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		<title>By: Hah</title>
		<link>http://danwins.com/2009/08/4-reasons-why-atheists-should-go-to-church/comment-page-1/#comment-173</link>
		<dc:creator>Hah</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 16:24:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Came across this when looking for Photoshop tutorials.
It&#039;s funny how ignorant and empty these 4 rules are.

Besides, yes, the eternity does no exist.
Just like time does not exist when you&#039;re asleep - simple enough?
(Technically, it exists in dreams, but normally we don&#039;t remember them entirely, which is the same thing to the extent needed to prove the point.)

If you can&#039;t prove otherwise, might be a good bet to even stop trying...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Came across this when looking for Photoshop tutorials.<br />
It&#8217;s funny how ignorant and empty these 4 rules are.</p>
<p>Besides, yes, the eternity does no exist.<br />
Just like time does not exist when you&#8217;re asleep &#8211; simple enough?<br />
(Technically, it exists in dreams, but normally we don&#8217;t remember them entirely, which is the same thing to the extent needed to prove the point.)</p>
<p>If you can&#8217;t prove otherwise, might be a good bet to even stop trying&#8230;</p>
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		<title>By: Dan</title>
		<link>http://danwins.com/2009/08/4-reasons-why-atheists-should-go-to-church/comment-page-1/#comment-172</link>
		<dc:creator>Dan</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2009 02:10:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>@Metodico

Those are all interesting counter points - however I would argue that I am not imposing my views on you anymore than you are on me with your comment :)</description>
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<p>Those are all interesting counter points &#8211; however I would argue that I am not imposing my views on you anymore than you are on me with your comment <img src='http://danwins.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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		<title>By: Metódico</title>
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		<dc:creator>Metódico</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Sep 2009 20:23:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I&#039;m an atheist too, and I agree with Paul.

1- You don&#039;t need faith nor a Church to GIVE. Most NGO&#039;s, like paul said, are actually secular and also have no political standpoint imposed.

2- You do not need faith nor a Church to SERVE. I, for example, give out all the clothes that I don&#039;t need. Same happened with my toys when I was young, my books and my school manuals, why I was at school.

3- You do not need faith nor a Church to COMMUNICATE. For what I understand from both the Catholic and Jehovah&#039;s Witnesses ceremonies, its all about listening to the one-sided, totally partial and uneven speeches. Theres no place to question, to maintain a critical thinking, and this is one of the main benefits of communication. I cannot live without it. Most religions will try to take it from me and impose their views in a way that I, once converted, will not be able to free myself and contest. Do you remember what happened to Jim Jones&#039; Peoples Temple? I&#039;m all about free speech and REAL debate, different views, and thats not what happens in the Church.

4- Well, your last 3 arguments failed. I see no reason why an atheist would get converted by them.
Long live freedom of speech. Do not impose your views on other people. Debate, exchange experiences, but do think its okay to impose and try to &quot;convert&quot; people with false premises.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;m an atheist too, and I agree with Paul.</p>
<p>1- You don&#8217;t need faith nor a Church to GIVE. Most NGO&#8217;s, like paul said, are actually secular and also have no political standpoint imposed.</p>
<p>2- You do not need faith nor a Church to SERVE. I, for example, give out all the clothes that I don&#8217;t need. Same happened with my toys when I was young, my books and my school manuals, why I was at school.</p>
<p>3- You do not need faith nor a Church to COMMUNICATE. For what I understand from both the Catholic and Jehovah&#8217;s Witnesses ceremonies, its all about listening to the one-sided, totally partial and uneven speeches. Theres no place to question, to maintain a critical thinking, and this is one of the main benefits of communication. I cannot live without it. Most religions will try to take it from me and impose their views in a way that I, once converted, will not be able to free myself and contest. Do you remember what happened to Jim Jones&#8217; Peoples Temple? I&#8217;m all about free speech and REAL debate, different views, and thats not what happens in the Church.</p>
<p>4- Well, your last 3 arguments failed. I see no reason why an atheist would get converted by them.<br />
Long live freedom of speech. Do not impose your views on other people. Debate, exchange experiences, but do think its okay to impose and try to &#8220;convert&#8221; people with false premises.</p>
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		<title>By: Melani</title>
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		<dc:creator>Melani</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Sep 2009 15:26:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I also found this when looking for a tutorial. Hm..weird.

Anyway, I just thought I&#039;d throw my two cents in. I&#039;ve been atheist most of my life. I wasn&#039;t born into a Christian family, so I didn&#039;t really understand religion all that well, and to me, God didn&#039;t exist. Then when I was in 3rd grade, my Grandma started taking me to church. I went first out of obligation. Then out of curiosity. And eventually I started thinking that maybe, just maybe, there was some truth to it. I kept going, and somehow I got to where I am today. I definitely believe in God. He&#039;s made such a difference in my life, and the lives of people around me, it would be impossible for me to not believe anymore.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I also found this when looking for a tutorial. Hm..weird.</p>
<p>Anyway, I just thought I&#8217;d throw my two cents in. I&#8217;ve been atheist most of my life. I wasn&#8217;t born into a Christian family, so I didn&#8217;t really understand religion all that well, and to me, God didn&#8217;t exist. Then when I was in 3rd grade, my Grandma started taking me to church. I went first out of obligation. Then out of curiosity. And eventually I started thinking that maybe, just maybe, there was some truth to it. I kept going, and somehow I got to where I am today. I definitely believe in God. He&#8217;s made such a difference in my life, and the lives of people around me, it would be impossible for me to not believe anymore.</p>
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		<title>By: Zack</title>
		<link>http://danwins.com/2009/08/4-reasons-why-atheists-should-go-to-church/comment-page-1/#comment-167</link>
		<dc:creator>Zack</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2009 23:39:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Haha. lobotomy. why is this a link from a photoshop tutorial? dumb.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Haha. lobotomy. why is this a link from a photoshop tutorial? dumb.</p>
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		<title>By: allan</title>
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		<dc:creator>allan</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2009 20:04:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Okay Paul - so how do you know that eternity doesn&#039;t exist?  If at all possible - can you refrain from the lobotomy type comments as they do not help in any reasonable conversation.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Okay Paul &#8211; so how do you know that eternity doesn&#8217;t exist?  If at all possible &#8211; can you refrain from the lobotomy type comments as they do not help in any reasonable conversation.</p>
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		<title>By: Paul</title>
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		<dc:creator>Paul</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2009 18:11:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I`m an atheist and I found your text accidentally. It was very interesting, but if we want to help other people, you can join a NGO instead, so you can help without the danger of suffering a lobotomy from the church.
And about that eternity thing, you can`t change an atheist mind with that argument, because eternity doesn`t exist.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I`m an atheist and I found your text accidentally. It was very interesting, but if we want to help other people, you can join a NGO instead, so you can help without the danger of suffering a lobotomy from the church.<br />
And about that eternity thing, you can`t change an atheist mind with that argument, because eternity doesn`t exist.</p>
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