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by lordpasternack » Tue May 15, 2012 10:20 am
Clinton Huxley wrote:lordpasternack wrote:Clinton Huxley wrote:The public faces of atheism? Public face of not believing in the existence of something?
What about the public faces of
rational-sceptical-secular-ethical-atheism, then?
Bit of a mouthful - but I do think it's hard to ignore that, as a certain breed of atheist/rationalist - though hard to define - we happen to share a lot of common ground in opinions and sentiments, are here as a sort of community, and can be mobilised as a sort of movement for certain issues.
I think sceptical covers it.
I'm sceptical…
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by Clinton Huxley » Tue May 15, 2012 10:21 am
Dawkins, Harris, Myers - they ain't my face. I didn't vote for 'em.
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by lordpasternack » Tue May 15, 2012 10:28 am
Clinton Huxley wrote:Dawkins, Harris, Myers - they ain't my face. I didn't vote for 'em.
Public figure people then. The ones who do stuff or run enterprises that a lot of us sceptics/rationalists/freethinkers/secularists gather around, and mostly agree with on various issues.
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by Clinton Huxley » Tue May 15, 2012 10:31 am
They are representing themselves, in my book.
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by John_fi_Skye » Tue May 15, 2012 10:36 am
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by John_fi_Skye » Tue May 15, 2012 10:40 am
John_fi_Skye wrote:Out! Out....
Actually, when I think about it, "....yet here's a spot...." is more appropriate.
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by lordpasternack » Tue May 15, 2012 10:44 am
John_fi_Skye wrote:John_fi_Skye wrote:Out! Out....
Actually, when I think about it, "....yet here's a spot...." is more appropriate.
Ay, there's the rub…
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by John_fi_Skye » Tue May 15, 2012 10:49 am
lordpasternack wrote:John_fi_Skye wrote:John_fi_Skye wrote:Out! Out....
Actually, when I think about it, "....yet here's a spot...." is more appropriate.
Ay, there's the rub…
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by Robert_S » Tue May 15, 2012 11:13 am
John_fi_Skye wrote:lordpasternack wrote:John_fi_Skye wrote:John_fi_Skye wrote:Out! Out....
Actually, when I think about it, "....yet here's a spot...." is more appropriate.
Ay, there's the rub…
I don't think that's where the spot is.
What I've found with a few discussions I've had lately is this self-satisfaction that people express with their proffessed open mindedness. In realty it ammounts to wilful ignorance and intellectual cowardice as they are choosing to not form any sort of opinion on a particular topic. Basically "I don't know and I'm not going to look at any evidence because I'm quite happy on this fence."
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by Bella Fortuna » Tue May 15, 2012 12:12 pm
Poor Lady Macbeth just didn't want to lay on the wet patch...
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by Brian Peacock » Tue May 15, 2012 12:19 pm
Clinton Huxley wrote:The public faces of atheism? Public face of not believing in the existence of something?
Public face my arse.
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by Clinton Huxley » Tue May 15, 2012 12:22 pm
Brian Peacock wrote:Clinton Huxley wrote:The public faces of atheism? Public face of not believing in the existence of something?
Public face my arse.
Public buttocks of Atheism?
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by Bella Fortuna » Tue May 15, 2012 12:23 pm
Clinton Huxley wrote:Brian Peacock wrote:Clinton Huxley wrote:The public faces of atheism? Public face of not believing in the existence of something?
Public face my arse.
Public buttocks of Atheism?
Now THOSE I'd be happy to weigh in on...
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by John_fi_Skye » Tue May 15, 2012 12:37 pm
Bella Fortuna wrote:Poor Lady Macbeth just didn't want to lay on the wet patch...
"Lay on, Macduff -
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by Svartalf » Tue May 15, 2012 1:03 pm
Clinton Huxley wrote:Brian Peacock wrote:Clinton Huxley wrote:The public faces of atheism? Public face of not believing in the existence of something?
Public face my arse.
Public buttocks of Atheism?
Man, please keep your godless buggery to yourself, and if you make use of that public arse, refrain from mentioning it.
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