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mmnin on 12 April 2009
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ManusJustus said:
mmnin said:
ManusJustus said:
The problem with made up stories is that there is no evidence to disprove them.

If you want to believe in magic, go ahead, if you want to believe in fairy tales, go ahead, the only downside is lost resources (money and time spent on religion) and believing in something that isnt true. Not that much different from an athiest like myself, however, as I believe the Cleveland Browns are going to win the Superbowl and I spend time and money in hopes of them doing so.

...you need to change that if you are wanting to have a discussion, otherwise just shut up.. you're an ass...

Rereading my post, it came out more negative than I intended it to be, but calling me an ass and telling me to shut up hardly puts you on 'high road' that you believe you are on.

It doesnt matter how many people think something is true, all that matters is if it is true or not.  If you convinced everyone on Earth there were aliens coming to pick us up on Halley's comet, that wouldnt make the belief any less delusional.

And yes, the problem with made up stories is that there is no evidence to prove or disprove them.  Thus, there is no need to provide physical evidence for or against such an argument before making a rational judgement.  If someone made up a ridiculous story and told this story to me, my inability to prove it false shouldnt deter me from making logical judgements about said story.

Well I do understand that I deleted most of my post as I was apparently doing injustice to sqrl as it was meant for you, but what you put in its stead isn't exactly how I worded it.  I did however tell you to shut up if you weren't going to be more civil.

One person believes one thing, person 2 believes something else.  Person 1 says the second person is delusional.  The second person getting angry says the first person is believing a fairytale and is delusional.  The first person then gets even more angry and starts shouting insults, though he was the one picking the fight to begin with.  The Second person then starts throwing punches.  The first person then takes a gun and shoots the second. 

You see how productive that is?  Wow, if we could all just approach things the way that you have with an "I'm right and crap on everyone else and what they believe" mentality, you can obviously tell how wonderful of a place the world would be.  I'm not here to say that believing in God is or is not a fairytale.  I'm not going to say that not believing in God is or is not a fairytale, but I am going to comment on your lack of respect for other human beings simply because they are different. 

Back when people thought the world was flat, they all thought that the world being round was just a fairytale.  At the time, it seemed to them to be the obvious answer.  If only they had a more open mind, they wouldn't have been so wrong.