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  • But, of course, it is precisely the existence of such irritating contradictions which explains the modern theist's desire to push God into a supra-logical realm.

    Karen Armstrong and the case for God Gordon McCabe 2009

  • Your beliefs are not based in logic anymore so than any theist's, then.

    Contentment 2009

  • Your morality, as you have confessed, is no better than a deluded theist's, so I can't do that.

    Contentment 2009

  • But, of course, it is precisely the existence of such irritating contradictions which explains the modern theist's desire to push God into a supra-logical realm.

    Archive 2009-07-01 Gordon McCabe 2009

  • Angry: Your beliefs are not based in logic anymore so than any theist's, then.

    Contentment 2009

  • Claiming things to exist without providing a shred of evidence (forget proof) is a theist's modus operandi.

    Harlan Ellison on God 2009

  • In which case an atheist's only recourse is to either city a fairy in the garden of her own, or admit she's got nothing to replace the theist's proposition with.

    Dawkins and ID 2008

  • You can talk derisively of fairies all you like – but at this point, everyone knows you've got a fairy of your own, and it's in horrible shape compared to the zaniest theist's.

    Dawkins and ID 2008

  • They're both incredibly intelligent people, and maybe they feel that religion is such an incredibly horrible thing, but that doesn't mean they should push their ideas down theist's throats.

    Filmstalker: The Best Films of the Decade: 2009 2010

  • Public schools can't teach your children there is a God, nor can they teach a theist's children that there is no God.

    A View: The Science=Atheism Meme 2007

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