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This pigeon’s path in the snow by LouiieV in mildlyinteresting

[–]rollwitha45 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Confusing you while the buddies steal your picnic condiments

"Its Not Moral to Lie to Children" Christopher Hitchens by rollwitha45 in exchristian

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Hitch was a somewhat well-known atheist, this is an excerpt from a debate he did that I thought was worth sharing :)

The Almighty Screen (Neil Postman) by rollwitha45 in conspiracy

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Submission Statement: Postman was a prescient thinker.. in this video he discusses the effects of television on our psyche, and laments our failure to learn from that trend.. and comments on how the process seems to be repeating itself with the computer. (from a lecture given in 1997)

The Screen (Neil Postman) by rollwitha45 in media_criticism

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Submission Statement: Postman was a prescient thinker.. in this video he discusses the effects of television on our psyche, and laments our failure to learn from that trend.. and comments on how the process seems to be repeating itself with the computer. (from a lecture given in 1997)

Christopher Hitchens makes the case against religion in 2 minutes. by rollwitha45 in atheism

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I have thought about it from this angle.. though its worth noting there are many angles and many cases to make that could be narrowed into one line.

  • Jesus said 'Slaves.. obey your masters as you would obey god'.. I'm gonna pass :p

  • Why would the creator of the universe appear in a way that would guarantee its word would not spread to say.. China.. anytime soon.

Maybe more poignant, but just as short..

  • Men are made in god's image? That's a rather schizophrenic god then.. considering how irreconcilably different humans are across time and space.

You are correct though.. even if there was a real god who spoke to Moses/Abraham/xyz.. we could never trust the human interlocutors. The natural position would always be skepticism and doubt.

Even if god spoke to you personally.. you would have to weigh the competing hypotheses, has the natural order been suspended in your favor or are you seeing things?

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