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    Thread: The Beautiful Truth
Post: RE: The Beautiful Truth

(April 22, 2010 at 1:54 am)Saerules Wrote: (April 21, 2010 at 6:51 pm)Laurens Wrote: Cheers guys! For future reference on my part (just made an account and the like), are philosophical articles a...
Laurens Atheism 5 2260 April 22, 2010 at 12:11 pm
    Thread: The Beautiful Truth
Post: RE: The Beautiful Truth

Cheers guys!
Laurens Atheism 5 2260 April 21, 2010 at 6:51 pm
    Thread: The Beautiful Truth
Post: The Beautiful Truth

[Image: http://img684.imageshack.us/img684/9717/banner1sh.jpg] http://www.thebeautifultruth.org.uk The Beautiful Truth A site which my friend has constructed, the idea being that you can register and...
Laurens Atheism 5 2260 April 18, 2010 at 8:18 am
    Thread: Scientology Documentary
Post: Scientology Documentary

Its quite an oldie, but I never saw a documentary before that managed to get quite so far behind their lines. They seem to have stepped up security since then. It's worth a watch if you haven't seen i...
Laurens Media 4 1621 March 15, 2010 at 3:42 pm
    Thread: God? A Republican?!?
Post: RE: God? A Republican?!?

I thought everybody's heart was slightly too the left? Does that make us all fools?
Laurens Religion 5 1569 March 15, 2010 at 3:33 pm
    Thread: Nonexistance = Hell
Post: RE: Nonexistance = Hell

I would say non-existence is nothing like hell. You say hell is a state of mind you can achieve before or after death, the problem here is that if you do not exsist there are no states of mind. Nor...
Laurens Religion 18 5552 March 15, 2010 at 2:50 pm
    Thread: Christian Myths and Atheists Lies
Post: RE: Christian Myths and Atheists Lies

(March 9, 2010 at 1:34 pm)bibleabc123 Wrote: 1. Christians are against education One of the biggest lies perpetuated by atheists. It takes only a modicum of reading and intelligence to realize Ch...
Laurens Christianity 78 39741 March 15, 2010 at 1:37 pm
    Thread: Evidence God Exists
Post: RE: Evidence God Exists

(March 15, 2010 at 11:45 am)tavarish Wrote: Here's a good video explaining the development of mankind's knowledge: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tysZObbs4Yo I love that series!
Laurens Religion 1405 693948 March 15, 2010 at 12:55 pm
    Thread: What is the Bible
Post: RE: What is the Bible

The Old Testament is a mixture of fairy stories, superstition, law, myth and an awful lot of blood sacrifice and merciless slaughter. Not to mention all the boring lists of begat and begot... The Ne...
Laurens Christianity 10 4405 March 15, 2010 at 6:58 am
    Thread: Evidence God Exists
Post: RE: Evidence God Exists

Forgive me for not having read all 9 pages of this topic. My view; seeking evidence for God, to me, shows weakness of faith. If you are truely confident in your heart that God exsists, why do you ...
Laurens Religion 1405 693948 March 14, 2010 at 2:33 pm
    Thread: Thoughts on Buddhism
Post: RE: Thoughts on Buddhism

(March 14, 2010 at 12:46 pm)Frank Wrote: Buddhism is like other religions. No basis in fact, but it probably teaches a few good things? I'd say that pretty much sums it up. Personally I am in the ...
Laurens Other Religions 440 185241 March 14, 2010 at 1:25 pm
    Thread: Thoughts on Buddhism
Post: RE: Thoughts on Buddhism

(March 14, 2010 at 8:22 am)tackattack Wrote: From my perspective it doesn't align with most religions becuase of it's lack of a God or God's. One I'm sure could argue that Buddha could be considere...
Laurens Other Religions 440 185241 March 14, 2010 at 8:42 am
    Thread: Thoughts on Buddhism
Post: RE: Thoughts on Buddhism

(March 14, 2010 at 12:22 am)Frank Wrote: (March 13, 2010 at 7:55 pm)Laurens Wrote: I think the problem with 'religious Buddhists' is that they see the Buddha as an infallable charicter who's ever...
Laurens Other Religions 440 185241 March 14, 2010 at 8:15 am
    Thread: Thoughts on Buddhism
Post: RE: Thoughts on Buddhism

I think the problem with 'religious Buddhists' is that they see the Buddha as an infallable charicter who's every word should be taken as ultimate truth. I think the Buddha should be seen less as an ...
Laurens Other Religions 440 185241 March 13, 2010 at 7:55 pm
    Thread: Most challenging arguement you have faced?
Post: RE: Most challenging arguement you have faced?

I personally find questions about abiogenesis difficult, but only because I don't know enough about it to speak articulately on the subject. I don't find the issue challenging to my atheism at all, j...
Laurens Atheism 39 10355 March 13, 2010 at 7:05 pm
    Thread: Most challenging arguement you have faced?
Post: Most challenging arguement you have faced?

I was wondering if any of you have ever had a particularly challenging arguement against your atheism, from a theist? If so what was it? How did you respond? I personally have never encountered a c...
Laurens Atheism 39 10355 March 13, 2010 at 6:14 pm
    Thread: The morality question
Post: RE: The morality question

The notion that the only thing stopping someone from becoming a psychotic lawless delinquent is an imaginary being in the sky is highly laughable, although somewhat insulting at the same time. I wo...
Laurens Religion 17 4817 March 13, 2010 at 3:12 pm
    Thread: Thoughts on Buddhism
Post: RE: Thoughts on Buddhism

(March 13, 2010 at 1:53 pm)Frank Wrote: I always hear these spiritualists talk about evidence of reincarnation (e.g. the story of a kid who remembers being a fighter pilot in a previous war or some...
Laurens Other Religions 440 185241 March 13, 2010 at 2:03 pm
    Thread: Thoughts on Buddhism
Post: Thoughts on Buddhism

Greetings all, I practiced Buddhism on and off in the past, and was up untill recently what you might call a 'religious Buddhist'. However in recent months I began to have my doubts about the whole ...
Laurens Other Religions 440 185241 March 13, 2010 at 1:08 pm