I think I don't necessarily see being
an atheist as being wrong, but more of a stae of being which may be temporary or, as I gather in a lot of cases; for life.
Not exact matches
However,
as an agnostic I believe
atheists are still just
as bigoted
as theists simply because they refuse to still take up the idea they might
be wrong.
I agree this adds confusion which
is why many «
atheists» refer to themselves
as non-theists, but that does not make those who
are uncertain and use the term
wrong.
And we also know you
are not only
wrong, but dishonest because you
are using a bait - and - switch on his definition of
atheist; only 0.7 % of Americans actually call themselves
atheists versus the 15 % who the American Religious Identification Survey describes
as None / No Religion.
It
is what has lead me to my veiw that Atheism
as a religion, the passion most
Atheist have for their point of view from the start you may not fall in this category but I
'm sure you know someone that does.The same applies to Christians that freak out on someone and start forcing their view on others, I see that
as wrong also if someone asks or brings the debate to you then by all means debate but why
be rude how does it help?
As an
atheist, I feel there
is nothing
wrong in religion itself, just the people that follow it.
I can understand a distrust with organized religion and
being an
atheists, but
are you not doing the same thing
as Christians by saying what you think
is real or calling out those that you think
are wrong.
Nothing
wrong with that.
As for those who believe that
atheist are spawns of the devil, maybe you should take up reading more about them,
as most
atheists have learned quite a bit about religion.
And to those
atheists, denouncing all believers
as devoid of logic and reason
is patently
wrong, and if you disagree, I invite you to debate me on the topic, or on any topic either religious or otherwise and decide for yourself whether I
am devoid of logic and reason.
If
as you say, «two
wrongs [don't] make a right argument» then why not debate @Blarg's statement instead of inciting
atheists condemnation of his / her arguments by indirectly making a blanket statement about how
Atheist should
be offended?
@Dean,
AS an
atheist, I can tell you you
're wrong.
The whole Pascal's wager which some people haven't even heard of
is a premise that if I
am wrong as an
atheist, I spend an eternity in hell.
Atheist's
are converted when they have an in - depth NDE and realize that you
are NOT YOUR brain - mind and brain
are separate and more and more people
are waking up to that fact - sorry
Atheist IS AS WRONG AS THOSE WHOM BELIEVED THAT THE EARTH
WAS FLAT!!!
Sure they do, same
as anyone has a right to say abortion
is wrong (or right, seriously... whatever) And for all the Christians out there, I know it sucks but guess what, freedom of speech applies to
atheists too.
I don't know, Sean, I
am an
atheist and I have a GREAT deal of respect for both spirituality and for theism, insomuch
as it
is practiced in a way that does not assume that,
as and
atheist, I
am condemned to eternal damnation or that I have no morals or sense of right or
wrong.
As an example, from your point of view as a believer, I can assume you think atheists are wrong, and you are right in your belief that god exist
As an example, from your point of view
as a believer, I can assume you think atheists are wrong, and you are right in your belief that god exist
as a believer, I can assume you think
atheists are wrong, and you
are right in your belief that god exists.
and don't get me
wrong i don't put that on people who
are atheists today, i don't accuse you of
being responsible for these acts, that would
be as stupid
as you guys
are being for attacking common people on this blog because of things religious folks have done in the past.
As for the scenario if we the
atheists are wrong?
I knew they
were wrong, but I expected that a learned
atheist would have to work through authors such
as St. Paul and St. Augustine.
Hopefully some day we can learn to just look the other way (You know, turn the other cheek
as Christ taught), or learn that saying other people's beliefs
are stupid (
atheist's you don't like it when people tell you you
're wrong, but you feel you can tell others they
're wrong)
is detrimental to a civilized society.
Atheists, just
as all fundamentalists of any belief or religion tell everyone else how
wrong they
are, how stupid they
are and what a waste of time they
are engaged in.
If you want to conflate every
atheist you have argued with here
as a single hive - mind go right ahead, but you will
be wrong to do so.
Maybe I've got it
wrong, but the reports on
Atheists always seem to focus on what they
are against
as opposed to what they stand for.
lol, yes clay i
am an
atheist... i created the sun whorshipping thing to have argument against religion from a religious stand point... however, the sun makes more sense then something you can't see or feel — the sun also gives free energy... your god once did that for the jews, my gives it to the human race
as well
as everything else on the planet, fuk even the planet
is nothing without the sun... but back to your point — yes it
is very hypocritical of me, AND thats the point, every religious person i have ever met has and on a constant basis broken the tenets of there faith without regard for there souls — it seems to only
be the person's conscience that dictates what
is right and
wrong... the belief in a god figure
is just because its tradition to and plus every else believes so its always to
be part of the group instead of an outsider — that
is sadly human nature to
be part of the group.
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...»
As to the second part... again, Bob... maybe,... just maybe atheists, agnostics, some christians, and many from other religions, or not believe that what you evangelical theists believe about «gays» and what you are doing to minimize, criminalize, bully, torture,... create laws that show them as not being worthy enough in our society of having equal rights as human beings... maybe we think you guys are absolutely * wron
As to the second part... again, Bob... maybe,... just maybe
atheists, agnostics, some christians, and many from other religions, or not believe that what you evangelical theists believe about «gays» and what you
are doing to minimize, criminalize, bully, torture,... create laws that show them
as not being worthy enough in our society of having equal rights as human beings... maybe we think you guys are absolutely * wron
as not
being worthy enough in our society of having equal rights
as human beings... maybe we think you guys are absolutely * wron
as human
beings... maybe we think you guys
are absolutely *
wrong.
In a group a
Atheist can
be just
as happy declaring that God does not exist and any one that does not believe them
is wrong as a person who
is Faithful who
is in a church or just simply in the presence of other Faithful.
Wouldn't it
be egg on your face if you just happened to
be born into the
wrong religion and chose the
wrong god and when you die you find you
were duped
as your parents
were, etc. etc. and you wind up roasting in the hell of the god you rejected and this god has more respect for an
atheist who actually demands evidence?
As an aside, the fact that you «believe»
atheists are wrong doesn't make it true.
If
atheists were not the horrible people you describe, then what would
be wrong with believing in something false,
as long
as you aren't hurting anybody else?
While I'll agree that much of the bible
is stories and fables (Catholics don't typically view much of the old testament
as hard fact, but
as a way for God to teach mankind right from
wrong and ways to live), even some
atheists follow the teachings of Christ.
If she
is wrong, then nothing will happen and things will continue on
as if she
was an
atheist..
For example, in the first volume of his Godhead Trilogy, written in the 1990s, the 2 - mile long corpse of God
is discovered floating in the ocean and the Vatican dispatches a supertanker to tow the corpse to a tomb in the Arctic, meanwhile a group of
atheist extremists plan on destroying the body,
as it proves they
were wrong.
I find the IPCC
as reliable at dealing with climate
as the Vatican at reviewing g a trities on atheism: the climate thing
is wrong if it does not rely on emissions ant the
atheist paper
is wrong if it does not me tion the god bit.