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Tag: atheism
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Offense is taken so easily these days. If you do not agree with people, they become apprehensive about you. They figure that you are so nice that you must be just like them, just like a long-lost twin. The only issues that you can disagree about are the superficial ones… like, I like chocolate, you…
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The main reason as I see it is that religion is everywhere and the religious proselytize it constantly. I have been told by Christians that their moldy tome exhorts them to spread the word of their faith. Whenever you see a public meeting starting with prayer, they are proselytizing. Whenever you see someone praying in…
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The avatar that I use is that of a machine. That does not mean I am a machine. I often desire that, but alas, continue in my present form. However, if I could be a machine, then I might make a better atheist in the eyes of many non-believers. If I were a machine I…
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Atheism has always meant a non-belief in deities to me. Activism for an atheist has only meant gaining acceptance of atheists in society… to me. There’s nothing difficult in those two statements, is there? These two sentences do not imply involvement in any other goal. However, I have found to my dismay, that if you…
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Perhaps religion is too strong a word to describe groups of atheists when they come together. Perhaps ideology would be a better application. Ideology: the set of ideas and beliefs of a group or political party The singular atheist by himself has no religion and is only defined by his non-belief in a deity. Like…
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Ego has stood in the way of truth on many occasions. Sometimes people have an idea in their heads and no matter the fact that there are many possibilities, they only consider one. Richard Dawkins is one such. I have often remarked that though religion is absolutely a false doctrine, containing little truth, and because…
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Atheism: (from thefreedictionary.com) 1. Disbelief in or denial of the existence of God or gods. 2. The doctrine that there is no God or gods. Although I disagree with #2 above, that is, that there is any doctrine involved in atheism, the other is the essence of the meaning that I observe. There is no…
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I disagree with some “scientists” in that I think it possible for people to know rather than simply to accept or believe. One thing I know is that there is no God, god, or gods. The concept of a God, god, or gods is of human invention. Not only is god a derivation of our infantile…
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Theists seem determined to elevate a belief in a god to a universal level. Everybody, they insist, believes in god whether they admit it or not, even if it is not their god. If you leave an opening in the door, just a crack, they insist that you believe. I have often stated that I…
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A label, let’s add a label to it. Everything needs a label. Without religion there would be no need for the label ‘atheist’. Without religion there would be no label ‘christian’. Without religion there would be no ‘belief’. When an individual does the adequate research and declares he or she does not believe, he or…
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