People please do your own research before you give wrong information that you are repeating
from other Atheists.
Not exact matches
I bet CNN had to search hard to find someone who actually went
from an
atheist to a christian instead of the usual
other way around.
According to the poll, the president's approval rating among Protestants and
other Christians was 43 percent, it stood at 50 percent for Catholics, 61 percent among Jews, 63 percent for
Atheists, Agnostics and those with no religion, and 64 percent for those
from other non-Christian religions.
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?
agnostic I do not consider a religion because ones agnostic view can change
from one to the
other but all
Atheist believe there is no God and that evolution is absolutely true.
Honestly, any Christian getting a Bible lesson
from you or any
other atheist is akin to a pregnant lady getting prenatal care
from a mortician!
Just like any religion there are different types of
atheists, some simply don't believe in a «creator» or higher authority, but
others use atheism as a shield of intellectuality, safely keeping them
from feeling anything.
Respect
other religions, and as a message to extremist
atheists that seem to have nothing better to do then to make fun of my relgion, Let me tell you this, no trash you may say, to mocking will every break me away
from god.
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?
You know what's also great... I can choose to be an
atheist (which I am) without punishment
from others or a government imposing their beliefs on me.
@God2: let me rephrase that... obviously we have no chance of changing the
others way of thinking, whether he is really happy with that only he can know and as much as I wish he would look away
from it, I know there is very little chance... fighting with him is futile, so I do what I do best when a person like him becomes obvious... I kill them with kindness and hopefully prove in some small way that all
Atheists are not bad.
You can't really believe that
atheists, agnostics, deists and
other religions can not determine right
from wrong because they do not believe in an objective morality, don't be so obtuse.
Michael «As a gay man I appreciate there efforts and support, but I think putting up this sign isn't really the best way to get through to people, all it does is create more hate, intolerance, and separation, I am not a christian but I am very spiritual, and putting up this sign implies that all gay people are
atheists which is the furthest thing
from the truth, I have no problem with religion, I have a problem with those who use there religions to control and hate
others, same applies with atheism, if you don't want to believe in anything than fine, just don't push your non beliefs on me.»
So she went
from a full on
atheist, who debated
other christians publicly to one herself... This article just kind of makes her looks dumb.
Funny, I'm an
atheist who thinks that his «brand» of christian religion is dumb lies (just as dumb as the lies
from any
other), yet his believe is the very last thing on my list of questions.
Seems to me
from a few of these posts that some
Atheists want to push their agenda on everyone else just like
other organized religions.
As a gay man I appreciate there efforts and support, but I think putting up this sign isn't really the best way to get through to people, all it does is create more hate, intolerance, and separation, I am not a christian but I am very spiritual, and putting up this sign implies that all gay people are
atheists which is the furthest thing
from the truth, I have no problem with religion, I have a problem with those who use there religions to control and hate
others, same applies with atheism, if you don't want to believe in anything than fine, just don't push your non beliefs on me.
Atheists (not all just as not all christians preach) that try to spread their beliefs to
others do so with similar ideas of helping people free themselves
from they view as mentally oppressive.
But you know, there are tons of
Atheists that come
from Jewish families, as well as all
others.
And cometh that match, Jesus shall laugh in glee as the faithful, filled with His love, gouge the eyes
from the
atheists and kicketh them where men should not be kicked, and smash them over the head with conveniently available folding chairs, just like in Professional Wrestling, and
others of the saved shall hoot and holler and watch NASCAR on giant Jesus flatscreens and the
atheists do much wailing and gnashing of teeth and stubbing of toes and get nasty hangnails for their evil sins.
It's easy for someone in the majority to make these claims of calmness and peace but that is not what us
atheists see coming
from the
other side either.
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?
Anytime I hear an
atheist with anything
other than disinterest in religion, I hear a liar, who believes he may be wrong and is lashing out
from insecurity.
When Fox's book was written and published, Christians had outlawed
atheists from the universities, or any teaching careers, besmirched their reputations, banned or burned their books or
other writing of any kind, drove them into exile, humiliated them, seized their properties, and arrested them for blasphemy.
if you go back and read the comments, you can see there is a wide diversity,
from fundamentalist christian,
atheist, and
others.
the
other curious thing is when theists go after the
atheists over our knowledge of scripture, most
atheists were once theists so we would have some idea of scripture like you all however with the onslaught of attacks
from religious folks in the real world when they discover we're not «one of them» has the same effect as the villian in the comics unwittingly creating the superhero.
I'm more of an agnostic than an
atheist, but I know
other atheists and none of them are as hateful and deplorable as this Perce fellow appears to be
from the article.
I'd like to point out that the writer is not unique, and as member of AA for over 20 years, I have known people to get sober in AA
from every religion, denomination as well as
other atheists, agnostics or non-believers.
Refrain
from calling
others who comment
atheists, unsaved, non-believers, people who don't believe the Bible and
other similar comments.
Oh John, you profess god's love
from one side of your face while hating
atheists from the
other and then go so far as to question the morality and credibility of people you don't even know and know even less about.
And... I didn't get that she was «promoting» atheism, but showing «
others» that even if you are agnostic, or
atheist, or even non-christian, you can still derive benefit
from the program.
@HotAirAce «Where did I write «that Christianity is a ongoing source of violence that even approaches the level of violence
from other religions or
atheists»?
So, as an agnostic
atheist, I have to be content knowing that there are many unanswered questions — even about things that both theists and hard - line theists around me feel are already answered questions, based on prevailing theory or clues extrapolated
from other supposed knowledge.
Have you figured out how to draw that line
from «I'm an
atheist» to «these people must die because they're not
atheist» without adding in
other beliefs yet?
@Chad «to say that Christianity is a ongoing source of violence that even approaches the level of violence
from other religions or
atheists is utter nonsense, as demonstrated.»
Where did I write «that Christianity is a ongoing source of violence that even approaches the level of violence
from other religions or
atheists»?
-- C. S. Lewis who went
from atheist to Anglican felt that if the universe is just cause and effect, the unfolding of physical laws without creative or guiding actor, then nobody can criticize someone else for any action or belief, since all of it is inevitable and could not be any
other way given the initial conditions.
All I hear
from you and
other Atheists that there is no God and continue to echo that without addressing any points presented here.
If there was a little more support
from reasonable believers to fight against the constant intrusion of their fairy tale in the lives of
others, you probably wouldn't hear nearly as much
from atheists.
It was in fact one crucial difference in his ideas and those of his predecessors and contemporaries that leads to Communism / Marxism being distinguished
from Socialism: the
others were all Christians (both Catholics and Protestants) and Marx was an
atheist.
I am tired of how people who believe in their own «gods» try to shove religion down
other peoples throat, what I mean is if your religion doen not let you support guns then don't support it but also don't try to change it for everyone else who doesn't see it your way, I don't go around asking for you all's religion to remove crosses
from public view because I don't believe and to remove the bible
from public places (i.e. Hotels, Bookstores, etc.) so it can only be seen in their respective places of workship, Remember WE ALL ARE BORN
ATHEIST, YOU ARE NOT BORN WITH THE KNOWLEDGE THAT THERE IS A GOD, YOUR PARENTS HAVE TO TELL YOU THERE IS A GOD, A DEVIL, HEAVEN AND EARTH... THEN IT BEGINGS.
So these
atheists they're looking at are people likely just recovering
from a bad upbringing while the Christians, like many
other a christians, are people for whom this isn't just an issue of ontology, but their whole ethics, lifestyle and world view.
Maybe, it is a kin to a fear in a Faithful if he or she has the relationship with God or Gods that is correct (religions)... but at least it is a Faith that something is out there so there is not the same level of fear we witness here
from some
Atheist and the ones that scream the most probably have more fear than the
others.
Atheists are leading people away
from the heavens of
other faiths TO nothing.
the golden rule came
from Kong Fuzi an (
Atheist) which which was brought over
from the Shinto golden rule (love
others as you love your self) which you cant really love
others until you love your self,... and the idea of tolerance and acceptance is a Pagan ideal not a christian who are completely intolerant of evething not in the bible or mention in the bible as evil,..
Indeed both Jews and Christians have, on occasions, been labeled
atheists, since they rejected all
other gods and refrained
from portraying their own God YHWH in any of the forms that ancient man associated with the gods.
Richard Dawkins and Christopher Hitchens are two outspoken
atheists who recently died who join a list of
other dead
atheists not able to prove where we came
from...
Well, Christians are just as abusive towards
atheists, and there is no calling out
from other Christians... I think that says more about the nature of the anonymous internet and which position one holds, than anything.
Did you not react the same way
from the similar article of the priest who became an
atheist and now travels around helping
other people «come out».
We already know
from a good deal of
other data that in countries where atheism is accepted,
atheists are at least as happy as Christians.