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Atheism is a stoopid word/concept! 1
#24011643 - 01/15/17 09:46 AM (7 years, 15 days ago) |
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Must we have an anti-word for every non-believer in a certain mythology?
"Oh, are you an amermaidist?"
"No, I am a mermaidist, but I am an ayetiist."
Tonight at 9PM at the Town Square will be a meeting of the Achucapacabarist Society of America.
Do you see how totally silly this nonsense is?
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Atheism is a christian conspiracy. So they can try to eternally damn people that don't believe their bullshit, during life.
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Re: Atheism is a stoopid word/concept! [Re: Morel Guy]
#24011691 - 01/15/17 09:57 AM (7 years, 15 days ago) |
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I am an ahellist and damned proud of it!
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Re: Atheism is a stoopid word/concept! [Re: Morel Guy]
#24011692 - 01/15/17 09:57 AM (7 years, 15 days ago) |
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Isn't it equally silly to have any belief? There is no ground for believing anything, even the idea that you are a separate entity in a world is an assumption.
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Re: Atheism is a stoopid word/concept! [Re: Tmethyl] 2
#24011698 - 01/15/17 10:00 AM (7 years, 15 days ago) |
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1. Never believe totally in anybody else's BS. 2. Never believe totally in your own BS.
(BS = Belief System)
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Lucis
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DividedQuantum said: 1. Never believe totally in anybody else's BS. 2. Never believe totally in your own BS.
(BS = Belief System)
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I actually feel kind of like that a lot. I meditate, I also love science and observing things which can without a doubt be called fact, but when I have an interesting meditation session I don't go tell others they should learn from what I saw, that would be wrong I think. I have experienced what I have thought to be god in myriad forms throughout my life, but I also don't understand enough about how my brain works to know fully if some of those experiences were a product of my mind, or something truly godly, but I feel like those normal feelings have been pirated by religious people, and corrupted, turned into the religions which run much of the show today.
I see nothing wrong with people that choose to be atheists, why would I? Those people just want to experience what they put their faith in, and nothing is wrong with that, and they can experience what they put their faith in through science, as opposed to theistic people who will go a lifetime without seeing their god(s) faith in action, Mother Teresa is a good example of this. I do see much which is questionable within the theistic side of thinking, usually involving abuse of some sort. I know that just because someone believes in a deity, that doesn't mean they will do some act of insanity, but just seems much more prevalent amongst those that follow "holy people" that I often wonder if there's a connection.
I have only found happiness from the "gods" through viewing them as symbols of possible change, rather than actual things, so when I speak of such things I try to keep an open mind about the subject, you know saying "if god exists" and all that jazz when speaking, I think this way if I am talking to a theist about their faith, I don't totally turn them off, or visa versa if I am speaking with an atheist, I don't want to change anyone's mind, just have them understand each side better, so I guess you could say I am both sides, a being of life, the gods, the scientists, both hold truths mankind can benefit from, what we need to focus on as a species, is who's teaching these beliefs, and make sure those that are teaching are qualified to do so.
I don't think we should turn ourselves into a Christian, Buddhist, Hindu, Witch, etc, just because we see a thing or two within a certain belief which suits us, never stop exploring. I hope we never stop exploring the vastness of space, and the universe of the mind.
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since we are in a cynical age, individuals may have an easier time declaring what they are not supporting, than revealing of what they are enthusiastic supporters.
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Re: Atheism is a stoopid word/concept! [Re: redgreenvines]
#24012396 - 01/15/17 03:06 PM (7 years, 15 days ago) |
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redgreenvines said: since we are in a cynical age
Have we ever not been?
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What do you mean a certain mythology? How is theism limited to a certain mythology? The term theism is broad by definition so your question doesn't really make sense. It's like saying you don't believe in red so instead of just addressing the color red as a whole you say it about each and everything you see that's red instead of just flat out saying you don't believe in it or don't like it.
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Re: Atheism is a stoopid word/concept! [Re: Lucis]
#24018434 - 01/17/17 08:16 PM (7 years, 13 days ago) |
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Fennario said:
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redgreenvines said: since we are in a cynical age
Have we ever not been?
No he's right, I don't know if it's the internet or what but we have grown more cynical. The early 2000s were definitely different.
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Quote:
DividedQuantum said: 1. Never believe totally in anybody else's BS. 2. Never believe totally in your own BS.
(BS = Belief System)
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Qft!
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I don't care for atheism...it is just another religion...more assholes who drank Koolaid.
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The word atheism is widely not understood, people are idiots and will assume words mean something they don't because they heard them in a sentence spoken by someone without a fucking clue.
Think A-tonal, A-symetrical, A-moral, and so on. A-thieist only means you do not believe your theology to be factual. Almost everyone I've ever met is an athiest by strict definition of the word, people who think the word of the bible or whatever is historical fact are idiots an not my budskis.
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Re: Atheism is a stoopid word/concept! [Re: Prem. Kissoff]
#24031101 - 01/22/17 04:43 PM (7 years, 8 days ago) |
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Prem. Kissoff said: A-thieist only means you do not believe your theology to be factual.
That makes no sense because an ideology can be anything and are you sure you're not thinking of gnosticism and agnosticism?
As in everyone has their own beliefs but is willing to accept the fact that they may be wrong and/or admit that they don't know for sure. Yeah....that's being agnostic. The vast majority of people fall under the categorization of agnostic but that's only because very very few people fit the criteria for being "gnostic" and you have to be one or the other unless you're just a complete apatheist.
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Re: Atheism is a stoopid word/concept! [Re: Prem. Kissoff]
#24031462 - 01/22/17 06:37 PM (7 years, 8 days ago) |
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I don't know if there's a god or not but I actively don't believe in one because I don't see any evidence for one. C'est la vie.
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