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originally posted by: Annee
originally posted by: BlueMule
originally posted by: Annee
Atheism is lack of belief in a God. It's very specific.
Are you talking about legitimate atheism, or illegitimate? You have qualifiers that you use inconsistently.
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P.S. you can ignore me if you want, I can't stop you. But I hope you don't mind if I keep trying to understand you. Or would you prefer it if I quit addressing you?
There are some people who think or call themselves Atheist as revenge or hatred of religion because of a negative event or rejection.
That is not how atheism works.
originally posted by: BlueMule
originally posted by: Annee
originally posted by: BlueMule
originally posted by: Annee
Atheism is lack of belief in a God. It's very specific.
Are you talking about legitimate atheism, or illegitimate? You have qualifiers that you use inconsistently.
👣
P.S. you can ignore me if you want, I can't stop you. But I hope you don't mind if I keep trying to understand you. Or would you prefer it if I quit addressing you?
There are some people who think or call themselves Atheist as revenge or hatred of religion because of a negative event or rejection.
That is not how atheism works.
So, in the future, when you use the term atheist, should I just fill in the qualifier of legitimate for you?
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originally posted by: Gryphon66
One more swing and I'm out of here.
You've cited your studies and personal realizations as your evidence here.
Fine, at least you were honest about it, as opposed to some who apparently believe that their own ignorance is the only actual reality.
But you keep coming off in this coy way with oblique references you think are deeply meaningful and significant.
You keep alluding to your own inner work as if that is the only actual reality ... and it isn't.
Many have had the same realizations you've had ... and moved on in different directions ... indeed, some of us are now atheists.
I'm glad you've given your internal workings a good going over, and I'm not really trying to minimize your experiences or your world-view.
I'm only trying get you to see the same thing Hamlet tried to show Horatio.
originally posted by: Annee
originally posted by: BlueMule
originally posted by: Annee
originally posted by: BlueMule
originally posted by: Annee
Atheism is lack of belief in a God. It's very specific.
Are you talking about legitimate atheism, or illegitimate? You have qualifiers that you use inconsistently.
👣
P.S. you can ignore me if you want, I can't stop you. But I hope you don't mind if I keep trying to understand you. Or would you prefer it if I quit addressing you?
There are some people who think or call themselves Atheist as revenge or hatred of religion because of a negative event or rejection.
That is not how atheism works.
So, in the future, when you use the term atheist, should I just fill in the qualifier of legitimate for you?
👣
Are you just bored now?
A little child that's not getting enough attention?
Lightning in cultures has been viewed as part of a deity or a deity in of itself.
originally posted by: daskakik
a reply to: BlueMule
Oh, you were serious. I did have some friends that were wiccan who believed the elements were gods.
Lightning in religion
Lightning in cultures has been viewed as part of a deity or a deity in of itself.
originally posted by: daskakik
a reply to: BlueMule
I don't know or care but most people don't call lighting a god anymore and that was all I said.
originally posted by: daskakik
a reply to: BlueMule
But they were not gods so, they were not gods. Why is that so hard to grasp?
originally posted by: BlueMule
originally posted by: daskakik
a reply to: BlueMule
But they were not gods so, they were not gods. Why is that so hard to grasp?
But here's the thing. That which most people call gods are not just stories, or figments of overactive, crazy imaginations. They are magnified, interactive, extraordinary parts of us. They are the Superman to our Clark Kent.
originally posted by: BlueMule
That which most people call gods are not just stories, or figments of overactive, crazy imaginations. They are magnified, interactive, extraordinary parts of us. They are the Superman to our Clark Kent.
originally posted by: Annee
originally posted by: BlueMule
originally posted by: daskakik
a reply to: BlueMule
But they were not gods so, they were not gods. Why is that so hard to grasp?
But here's the thing. That which most people call gods are not just stories, or figments of overactive, crazy imaginations. They are magnified, interactive, extraordinary parts of us. They are the Superman to our Clark Kent.
Says who? You?
Not interested.
originally posted by: maxzen2004
I recently watched the CNN special on Atheists and I understand and respect their belief. But to stand in an airport and preach not to believe anything is weird. Are these people mentally ill? A former Pastor became a non-believer and lost everything, ok the point? I think Satanist use the Atheist veil to hide their real agenda.
If one of these bozos come up to me, I will tell them they are idiots.
originally posted by: daskakik
originally posted by: BlueMule
That which most people call gods are not just stories, or figments of overactive, crazy imaginations. They are magnified, interactive, extraordinary parts of us. They are the Superman to our Clark Kent.
Not all tales are tales of power.
Some gods are just stories and therefore are not gods, so they are not gods.
Hate to repeat the same thing over and over but you seem to want to disregard that important bit. You seem to think that if some culture gave something enough importance as to call it a god then, it must have been. I disagree.