Sentences with phrase «devout atheist»

Every year, I mourn the tradition of saying «Merry Christmas» and I go out of my way to thank people in shops and banks who actually wish me a «Merry Christmas» as opposed to the people (all with the best of intentions) who wish me «Happy Holidays» or «Seasons Greetings,» which is really odd, considering I'm a devout atheist of the Richard Dawkins school of thought, believing more in messages than messengers.

@dissidentfairy — How do you conclude Tom Sawyer is a devout atheist?

AnVil: I guess I'm just curious as to why a devout Atheist would waste his time on a forum such as this?

Having been a devout atheist for many years, I was not astounded to see how many of my co-nonbelievers in god were anti-gay zealots.

Hi, i am a devout atheist and i am proud of that fact.

ALso, Mere Christianity by CS Lewis, a former devout Atheist converted Christian is a compelling read as well.

Devout atheist Christopher Hitchens used to say no one should think to be a writer in English without studying it.

I am a devout ATHEIST and I say a POX on all religion but even I can see the insanity of your position, did JC say that raping children and then covering it up and then protecting the rapists was OK, come on DID HE.

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As a former Atheist who is now a devout Christian, I find these disturbing.

The atheists on these blogs are as fanatical about their beliefs as the most devout baptist or Muslim.

Ultimately, there is every reason to believe that an atheist can be just as moral, if not more so, than the most devout religious follower.

Two comments.One, the atheist / materialist claims that he / she... «Did «nt believe in free will»... O.K.Should we take that to mean some mindless, heretofore unknown force apllied those words in your behalf?Did someone put the proverbial «gun to your head «and force you to post your comments?we await you presumably forced answer with bated breath.Two.As for Mr.Gingrich, beware.Politics aside, the one question yet remains for Calista: How did you, a professed «devout «Roman Catholic, carry on a 6 - year affair with a man you knew was married?How does that square with the Biblical prohibition against committing adultery?Oh wait!I know!As a «devout «Roman Catholic you can sin with impunity; just go to your priest, say a couple of «hail Marys and Our Fathers», ask the priest to bless your sinning, and resume.Of course!I had forgetton how easily Catholics excuse their trangressions (ex opere operato, anyone).

We hope ardent atheists, devout believers and every array of religion in between will join us on a pilgrimage to the new sanctuary... er, site.

If the head of some atheist coalition (I don't know what the appropriate job would be, but bear with me) became a devout Muslim, it would no longer make sense to have him on the board.

The nonbelievers came from as far afield as Ireland and France, but most described themselves as refugees from the heart of the South - atheist anomalies amid fiercely devout friends, family and neighbors.

Raised by a devout Christian mother and a staunch atheist father, Jan followed in his father's footsteps, and spent his entire life looking down on organized religion.

Your point is not well taken most of the atheist do not hate religions at all, if the devout would just stay out of trying to run other peoples lives there would be no conflict.

As others have stated, you don't just wake up one day and say, «I'm now an atheist» when you've been a devout believer in the supernatural for so long.

They are not atheist, godless people, but are quite devout, religious people.

He was a devout catholic who tried to wipe out the atheists just as much as the Jews.

A new study shows that many devout Americans know less about religion than do atheists.

In fact I could remove the word «God» from your post and it would still make sense because the moral and social principles that we all live by are the SAME whether one is a devout theist or an ardent atheist.

No one is saying the president, or any politician, needs to be an atheist, just that they need to keep and open and secular mind... that means accepting other religions as valid... which is something that devout religious people tend to be unable to do.

I am an Orthodox Jew complete with earlocks, A devout Catholic, An agnostic searching for a god, and an evil atheist.

If our leaders in Washington are such devout Christians (none have admitted to be Atheists) why don't they suggest a concentrated health care prayer day & just ignore legislating anything?

Having grown up catholic (catholic schools and all) and later getting disenfranchised from the church due to the hypocrisy and scandals, and then becoming a «devout» atheist after rejecting all the mythology and dangers of organized religions, I have to admit that the current pope at least is trying to be reasonable.

Interesting to quote a «devout» atheist out of context for the purpose of justifying religion.

If you identify as a an «atheist» (and to many religious people, there's very little inclination to make fine nuanced distinction between «nones», «non-affiliated», «agnostic», «atheist» - they all get conceptually lumped together as «unbelieving atheist heathen» (tm) from the point of view of someone highly devout in a monotheistic Abrahamic tradition), there's plenty of strongly religious people who - according to polls - would refuse to vote for you.

Regardless of a scientist's view on their origin, they say, discovering the laws of nature requires the same scientific methods and techniques whether the researcher is a devout religious believer or an atheist.

A quick Google search brings up dating websites specifically for dancers, single parents, executive professionals, tall people, atheists and — on the other end of the scale — devout Christians.

Hirsi Ali, a former devout Muslim who abandoned her faith and became an atheist, has been a vocal critic of Islam.

Ironically, it was a very devout film that would appeal more to believers than atheists.

Lady Marchmain (Emma Thompson) is a devout Catholic who sees in atheist Charles Ryder (Matthew Goode), her daughter's suitor, a pretender to the throne.

Religious belief is of course protected by law, but so is the absence of a religious belief — for example, it would be against the law for a devout Jewish business owner with 15 or more employees to refuse to hire the most qualified applicant because the applicant was an atheist.

A devout Christian couple, for example, might have very specific needs and desires which an unmarried atheist couple might not relate to, but relationship counseling is available to both couples, sometimes even from the same therapist.

Let's assume that one partner is a devout Catholic who is extroverted, hard - working, and likes to travel, while the other partner is an atheist who is introverted, lazy, and hates leaving their hometown.