it was surprising to me also.....I still remember the day I told my mom that the lucky charms leprechaun wasn't real. It still tears me up thinking that I had somehow let her down.
If she were alive today, she probably consider me just a lapsed lucky charmer. On Jul 31, 2009, at 10:54 PM, Scott Stroz wrote: > > WTF?!?! > > The Lucky Charms leprechaun is not real?!?! > > On Fri, Jul 31, 2009 at 11:18 PM, Zaphod > Beeblebrox<zaph0d.b33bl3b...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> "I see atheism as a contradiction... They firmly believe that there >> is >> nothing to believe in" >> >> first off, does each and every atheist believe this way or could you >> possibly be painting with and incredibly large brush. I know I don't >> get up and affirm to myself "I believe there is no god", but then >> again I don't get up in the morning and affirm, "I don't believe the >> lucky charms leprechaun is real". Why would an atheist have to >> believe anything? Just because you believe something and I don't >> share that belief...that doesn't mean I have a "belief" that's the >> opposite of yours. >> >> >> then you go on to say: >> >> "At least agnostics admit their ignorance and just >> say "I don't know" with complete honesty" >> >> hey, nothing to take offense in there right. it's not like you imply >> that atheists are ignorant, but they just won't admit it. >> >> I'll admit though, my earlier post about the zombie thing was >> offensive and really not called for -- I still need work in this >> area. >> >> >> On Jul 31, 2009, at 10:02 PM, Justin Scott wrote: >> >>> >>>> glad you understand atheists so well. Just out of >>>> curiosity, what kind of car should I be driving? >>>> I'm sure you have some insight into what cars >>>> atheists drive. >>> >>> I wasn't implying atheism is somehow negative or that it is wrong >>> for >>> someone to be an atheist, just that I see the core belief as a >>> contradiction. If someone is an atheist and is comfortable with >>> that (just >>> as Christians have to be comfortable with contradictions in the >>> bible), >>> that's fine. My belief is that you can and should believe in >>> whatever you >>> want as long as you're not infringing on the freedoms of others to >>> do the >>> same (which atheism doesn't do any more or less than Christianity, >>> Judaism, >>> etc. as far as I can tell). Atheism just isn't for me. Just >>> because I >>> didn't choose to drive a Mini Cooper doesn't mean you shouldn't >>> either. No >>> need to be so defensive. :) >>> >>> >>> -Justin >>> >>> >>> >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:301276 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
