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yallerdawg

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12. Keep trotting that out.
Sat May 12, 2018, 11:33 AM
May 2018

Does it prove that your opinion is more valid than the opinion of billions of others?

Or is it just your way of saying you will broach no argument with YOUR opinion?

It's all about IMO fear, political power, control, authoritarianism and money. It's a useful tool RKP5637 May 2018 #1
It matters to the extent gibraltar72 May 2018 #2
Amen FiveGoodMen May 2018 #5
A counterpoint from C.S. Lewis, "Mere Christianity" yallerdawg May 2018 #3
Ah yes, god is unknowable and inconceivable Major Nikon May 2018 #4
Billions of people - or you. yallerdawg May 2018 #6
There are also billions of people who believe in no deities at all. MineralMan May 2018 #8
But they believe in a deity. Think about that. kwassa May 2018 #22
The irony this argument is also a fallacy is lost on you Major Nikon May 2018 #11
Keep trotting that out. yallerdawg May 2018 #12
You are batting 1000 with the fallacies Major Nikon May 2018 #13
Is your argument that billions of people believe just a way to say marylandblue May 2018 #20
It's really a weird argument to make Mariana May 2018 #21
We should always evaluate the merits of an argument Voltaire2 May 2018 #16
Billions of people, but not the ancient Greeks Mariana May 2018 #18
No Mind No Buddha WhiteTara May 2018 #7
So many deities; So little time... MineralMan May 2018 #9
The deception matters. procon May 2018 #10
The fraud doesn't really matter so long as someone gets something good out of it, right? Major Nikon May 2018 #14
There is no purpose to humanity or the universe. Voltaire2 May 2018 #15
The idea of a single deity seems a lot younger than 5,000 years old muriel_volestrangler May 2018 #17
Indeed. And there is no good reason to view Voltaire2 May 2018 #19
No, it does not. kwassa May 2018 #23
Yes it does Lordquinton May 2018 #24
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