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Originally Posted by filtherton
You suspect wrong.
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Okay, I just wanted to be clear...
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By all means, show me a perfectly rational way to prescribe a way of life.
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While I don't have the hubris to claim "perfection," I'll describe a more rational prescription for life. How about things the way they are without religion. For example, life as we know it without Christianity being the motivation behind:
- banning stem cell research
- creationism in science class
- reducing homosexual rights
People base their opinion on these matters on nothing more than a fairy tale. What the hell is that?
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Well, i think the not so harmless white lie that you and dawkins seem to want to peddle is the idea that all theists want control how you live.
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Many posters on this board would object to this as well. Obviously not all theists want to control how I live. Many people on this board will testify that they are religious but won't support the listed agenda, above. However, it seems as if the important theists of the US do support them and this is what atheists object to. I find it hard to believe that you don't already know this and this is just a cheap attempt at specious rhetoric...
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I'm not religious in much of any sense. I just find a blind commitment to rationality to be a bit irrational.
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I'm trying to understand what you mean here but I just don't get it. "Blind commitment to rationality?" The imagery I get from this is of you sayinig "Oh, stop it. That makes too much sense. Will you just stop making sense, already!"