Touching a Nerve

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1. bubbaj30 says:
   June 20, 2009 at 9:54 am

   That pretty much sums up the way they think.

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2. Roger says:
   June 20, 2009 at 10:54 am

   Direct, to the point and without a bunch of spiritbabble that Muslims and Christians just loooove to throw in that winds up obfuscating the original arguments.

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3. Steve Jeffers says:
   June 20, 2009 at 11:34 am

   My answer to this one, which comes up all the time, just keeps it simple:

   ‘Do you believe God can hear your prayers?’

   That’s a scientific claim, one that ought to suggest there’s evidence for that,
   or the theory of a mechanism by which he might hear them. Yes, the god
   side is unknowable, but it has to go through a material, real, literal world
   stage before it gets to god. For god to hear prayers, he has to have some
   sort of interface with and effect on the material universe. As soon as he
   does that, he’s science not magic.

   Theists like to obscure the debate by invoking details and claiming it’s just
   too complex to grasp. My argument isn’t with the details, it’s with the really
   big, basic stuff. Another question I like to ask of non-literalists is ‘how many
   pages into the Bible do you have to go before we’ll find something that’s
   literally true?’

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   • Janet Greene says:
     June 21, 2009 at 12:38 pm

     I just asked my parents what evidence they have that god answers prayers. They used an example about an alcoholic who stopped drinking and started paying child support. That’s their miracle, proof of god. I also asked about why god never fixes amputees, got nuthin’.

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     • Francesc says:
       June 22, 2009 at 4:08 am

       Typical double-standards here…

       Everytime a “good” parent begins to drink, it’s proof of God’s humor sense?
       What when a son gets involved in other drugs?

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4. Michael Gray says:
   June 21, 2009 at 7:53 am

   Jesus and Mo’ is one cartoon that I REALLY LIKE!

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5. Steven Carr says:
   June 21, 2009 at 5:30 pm

   If you can’t tell me what kind of God I believe in, other than it being a First Cause, then you are an ignorant atheist.

   If I can’t tell you what kind of God I believe in, other than it being a First Cause, then I am a very sophisticated theologian.

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   • Janet Greene says:
     June 21, 2009 at 6:27 pm

     Steven Carr – I must be an ignorant atheist because I didn’t understand your comment. ‘Splain please?

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