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Jim__

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10. That specific claim is not from Asma's column.

Reply to Voltaire2 (Reply #8)

Tue Jul 17, 2018, 05:00 PM

Jul 2018

That claim was made in the OP, apparently as an excerpt from something, but without citation.

As to:

Nobody denies that religion offers community. But if you somehow think we atheists are forced to grieve in solitude you are sadly mistaken.

I'm not sure what you're trying to say. Is that you directed at me? Is it directed at Asma? Could you cite the text from either my post or Asma's column that somehow implied atheists are forced to grieve in solitude?

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Science and Philosophy Offer More for Grief than Religion [View all] Voltaire2 Jul 2018 OP

"God wanted it this way" Wwcd Jul 2018 #1

"Believe in God because it makes you feel better" Act_of_Reparation Jul 2018 #2

What about all the research edhopper Jul 2018 #3

For reference, a link to - what I assume is - the cited Asma's column. Jim__ Jul 2018 #4

This atheist agrees BUT... Duppers Jul 2018 #5

It was this specific claim that was nonsense: Voltaire2 Jul 2018 #8

That specific claim is not from Asma's column. Jim__ Jul 2018 #10

Sure it is. Voltaire2 Jul 2018 #11

From the original claim: He claims that science can only reach the recently evolved rational ... Jim__ Jul 2018 #13

Narrow definitions aside, it would depend on the individual and what "religion". gtar100 Jul 2018 #6

"But it's far from fact that materialism is the be-all, end-all basis of reality" Act_of_Reparation Jul 2018 #7

Just curious what mechanism the non material Voltaire2 Jul 2018 #9

Something separate from material? Goodness, I don't know! gtar100 Jul 2018 #12

Oh ok, so you are a philosophical idealist. Voltaire2 Jul 2018 #14

A box with a label. Thank you! gtar100 Jul 2018 #15

If it walks like a duck... Act_of_Reparation Jul 2018 #16

You prefer being rude and condescending. I get it. gtar100 Jul 2018 #18

I don't think you do, actually. Act_of_Reparation Jul 2018 #19

If we accept that there is an observable material Voltaire2 Jul 2018 #17

Monty Python also offers more than religion in times of grief. Pope George Ringo II Jul 2018 #20