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Registered: 20/09/2006

(Date Posted:07/08/2007 13:40:38)

Finally started reading it .... bought sometime ago Richard Dawkin's book " The God Delusion".If you want to read a lucid argument for the non-existance of God, this is likely it. No hocus-pocus.Well written - should be a compulsory read for all people of a religous bent - irrespective of the taste in Gods.Anyone else read it ? anon1

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(Date Posted:07/08/2007 17:31:06)

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“The mystery of the beginning of all things is insoluble by us; and I for one must be content to remain an agnostic” - Darwin
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(Date Posted:10/08/2007 11:23:47)

Hey Anon 1 and MothandRust,

Nice to see you contributing to the same topic, one that's close to my heart since I left the CAI. In fact, on a personal note, you two have been my sanity check and the only ones (plus a few other contributors) I could really relate to since I left the CAI in September, so THANKS for (unwittingly) saving my sanity. Ok, gushes over...

 I bought the God Delusion as soon as I discovered it, and it helped me put some of my thoughts into some reasonable, logical order. Been walking a lonely old road as most ex-CAIers I know are clinging to the god delusion for all they're worth and arent prepared to ask the big questions. I love them all dearly, but.....

Have accessed all of the links, videos etc which you have put on Mothman, and read the debates with glee.

Ok, thats my imput for now. Still trying to work it all but enjoying the challenge.

bb

P.s anon 1, Apparently we knew each other in a former life..a mutual friend told me so..intriguing.

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(Date Posted:10/08/2007 17:25:10)

Reply to : bridges burnt
Hey Anon 1 and MothandRust,Nice to see you contributing to the same topic, one that's close to my heart since I left the CAI. In fact, on a personal note,you two have been my sanity checkand the only ones (plus a few other contributors)I could really relate to since I left the CAI in September, so THANKS for (unwittingly) saving my sanity.

I had part in helping you save your sanity? Wow, many would find that a remarkable statement seeing as I'm insane myself.. lol.

Man, I truly love a good atheist/deist debate, unless they involve dimwits like Kirk Cameron and Ray comfort... sheeesh... god obviously designed bananas to fit our hands. sigh.

Glad to have been there with stuff that helped along the way. Have you checked out some of the links on my blog?

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(Date Posted:11/08/2007 05:15:49)

Yup, have checked out all of them!! Has opened up a whole new world for me.

When I left the CAI madhouse (and from reading the CAI threads you'll know how nutso most of the CAIers were/are), I immediately started to ask the big questions/the nature of god/the inconsistencies in the Bible, which had plagued me for nearly 20 years as a not-very-good Christian. I assumed everyone else would do the same, but I found myself "out there", also considered a bit insane, maybe that's why I relate!

Dont know how many times I heard the comment "dont throw the baby out with the bathwater" to which I replied "Ive thrown out the baby, bathwater, soap and all the rubber duckies".

That about sums me up, but happy to be free to think logically and not have to "bring my mind down" (favourite CAI dumb down scripture)

Id love to have a good debate with some ex-CAIers, but doubt many of them are reading this particular thread! lol

bb 

 

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(Date Posted:11/08/2007 05:43:12)

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Dont know how many times I heard the comment "dont throw the baby out with the bathwater" to which I replied "Ive thrown out the baby, bathwater, soap and all the rubber duckies".That about sums me up, but happy to be free to think logically and not have to "bring my mind down" (favourite CAI dumb down scripture)Idlove
Was there even a baby in the water in the first place... or just a plastic doll we couldn't bare to part with?

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