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originally posted by: Out6of9Balance
the offense, it's offensive
haven't you got anything better to do than being an atheist?
originally posted by: Out6of9Balance
the offense, it's offensive
haven't you got anything better to do than being an atheist?
n theory you're only an atheist if you don't use the word God at all
originally posted by: Out6of9Balance
the offense, it's offensive
haven't you got anything better to do than being an atheist?
originally posted by: Woodcarver
Yes, but those inanimate molecules combine to form living beings. Therefore, life is made up of inanimate molecules.
originally posted by: randyvs
a reply to: Woodcarver
Explaining that molecules are inanimate?
That's your answer? Everyone knows that.
It does nothing to explain your thinking
against the only observable evidence that
life only comes from life. Did you just
abandon the scientific method? Why not
just say life doesn't come only from
life because fire engines? Quit dodging the
question?
originally posted by: Raggedyman
I can and won't excuse the biasness of some Christians. I am sure we could both think of better words but whatever
I know atheists who have some fantastic stories and beliefs, not necessarily based on reason logic or science
People are people, who would have thought atheism had churches
Just as there are billions of people on this planet, there are also billions of different dispositions and inclinations. From the Buddhist point of view, a wide choice of religions is needed to suit the varied needs of different people. Buddhism recognizes that all religions share the same aim of working for the well-being of mankind. With this common basis, Buddhists and Christians have established exchange programs to learn from one another in the spirit of mutual cooperation and respect.
Do Christians believe that followers of other religions are doomed?
Some do, but others don't.
Christianity consists of people who disagree diametrically on many subjects. Some take the Bible so literally that they include in God's plan only a small minority of the world's population. Other Christians, however, view Christ in a larger perspective and emphasize inclusion rather than exclusion. God is a God of love, and those who live in love know God.
originally posted by: randyvs
save yourself. You believe inanimate molecules
by some miracle just start breathing. And you
mock and hate what others believe with no
difference. You're a total hypocrite.
Man were made by dust. But it was God who breath life into the living body.
The problem Randyvs, is you're stupid. Just plain stupid. You simply lack the ability to learn and educate yourself.
A belief in the non-existence in God is still a belief. You have no way to prove that God does not exist.
originally posted by: noonebutme
originally posted by: Out6of9Balance
a reply to: noonebutme
So that means you're just the same as any believer.
No it doesn't. I don't believe in a God, for Christ's sake.
God damnit don't you get it?!
(see what I'm doing there? )
originally posted by: ThirdEyeofHorus
A belief in the non-existence in God is still a belief. You have no way to prove that God does not exist.
originally posted by: noonebutme
originally posted by: Out6of9Balance
a reply to: noonebutme
So that means you're just the same as any believer.
No it doesn't. I don't believe in a God, for Christ's sake.
God damnit don't you get it?!
(see what I'm doing there? )
originally posted by: ThirdEyeofHorus
A belief in the non-existence in God is still a belief. You have no way to prove that God does not exist.
originally posted by: noonebutme
originally posted by: Out6of9Balance
a reply to: noonebutme
So that means you're just the same as any believer.
No it doesn't. I don't believe in a God, for Christ's sake.
God damnit don't you get it?!
(see what I'm doing there? )
originally posted by: Specimen
a reply to: Out6of9Balance
More like any theory that will fit that they can see.
Btw, what is your concern with Atheism? There are other schools of thought that disregard deism, and more or less go for Providence?
What is your overall concern that athiest don't need to beleive any further then their only two eyes can see? Is it eternal fire...or not getting any where in the relationship with God after the third date?
originally posted by: ThirdEyeofHorus
It matters when there's a battle to remove prayer from public schools, or remove the Ten Commandments from a public space. Atheists and Progressives have been making a point to remove any reference to God or Christianity because it irritates them to see it. So it is not necessarily a flat lack of belief in God, it is an ardent need to remove God and religion from every place they may encounter it, even on Christmas cards(you know its politically correct to say Happy Holidays). It has gotten to be a major obsession, where they are censoring educational books. There is a Progressive agenda, whether you care to admit it or not, or whether you as an atheist actually sign on to such measures. It goes far beyond just removal of God from every aspect of society. By the way, it was part of the Communist agenda at the time of the Bolshevik Revolution to attach the churches. Communist = hatred of Churches. Marxism in general is a kind of hatred of God and the family unit, which Karl Marx declared the bourgeois family to be a deterrent to the kind of socialist utopia he dreamed of.
So I say to you, I could care less if you are atheist and if you don't believe in God or gods. But if you start shutting down churches in the name of some moral relativity(aka secular humanism) you may run into a roadblock. Start putting people in gulags over religion, then it becomes a massive problem for society.