Comments on: share http://www.jesusandmo.net/2007/10/05/share/ Two prophets, living together. Sat, 11 Feb 2012 00:52:27 +0000 hourly 1 By: Ziz http://www.jesusandmo.net/2007/10/05/share/#comment-173220 Ziz Tue, 08 Mar 2011 03:52:40 +0000 http://www.jesusandmo.net/2007/10/05/share/#comment-173220 Exactly, Atheism is not a declaration of no faith, it is a non-declaration of faith. It's 'I don't believe that is true', instead of 'I believe that isn't true'. Exactly, Atheism is not a declaration of no faith, it is a non-declaration of faith.
It’s ‘I don’t believe that is true’, instead of ‘I believe that isn’t true’.

]]> By: azurefrog http://www.jesusandmo.net/2007/10/05/share/#comment-150023 azurefrog Wed, 24 Jun 2009 17:35:40 +0000 http://www.jesusandmo.net/2007/10/05/share/#comment-150023 The difference between a theist and an atheist is that one professes a claim that something is true and the other is simply skeptical. I don't know any atheists who claim there cannot be any god, they rather simply fail to believe in all the choices they have been offered so far. The difference between a theist and an atheist is that one professes a claim that something is true and the other is simply skeptical. I don’t know any atheists who claim there cannot be any god, they rather simply fail to believe in all the choices they have been offered so far.

]]> By: Ely Loew http://www.jesusandmo.net/2007/10/05/share/#comment-148651 Ely Loew Sun, 07 Jun 2009 15:11:07 +0000 http://www.jesusandmo.net/2007/10/05/share/#comment-148651 Um... so don't atheists also fit this category of believing they are correct, while mocking all other beliefs as crazy? I mean, everyone has to see their own belief system as correct, otherwise they wouldn't believe it. Actually, I just realized someone already made this argument for me. thank you Ellison. Just to drive the point home, most of the Atheists commenting on this comic were acting just like Mo "yeah, YOU religious people shouldn't be so sure of yourselves..." LOL. Um… so don’t atheists also fit this category of believing they are correct, while mocking all other beliefs as crazy? I mean, everyone has to see their own belief system as correct, otherwise they wouldn’t believe it.

Actually, I just realized someone already made this argument for me. thank you Ellison. Just to drive the point home, most of the Atheists commenting on this comic were acting just like Mo “yeah, YOU religious people shouldn’t be so sure of yourselves…” LOL.

]]> By: Cheryl http://www.jesusandmo.net/2007/10/05/share/#comment-75264 Cheryl Sun, 09 Mar 2008 21:00:22 +0000 http://www.jesusandmo.net/2007/10/05/share/#comment-75264 I totally agree with Hobbes!! I totally agree with Hobbes!!

]]> By: Ellison Wonderland http://www.jesusandmo.net/2007/10/05/share/#comment-74473 Ellison Wonderland Sun, 02 Mar 2008 04:12:44 +0000 http://www.jesusandmo.net/2007/10/05/share/#comment-74473 The problem with this argument is that it can be used to say any position is wrong. You could say the same thing about any sort of debate whatsoever. For example, I think white supremacists are wrong, but they think I'm wrong, so where do you go from there? For that matter, I'm an atheist who thinks Christians are wrong, but Christians think I'm wrong. Pointing out that different religions think the other is wrong doesn't refute all religions. It refutes the point that all religions are somehow correct or acceptable or deserving of respect. It forces us to examine contradictory positions and use some universal standards to determine which one, if any, is correct. For example, Bob the Fundie thinks gay people ought to be stoned; I think they ought to be treated with respect. Bob isn't wrong because I think he's wrong; he's wrong because human rights are more important than ancient superstitions. The real value in realizing that the other side thinks you are wrong is that it encourages you to think a bit more sympathetically about them, and encourages you to think critically about your own position. The problem with this argument is that it can be used to say any position is wrong. You could say the same thing about any sort of debate whatsoever. For example, I think white supremacists are wrong, but they think I’m wrong, so where do you go from there? For that matter, I’m an atheist who thinks Christians are wrong, but Christians think I’m wrong. Pointing out that different religions think the other is wrong doesn’t refute all religions. It refutes the point that all religions are somehow correct or acceptable or deserving of respect. It forces us to examine contradictory positions and use some universal standards to determine which one, if any, is correct. For example, Bob the Fundie thinks gay people ought to be stoned; I think they ought to be treated with respect. Bob isn’t wrong because I think he’s wrong; he’s wrong because human rights are more important than ancient superstitions.

The real value in realizing that the other side thinks you are wrong is that it encourages you to think a bit more sympathetically about them, and encourages you to think critically about your own position.

]]> By: TB http://www.jesusandmo.net/2007/10/05/share/#comment-58817 TB Wed, 10 Oct 2007 06:59:42 +0000 http://www.jesusandmo.net/2007/10/05/share/#comment-58817 yeah. Like Intelligent Design preachers graduated from diploma mills rying to use pseudoscience and misconceptions to fool the masses. yeah. Like Intelligent Design preachers graduated from diploma mills rying to use pseudoscience and misconceptions to fool the masses.

]]> By: JohnnieCanuck http://www.jesusandmo.net/2007/10/05/share/#comment-58651 JohnnieCanuck Mon, 08 Oct 2007 19:09:33 +0000 http://www.jesusandmo.net/2007/10/05/share/#comment-58651 Ahh yes, it could. But only if they truly believe it. Unfortunately the ability to rationalise the evidence away in order to keep an emotionally satisfying belief is independent of intelligence. The smarter ones are also better at fooling themselves. Ahh yes, it could. But only if they truly believe it.

Unfortunately the ability to rationalise the evidence away in order to keep an emotionally satisfying belief is independent of intelligence. The smarter ones are also better at fooling themselves.

]]> By: TB http://www.jesusandmo.net/2007/10/05/share/#comment-58597 TB Mon, 08 Oct 2007 11:14:17 +0000 http://www.jesusandmo.net/2007/10/05/share/#comment-58597 Diogenes is damn right. That pretty much can change the face of the planet. Diogenes is damn right. That pretty much can change the face of the planet.

]]> By: Diogenes http://www.jesusandmo.net/2007/10/05/share/#comment-58389 Diogenes Sat, 06 Oct 2007 22:18:03 +0000 http://www.jesusandmo.net/2007/10/05/share/#comment-58389 Just showed this "cartoon"?/lesson in philosophy to Kylneth and he said that if this one "statement" was made poster size and displayed in all War Rooms and Religious Indoctrination Centres, the world be a pretty boring place. Nothing to fight about. At all. With your permission, we would like to borrow it and make it the starting point in a soon-2-b-operational new website for the disillusioned and jaded. Just showed this “cartoon”?/lesson in philosophy to Kylneth and he said that if this one “statement” was made poster size and displayed in all War Rooms and Religious Indoctrination Centres, the world be a pretty boring place.
Nothing to fight about. At all.

With your permission, we would like to borrow it and make it the starting point in a soon-2-b-operational new website for the disillusioned and jaded.

]]> By: Diogenes http://www.jesusandmo.net/2007/10/05/share/#comment-58386 Diogenes Sat, 06 Oct 2007 22:00:31 +0000 http://www.jesusandmo.net/2007/10/05/share/#comment-58386 http://tinyurl.com/2grgx4 ....... pointer to a Yahoo story this A.M. I read this 1 minute before I read the above soooo apt cartoon! :-) A point that even "great" philosophers seem to miss is that the weird "distinctions" tacked on to all FUNDAMENTAL belief systems are vital in order to show their difference/s from the rest. After all, they are all selling the same product, aren't they? Then, in order to maintain their difference/superiority, they enforce inane, or even as in the "Astronaut" case above, insane ritual activity (put other lives in danger), to demonstrate their difference/superiority. http://tinyurl.com/2grgx4 ……. pointer to a Yahoo story this A.M.
I read this 1 minute before I read the above soooo apt cartoon! :-)

A point that even “great” philosophers seem to miss is that the weird “distinctions” tacked on to all FUNDAMENTAL belief systems are vital in order to show their difference/s from the rest. After all, they are all selling the same product, aren’t they?
Then, in order to maintain their difference/superiority, they enforce inane, or even as in the “Astronaut” case above, insane ritual activity (put other lives in danger), to demonstrate their difference/superiority.

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