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Humanist_Activist (603 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 03:37 AM Original message |
What are atheists? |
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millych3 (26 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 04:01 AM Response to Original message |
1. I Understand |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 06:08 AM Response to Original message |
2. It's a pity there is such a lack of understanding about this word... |
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Iggo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 08:23 AM Response to Original message |
3. An atheist is a person who does not believe in a god or gods. |
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dmallind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 04:26 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. No! People who just don't believe never existed before 1869 |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 10:35 PM Response to Original message |
5. No god. Next question? nt |
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reggie the dog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-27-11 10:39 AM Response to Original message |
6. what i dont understand is that people think athiests are evil |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-27-11 01:36 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. I've always had a problem wit6h the 'perpetually forgiven' concept of Christians |
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Deep13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-27-11 11:46 PM Response to Reply #6 |
15. Religions do a very good job of convincing people that they are the source of virtue... |
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Permanut (477 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-27-11 01:31 PM Response to Original message |
7. What a great subject... |
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dmallind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-27-11 03:10 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. anthropic principle eh? nt |
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laconicsax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-27-11 06:14 PM Response to Reply #7 |
10. What constitues a god? |
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Humanist_Activist (603 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-27-11 06:41 PM Response to Reply #7 |
11. You assumption that the order of the universe requires a consciousness is flawed... |
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Permanut (477 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-27-11 08:32 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. I have great difficulty with the idea of a consciousness.. |
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Humanist_Activist (603 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-27-11 09:58 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. Of course we are more than an organized collection of chemicals... |
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Deep13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-27-11 11:44 PM Response to Original message |
14. Among atheists, there are two varieties that are generally recognized. |
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dmallind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-28-11 08:40 AM Response to Reply #14 |
17. Agnosticism is an epistemological position - nothing to do with belief |
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Deep13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-28-11 01:37 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. So, we are not camable of knowing as a matter of principle... |
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dmallind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-28-11 02:51 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. Without evidence, correct. |
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bananas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-28-11 01:06 AM Response to Original message |
16. LOL - no amiguity there "Do you believe God(or insert deity here) exists?" |
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Humanist_Activist (603 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 02:06 AM Response to Reply #16 |
20. No, its much simpler than that... |
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tortoise1956 (403 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 02:55 AM Response to Reply #20 |
21. doesn't agnosticism count as a third option? |
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Humanist_Activist (603 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-29-11 04:59 AM Response to Reply #21 |
22. No because belief doesn't equal knowledge... |
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