Sentences with phrase «as an atheist since»

As an atheist since age 19 - 20 (I'm 67), I had no reluctance about telling my friends and family.

As an atheist since college, I had already mellowed a bit over the previous two or three years, in the course of running a popular feminist website that publishes thoughtful pieces about religion.

Not exact matches

It seems as if since the religious zealots God is unable to call down lightning as they think he should when they feel we have blasphemed him, the zealots enjoy taking matters into their own hands and attempt to bully and persecute and even murder atheists on their God's behalf.

Since it apparently needs clarification, my intent was not to include atheism as a religious group, but to speak to the vast number of atheists that treat it as such.

Since atheists and agnostics are just as prone to human frailties as the religious, I don't doubt that there * are * evil people who are athiests... but facts and numbers show that these «evil atheists» are a bunch of pikers compared to the violence and viciousness of those who promote hatred and violence in the name of their God.

If as you say you have talked to others who claim to be Atheist the way you describe it then they are IDIOTS who also don't understand Atheism and yes at that point since they are claiming «no God» to be true, then by all means call their point of view a «religion».

The proof is in the pudding so to speak, since man was created by God in His image, there is within every person the knowledge of God.Standard equipment.In order to become an atheist you first have to lie yourself past your inner knowledge of God.You have to ignore your life, your spirit, your environment and the whole of creation.That takes a lot of lying to oneself, and you have to buy into a lot more lies to get there.This is not made up, it is a part of the process that ultimately allows the created to deny the creator, God.Deep down every atheist knows they are a liar, but as with any repeated sin the suppressed truth gets farther away, and harder to recognize.God bless

Since from what you say «not assigning gods nonexistence a «true»» you aren't rejecting the possibility of a God only it can't be proven which like you said would be Agnostic Atheist and is not the same as someone who claims there is no god and rejects the possibility of it.

An atheist will find that position ridiculous, since an atheist will find position A to be false (creating the false cause you note), as would someone who perhaps doesn't hold to the classical Western Christian cosmology, but it is possible for Santorum to hold to A and not - B.

... and as for atheists / agnostics commenting on religious matters, it is important since uncontrolled religion can lead to various levels of theocracy (e.g. Iran in the extreme case) which obviously would be detrimental to all of us.

You can be an agnostic atheist, which most people that label themselves as «agnostic» are also atheists since they still don't believe in god.

Some atheists definitely cross that line, and then it becomes another faith - based belief since you can't prove the negative, that there definitely isn't a God, just as you couldn't prove definitely that there isn't an invisible, intangible elephant in your garden.

Since atheism per se takes no stand on the killing of innocent people, when an sociopathic atheist is responsible for the deaths of people, be it one person or a million, it does not represent any kind of inconsistency with his status as an atheist.

Second, since, as you suggest, Christians are not a monolithic group, there are millions of Christians who have similar views to most atheists with respect to a number of socio - political issues.

They admit it to me, since they know I am an atheist, but believers instantly see it as an attack on them.

The sad thing in all of this is that, if I out myself as an atheist to my parish and having been atheist since 2011, as well as being queer, the Catholic Church will still try to find a way to trash me.

I find it funny that as an atheist you would have any opinion on it at all, since you don't believe in any of it anyhow.

Since atheists over-value these things... I can very much cite Hitler as an example where «reason» and «logic» and «science» and «evolution» led to disaster, and it did.

But atheists should not now deny the reality of God on this score if God were presented as the Ground of the universe in process, since to attain the Ground is not a destruction of the universe or its abandonment, but its differentiation and fulfillment.

Accordingly, Garaudy asks: «Is it to impoverish man, to tell him that he lives as an incomplete being, that everything depends upon him, that the whole of our history and its significance is played out within man's intelligence, heart and will, and nowhere else, that we bear full responsibility for this; that we must assume the risk, every step of the way, since, for us atheists, nothing is promised and no one is waiting?

Since you are an atheist, as a Christian I wouldn't expect you to believe anything supernatural.

As an agnostic atheist, I have had arguments against both extremes, but the arguments with hard - line atheists have been easier since that's probably closer to my belief.

Unless the atheist studied the bible in college, as a masters degree to prove it, and has been studying the bible ever since, I don't believe atheists know more.

Although our NPO is run by Christians, there are also Muslims, Hindus and atheists who volunteer, and if they care as much as the Christians do to give of their time and resources, compassion alone doesn't point to Jesus since anyone can have it.

They have no problem killing them as long as they are not Christians, and since they want to give the tiny cell's in my wifes belly a chance to grow up and become a Christian they need to take away my atheist wifes right to have some of her tiny cells removed in order to prevent burdening ourselves or others with 18 + years of responsibility.

Clearly, atheists must believe that religion is a natural human development since, as you said, it can have no supernatural origin.

But since you can state that freely and presume that to actually become a fact because you believe it, I will simply state that all believers become atheists at the moment of death and now that has become a fact as well /

Muslims in general if left alone with out your intervention might end up fighting each other due differences of views in their faith, but if west keep on applying pressure causing starvation, harassment and confrontation against Muslims and against their faith, this will only lead them to leave behind their differences and jointly or individually confront their enemies, those who wants to deprive them from their rights of faith and belief and the more they are pressed the more they would complain by reacting and not by words and cries since words and cries seem does not reach, heard or work out now a days since being their judges and executors are all of non religious such as atheists, infidels, polytheists who consider their vast interests above all humanity and faith issues such as mercy, leniency, compassion, pity, sympathy, kindness all that of human mutual heavenly code of conduct.!?

If Atheists wants to fight against this cross, they might as well fight to remove the letter «T» since it is also shape like a cross.

But with that said, you go on to say God needs to reevaluate... This is the classic atheist fallacy, «If there was a God, He would set things up exacly as I feel they should be, since I am godlike, since things are not exacly as I would have them, there is no God.

The good people, atheist and religious Sorry but God refers to himself as «I AM» since he exists outside of time and space as we know it.

People on here have talked about how arrogant atheists are for saying there is no god since there is no empirical evidence, but I say the religious people that are out trying to convert people of other faiths to their faith are just as arrogant.

Atheists are so appalled and panicky that these deluded Christians vote and affect us all and Christians just can't understand why atheists just can't or won't delude themselves as they have so successfully done since indoctrination from an eaAtheists are so appalled and panicky that these deluded Christians vote and affect us all and Christians just can't understand why atheists just can't or won't delude themselves as they have so successfully done since indoctrination from an eaatheists just can't or won't delude themselves as they have so successfully done since indoctrination from an early age.

but thats not what i'm talking about... i am discussing the god you claim to worship... even if you believe jesus was god on earth it doesn't matter for if you take what he had to say as law then you should take with equal fervor words and commands given from god itself... it stands as logical to do this and i am confused since most only do what jesus said... the dude was only here for 30 years and god has been here for the whole time — he has added, taken away, and revised everything he has set previous to jesus and after his death... thru the prophets — i base my argument on the book itself, so if you have a counter argument i believe you haven't a full understanding of the book — and that would be my overall point... belief without full understanding of or consideration to real life or consequences for the hereafter is equal to a childs belief in santa which is why we atheists feel it is an equal comparision... and santa is clearly a bs story... based on real events from a real historical person but not a magical being by any means!

However, since religion does exist, by default those who do not subscribe to believing in a god are automatically labeled as atheists.

Since the atheist does not believe in «right» or «wrong» but that morality is simply the product of culture and genetics - It is fascinating to see how angry they become at rulings like this... almost as if they believed the ruling «wrong» or something...

«Since the atheist does not believe in objective «right» or «wrong» (received divinely) but that morality is simply the product of culture and genetics - It is fascinating to see how angry they become at rulings like this... almost as if they believed the ruling objectively «wrong» (divinely received) or something...»

Every thing is becoming possible since they our earthly lords wanting to act as Gods replacing believers only God and satisfying atheists beliefs in their Earthly Gods more than the God of Heavens.

The truth is this: that since atheists are people who have allowed a part their beings to die, how can they possibly understand those who speak of life which they not know??? It's like when a blind man would argue with the one who sees, telling him that there is no such thing as sight, and all the beauty he's seeing and describing to him is just the figment of his immagination...!!!

Since most atheists seem to be strive to be good, as much as religious folk do, that doesn't seem like much of a problem.

Even an atheist should be a good caretaker, since you live here as well!

If one atheist somewhere on the internet said something, then, since all atheists agree with him / her, I can use that randomly selected example as an argument to address all other atheists.

Except that since God is the most popular of all fictional villains, New Atheists — those evangelizing ones such as Christopher Hitchens and Richard Dawkins - spend a considerable amount of energy enumerating his flaws.

Rainman, since you ostensibly are an atheist as far as Athena, Thor, Krisjna and Ra are concerned, you are a coward because you choose to not suffer the disadvantages of belief in them.

Since there is no such thing as an atheist god, your» reverse logic» completely fails.

I wonder if I, as an LGBT atheist, have the right to refuse anyone wearing a religious symbol or mentioning god or their belief in a god in any way, have a right to deny service or assistance to them since that is offensive to me and a violation of my personal beliefs.

As a side note, since Christianity is very much on retreat giving way to atheism in Western Europe, I have encountered several people from the left who defended Christianity against fierce attacks from atheists.

Just as Gingerich praised Kepler's prayers, the atheists in Zielona Gora all forgave Kepler for them, since he never invoked the intervention of a deity to get himself out of a difficulty.

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