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In reply to the discussion: I have nothing against people who don't believe in spirituality, but people who proselytize non- [View all]keithbvadu2
(39,977 posts)103. Funny that they were not real things at the time.
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I have nothing against people who don't believe in spirituality, but people who proselytize non- [View all]
highplainsdem
Jan 2019
OP
Nonsense; one can lack an affirmative belief while still understanding the concept. I know what
LongtimeAZDem
Jan 2019
#204
No, they are not; this is the problem with arguing with the religious: the definitions keep changing
LongtimeAZDem
Jan 2019
#208
Again, it's meaningless, since you pick and choose the definition of "believe" at will. /nt
LongtimeAZDem
Jan 2019
#214
You admitted that lacking belief in someone's brand new god is not a belief system in itself.
trotsky
Jan 2019
#243
Nope, here's what you said in response to the claim "Atheism is not a belief system."
trotsky
Jan 2019
#249
Seems silly when your reply is addressing a specific statement made by another poster...
trotsky
Jan 2019
#265
If there is no way to know one way or another, then there is no reason to believe they are real.
LongtimeAZDem
Jan 2019
#339
Atheists like to say that atheism is not a belief system, because it doesn't fit their self-image
Fortinbras Armstrong
Jan 2019
#285
I need not claim; "there is no god"; I simply state that I lack the belief in a god.
LongtimeAZDem
Jan 2019
#318
I usually just say "I don't beilve in god". If they're open to duscission, I can clarify,
LongtimeAZDem
Jan 2019
#326
Sure, but once they do (outside of forum discussions like this) I just write them off. /nt
LongtimeAZDem
Jan 2019
#336
Yeah, a relative whisper of dissent over a system of opposition by the megawatt
Major Nikon
Jan 2019
#59
See reply 3. And proselytizing doesn't refer only to formal religions or organizations. It can
highplainsdem
Jan 2019
#5
You think advising people to stop worrying about gods or damnation is "empathy neutral"?
muriel_volestrangler
Jan 2019
#127
Even when the atheist one says "hey, that guy is probably wrong so don't worry!"
trotsky
Jan 2019
#232
Sure, and there's lots of other words that can literally refer to the same thing
Major Nikon
Jan 2019
#15
I used the word for the same reason the writer of this Daily Beast article
highplainsdem
Jan 2019
#23
I did have religious beliefs, as a youngster. But, when I became an adult, I started reasoning
MineralMan
Jan 2019
#34
So you're saying that anyone with religious beliefs is illogical, childish, a disappointment to you?
highplainsdem
Jan 2019
#52
You said very clearly that you threw off religious beliefs when you became an adult and could think
highplainsdem
Jan 2019
#56
???? Not sure what you mean by that. But I wish you understood why your comments that adults who
highplainsdem
Jan 2019
#65
So you're still saying that it's illogical to hold any religious belief, and you're disappointed in
highplainsdem
Jan 2019
#70
Your statement made it clear that you believe reasoning, logical adults should throw off religious
highplainsdem
Jan 2019
#79
You have a narrow view of religion. I believe in a higher power and I'm relaxing in bed this
Dream Girl
Jan 2019
#61
My views are fairly similar to yours. I went from a childhood in a major religion to agnostic,
highplainsdem
Jan 2019
#68
Whatabout those who proselytize against the proselytizers who proselytize against the proselytizers?
Major Nikon
Jan 2019
#7
Especially the newly converted whether from religious to non-religious or non-r to religious.
keithbvadu2
Jan 2019
#18
As MJ said: "You were born an atheist. That is the default condition. You did not have a belief syst
keithbvadu2
Jan 2019
#49
Do you doubt anyone can come up with an infinite number of not real things?
Major Nikon
Jan 2019
#87
Agree. I've seen that in my family, with both outspoken atheists and outspoken evangelicals who've
highplainsdem
Jan 2019
#26
I don't have a problem saying that some deity of some sort somewhere may exist.
Pope George Ringo II
Jan 2019
#233
I'd suggest that if quantum mechanics were easier for most, they'd gravitate that way.
Pope George Ringo II
Jan 2019
#240
It is not tiring to me. That is because I am not religious. You are I suppose so you do not want
wasupaloopa
Jan 2019
#50
I'm not religious. I haven't belonged to any religion since my teens. But I know people who are
highplainsdem
Jan 2019
#123
There are just different types of people where religion is concerned - who wudda thunk it?
Freelancer
Jan 2019
#55
Liberalism by definition it seems at first, can't be dogmatic or militant.
Bretton Garcia
Jan 2019
#88
Six and a half billion people on this planet, now, beleive in a Supreme Being, a Higher Power or a
demosincebirth
Jan 2019
#90
I have a very large family, 99% Catholic, three gay and all liberal, but not in all sense.
demosincebirth
Jan 2019
#280
It sounds like what you mean is religion has been around since humans have
Major Nikon
Jan 2019
#145
Yes burial rituals, but also modern hunter gatherer societies provide evidence
marylandblue
Jan 2019
#187
Interesting post, and I appreeciate what I believe are your intentios. Regarding the difference
c-rational
Jan 2019
#96
Maybe they are just talking to themselves in a form of self persuasion.
littlemissmartypants
Jan 2019
#147
Making a sandwich will add just about as much to this discussion as a deliberately cryptic remark.
highplainsdem
Jan 2019
#174
I will assure you everyone who needs to know what it means knows what it means.
Act_of_Reparation
Jan 2019
#176
Oh, it's a forum in-joke for people who agree with you. How helpful to any discussion in a public
highplainsdem
Jan 2019
#178
That old classic doesn't apply to my OP, since I made it very clear I wasn't
highplainsdem
Jan 2019
#171
Uh, by being here in this open forum where all viewpoints are welcome, you are asking to be engaged.
trotsky
Jan 2019
#222
What the actual fuck's going on here is that in your zeal to attempt to prove some kind of point...
ADX
Jan 2019
#226
Thanks for the condescension! The OP compares atheists speaking negative opinions about religion...
trotsky
Jan 2019
#229
Condescension? Seriously? LMAO. This from someone who literally posted a dripping sarcasm smiley...
ADX
Jan 2019
#250
No, that excerpt was posted as an example of the words "proselytize" and "evangelize" being used
highplainsdem
Jan 2019
#203
Again: I have nothing against atheists, and there's nothing wrong with making a case for your
highplainsdem
Jan 2019
#227