Poll: To atheists:What kind are you?
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My atheism is a brief channel of chaos before I drift onto the endlessly calming sea of acceptance and certainty that in my later years I will call Belief.
I actually think that Atheism as such is a bit useless term. People being usually classified according to what they believe and not by what they do not believe. For example, I do not call myself an a-stamp-collector when asked of my hobbies.BulletMoaf said:
In a similar way, a-theism or a-gnosticism can be a bit misleading. Butn they are the best words available.
There isn't an option in your poll for "I don't care what others believe"Craig FTW said:
Everybody has a right to believe something, and if you go trying to change their mind ofcourse they're going to disagree with you, that's not bashing believers, that just "go away I don't want to listenlalalala"
Finally those who might believe there is/are god(s) are agnostic not atheist.
You're preaching to the wrong crowd man.
Read it, learn it, digest it, but unless you pay attention, you're not going anywhere fast.
Craig FTW said:
Back in the old days just about everything was shipped in actual wooden boxes so they were very sturdy and easy to come by. Legend has it that someone just took one used to ship soap boxes, used it as a platform, and then started yelling.
And if you are having intimate relations with your girlfriend then you are a sinner because you are forbidden by Catholic Law to have sex outside of marriage and even then only to have babies. It is a sin to have sex for fun.
My mom is a Holy Shit Catholic. What that means is that she only prays when the shit hits the fan and if it is really bad then she will go to Church.
Me I use to be agnostic but then I realized I was just being polite and now am an atheist.
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What the hell are you talking about? Circumcision is a weird practice, but it's not that weird. And it's almost never harmful.Cliff_m85 said:
Not collecting stamps, aye ? ...SakSak said:
sorry, couldnt help myself. nevertheless, the point is valid, so i now implore all you other "big-brains" out there to come with an alternative to the aforementioned term, and i KNOW a lot of you have followed this discussion although you haveny opened your mouths/keyboards about it, so come on, lets take an initiative, what to call this particular stance in philosophy/religion instead ? im afraid i stand clueless as well.
I doubt there is any sort of god, but I believe there is a higher power that us humans have no way of knowing about, I think it's a neutral power that doesn't really love us or use us as play things, but created us nonetheless. I disbelieve in the gods listed out for us. I believe people use figures like Jesus Christ as things to fill self-esteem voids with ideas like "god will provide" and "I was made in the image of the Lord".
Oh yeah, and I believe in life after death, but not the bibles version. I think it's totally unfair and smug to some degree. (I'm gonna suffer eternal damnation if I don't believe in something that i can't see or hear?) However I do believe that the way you've lived your life will effect your life after death. I just can't comprehend the idea of all of my thoughts and feelings just vanishing from existence. What does this make me, and do you think this means I'll die and never accept it?
Anyways, I don't see why I'm writing so much, nobody reads/quotes past the 2nd page, except sometimes the thread poster and I'll bet he's already lost interest in his post.
Oh yeah, and I believe in life after death, but not the bibles version. I think it's totally unfair and smug to some degree. (I'm gonna suffer eternal damnation if I don't believe in something that i can't see or hear?) However I do believe that the way you've lived your life will effect your life after death. I just can't comprehend the idea of all of my thoughts and feelings just vanishing from existence. What does this make me, and do you think this means I'll die and never accept it?
Anyways, I don't see why I'm writing so much, nobody reads/quotes past the 2nd page, except sometimes the thread poster and I'll bet he's already lost interest in his post.
IGNORANCE!!!!! I SHALL DESTrOY YOU! Jking, that's fine don't see how something all around you all the time wouldn't be part of your life but whatevscoxafloppin said:
I don't know how to feel about this. It's awesome how he prevented all those terrorist attacks, but did they really have to drench the corpses in pig blood?BaldursBananaSoap said:
Way to undercut your appeal to sanity, although it was clear to me it was bullshit from the start.Zeeky_Santos said:
What's wrong with asking pointed questions that may in fact lead to greater understanding for both parties? What is wrong with laying out an argument for your position and listening to arguments against? What is wrong with picking apart bad arguments for false claims and bad ideas? Many religious beliefs are wrong and have the potential to be quite harmful. The people who believe them should be aware of that.
Actually, I can. That's not a precise description of what I do, but I most certainly can do that.
Those that didn't cry for help. How hard could you cry out with a blade pressed against your throat, Scotth266? Or while being punched in the stomach? Perhaps with a hand pressed upon your mouth? Your interpretation is lacking. The next segment states that if she doesn't cry out in the country then she is safe as well because no one can prove or disprove the strength of her cries. It's not about adultery if you read it entirely. It's about rape.scotth266 said:Just for that, I looked the passages up online. It actually only allows the stoning of people who didn't cry for help: in other words, those that had committed adultery instead of actually being raped.Cliff_m85 said:Deuteronomy 22: 22-29. Pick up whatever Bible you use. It's in there. I promise. Completely in context as well.Atleast respect me enough to crack the book to the page and check it out.
The shekels bit is, once again, an effort to curb inter-familial violence. In those days, the only man a woman could have sex with was her husband: a woman who slept with someone who wasn't her husband was considering indecent. Thus the law forcing the raper to marry the woman: it's more for the sake of the woman's reputation than it is a acceptance of rape.
Once again, misinterpretation for the win.
Oh what a wonderful rule, protect the woman's reputation after someone forcibly fucked her. How wonderful that the woman must now wake up every morning and see the face of her lovely violent attacker and service him nightly, make his meals, do his laundry, and raise his children. Well, atleast people aren't calling her a slag, eh? I mean, that would TRULY be the worst that could happen from the situation. *head/desk*
Your not a very good liar. How convenient you remember this story at the perfect time. I meant you die and you don't get "revived" or so its called. Have you died and rotted in a cofffin? No? Well then stop being so overzealous.Cliff_m85 said:Speak for yourself. I HAVE died. I had an allergic reaction to a drug as a child and went into a deep coma. My heart stopped and my father had to revive me. It was a tramatic time and I remember every instant of it.Patrick_and_the_ricks said:Why do people get so angry over faith? There is no solid real evidence to prove of disprove any of it.... None of us are dead so we can't yell "There is no god you just rot in the ground" or "you shall burn in hell forvever" I have never died and neither have those two people so how in the heck do they know if there is or isn't a god? My conclusion is Religion isn't bad, People are.Cliff_m85 said:Or just bored. Or waiting for pr0n to download. Or just can't sleep. The last is true, but I'll let you belief what you wish.JUMBO PALACE said: