A million times more people have been kiIIed by religious zealots in the name of their relgion
than an atheist in the name of atheism.
Not exact matches
In short an
atheist is on better footing
than someone who is a half hearted chrisian.
Those who believe
in Intelligent Design see the data / info that the universe is a complex system and logically conclude there had to be a designer, rather
than the «we don't know — we think it just happened» answers that come from the
atheist community.
I have nothing
in common with another
atheist other
than we both don't believe what those that do believe, believe
in.
In other words, the ratio of angry believers to not angry believers is greater
than the ratio of angry
atheists to nonangry
atheists..
I know many
atheists who,
in my opinion of course, are better persons
than many, if not most, believers.
So the call for greater conversation between theists and
atheists is good, but it might be easier said
than done, given that many
atheists are still
in their closets.
«There is
in this country at the moment a great revival of atheism, and the number of
atheists in the country is much larger
than people realize.»
Just as ridiculous as being an extreme religious person or being an
atheist which both have more
in common with each other
than they let on.
Most
atheists are also agnostics but it's very possible to be an
atheist and still believe
in a type of spirit or god existing, it's more of a deism though
than anything else.
This is one of the problems that often hinders dialogue with radical
atheists (not sure you are one, but you did answer a question I posed to people who believe God is a fantasy)-- rather
than offer a defense they will attack
in such a way as to obfuscate the purpose of the original discussion.
many times i find myself having more
in common with
atheists and agnostics and those of other religions
than i do with the more conservative brethren
in my own faith.
In the United States more than 70 % believe in a purpose onto God and only 1.6 % (atheist) believe in accidental intelligent life that formed out of inorganic matte
In the United States more
than 70 % believe
in a purpose onto God and only 1.6 % (atheist) believe in accidental intelligent life that formed out of inorganic matte
in a purpose onto God and only 1.6 % (
atheist) believe
in accidental intelligent life that formed out of inorganic matte
in accidental intelligent life that formed out of inorganic matter.
I know people who are not affiliated with any religion (agnostic, not
atheist) that are far more humane
in action
than any number of «religious» people.
It takes waaaaaay more «faith» to be an
atheist than it does to believe
in God!!
Given this belief
in no god or the unknown god and the great totem pole of the
atheist collective you will not experience any greater peace
than we currently have
in this world.
I would think the number of
Atheists is actually much higher
than the 6 %
in the wiki article.
My reference to to the beliefs espoused by
atheists — or
in the case, I suppose your own beliefs,
than athiests
in general.
@fred, «
In the United States more than 70 % believe in a purpose onto God and only 1.6 % (atheist) believe in accidental intelligent life that formed out of inorganic matter.&raqu
In the United States more
than 70 % believe
in a purpose onto God and only 1.6 % (atheist) believe in accidental intelligent life that formed out of inorganic matter.&raqu
in a purpose onto God and only 1.6 % (
atheist) believe
in accidental intelligent life that formed out of inorganic matter.&raqu
in accidental intelligent life that formed out of inorganic matter.»
For example, François's new right - wing colleague, Godefroy Lempereur, introduces him to a nativist literature heavy on demographic studies purporting to show that «belief
in a transcendent being conveys a genetic advantage: that couples who follow one of the three religions of the Book and maintain patriarchal values have more children
than atheists or agnostics.
«Religious people think
Atheists are people who have been subtly convinced by the devil to believe
in themselves more
than believing
in God...»
Odds are, there has been more
than one
atheist in a foxhole, and you are simply telling a convenient lie.
Theoretically, a Christian organization would have to elect an
atheist if he really was the best man for the job
in all ways other
than his religious views.
You, presumably, mostly agree, because you don't believe
in all the other possible religions and have narrowed it down to only one that you find believable —
atheists have merely taken it one step further
than you.
Atheists don't believe
in Satan
in more
than they believe
in God.
Likely more
than Catholic priests since the rate of abuse of priests is < 2 % and
Atheists being
in the general public where the rate is 7 % could likely be expected to mirror that statistic or worse since they have less moral bounds.
The
atheist who claims to come from a «faith» background is extremely confused and more to be pitied
than admired.Had the supposed «believer» continued
in the «faith» they claim to have forsaken, they would ultimately have appeared before God and been rejected.These were deceived, they never met God, they never knew God and they never understood God.They are devoid of the Truth and twice lost.There is hope while they still breathe Gods gift of life that they might someday meet and be reconciled to God, but their lying nature makes salvation less likely.Debate with them is an exercise
in futility.God bless
atheists are nothing more
than people who have nothing better to do, other
than try to annoy people, trying to make everyone live
in an
atheists world.
I feel sure
in my heart that the universe doesn't contain a god, so I guess I'm
atheist, but I can't really claim certain knowledge any more
than Christians can.
It is the DEFINITION of «faith
in something despite the presence of all evidence to the contrary» Indeed, it takes FAR more faith to be an
atheist,
than a Christian for you are believing that which is impossible to demonstrate..
I am a Born Again Christian who believes
in freedom of religion because I trust a Muslim, Buddhist, or Hindu ruler more
than I trust an
Atheist who have no moral compass.
More people have been hatefully murdered by
atheists in the last 100 years
than were killed
in all previous centuries.
In other words, No Religion
atheists are without question much more criminally inclined than Christians even if self - identified Scarlet - A Atheists
atheists are without question much more criminally inclined
than Christians even if self - identified Scarlet - A
Atheists Atheists are not.
More people have been tortured and killed by
atheists in the past century
than were killed
in all previous centuries.
And I think all
atheists everywhere should revel
in the mercenary nature of Christmas (now far more Jewish / East Indian
in its execution
than anything else) and its exposure of «faith» as a conduit for greed, judgment, and repression.
To be fair, there are
atheists (as well as theists) that aren't secure enough
in themselves to take someone else's opinions as anything other
than an attack on themselves.
The population that summer was 307,006,550... so
in simple terms that would mean that the 24 % equates out to be approximately 73, 681, 572... I think there are more
than enough... the difference between an
Atheist baseball team and a christian ball team is that we'd walk away, have a beer and pat each other on the back for a job well done, a christian ball team would give credit to their god.
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.»
I have no data to back this, but I presume that if someone were indoctrinated into religion and then escaped from it, they may be more likely to self identify as an
atheist or agnostic and still score better
than someone never exposed to it
in the first place, who might self identify as «nothing
in particular.»
Oh, and righteous -
in - Crisco, keep the religious login / persona going for a little while longer as it is much more entertaining
than your
atheist one.
Dear mods: the idea that Hitler was
atheist is a wide - spread belief, and
in my opinion it would be better if the idea were aired and refuted
than if all discussions of the issue are deleted.
Yes, ironic... ironic that the fellow who is on the slow train to hell, who she was warned by the pastor not to get involved with because he was an
atheist, the fellow who has never had anyone
in the church leadership say more
than a sentence to when he did go with her to church, is the minister behind the minister of coffee.
In fact, a smaller fraction of
Atheists commit crimes
than believers, so you could argue that
Atheists are actually more moral.
Atheists have murdered more people and hurt more people
than any other group
in the history of the world.
Either way I don't think she likes you, though you're probably a lot better off
in her books
than the
atheists.
As it turns out, the category of U.S. adults who do not believe
in the divine is much larger
than the category of those who describe themselves as either
atheists or agnostics (likely because of the stigma associated with these terms).
I think it's pretty likely that the person reporting the abuse thought the point was to condemn Christianity by saying Hitler was Christian, rather
than to establish the facts
in response to the erroneous claim that Hitler was
atheist.
If you got rid of all the
atheists in this country, we would lose over 70 % of the National Academy of Sciences and less
than 1 % of the prison population.
Even worse, those very
atheists who spend all of their time on forums like this and fighting against the truth (rather
than being out enjoying the world
in what little time they have) will ultimately die and go to hell only to then find out the truth — that they've been wrong about everything they've believed their whole life.
Most agnostics and
atheists were
in your shoes, have studied the bible and more importantly the history behind it's composition but at some point most realized that the reason for the current focus of worship was no more valid
than worshiping any other god.