Not exact matches
Everytime religious people post something about God or something out
of their
belief, there comes the Atheists storming it with their typical (hateful, profane, disrespectful but in - fairness articulate, itellect, scientific and logical) replies and name callings such as; «2000 years religious numbnuts», «oxymorons who keep asking
of sky daddy's help», «idiots who was fooled by a
magical being in the sky» and so on and so forth.
If you want to declare your
magical beliefs in public, be prepared to hear what others think
of those
beliefs.
Unfortunately, in the
magical fantasy world
of «
belief» that they live in, their posts quite naturally wander off into magic and fantasy and mysticism because they believe it.
What if people some day think that the
magical land
of Narnia was real and then form rituals to keep that
belief going?
Attack
of the 50 Foot
Magical Underwear... Oh, but it's perfectly okay for atheists to shove their
beliefs into schools, government, and legislation.
Your
belief in a
magical wizard floating high above us gives you some form
of delusional self security.
You said «The reality is that Atheists post on a
Belief Blog because it is a place to challenge the conceptions
of Religion which we feel are a detriment to human society by proporting
magical thinking»
Jesus called all
of us to a sold out follow at all costs faith not a
magical witchcraft
belief system.
In the absense
of a naturalistic explanation, your default
belief is
magical thinking?
No Ryan, I am sorry, but you will not find much support for the supernatural /
magical elements
of your Bronze Age
belief in the scientific community.
If we must abandon
belief in the empty tomb in order to maintain the
magical power
of all that the word «resurrection» conjures up, so be it.
but thats not what i'm talking about... i am discussing the god you claim to worship... even if you believe jesus was god on earth it doesn't matter for if you take what he had to say as law then you should take with equal fervor words and commands given from god itself... it stands as logical to do this and i am confused since most only do what jesus said... the dude was only here for 30 years and god has been here for the whole time — he has added, taken away, and revised everything he has set previous to jesus and after his death... thru the prophets — i base my argument on the book itself, so if you have a counter argument i believe you haven't a full understanding
of the book — and that would be my overall point...
belief without full understanding
of or consideration to real life or consequences for the hereafter is equal to a childs
belief in santa which is why we atheists feel it is an equal comparision... and santa is clearly a bs story... based on real events from a real historical person but not a
magical being by any means!
It supplied the mythology that fed a
magical belief in the ultimate power
of science, or rather,
of scientism and technology, which to many people amounted to the same thing.
My point stands that your
belief that Priests have some kind
of voo doo
magical ability to change unleavened bread into Jesus is no less moronic than you thinking as an atheist he is concerned with wither the transubstantiation «counted» for his popsicles.
Clearly, there are no real gods, or if there are, they don't really care what people believe — they're fine with holy wars and millions
of people with conflicting supernatural
beliefs all certain that their
beliefs are the really true
magical divine truth
of the real invisible universe creator In any case, I'm sure we can both trust that real gods can manage peoples
beliefs on their own and don't need you to manipulate others on their behalf.
It's easier to think
of the skeptics as prejudiced against you rather than to examine whether your
magical beliefs might be as wrong and misguided as the supernatural
beliefs you reject.
Yet we may with confidence assert that, for the time
of the Judges, such law as existed in established usages like blood revenge, and in certain tribal and family customs, was not sufficient to supplant the
belief that might constituted the supreme socially valid norm, qualified mainly by the restraining
magical powers
of the oath and curse.
Large numbers
of more or less devout people, and even certain branches
of the church, cling to
beliefs and practices which are essentially
magical and hence deny the supremacy
of God.
The latter, particularly, points to a religious or ritual function to these carvings, and indeed to the practice
of a form
of «shamanism» — that is, an archaic
magical or religious
belief system which sought connections between the visible and spirit worlds, and which ascribes spiritual properties to animals and natural forces.
For the popular
belief was that the
magical rites were essential to the alleged resurrection
of the god, that is, to the regular cycle
of the seasons.
The legend
of Santa has complex origins, blending diverse tales
of magical gift givers with Christian
beliefs.
Part
of magical powers
of essential oils is that they use your energy field and
belief they can be.
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I've shed my
belief in the cabal
of wise,
magical adults.
I hope you'll be as fascinated as I am by the intersection
of the modern as against the ancient, the scientific as against the
belief in the
magical powers
of the gods and the spells they weave.
Full
of «humor, love and a
belief in the impossible,» The Trick is a heartwarming,
magical debut.
This
belief lent credence to the
beliefs through the ages about the mystical and
magical nature
of the cat.
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While he acknowledged that idols are humble expressions
of the divine (not divine themselves), Plotinus»
belief that the experience
of beauty in art brings the soul closer to divinity is a far more
magical view than Plato's suspicious criticisms
of the realities
of art.
Turner Prize - winning artist Mark Leckey has curated an exhibition that explores the
magical world
of new technology, as well as tracing its connections to the
beliefs of...
Turner Prize - winning artist Mark Leckey has curated an exhibition that explores the
magical world
of new technology, as well as tracing its connections to the
beliefs of our distant past.
Mark Leckey the Turner Prize winning artist has curated an exhibition that explores the
magical world
of new technology, as well as tracing its connections to the
beliefs of our distant past.
The problem with this is, regardless
of the % you place on it, it falls under
magical thinking: «In psychology... the
belief that one's thoughts by themselves can bring about effects in the world or that thinking something corresponds with doing it.»
It is absurd that you continue to mislead people that GISS software was capable
of fixing defects in surface data, when even GISS themselves hold no such
belief in the existence
of the «
magical software» that you believe in.
One tell a
belief system is
magical is that no matter the evidence or lack
of, it is all proof
of the
magical obsession.
The false
belief in this
magical equilibrium which the IPCC gang actually suggests can be maintained — another absurdity — is like the false vision
of the
magical «balance
of nature» that doesn't exist in the real world either.
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More so perhaps than in other parts
of the nation, Southland sellers have another reason for overpricing at the onset: the
magical belief that a star will happen upon their place and be willing to pay any price.