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    Quote Originally Posted by AnyOldIron View Post
    TGPTD, thank you for this cartoon strip. I was looking for a way to teach my toddler the lesson of the obstinacy of faith, and I couldn't have presented it in any better way.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Derp Derp View Post
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    Cheers mate. Seems like everyone has changed their names, apart from Damo, Dixie and Darla.
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    Quote Originally Posted by AnyOldIron View Post
    Thankyou Rana. Like King Arthur or Sir Francis Drake, I have never really been away. I just rest until atheist missionary work is needed.

    And this forum is like crack cocaine to me, so I need to be careful not to get 'too' hooked again...

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    Quote Originally Posted by AnyOldIron View Post
    Why, oh why would an atheist say that?
    because they deny it's a puzzle.....they insist they already know nothing is in the picture....but you already knew that.....
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    Quote Originally Posted by PostmodernProphet View Post
    because they deny it's a puzzle.....they insist they already know nothing is in the picture....but you already knew that.....
    They did not insist there was NOTHING in the picture. If you recall, he mentioned the pond, some trees and sky and ultimately Winnie and Tigger. It was the other, the "theist" if you will who even though the puzzle was missing only one piece, and the Duck on the box obviously was bigger than one piece, still insisted that there was going to be a duck in the picture. But of course, you get this and yet revel in pretending to be obtuse.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Socrtease View Post
    They did not insist there was NOTHING in the picture. If you recall, he mentioned the pond, some trees and sky and ultimately Winnie and Tigger.
    that was the inherent error of the post....the fact the atheist DIDN'T insist there was nothing in the picture......I pointed that out in my first post.....
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    Now, my problem with the analogy is that atheists cannot insist that we now know so much about the universe that there is really only one piece missing in our puzzle of existence and therefore questions about the existence or non-existence of god are unnecessary. There are billions of pieces of our puzzle missing. We don't even know what the picture on the puzzle is supposed to be, and we have no box to give us an idea.

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    Quote Originally Posted by AnyOldIron View Post
    TGPTD, thank you for this cartoon strip. I was looking for a way to teach my toddler the lesson of the obstinacy of faith, and I couldn't have presented it in any better way.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Socrtease View Post
    Now, my problem with the analogy is that atheists cannot insist that we now know so much about the universe that there is really only one piece missing in our puzzle of existence and therefore questions about the existence or non-existence of god are unnecessary. There are billions of pieces of our puzzle missing. We don't even know what the picture on the puzzle is supposed to be, and we have no box to give us an idea.
    if that's the case, atheists shouldn't insist there are no gods.....they should simply be content as agnostics.....
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    Quote Originally Posted by AnyOldIron View Post
    Cheers mate. Seems like everyone has changed their names, apart from Damo, Dixie and Darla.
    And why I wonder? Is it to multiply their numbers or confuse me each time I return? Anyone see 'Babel?'
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    Quote Originally Posted by midcan5 View Post
    And why I wonder? Is it to multiply their numbers or confuse me each time I return? Anyone see 'Babel?'
    It was just a fun modification that I added, you can do it too. You can see a history of their usernames in their profile, usually this will tell you who somebody is if you are wondering.
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    Believe nothing on the faith of traditions, even though they have been held in honor for many generations and in diverse places. Do not believe a thing because many people speak of it. Do not believe on the faith of the sages of the past. Do not believe what you yourself have imagined, persuading yourself that a God inspires you. Believe nothing on the sole authority of your masters and priests. After examination, believe what you yourself have tested and found to be reasonable, and conform your conduct thereto.
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    It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.
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    Quote Originally Posted by midcan5 View Post
    And why I wonder? Is it to multiply their numbers or confuse me each time I return? Anyone see 'Babel?'
    so as I do, treat them all as new members....
    Isaiah 6:5
    “Woe to me!” I cried. “I am ruined! For I am a man of unclean lips, and I live among a people of unclean lips, and my eyes have seen the King, the Lord Almighty.”

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