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The hypocrisy is in crying that others are imposing their beliefs on you, and then responding by doing the exact same thing. If you were just minding your own business--like I do--then you have every right to be offended when someone gives you any sort of unsolicited opinion--on any topic.
Since when do states and municipalities put up atheists signs and decorations every year?
Those who believe in a God have made a leap of faith and those who believe there is no God have also made a leap of faith. Only the agnostic has made no leap. They aren't sure either way.
What do you think Black Friday is about? The only deity an atheist will accept. Money. Consumerism.
I'm not a Christian, but I hate black friday. The day after thanksgiving is about staying home and complaining that you ate to much, and then stuff more on top of it
Thats not an Atheist holiday, and I don't remember seeing a town putting up signs saying "There is no God" or "Consumerism is the reason for the season".
I have no problem with private decoration. There is a church down close to Navarre with a big sign says
"HELL IS REAL" flames and crap behind it. In the small print it says "The bible says so". Now, I could get pissy saying it would scare my son for a needless reason, but its free speech.
Most Atheists I know don't complain about private decorations and religious stuff, they complain about the Christmas tree on the town square, the "Christs Mass" parade, and things of that nature that are run and sponsored by the state and/or city. They see that as a direct attack on their religious freedom.
That's certainly the middle school paraphrase of the difference between them. But they are better expressed in this way:
Arguments based on experience or observation are generally inductive. Arguments based on laws, rules or axioms are generally deductive. Most arguments are inductive, and almost all scientific arguments are inductive. In fact, inductive reasoning comes much more naturally to us than deductive reasoning since this is how we operationally lead our lives.
My syllogism set from a few days ago is a combination of both. The premises were empirically (i.e. inductively) derived. The reasoning from then on, however, was entirely by deductive syllogism.
My suspicions regarding your neural normality are entirely based on induction.
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