As an Atheist I find the extreme approach taken
by some other Atheists insulting.
Instead it will be because I don't want to be bullied and called and idiot, a moron, believer in fairy tails or delusional on the CNN belief blog
by other atheists.
As an atheist, I find myself increasingly embarrassed by the level of intolerance shown
by other atheists.
Your statement (as pointed out
by other atheist on a different thread, places you in the strong / positive camp, levying a burden of proof on you to substantiate your claim.
Not exact matches
Atheists: I know many there are many people that practice religion just
by fanaticism, I've seen many people in my opinion stupid (excuse the word) praying to saints hopping to solve their problems
by repeating pre-made sentences over and over, but there are
others different, I don't think Religion and Science need to be opposites, I believe in God, I'm Catholic and I have many reasons to believe in him, I don't think however that we should pray instead of looking for the cause and applying a solution,
Atheists think they are smart because they focus on Science and technology instead of putting their faith in a God, I don't think God will solve our problems, i think he gave us the means to solve them
by ourselves that's were God is, also I think that God created everything but not as a Magical thing but stablishing certain rules like Physics and Quimics etc. he's not an idiot and he knew how to make it so everything was on balance, he's the Scientist of Scientist the Mathematic of Mathematics, the Physician of Physicians, from the tiny little fact that a mosquito, an insect species needs to feed from blood from a completely different species, who created the mosquitos that way?
The Buddha does not deliver... he offers an example for
others to deliver themselves
by Atheists are Radical Materialists.
The name is stolen but the message of Truth Atheism is not healthy for children and
other living things is being proclaimed even
by atheists themselves.
I was an
atheist before I read anything
by Dawkins, or any
other pro
atheist author.
Atheists, if you are so confident that there is no such thing as God, then why are you so intimidated
by Him, to the point that you feel compelled to turn
others against Him?
Then you said, «I was an
atheist before I read anything
by Dawkins, or any
other pro
atheist author.
Personally I don't care how a person spends their time or worships... they can worship goats, spirits, god, buddha, nothingness or football... As long as they don't criticize
others or attempt to propagate to non believers, and
by that definition, these
atheist are as bad a evangelicals.
This would imply that
atheists tend to be intelligent, but underachieving, sad bitter men who watch
others succeed in life and snipe at the fools who pass them
by.
Why just the
atheists... and
by the way, why not just go to your local maternity ward in your hospital... all of those babies are
atheists... they haven't learned a thing about your god, or any of the
other thousands of gods.
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».
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?
The first billboard was put up in New Jersey
by the
atheists at the entrance to the Lincoln tunnel and the Catholic League put the billboard up in NY at the
other entrance of the tunnel.
I'm really astounded
by the many acerbic responses to your article berating
atheists, Christians, and those of
other religions.
Do they really imagine that an
atheist wants to join their religious group, hide his / her real beliefs for months or years, get themselves elected
by other members then radically change the whole nature of the club, against all the
other member's wishes?
Nobody ever talks about the sign in front of almost every house of worship talking about the coming sermon, or any
other form of religious advertising — and those outnumber anything
atheists do
by an order of magnitude.
I for one am encouraged
by the
atheists who are rejecting the hard - line atheistic fundamentalism of Dawkins and
others, just as I am believes who reject the religious fundamentalism of Jerry Falwell.
As
atheists it is important to remember that no thinking person likes to endure proselytizing
by others — either
by theists, or indeed
by atheists.
SisterChromatid - your missing my point I am not trying to trample anyone else s free speech, I just personally think it could have been said differently, what they said makes them appear like the self righteous ones and that helps no one, as someone who is spiritual and gay I have been judged
by both Christians and
atheists alike, one says I am going to hell the
other says I'm a nutjob, when does it stop?
We really don't need young, susceptible, weak - minded women spouting «I'm an
atheist» who roll over when their beliefs are rejected or ridiculed
by others.
No, Sircuts must be one of those
Atheists that mock the story's of
others while believing a story that we all happened
by accident out of a «big - bang.»
I have not been accosted
by an
atheist, agnostic, or Pan worshiper yet though and none of the
others were this extreme.
Having your soul damned is way more flagrantly harsh than being told
by an
atheist that it's a shame you are going to die and never realize that you were wrong and didn't have to judge yourself and
others.
I'm a Christian, and I can't see why
other Christians feel so threatened
by Atheists.
On the
other,
atheists would argue that a world directly guided
by reason and evidence is more effective in addressing both general and specific issues affecting the rights and quality of life of individuals and societies.
So yeah, I am an
Atheist in some senses and an Agnostic in
others but mostly, I am just a guy trying to get
by.
I am very surprised
by the
atheists on this board and many
others I've seen.
I am not crediting God, but I'd rather have a doctor who believes in something bigger than us all, than a cold
atheist who doesn't have hope, or pray and isn't driven
by anything in life
other than a selfish belief that he is the most intelligent thing in the universe.
In its time until today, the bible and
other faiths, Islam, hinduism, and the rest are right or correct in their times because it provided the religious needs of humans in their period.The provider of all of this God himself
by allowing this to happen, Now through his will a new religion, panthrotheism is forthcoming, the debates between the
atheists and the theists now is ongoing, the result which will take generations to resolve will be this new religion.
Is there any statistic that sets Christians apart from
other religions or
atheists that can only be explained
by crediting God or the Spirit or some such thing?
It is my respect for
other Christians that I don't use the same term to describe myself, though I wouldn't call myself Agnostic or
Atheist by the same standard.
As an
atheist I would love nothing more than for moderates to stand up to these bullies, but my experience has been that they leave that up to us because they're just too nice to criticize, and they can't stand being told that they're not following Jesus
by other believers.
nothing makes the
atheist more ticked off more than when you bring up GOD... God gets all the blame for all the tragedy in the world... If there wasnt a god in the first place, humans would not know tragedy or injustice when we see it... it would be a non-issue to us... survival of the fittest would not permit the emotions of love, compassion, empathy... Darwininian theory could not allow any of those and many
other of the best of people's capacity for caring to surface... You cant explain it away
by synapse or neurons... without a Supreme Being, there would be no sense of justice or injustice, we would not call it anything because there is no Ultimate Moral Standard to compare it.
Others were bothered
by the idea of an
atheist swearing to God.
So don't force your
atheist «faith» on
others by secularizing America.
The theists, on the
other hand, accuse the
atheists of perverted reason, of a reason blinded
by scientism and materialism.
by definition belief in any single God or religious systems excludes belief in
others... In that sense, Christians are no better / worse than Buddhists, Muslims, Hindi's, Sikh's,
ATHEISTS, etc, etc..
Upon careful analysis, at least ten such points become apparent: (1) Blake alone among Christian artists has created a whole mythology; (2) he was the first to discover the final loss of paradise, the first to acknowledge that innocence has been wholly swallowed up
by experience; (3) no
other Christian artist or seer has so fully directed his vision to history and experience; (4) to this day his is the only Christian vision that has openly or consistently accepted a totally fallen time and space as the paradoxical presence of eternity; (5) he stands alone among Christian artists in identifying the actual passion of sex as the most immediate epiphany of either a demonic or a redemptive «Energy,» just as he is the only Christian visionary who has envisioned the universal role of the female as both a redemptive and a destructive power; (6) his is the only Christian vision of the total kenotic movement of God or the Godhead; (7) he was the first Christian «
atheist,» the first to unveil God as Satan; (8) he is the most Christocentric of Christian seers and artists; (9) only Blake has created a Christian vision of the full identity of Jesus with the individual human being (the «minute particular»); and (10) as the sole creator of a post-biblical Christian apocalypse, he has given Christendom its only vision of a total cosmic reversal of history.
Atheists tend to be more inclusive of
others because they are not hindered
by the crap in alleged holy books such as The Babble.
You're on the wrong thread again tommie and
by the way you add more proof to the Truth of so called
atheists being liars than any
other self deluded
atheist on these blogs.
Most
atheists will pick stories they know will make people enraged and will respond with emotion such as the flood or any
other event caused
by God.
I bet it is rehashed in the next gubernatorial race and
other occasions until it gets passed and subsequently slapped down
by the US Supreme Court, upon which not a single
atheist has ever sat.
I must confess that I only know 3
atheists, one the husband of a niece who is unsocialable, a poor husband and father and an alcoholic.The
other two are husband and wife, both raised
by Christian parents.
mama kindless is near the end of her days and not afraid to die a happy agnostic
atheist — that's what they call people who don't try to be too know - it - all about deities, but who have enough sense to be hoodwinked
by other men.
mama said «mama kindless is near the end of her days and not afraid to die a happy agnostic
atheist — that's what they call people who don't try to be too know - it - all about deities, but who have enough sense to be hoodwinked
by other men.
(Besides, I've heard this repeated so many times
by other skeptics and
atheists, I am wondering if any of them have ever had an original thought of their own).
There never was a time in History that
atheists exist, only in this present stage of our intellectual developement that they deny His exisrence, but it can be easily explained that they are just part of the dialectical process of having to have two opposing arguments or forces to arrive to the truth, The opposing forces today are the theists or religious believers of all religions and the
other are the
atheists who denies religion, The reslultant truth in the future will be Panthrotheism, the belief that we are all one with the whole universe with God, and that we Had all to unite to prepare for human survival that will subject us humans in the future.Aided
by the the enlightend consevationist, environmentalists, humanists and all of the concerned activists, we will develop a kind of universal harmony and awareness that we are all guided towards love and concern for all of our specie.The great concern of the whole conscious and caring world to the natural disaster in the Phillipines,, the most theist country now is a positive sign towards this religious direction.Panthrotheism means we will be One with God.