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Old 04-17-2007, 02:48 AM
David Sklansky David Sklansky is offline
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Default Re: Poll for NotReady

There is actually little difference between Muslims and Christians. They both believe that there is an omnipotent designer that pays particular attention to humans and will sometimes let them remain conscious after their death.

The fact that they differ over minor details with such fervor and that there are so many different subsets of these religions that also differ with fervor, is pretty strong evidence that they are all idiots for being so sure of these details. On the other hand the real truth is that the fervor about those details is of the shallow kind. By that I mean that almost all religious people would be tickeled pink to find out that some other monotheistic religion was true, if such information meant that the general God mentioned earlier certainly existed. That probably includes Not Ready, especially since his better arguments relate to that general god. The only ones who would be shaken would be those who are in hot water if God doesn't forgive serial, serious, sinners.

So even though it is kind of fun to make fun of theists who stupidly think that their specific religion is objectively and obviously the truth, (by bringing up those who think that about other religions), atheists should concentrate on giving reasons why the more general personal god doesn't make much sense.
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