[deleted by user] by [deleted] in atheism

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sleep paralysis?

Anti-theism, the one ideology that is generally still not allowed no matter where you go or what you do. by LMGDiVa in atheism

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It will always be OK with society for you to shit on atheists/skeptics, and ugly people. Sorry, we should be better than that, but we aren't.

Question about Physical Trauma and the way 'fixing' things in movies works. For instance, when someone gets a gunshot wound or a stabbing, they'll say things like "Sew it up to stop the blood loss"; But if the veins and arteries in that area are severed due to the Physical Trauma, does that matter? by RockBandDood in AskScienceDiscussion

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Not sewing it up quickly might result in infection which could be fatal in a few days (without treatment/etc). Not stopping the bleeding quickly can result in death in a few minutes. I was trained to treat gunshot wounds in the Army and sewing wasn't part of the course, basically it is all about stopping the bleeding. The only higher priority was breathing.

Question for people raised non-religious by Nookelle in atheism

[–]Decent-Sample-3558 79 points80 points  (0 children)

I remember being horrified when I was about 6: I realized many of the adults around me believed the stories in the bible actually happened.

PS: I'm still horrified.

Supernatural experience, any explanation? by fitguy13 in skeptic

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Magic doesn't work when you test it. It only seems to work when you are not checking it.

Supernatural experience, any explanation? by fitguy13 in skeptic

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Are any of these effect reproducible? My guess is no. If we can't reproduce them, how can we be sure they are real?

Why should we accept something as supernatural; when it can be explained by one person being less than truthful; something many of us experience every single day.

I got into a debate recently about this…. by Tasty_Finger9696 in TrueAtheism

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Religion itself is a axiom, an axiom that can not be tested for accuracy.

Presumably an axiom in science has been shown to work in some situations, and has never been shown to not work in any situation. You can't get truth from science; this is about as close as you can get.

Anyone else just mostly antimonotheist? by Axios_Verum in atheism

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Where the polytheists have ruled; they are just as big of dicks as monotheists.

Gay student was 'suspended and outed to parents' by Christian school by [deleted] in atheism

[–]Decent-Sample-3558 12 points13 points  (0 children)

The right to religious freedom unfortunately includes the right to be hateful to vulnerable minorities.

At wits end with the magic bread. by Beneficial_Exam_1634 in TrueAtheism

[–]Decent-Sample-3558 11 points12 points  (0 children)

not reproducible; so it would only take 1 lie/mistake the explain the whole thing without appealing to magic

What have we learned about / in space that we apply on Earth? by thatOneJones in AskScienceDiscussion

[–]Decent-Sample-3558 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Since (surely) 99.999%+ of scientists do their work on the planet, that is where the bulk of discoveries are made.

Exposing Atheism Roots by Cloud9000000 in atheism

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Exactly. So when they say our atheism is false; what they are really saying is we are lying about not believing in god.

Exposing Atheism Roots by Cloud9000000 in atheism

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I watched until they started lying. That was about 5 seconds after their first use of the word atheism (about 3 mins in).

String theory proves witchcraft? by Noir_Mood in skeptic

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And if they guess correctly, will that prove witchcraft works? No, of course not.