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WCDT Strips 4316-4320 (27-31 July 2020)
Scarlet Manuka:
--- Quote from: Carl-E on 29 Jul 2020, 23:24 ---Nice to see Momo hasn't lost her touch. I was trying to find the first time she used her "shock and awe" abilities, when she fried Marigold's computer, but my archive-fu is rusty.
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The time she fried Marigold's computer in 1474 wasn't the first time we've seen it. There was this a little earlier, and it was referred to here though not actually seen.
hedgie:
--- Quote from: Is it cold in here? on 02 Aug 2020, 18:13 ---My father said, wisely I think, that it takes a lot of faith to be an atheist.
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Not really. Just look at the world. Either there is no $DEITY, or it is clearly malevolent or, at the very least, uncaring in a manner that would be criminal if applied to a person.
N.N. Marf:
--- Quote from: hedgie on 02 Aug 2020, 21:28 ---
--- Quote from: Is it cold in here? on 02 Aug 2020, 18:13 ---My father said, wisely I think, that it takes a lot of faith to be an atheist.
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Not really. Just look at the world. Either there is no $DEITY, or it is clearly malevolent or, at the very least, uncaring in a manner that would be criminal if applied to a person.
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Are you suggesting that a person owning a plot of what would otherwise be "wild nature", but doesn't do anything one way or another---so it's staying as "wild nature"---should be a criminal?
Anyway, atheism is the lack of belief in any deity. I don't see how a lack of belief about something for which the person has a lack of evidence takes any faith. Often, I see "atheism" used when antitheism would be more appropriate. Antitheism takes a lot of faith, because it's believing in the lack of a deity, but there's no evidence one way or the other. Likewise, theism takes a lot of faith. No disrespect meant for either "side" of the argument---many my favorite persons are so stupid.
Another strange thing is how often agnosticism is discussed despite gnosticism discussions being rare. I almost feel like they're picking on or defending the gnostics, as the case may be, even though they rarely if ever comment on the issue themselves.
hedgie:
Less ignoring a plot of wild land than ignoring when one's spawn regularly commit atrocities to one another.
Gnabberwocky:
I'm still having trouble seeing a clear difference between atheism and antitheism. The roots make sense, and I can see how the prefixes can apply to other phrases, but if you don't believe in a deity, isn't that just a rewording of believing in no deity?
Not sure if that makes sense to anyone but me; I often have trouble putting what I think into words. Let me know if you need me to rephrase it.
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