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    Steven Pinker‏Verified account @sapinker 23 Jan 2014

    More good sense on the incoherence of the "sophisticated" view of God that atheists allegedly fail to understand -http://www.newrepublic.com/article/116191/damon-linkers-defense-religion-empowers-atheists …

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      1. Dr. Jabroni McPoyle‏ @jdkronberg 28 Jan 2014
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        @sapinker @GodFreeWorld @IChotiner Incoherence. Good word. Was reading it and realized that nonsense w $10 words is still nonsense

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      1. Federico Vaggi‏ @F_Vaggi 23 Jan 2014
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        @sapinker @IChotiner sophistication is not a positive point in the abstract.

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      1. Dan Kirkeby‏ @Daseinen 23 Jan 2014
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        @sapinker Demonstrations that there's no Santa in the sky fall very short of demonstrating atheism. Maybe useful for teens, though.

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      1. Joseph Farnsworth‏ @JosephFarnswort 23 Jan 2014
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        @sapinker Thus His Existence is non-falsifiable and beyond the purview of rationality...oops.

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      1. Joseph Farnsworth‏ @JosephFarnswort 23 Jan 2014
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        @sapinker And God in the transcendent sense is SUPERNATURAL. Thus natural scientists cannot prove or disprove His existence.

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      1. Joseph Farnsworth‏ @JosephFarnswort 23 Jan 2014
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        @sapinker And in the immanent sense, God is Everything. And you can't disbelieve everything can you?

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      1. Joseph Farnsworth‏ @JosephFarnswort 23 Jan 2014
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        @sapinker Ah, Grasshopper...since God is unknowable and ineffable and atheists can't understand Him is therefor proof of His existence.

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      1. Mark Sheeky‏ @marksheeky 23 Jan 2014
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        @sapinker @PeterDaviz Ah, God is defined as the source of everything therefore atheists don't believe the universe exists. Shaky.

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      1. STOP ISLAMISM‏ @EndRadicalIslam 23 Jan 2014
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        .@sapinker Way to comment on a review of a review of a book. Why don't you actually read the book Steven? Scared? http://www.amazon.com/The-Experience-God-Being-Consciousness/dp/0300166842/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1390488847&sr=8-1&keywords=experience+of+god …

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      1. Brent Walker‏ @BrentKWalker 23 Jan 2014
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        @sapinker the tenets of the major faiths don't flow from this proof, and the possibility of a capricious being is disallowed by it.

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      1. jvonneumann‏ @jvonneumann 23 Jan 2014
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        @sapinker Surprised he didn't claim god is the undetectable boson of consciousness.

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      1. larry moore‏ @larryjasmoore 23 Jan 2014
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        @sapinker I asked my lady 'what is god?' She answered, quoting Abdul Baha, 'the unknowable essence'.

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      1. Dennis Michael Hynes‏ @HynesDm 23 Jan 2014
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        @sapinker Tortuous gobbledygook. Hoping for 'quantum' or 'transformational'.

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      1. Anthony Garis‏ @AnthonyGaris 23 Jan 2014
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        @sapinker Perhaps a useful response to the question “Do you believe in God?" is “What do you mean by that word?"

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      1. Forest Spirit‏ @EarthenBlueSky7 23 Jan 2014
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        @sapinker The final nail to the coffin of God was when I tried to force myself think that sometimes this God causes evil too (Bible says so)

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      1. David Pinsen‏ @dpinsen 23 Jan 2014
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        @sapinker @IChotiner Dr. Pinker, do you believe this presents a challenge for your idea of science-derived morality?: http://fw.to/qlUCSRC 

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      1. David Pinsen‏ @dpinsen 23 Jan 2014
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        @sapinker @IChotiner Sounds a but like Spinoza's description.

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