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		<title>By: Howard</title>
		<link>http://atheistbus.ca/2009/01/14/help-us-grow-faster/comment-page-1/#comment-1186</link>
		<dc:creator>Howard</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Feb 2009 05:42:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Interesting and informative post.

I was looking out for a company that could provide customized and affordable SEO services and with whom I could touchbase on a daily basis. I was very impressed with the professionalism and quick response time of Seo Traffic Spider and hired their full time SEO services. Its interesting that they not only offer a customized optimization plan but also provide a superb discount on their SEO combinations.

I think this would be a helpful start for anyone looking out for highly professional seo services and who prioritize quick customer response time and chat availability. You can surely get it all here.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Interesting and informative post.</p>
<p>I was looking out for a company that could provide customized and affordable SEO services and with whom I could touchbase on a daily basis. I was very impressed with the professionalism and quick response time of Seo Traffic Spider and hired their full time SEO services. Its interesting that they not only offer a customized optimization plan but also provide a superb discount on their SEO combinations.</p>
<p>I think this would be a helpful start for anyone looking out for highly professional seo services and who prioritize quick customer response time and chat availability. You can surely get it all here.</p>
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		<title>By: Glendon Mellow</title>
		<link>http://atheistbus.ca/2009/01/14/help-us-grow-faster/comment-page-1/#comment-301</link>
		<dc:creator>Glendon Mellow</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Jan 2009 19:37:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The organizers are correct.  Blog it, Twitter, Facebook, get it out there.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The organizers are correct.  Blog it, Twitter, Facebook, get it out there.</p>
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		<title>By: Devon</title>
		<link>http://atheistbus.ca/2009/01/14/help-us-grow-faster/comment-page-1/#comment-283</link>
		<dc:creator>Devon</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Jan 2009 01:56:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>How could it possibly take more faith to not believe something? 

That would mean that inanimate objects have more faith than anyone because they don&#039;t believe in anything at all!

My heart is not hardened, I care deeply about people.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>How could it possibly take more faith to not believe something? </p>
<p>That would mean that inanimate objects have more faith than anyone because they don&#8217;t believe in anything at all!</p>
<p>My heart is not hardened, I care deeply about people.</p>
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		<title>By: Richard</title>
		<link>http://atheistbus.ca/2009/01/14/help-us-grow-faster/comment-page-1/#comment-268</link>
		<dc:creator>Richard</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Jan 2009 18:32:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Laura...we doN,t believe in nothing....We simply don,t have the faith that you do that an unspecified creature is looking out for us...there is simply no evidence.

Secondly, I&#039;d like to open my heart, but I prefer an open mind...we hope yours will someday be open so we can discuss your evidence for the existnece of a god.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Laura&#8230;we doN,t believe in nothing&#8230;.We simply don,t have the faith that you do that an unspecified creature is looking out for us&#8230;there is simply no evidence.</p>
<p>Secondly, I&#8217;d like to open my heart, but I prefer an open mind&#8230;we hope yours will someday be open so we can discuss your evidence for the existnece of a god.</p>
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		<title>By: Laura</title>
		<link>http://atheistbus.ca/2009/01/14/help-us-grow-faster/comment-page-1/#comment-263</link>
		<dc:creator>Laura</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Jan 2009 16:44:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>It actually takes more faith to believe in nothing than to believe in something.  May our prayers for atheists be that their hardened hearts be opened.  Thank you for allowing this discussion board.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It actually takes more faith to believe in nothing than to believe in something.  May our prayers for atheists be that their hardened hearts be opened.  Thank you for allowing this discussion board.</p>
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		<title>By: Devon</title>
		<link>http://atheistbus.ca/2009/01/14/help-us-grow-faster/comment-page-1/#comment-256</link>
		<dc:creator>Devon</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Jan 2009 15:24:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Lester, If you believe in something without evidence, you lose your rationality. You lose your ability to make rational decisions about the world. Just choosing what you believe seems strange to me... 

I see the evidence and arguements and I believe something about them. The only reason I would sit there and think about it, is to figure out which arguement was true. I don&#039;t sit here deciding if I want to believe that there is a treasure chest of gold in my backyard. I have no reason to believe there is so I don&#039;t. There is the slightest chance there is one back there...but it is so slight that it is not worth worrying about.

That brings up a good point, If I could somehow trick myself (leap of faith?) into thinking there is a treasure chest full of gold buried in my backyard I would likely be very happy. If I told other people the &quot;good news&quot; and they believed me (or tricked themselves into believing) we could start our own social club of believers. I would feel very secure, that this gold would be there to take care of me for the rest of my life. However, there is a downside, I would not be working to feed my family (because once I found the gold we would be set!), I would probably spend considerable time and money tearing apart my backyard. This is time better spent actually helping people. The point is, because my belief has a total lack of evidence, it fails to represent the world correctly, leading my decisions to be wholly incorrect.

That analogy worked out better than I could have hoped.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Lester, If you believe in something without evidence, you lose your rationality. You lose your ability to make rational decisions about the world. Just choosing what you believe seems strange to me&#8230; </p>
<p>I see the evidence and arguements and I believe something about them. The only reason I would sit there and think about it, is to figure out which arguement was true. I don&#8217;t sit here deciding if I want to believe that there is a treasure chest of gold in my backyard. I have no reason to believe there is so I don&#8217;t. There is the slightest chance there is one back there&#8230;but it is so slight that it is not worth worrying about.</p>
<p>That brings up a good point, If I could somehow trick myself (leap of faith?) into thinking there is a treasure chest full of gold buried in my backyard I would likely be very happy. If I told other people the &#8220;good news&#8221; and they believed me (or tricked themselves into believing) we could start our own social club of believers. I would feel very secure, that this gold would be there to take care of me for the rest of my life. However, there is a downside, I would not be working to feed my family (because once I found the gold we would be set!), I would probably spend considerable time and money tearing apart my backyard. This is time better spent actually helping people. The point is, because my belief has a total lack of evidence, it fails to represent the world correctly, leading my decisions to be wholly incorrect.</p>
<p>That analogy worked out better than I could have hoped.</p>
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		<title>By: Hal</title>
		<link>http://atheistbus.ca/2009/01/14/help-us-grow-faster/comment-page-1/#comment-248</link>
		<dc:creator>Hal</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Jan 2009 12:28:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>For those of you religious types that are now discovering this site because of its momentum, you should also go to www.betonjesus.com and put your money there.....  They will welcome your comments and lack of intelligence. And hell, if you are correct in your beliefs, then you can make lots of money too.....</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>For those of you religious types that are now discovering this site because of its momentum, you should also go to <a href="http://www.betonjesus.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.betonjesus.com</a> and put your money there&#8230;..  They will welcome your comments and lack of intelligence. And hell, if you are correct in your beliefs, then you can make lots of money too&#8230;..</p>
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		<title>By: lester</title>
		<link>http://atheistbus.ca/2009/01/14/help-us-grow-faster/comment-page-1/#comment-246</link>
		<dc:creator>lester</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Jan 2009 10:16:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>i am a christian who is still soul searching and i maintain an open mind to all kinds of beliefs and religion. We should always look on the 2 sides of thing... an atheist  understanding the bible and the believers understanding atheist ,we should dissect every truth out there... and it&#039;s up to us what to believe.

... and my question for everyone is


what would i lose if chose to believe ?


what would i gain if decided not to?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>i am a christian who is still soul searching and i maintain an open mind to all kinds of beliefs and religion. We should always look on the 2 sides of thing&#8230; an atheist  understanding the bible and the believers understanding atheist ,we should dissect every truth out there&#8230; and it&#8217;s up to us what to believe.</p>
<p>&#8230; and my question for everyone is</p>
<p>what would i lose if chose to believe ?</p>
<p>what would i gain if decided not to?</p>
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		<title>By: Jay</title>
		<link>http://atheistbus.ca/2009/01/14/help-us-grow-faster/comment-page-1/#comment-245</link>
		<dc:creator>Jay</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Jan 2009 10:15:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Sue:(..)Wasting money that could be used to feed the hungry, help the homeless and care for children… (..)

Please read the FAQ.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Sue:(..)Wasting money that could be used to feed the hungry, help the homeless and care for children… (..)</p>
<p>Please read the FAQ.</p>
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		<title>By: Sam</title>
		<link>http://atheistbus.ca/2009/01/14/help-us-grow-faster/comment-page-1/#comment-244</link>
		<dc:creator>Sam</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Jan 2009 10:11:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>You would think if your cause was so wonderful and your beliefs so strong that setting up a website to beg for money wouldn&#039;t be needed.It seems that in your opinion there is no God..that being said then why the campaign against it?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>You would think if your cause was so wonderful and your beliefs so strong that setting up a website to beg for money wouldn&#8217;t be needed.It seems that in your opinion there is no God..that being said then why the campaign against it?</p>
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