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RE: How to persuade disbelievers?

That's the thing though. Atheists believe in lots of things. God just doesn't happen to be one of them. I guess you have to feel sorry for someone who believes that everyone believes in everything he does.

RE: How to persuade disbelievers?

Why bother most of them are so brainwashed they can't see the truth in front of their face,
It's a waist of time for 95% of of them.

RE: Curious

It never made sense to me . Way too many contridictions in all of them.
I fail to see why normally intelligent people fall for that stuff.
I just believe in one less god than they do

Who is your favorite?

The Flying Spaghetti Monster (FSM) or The Invisible Pink Unicorn (IPU)?

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RE: How to persuade disbelievers?

Any tips on how best to make it clear? Or is it better to just smile & nod?



One of my friends, atheist, simply states that he believes in non-believing (non-faith). Sometimes it works

RE: Curious

Maureen:

You hit the nail on the head. We are naturally born without the garbage in our heads. We don't believe in Santa Claus or the tooth fairy, or in god(s) until someone fools us into believing.

Rational thought is natural. I was never brain washed into any religion, so, I grew up without all the baggage. I have been atheist from birth.

Bob