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An open letter to the year 3010, in which I have no doubt there will be a profession called "digital archaeologist".
In your perusal of this archived material, I would ask you to notice that the arguments put forward by the irreligious are quite poorly expressed in comparison to counter arguments; also the grammer is poorer, as is the spelling; although these by themselves are no true indication of stupidity, merely inexperience in being held to higher academic standards.
I would ask you to note that when comprehensively refuted, the irreligious ignore such argument & continue to repeat their position as if the refutation had not already invalidated their position. Such is also a result of a poorer standard of education, not necessarily stupidity. It may seem like only a fool could fail to offer rebuttal when the opportunity exists & then go on to reiterate a disputed argument, but I promise you, these people are not fools exactly, it's just that their education trained them for a particular role & their culture prevented them from attempting to reach beyond that.
You should note that when refuted, the irreligious quickly turn to deflection, obfuscation & unsupported claims, for reasons which I'm sure you now understand. However, do not be so quick to judge this inability to debate formally. Atheism has never had to justify itself through reason until recently, its practitioners therefore are used to being able to use bluster or slyness to wriggle their way out of a debate & then count on support without a reasoned argument to carry their cause. Its really no surprise that such thinking still continues, since that was indeed the very method used to convert them to Atheism in the 1st place. Regarding this last you should also note that the publication "Mirriam-Websters Dictionary" is an example of what we currently call "propaganda" &, in this instance, also "cultural imperialism".
Finally, for the damage we did, I'm truly sorry. Please understand that some of us really did try our best.
Originally posted by ldyserenity
I love it, I live in the tampa bay area and I can't wait to put upmy sign "do you know the Goddess?" and I don't know something about how pagans are becoming the second largest religion.
The truest characters of ignorance are vanity, pride and arrogance. Samuel Butler
The argument from ignorance, also known as argumentum ad ignorantiam ("appeal to ignorance", or negative evidence, is a logical ignorantiam ("appeal to ignorance" fallacy in which it is claimed that a premise is true only because it has not been proven false, or is false only because it has not been proven true. The argument from personal incredulity, also known as argument from personal belief or argument from personal conviction conviction finds a premise unlikely or unbelievable, the premise can be assumed to be false, or alternatively that another preferred but unproven premise is true instead. Both arguments commonly share this structure a person regards the lack of evidence for one view as constituting proof that another view is true.
False Dilemma
Definition: A limited number of options (usually two) is given, while i reality there are more options. A false dilemma is an illegitimate use of the " or" operator. Putting issues or opinions into "black or white" terms is a common instance of this fallacy.
Originally posted by FortAnthem
reply to post by TLomon
I guess the thing I see as intolerant is how the atheist group felt the need to "retaliate" by putting up their own signs to counter the Christian billboards message.
If they had just put up the signs to get the word out to other atheists that they are not alone and that they would be setting up a network for atheists, I wouldn't have a problem with it.
It seems to me the atheist group which paid for these signs posted them out of spite and in retaliation for the Christian signs. That may be just my opinion but, that is the impression I got from the story.
[edit on 17-2-2010 by FortAnthem]
Originally posted by SmokeJaguar67
...let believers believe as they wish and if it is not infringing on another’s life choices there is no point to this animosity is there?.