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edhopper

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12. and so

Sun Feb 18, 2018, 06:05 PM

Feb 2018

Bertrand Russell, Carl Saga, Paul Kurtz, Daniel Dennet, Richard Dawkinscalso wrote bookes about how this is illogical and that Christian theism is far from "the best" explanation of the world.

Writing books as a basisbof authority makes Bill O'Reilly an historian.

And again saying the Bible and the story of Jesus is true because YOU KNOW is hardly a argument at all. That is just faith.

Apologetics seems to be points made for believing to believers.

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Facts, Truth and Meaning [View all] yallerdawg Feb 2018 OP

Yeah we understand edhopper Feb 2018 #1

"...the author embraces without question?" yallerdawg Feb 2018 #3

And today edhopper Feb 2018 #8

Once you start on the path, everything changes: yallerdawg Feb 2018 #9

So she KNOWS it edhopper Feb 2018 #10

She wrote a book or two on this subject. yallerdawg Feb 2018 #11

and so edhopper Feb 2018 #12

"Writing books" is not her basis of belief. yallerdawg Feb 2018 #13

apologies edhopper Feb 2018 #14

Imagine, Imagination, and Imaginary All Have the Same Root. MineralMan Feb 2018 #2

"At some point, we have to say to the skeptic... yallerdawg Feb 2018 #4

Agreed. guillaumeb Feb 2018 #5

C.S. Lewis made an observation that may elude some folks: yallerdawg Feb 2018 #6

It is a part of the popular meme of "fear based religion" that assumes and requires fear as the guillaumeb Feb 2018 #7