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Old 10-17-2007, 09:20 AM   #26 (permalink)
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But I think that atheists and theists agree on one important thing. "The stories of religions are to be taken literally."
I think atheists are framed by theists and partly by themselves into that position in those "Is there a God"-like debates. Theists make a claim and atheists oppose
You may sometimes get a feeling that atheism is the worst enemy of mystery and spirituality which is a false notion, but it's only because of conventions assumed in those debates.

On the other hand what would atheists do without theists ?
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