic but I have to say that it is up to theists to prove their case since the onus is on he/she making the claim.

Desert Dubliner

Not really but in some cases the understanding and the desire to understand is on very low levels by most participants.

Miss Anne Thrope

Like so much of what you say, if only this were true.....

Desert Dubliner

And for the sake of balance and consistency you criticised two of your atheist buddies fir the same reason.

Desert Dubliner

In all fairness, this comment was specifically directed at you (and I did not use the word 'dumb' just for the record). Others did not insist on rubbish theories about the Bible, but instead they limited themselves to the 'proof' bit (as if liberals ever care about proof when it comes to blindly progressing on their favourite subject of the day) and criticism of the Church organisation. Now, the interpretation and context come into play with some rather complex matters in theology but there is no interpretation and context on the simple matters such as stoning and other nonsense you were raising.

Desert Dubliner

There is no case to prove, this is the beliefs we are talking about.