Fishon, how do you know that stalin, pol pot, and mao were UNWILLING to be persuaded
out of atheism?
Fishon, how do you know that stalin, pol pot, and mao were unwilling to be persuaded
out of atheism?
It proves that some people make a religion
out of atheism, but it doesn't prove anything about all atheists.
Not exact matches
So a Christian wakes up one morning, in his 19th year
of Christianity, and comes up with a bright idea... i want to TRY
out atheism, and this is considered normal!
This isn't about that though, this is more a lesson in how both religion and
atheism together can be equally guilty
of scamming people
out of donations and book sales over trivial and distorted teachings.
I also don't think I need to point
out to you that using only part
of a definition fundamentally changes the word and definition itself, so to take only parts
out to prove what
atheism does do as «religious» is flawed and destroys your argument.
Dawkins, Dennett, Harris, and Hitchens (Speaking
of which, our prayers goes
out to Christopher Hitchens in hopes
of a speedy recovery for his cancer, we need more time with him Lord) are NOT
out to ask that
atheism be given respect.
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 greatest single cause
of atheism in the world today is Christians: who acknowledge Jesus with their lips, walk
out the door, and deny Him by their lifestyle.
She is fully aware
of my
atheism (but holds
out hope).
Whereas most theological liberals remained Christian, the «Liberals» were drifting
out of their churches toward a more generic theism or even
atheism.
But that is actually besides the point since
atheism can not be «kept
out of» anything.
My purpose in this post was not to «convince» anyone that the God
of the Bible is the one true God, but to point
out that
atheism is entirely inconsistent with every aspect
of life.
Atheism used to be opting
out of religion and faith.
Honey bager — just like
atheism is delusional... Thinking that everything came
out of nothing sounds pretty delusional to me.
He reflects that The God Delusion, which is so rabid, patronising and prejudiced as to have caused embarrassment in secular circles, may «turn
out to be a monumental own goal», as it exposes the inherent intolerance
of atheism.
you always got a few bad apples in
atheism... etc etc.... almost lke youre throwing the baby
out with the bathwater... besides... most complaints
of this comes from atheists who yell separation
of church and state...
While I would hesitate to engage in a full -
out debate
of theism vs.
atheism on this forum for reasons that I have already stated, I would be interested in hearing your response to the traditional ontological and moral arguments in favor
of the existence
of God as well as the argument from contingency.
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.
Rather than have recourse to an unproductive apologetics when faced with contemporary
atheism, we ought to concern ourselves with weeding
out from Christianity what is not authentic, should even be grateful to Marx's critique
of religion for the purifying function which it performs in this way.
He refuses to see
atheism as the neutral default position
of man because he has misspent his life chasing the coat tails
of pedofiles and embezzlers and to admit now that he was wrong would just be too hard for him to bear, so he's going to ride
out the wave
of bullshlt and see just how far it takes him...
Atheism is so sad, so hopeless and worse evil when atheists go
out of their way to belittle the beliefs
of others.
If you're
atheism is not based
out of reason then you are susceptible to some nonsense such as this.
None is in opposition to truth absolute GOD, but hindu secular s, crook self centered by faith, they just not deny HIM, truth absolute GOD, but they consider themselves to be hindu HOTO s, ignorant goon gods,
out of their idiotic
atheism, stupid self center ism.
When something can be created
out of nothing I will accept the religion
of Atheism as being true.
and now — for the THIRD time — I point
out to you that I gave multiple categories for atheistic belief (which I NEVER claimed were exhaustive, but you are rightly deducing that I am pressing
out many other forms
of atheism as illogical or a form
of cognitive dissonance).
Your idea
of atheism is so
out of touch.
i pointed
out that much
of the above discussion includes nihilism — again, which Nietzsche & co. point
out is one
of the only logical conclusions
of atheism.
I'd also point
out to the enlightened atheists who want to bash Christianity because
of what it did during the Dark Ages, that
atheism, in an age
of enlightenment in the 20th century, probably resulted in more mass deaths than all
of human history combined.
It is extremely rare for a government with
out an official state policy
of atheism, to persecute religions.
Tell you what: If these ontological arguments are your «nails» in
atheism's coffin, build a real - life house
out of them and let's see how well it holds up.
Bishop Paulose rightly points
out that there is no other aspect
of Marxist ideology that has drawn the attention
of Christians as much as
atheism.
Hopefully, the majority
of atheists hanging
out here would have the intellectual honesty to recognize that the Mao Zedong and Pol Pot were no more credible representatives
of atheism than the late Mr. Coots was
of Christianity.
atheism is a cop -
out for lazy persons who are in need
of experiencing happiness and truth rather than temporal pleasures.
It is heterodox Marxist Ernst Bloch who points
out that the best
of atheism begins with a refusal to accept political deities.
How ironic that
atheism defends itself for not having done anything
out of hate and yet millions
of sheep condemn people's choices and ways
of living with a set
of beliefs.
Silverman, who regularly calls his group the «Marines
of the Freethought Movement,» is not shy in making it clear that he views his goal in calling
out religion and elevating
atheism.
So you finally figured
out that there is no «faith» or «doctrine»
of atheism, huh?
Kantian philosophy comes
out of this enriched; but, in return,
atheism, whenever it is recharged by the Kantian philosophy
of the transcendental illusion, is stripped
of another illusion — its own: the anthropological illusion.
As it was pointed
out by Olof Klohr
of Jena, «The
atheism of Marxism is, in essence, not the «No» to religion and God, but the «Yes» to the world, the «Yes» to the conscious formation
of human life.
Never did I feel
out of place in my unbelief, and so, as the semesters passed, the roguish aspect
of my
atheism diminished.
I would like to point
out that the trraditional «state religion»
of progressive socialism is
atheism.
First
of all, it must be pointed
out that the rise
of atheism is an almost unprecedented phenomenon.
So I bow
out of the debate and go back to the solid ground
of Atheism where 2 hands working will prevail over 2 hands locked in prayer every time.
But as Novak rightly points
out, «after this concession (and despite Grotius» disclaimer
of any
atheism on his part), it is not too difficult to understand how Kant saw theology as having validity only when it is made to serve the ultimate ends
of ethics.»
Another thought: I am always dumbfounded by people who see agnosticism or
atheism as arrogant — as if believing in natural processes means believing you are the top
of the heap (quite the opposite, as you point
out).
It is hardly relevant to point
out that Nietzsche, Camus and Sartre also failed to embody the tragic heroism they thought should be the logical outcome
of atheism.
By contrast, the recent atheist authors want
atheism to prevail at the least possible expense to the agreeable socioeconomic circumstances
out of which they sermonize.
If it were otherwise, the idea
of God as purposive, or as knowing, would be ruled
out and
atheism established by definition.
Most converts to
atheism seem to go through a couple years
of trying to talk other people into what they just figured
out.