just sayin: Prof. Dawkins (not high priest
of atheism since it's a lack of belief, hence no dogmas, creed, etc) would probably accept that Jesus was myth if presented the case from those biblical authors.
How many wars have been started in the name
of atheism since then?
Not exact matches
Since it apparently needs clarification, my intent was not to include
atheism as a religious group, but to speak to the vast number
of atheists that treat it as such.
Theists are so pathetic,
since they can't compete against the logic and reason
of atheism, they try to drag in down to the level
of religion
Agnosticism is just a step in the direction
of Atheism, it does not have the high ground
since it gives equal credibility to belief and no belief in religion... they are not equal.
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».
Since Atheism is the absence
of religion & isn't based on faith this ban only applies to religious groups & churches.
Since I've now demonstrated that
Atheism is NOT a belief in «no God» then your entire idea
of Atheism is a «religion» falls apart.
But that is actually besides the point
since atheism can not be «kept out
of» anything.
Since atheism per se takes no stand on the killing
of innocent people, when an sociopathic atheist is responsible for the deaths
of people, be it one person or a million, it does not represent any kind
of inconsistency with his status as an atheist.
Since China's government is not structured around
atheism, I hardly see the need to make an issue
of it.
Wow, The Catholic Herald has proclaimed «new
atheism» (which they made up) to be dead
since obviously, atheists can see the everyday benefits
of religion.
Both
of these examples suggest that
atheism often means «disbelief in the God
of the establishment,»
since those in power typically define the God who is supposed to be believed in.
Since it is five steps away from
atheism out
of a possible six, lovers
of the letter
of orthodoxy who might feel inclined to attack case two as little better than
atheism, or as a blasphemous or at best a crudely inept doctrine, might pause, before indulging in such judgment, long enough to consider — and I am confident they will not have done so before — what the five steps really mean.
Economics might seem like a poor place to start a Christian fight - back against methodological
atheism,
since it deals largely with issues that Christians have generally considered
of minor importance — the body's daily needs and occupations.
The people have believed in God
since the beginning
of the world, and then
atheism came AFTER that.
Since man is fundamentally orientated towards truth and authentic values, it is to be expected that, for the atheist himself, the meaning
of atheism consists more in the truths which it involves than m the errors in which it finds expression; more in the real values which it affirms than in those it denies.
All
of your claims that
atheism is a religion then, are clearly lies,
since there is no definition
of religion that you could possibly fit
atheism into.
Since the goal
of tying
atheism to communism can not be achieved factually the religious resort is to subsume or absorb.
«Every single human being who walks on the face
of the earth has a lense that they view the world through...
Since Evolution /
Atheism denies the existence
of God and the biblical account
of creation, they have to make sense
of the fossil record and geologic formations somehow.»
You made the claim they did it in the name
of atheism, then shot yourself in the foot with your own cut and pasts, and have ignored that ever
since and continued to make the same assertion.
The Church has not developed a proper theology
of matter - energy — and this is a major weakness,
since modern science is used to promote materialism and
atheism.
Since such evidence has never been provided (personal feelings or experiences are NOT empirical evidence), the default stance
of any rational person should be
atheism.
In truth, religion and
atheism have been around, side by side,
since the dawn
of man.
Quite apart from the mistakes and sins
of her own leaders, the Church in Europe in the years
since the Enlightenment has faced constant pressure from revolutionary violence, intellectual contempt, ideological
atheism, idolatry
of the nation state, two disastrous world wars, and mass genocides.
This would explain the ability
of the believing scholar to tolerate functional
atheism,
since the God - question can be left aside because it is answered in advance in favor
of the bourgeoisie enterprise.
Anyway, if he still believes in God, then he isn't really an atheist, and will never know what it's like to truly be one,
since that is what
atheism means — having no belief in any kind
of god.
If most
of the articles you are reading are in the American media, then most likely the media would pit
atheism against Christianity,
since it is the dominant religion in the US.
Since his election in March, Francis has delivered sharp and unscripted remarks on everything from homosexuality to
atheism to his unlikely election to the seat
of St. Peter.
And, snore,
since you think
of yourself as a great historian, please remind us which «war» Stalin, Mao, Pol Pot started in the name
of Atheism?
Since atheism has no such codified belief system, and system
of living, as religion does, it is NOT a religion.
Over the years I have learned that it is just easier to do so,
since I'm not looking for opportunities to educate my fellow Americans about the joys
of atheism; it's just my belief system.
It's unlikely you would ever have a declared atheistic country that actually espoused the values
of atheism,
since atheism is mere lack
of religion.
Had
atheism been a capital crime
since creation, think
of the millions
of people who would have lived full lives.
And
of course
since atheism is Absolute, Complete and Total NONSENSE, the atheists lacks the certainty in a Resurrection, in Eternal Rewards in Heaven and Eternal Punishment in the other Place that IS NOT Heaven.
Faith's negation ultimately results not in
atheism but in polytheism,
since the continuum
of life's journey breaks down, then, into a plethora
of diversions through which the idolatry
of desire leads necessarily into a labyrinth from which there is no true liberation.
Since it contrasts the views on the bilboards to the alternative
of atheism it could be seen as portraying a view in which those were the only two options.
However, it's very questionable (to say the least) that to accept that others can be atheist is a «very extreme transgressions
of those [conservative] behaviors»,
since except for the more extremist most conservative are not for forbidding
atheism.