tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5506451.post116637899144793868..comments2023-10-31T06:44:26.393-07:00Comments on Billings Blog: Atheist's holidayDavidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00372790238744903272noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5506451.post-1167851909555519262007-01-03T11:18:00.000-08:002007-01-03T11:18:00.000-08:00I count myself in good company in my unbelief, and...I count myself in good company in my unbelief, and understand perfectly your comments about wing-flapping. If you can't fly, no amount of wing flapping will lift you off the ground. If you don't believe, no amount of disciplined thought will change it. I was brought up to believe that faith was a "gift", and count myself lucky not to be a beneficiary. <BR/><BR/>I always wondered about this God Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5506451.post-1167191641601260972006-12-26T19:54:00.000-08:002006-12-26T19:54:00.000-08:00If your interested, check out a Montana website f...If your interested, check out a Montana website for Mitt Romney at http://montanansformitt.com.westernromancecompany.comAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5506451.post-1166471775590916372006-12-18T11:56:00.000-08:002006-12-18T11:56:00.000-08:00Shane, I guess I could have been clearer. I meant ...Shane, I guess I could have been clearer. I meant that it makes no more sense to attack someone for unbelief than to attack someone for his inability to flap his arms and fly.Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00372790238744903272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5506451.post-1166424812869448802006-12-17T22:53:00.000-08:002006-12-17T22:53:00.000-08:00Dang! Shane beat me to it! I was going to say a si...Dang! Shane beat me to it! I was going to say a similar thing: how do we know it's not the religious that is somehow deficient?<BR/><BR/>If you know the answer either way, then you possess knowledge no mortal has.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5506451.post-1166404137448698482006-12-17T17:08:00.000-08:002006-12-17T17:08:00.000-08:00I am a little confused here. Are you saying that p...I am a little confused here. Are you saying that people who do not believe in a grand designer are like things that can not fly while those that believe are like things that can fly?<BR/><BR/>Know the way I see it?<BR/><BR/><I>It is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring.<BR/>-- Carl Sagan, The Demon-Haunted World</I><BR/><Shane C. Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04784077864606821321noreply@blogger.com