which also brings up the point: if we «immediately» begin filling them with beliefs, how would * know * if they are
born as atheists?
again your argument comes down to your unsubstantiated claim that children are
born as atheists.
Might I inform you, religious or not, we are
all born as atheists?
We are
all born as atheists, i.e, without religion.
Not exact matches
but it is exasperating to be told by the religious that
atheists are perhaps lesser beings
as god only favours those who reject what nature tells us is the truth, I find the god myths
boring and in no way inspiring.
herbert Juarez stated «@calgary We regularly kick the snot out of «
atheists» on Bible knowledge.In [sic] fact the youngest believer has the ability to show the godless, where [sic] the
bear does his business in the buckwheat.If [sic] you are Canadian [sic],
as in Calgary [sic], don't you have your own news network?
@calgary We regularly kick the snot out of «
atheists» on Bible knowledge.In fact the youngest believer has the ability to show the godless, where the
bear does his business in the buckwheat.If you are canadian,
as in calgary, don't you have your own news network?
Nobody is
born as a superior
atheist.
Similarly, people
born into any given religious faith — Christian, Muslim, Hindu, etc, etc, etc — and who are immersed in that faith, and surrounded by people of that faith, all of their lives — and especially their childhood — can't be expected to suddenly cast off such total indoctrination when an
atheist such
as myself presents them with certain facts which conflict with their world view.
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?
We are all
born as not merely
atheists, but true enemies of God.
And
as far
as rendering the steps into what an
atheist can grasp, there are 6 steps that are coming to terms with what you are, an alcoholic, an addict, whatever, but you are not responsible for being what you are — you were
born that way.
So when the agnostics,
atheists, etc. of the world come up to someone like him and discuss evolutionary theory, situational ethics from an historical worldview, or why God allowed the cast of «Jersey Shore» to be
born, he'll just remember how he flunked the quiz and rely on his «simple faith»
as «all good Christians do»..
As far as atheists when the day is done (regardless of it there is or is not a God) was your life worth it or would it have been better you were never bor
As far
as atheists when the day is done (regardless of it there is or is not a God) was your life worth it or would it have been better you were never bor
as atheists when the day is done (regardless of it there is or is not a God) was your life worth it or would it have been better you were never
born?
As I have said many times now, it is a fact that babies are
atheists unless you think they are
born with a belief in a god.
As a Jewish -
born Atheist who falls just outside the age range of 18 - 35, I can agree with much of what you have said in your original post.
Well,
as an
Atheist, I feel compelled through my instinctual nature
as a social primate to clarify this: according to Christians, Mary was supposedly
born without sin (the «immaculate conception»), otherwise god wouldn't have «gotten it on» with her.
When you think you can put
Atheists into a nice, fixed, little box, I'll explain some simple things to you that change some of that: 1) I was
born a Roman Catholic and legally died
as one when I was a teen.
The «New
Atheists» easily fall into the category of the once -
born, being
as monolithic in their devotion to science
as religious fundamentalists are in their monotheism.
The show happened to be
born just
as the New
Atheists were emerging
as a force to be reckoned with following the publication of Dawkins» bestselling book The God Delusion (Bantam).
I was
born a skeptic and
as it turns out an
atheist., and though my way of thinking was radically different from those around me, the brainwashing didn't take.
Some
Atheist angles may be content to allow the rest of the world believe whatever it wants, but so long
as those beliefs are hoisted upon others
as a burden to
bear, used to judge and separate people who are unlike others, and make absolutely no sense whatsoever... I personally will always crusade for the destruction of this plague.
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?
But most of us also pretend that all of this has no
bearing or relevance to our little existences — and I run into
atheists like that just
as often
as Christians.
We are all
born Atheist (lack of belief) It is implanted in our minds
as soon
as we can understand.
Personally, I started life
as a catholic and later converted to
born again fundamentalism with which I had been deeply involved for 20 + years before going through a de-conversion process and finally becoming an
atheist.
As at various points in my life I've been a «born again Baptist», a strong Atheist, and a simpering Agnostic; I'm comfortable with all sides of the argument... So I'm more «like the French»... I don't care what you believe as long as you say it properly; --RR
As at various points in my life I've been a «
born again Baptist», a strong
Atheist, and a simpering Agnostic; I'm comfortable with all sides of the argument... So I'm more «like the French»... I don't care what you believe
as long as you say it properly; --RR
as long
as you say it properly; --RR
as you say it properly; --RRB-