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originally posted by: flammadraco
a reply to: Rex282
Then you have a different definition to the word "Relgion" than most people and you're entitled to your opinion.
I'll go with the aforementioned definition I posted earlier. Thanks
tothetenthpower: but that's traditionally what Atheism is. A belief that ALL monotheistic religions are wrong, don't exist, don't make sense etc.
tothetenthpower: Atheism is a lack of a belief, it can't be summed up to or referenced as a religion. Sure, there are the 'militant' atheist types that take it way too far and I could see them being part of a group, but more like a cult honestly.
I'm an Atheist. I don't believe in any of the religions that I have been exposed to in my life time. I do believe in an afterlife, but I have no ability to define it, nor do I wish to tell people about it.
I'm saving the surprise for the end of the journey. Seems like a giant waste of time to try and figure it out before then.
~Tenth
originally posted by: woodwardjnr
Why do people care what atheists think of your invisible friend in the sky?
originally posted by: shieldmaiden
I think a lot of people believe in God because of supernatural things that have happened to them. Do you think that those supernatural things are all tricks of the mind? To them supernatural events are evidence. Do you think that the billions of people who have experiences with these things have had mass hallucinations?
originally posted by: Prezbo369
Atheists reject the claims made by theists, but that rejection itself is not a claim to knowledge.
That being said, if it's acceptable to say 'I know Santa doesn't exist' why isn't it acceptable to say 'I know gods don't exist'?
I think a lot of people believe in God because of supernatural things that have happened to them. Do you think that those supernatural things are all tricks of the mind?
To them supernatural events are evidence. Do you think that the billions of people who have experiences with these things have had mass hallucinations?
Why do you wish more atheists were anti-theist?
How about the mystical claims of Sam Harris?
originally posted by: Lucid Lunacy
a reply to: BlueMule
How about the mystical claims of Sam Harris?
I don't dismiss the mystical claims of Sam Harris [if you mean to say transcendent experience through meditation] because I have experienced it myself through my senses [well that's not quite accurate heh...]. If I experienced Yahweh directly I would likely have belief there as well. I also don't expect anyone to believe what I experienced through meditation if they themselves haven't experienced it. On that token, if you can instruct me on how to directly experience the Divine I might just take up that endeavor.