On Thu, 18 Apr 2013 11:16:28 -0700
The Starmaker <
star...@ix.netcom.com> wrote:
> Is this an Atheist convention?
No. This is the "alt.atheism" newsgroup.
> Hawkings quotes from Augustine, and the audience laughs. (the
> audience must be all dummies if they didn't know he is quoting
> Augustine)
That's a fallacious ad hominem attack against the audience, unless the
audience was supposed to have a minimum set of scholarly qualifications
of some sort (please clarify if that's the case).
Who is "Hawkings?" (Please clarify.)
> “What was God doing before the divine creation? Was he preparing hell
> for people who asked such questions?”
What divine creation are you referring to? As far as I'm aware, there
aren't any.
>
http://science.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/04/17/17797756-stephen-hawking-lays-out-case-for-big-bang-without-god?lite
>
>
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CqG33AOG97w
>
> Big Bang without God, ...where have I heard this before? Is this a
> re-run?
Science class in elementary school? That's one place where most people
hear about it at least once in their lives in most technologically
advanced modern civilizations that value education and freedom.
> Stephen Hawkings *still* believes in God, doesn't he? He cannot get
> that Guy out-of-his-mind.
Who is "Stephen Hawkings?" (He's obviously not "Stephen Hawking,"
clearly an atheist, who you mentioned earlier.)
> The Starmaker
>
> Why do you think God put him in that wheel chair? There is a reason,
> did you know that?? It's where he belongs..people like him all they
> do is build atomic bombs.
Who is "The Starmaker?" (Please clarify.)
If a deity permanently confines any able-to-walk person into a
wheelchair without their consent, then that deity is cruel and
oppressive.
Are you implying that those who engage in the activity of "building
atomic bombs" are malevolent? (My own anecdotal experience with people
who work with this type of technology is that they're not malevolent.)
> According to him, you got a thousand years to live.
Are you repeating something that "The Starmaker" suggested?
--
Fidem Turbare, the non-existent atheist goddess
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whole conductors!"
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