whats your religion
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ConsequentAtheist
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I find it interesting that (a) you did not vote, and (b) you classify atheism and agnosticism as religion.
RD: Atheism is a religion. However there are many sects.
And I'd like to add that Atheism isn't believing God doesn't exist, nor is it believing God doesn't not exist. It's somewhere in between.
If you think that's agnosticism: no, agnostics believe it isn't relevant or don't care, atheists are pretty sure there is no God but generally don't believe 100% that there isn't one. As don't I.
If you think that's agnosticism: no, agnostics believe it isn't relevant or don't care, atheists are pretty sure there is no God but generally don't believe 100% that there isn't one. As don't I.
ConsequentAtheist
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The credibility of your silly assertion is matched by its clarity.
Thanks for sharing.
I'm an Atheist.
Because evidence of God has never been sufficiently exhibited to me I need not believe in God or religion. Therefore I am free of the sophomoric bounds of religion, able to test and validate the truths that I find and discard the dross. As an Atheist I have happiness, contentment, a sense of place, and values that must meet critical analysis as they are not proscribed to me by some self-proclaimed human authority. I retain the right to evaluate and judge such claims and proscriptions by my own reason and am not hindered by any adherence to dogma. I have no need to twist the truth in order to fit my beliefs because my beliefs are determined by truth and perception and are available to modification as new truths come to light. More importantly, I am able to acknowledge the truth no matter its source.
Knowing that it is unlikely that my personality will survive my death I reject the illusions of the self-satisfied "saved" and focus my effort on myself and the world around me, I accept that my actions are important in the here-and-now. My code of ethics must stand up to my own critical analysis as well as the judgement of others. There are no loopholes, there is no absolution.
~Raithere
Because evidence of God has never been sufficiently exhibited to me I need not believe in God or religion. Therefore I am free of the sophomoric bounds of religion, able to test and validate the truths that I find and discard the dross. As an Atheist I have happiness, contentment, a sense of place, and values that must meet critical analysis as they are not proscribed to me by some self-proclaimed human authority. I retain the right to evaluate and judge such claims and proscriptions by my own reason and am not hindered by any adherence to dogma. I have no need to twist the truth in order to fit my beliefs because my beliefs are determined by truth and perception and are available to modification as new truths come to light. More importantly, I am able to acknowledge the truth no matter its source.
Knowing that it is unlikely that my personality will survive my death I reject the illusions of the self-satisfied "saved" and focus my effort on myself and the world around me, I accept that my actions are important in the here-and-now. My code of ethics must stand up to my own critical analysis as well as the judgement of others. There are no loopholes, there is no absolution.
~Raithere
I'm a Cthulhu Cultist. I wait for the return of the Great Old One and, stuff.
Athiesm isn't a religion, simply the lack therof.
TAKE A LOOK AT THE SKY CAN YOU SEE A GOD
ONCE WHEN HE WAS THERE WE HAD A CHANCE ONE CHANCE
BUT A LONG TIME AGO HE WAS LEFT ALONE
BY HIS OWN MANKIND AND SO HE DIED
--Wumpscut
Athiesm isn't a religion, simply the lack therof.
TAKE A LOOK AT THE SKY CAN YOU SEE A GOD
ONCE WHEN HE WAS THERE WE HAD A CHANCE ONE CHANCE
BUT A LONG TIME AGO HE WAS LEFT ALONE
BY HIS OWN MANKIND AND SO HE DIED
--Wumpscut
(I'm surprised the Christians here haven't voted yet...) :bugeye:
As for me....I'm a failure. My mother is Christian, I feel like a pariah at church because of my surface faith, I tasted the joy and I understand the messages, and I saw the disappointment in my mother's eyes when I confessed I wasn't a believer (did she expect me to lie to her, and God?). You're either a Christian, or you're not. No gray area.
As for me....I'm a failure. My mother is Christian, I feel like a pariah at church because of my surface faith, I tasted the joy and I understand the messages, and I saw the disappointment in my mother's eyes when I confessed I wasn't a believer (did she expect me to lie to her, and God?). You're either a Christian, or you're not. No gray area.