tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20169168.post2003449545983708782..comments2023-07-08T06:13:19.344-07:00Comments on biblioblography: Profiles in Atheism - His Majesty The KingKrystalline Apostatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09044558668644447375noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20169168.post-62891868044661476952007-04-18T05:50:00.000-07:002007-04-18T05:50:00.000-07:00The whole idea of magical thinking bothers me. (P...The whole idea of magical thinking bothers me. (Pretty obvious, I guess.)<BR/><BR/>By the way - if you are bored, come on over to <BR/><BR/>http://agradevaduta.wordpress.com/2007/04/06/a-letter-to-an-atheist-part-i-do-you-believe-in-atheism/<BR/><BR/>I am having a discussion about "the uncaused cause." It seems that the guy doesn't consider my queries to be flaws in his argument. I dunno why, they seem like glaringly obvious ones to me.beepbeepitsmehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12931640447011071849noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20169168.post-56081434731746686232007-04-17T22:41:00.000-07:002007-04-17T22:41:00.000-07:00BBIM - hey, the best part of sympathetic magic, is...BBIM - hey, the best part of sympathetic magic, is that it's 'sympathetic'. ;)Krystalline Apostatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09044558668644447375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20169168.post-11649385029676602882007-04-17T16:21:00.000-07:002007-04-17T16:21:00.000-07:00Yes, the "eating god" part seems to slip past many...Yes, the "eating god" part seems to slip past many a believer. When you think about it, is obviously the pagan concept of magically taking on the power of the slain. (By eating the heart of a boar, one could become powerful like the boar, by wearing the skin of a wolf, one could take on the supposed attributes of a wolf, and so on.)<BR/><BR/>It all reeks of sympathetic magic to me.beepbeepitsmehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12931640447011071849noreply@blogger.com