Is the secret to life really found in a fortune cookie?

Discussion in 'Eastern Philosophy' started by Why?, Aug 29, 2007.

  1. Oli Heute der Enteteich... Registered Senior Member

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    But hell and brimstone wasn't mentioned until AFTER your cheap suit comment - you made an assumption.
    With the natural concomitant.

    I would have been incorrect if that's what I'd actually said...

    Nope, they are converting (or actually, since they probably didn't have a different religion in the first place they aren't), but they aren't being converted.
    English isn't your first language is it?
    Either that or thinking isn't your strong point.

    Hide behind not knowing? They're atheist BECAUSE they don't (and can't know): therefore there is no NEED to believe.
     
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  3. Why? Registered Senior Member

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    You mean atheism is a front for not knowing? That's true. Atheist tend to deny that they don't know.
     
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  5. cosmictraveler Be kind to yourself always. Valued Senior Member

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    You just keep trolling along don't you.
     
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  7. shichimenshyo Caught in the machine Registered Senior Member

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    Im an atheist and I do not know everything


    I do know however that you need to do some research on these topics instead of just voicing your opinion as though it were fact
     
  8. Why? Registered Senior Member

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    Yes, I made an assumption about what you were talking about by using the term conversion. I believe I assumed correctly, as you can see from my explanation about "cheap suits".
     
  9. Oli Heute der Enteteich... Registered Senior Member

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    As opposed to theists who claim to know "the truth"...
    It is to laugh.

    Shh, dude, I'm an atheist and I know nearly everything...

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  10. Why? Registered Senior Member

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    Conversion - "a converting or being converted" New World Dictionary. Sorry. Maybe English is not your strong suit.
     
  11. shichimenshyo Caught in the machine Registered Senior Member

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    Ohh shit.....

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    I mean ....I know......every...thing?
     
  12. shichimenshyo Caught in the machine Registered Senior Member

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    critical thinking is obviously not yours

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  13. Oli Heute der Enteteich... Registered Senior Member

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    So which is it, faulty English or faulty thinking:
    I gave more examples of "converting" than hellfire, but you chose to ignore those.
    And also ignored the fact that "converting" is not the same as "being converted".
    Or even that they could take up the religion from an early age.
     
  14. cosmictraveler Be kind to yourself always. Valued Senior Member

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    Perhaps trolling is yours.
     
  15. Why? Registered Senior Member

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    Atheist do tend to deny that they don't know the truth. Few atheist tend to say, as I grow older I learn the less I know. Most say, I know the truth - it's science and there is no god! There is a hiding by atheists that they don't know.
     
  16. cosmictraveler Be kind to yourself always. Valued Senior Member

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    So what are you then, an atheist troll?

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  17. Oli Heute der Enteteich... Registered Senior Member

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    Original quote:
    Converting peple... get it?
    Not the same as people converting of their own choice.

    Feel free to make the same mistake any time.

    Nah, just me.
    But you'll catch up.

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  18. shichimenshyo Caught in the machine Registered Senior Member

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    Does your mom know your using the computer?


    Are you an atheist? If not then how can you assume what you know about us. Why dont you do some actual research and post something meaningful instead of this bullshit fortune cookie anti money cliche trolling dribble?
     
  19. Oli Heute der Enteteich... Registered Senior Member

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    Which of course presupposes that there IS a truth.
    Let me guess, you know it?

    Maybe because as they grow older they learn more?
    Long shot, but I'll try it.

    Rubbish. Try: "I doubt there's a god".

    Science isn't about truth...

    As opposed to theists (again) who claim that they and they alone are privy to it (whichever denomination)?
     
  20. Why? Registered Senior Member

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    They don't say "I doubt there is a god!" They mostly say, "I know there is no god!" Are you saying that to convert another to a religion means to go against that person's free will?
     
  21. Why? Registered Senior Member

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    The older you get, the more you should know. The more you should know how little you know.
     
  22. draqon Banned Banned

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    the older or young you are...does not matter.
     
  23. Why? Registered Senior Member

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    The young tend less to know how little they know, because they are still trying to catch up with what is known.
     

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