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Originally posted by Kryties
After 2-3 thousand years of Christianity and other religions being rammed down everyone's throats, I think the atheists have a right to be persistent in attempting to get their opinion heard without being drowned out by half the worlds population.edit on 29/5/2012 by Kryties because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by Anonymous404
reply to post by GR1ill3d
I, myself, was once guilty of being a evangelical atheist. I realized that being a peaceful atheist actually did more for the cause than being so militant about it.
Originally posted by Wertdagf
reply to post by DeadSeraph
I am here, so i can be angry at myself for not finding the perfect way to save someone i see myself in.
I once was lost, but now am found. Its the force that drives all compassion. There will come a day... when my words will be but a drop of water into an ocean. You wont have to listen to me anymore just your children and neighbors.
I dont believe in god... i believe in MYSELF!!!edit on 16-6-2012 by Wertdagf because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by LifeInDeath
reply to post by DeadSeraph
A lot of atheists feel very persecuted and beleaguered by religious types, especially by certain Christian groups in the U.S.
Originally posted by texasgirl
reply to post by MrXYZ
Sure, absolutely. But then someone can point out that God created the virus that started the disease. Like I said, it will never be resolved. People believe based on what they feel they know, whether there's proof or not.
Originally posted by Stormdancer777
reply to post by MrXYZ
I believe that Christians believing the young earth thing today would be in the minority.
.saying a god or gods created viruses isn't
Originally posted by Stormdancer777
reply to post by MrXYZ
.saying a god or gods created viruses isn't
Craig Venter creates synthetic life form
Craig Venter and his team have built the genome of a bacterium from scratch and incorporated it into a cell to make what they call the world's first synthetic life form
www.guardian.co.uk...
PHYSICISTS IN JAPAN PLAN TO CREATE NEW UNIVERSE IN LAB
USING THE HIGGS FIELD, SCIENTISTS THEORIZE IT IS POSSIBLE TO CAUSE A 'BABY UNIVERSE' TO BREAK OFF FROM OUR OWN, SAFELY
2 August 2006
www.casavaria.com...
Originally posted by MrXYZ
That was just an example, there are plenty of other things that are simply wrong. At no point in history did only 2 humans exist for example like Genesis claims...and people can't survive inside whales. There's also ZERO archeological evidence for the exodus of the Jews as told in the bible. If that many people wandered around for years, they'd leave stuff behind
Originally posted by jiggerj
reply to post by DeadSeraph
My reasons are two-fold.
1. I consider the belief in magical beings to be an insult to mankind's intelligence. It's okay for young children to pretend to have invisible friends because sooner or later they grow out of it. But for adults to have invisible friends? It's embarrassing.
2. There are so many super-intelligent people wasting their brains on otherworldly matters when they should be using their great minds to solve the serious problems in the REAL world. How many practical solutions have been buried and lost in the minds of those focused only on angels and demons and miracles and magic? We'll never know.
Originally posted by Anonymous404
I, myself, was once guilty of being a evangelical atheist. I realized that being a peaceful atheist actually did more for the cause than being so militant about it.
Originally posted by petrus4
Originally posted by jiggerj
reply to post by DeadSeraph
My reasons are two-fold.
1. I consider the belief in magical beings to be an insult to mankind's intelligence. It's okay for young children to pretend to have invisible friends because sooner or later they grow out of it. But for adults to have invisible friends? It's embarrassing.
2. There are so many super-intelligent people wasting their brains on otherworldly matters when they should be using their great minds to solve the serious problems in the REAL world. How many practical solutions have been buried and lost in the minds of those focused only on angels and demons and miracles and magic? We'll never know.
You're making decisions here which, as far as I'm concerned, you only have the right to make for yourself. You don't have the right to make such decisions for other people.