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In reply to the discussion: Good Friday’s big question: Is doubt good? [View all]Edit history
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"Art, like faith, doesn't give us a place to stop. It offers us a place to start."
cbayer
Apr 2012
#3
Art, like faith, doesn't give us a place to stop. It offers us a place to start.
AlbertCat
Apr 2012
#89
Not in the way traditional (as opposed to fundie) Christians actually use it
Lydia Leftcoast
Apr 2012
#15
My experiences are similar to yours. Now I embrace the uncertainty and I am humbled.
cbayer
Apr 2012
#18
The assumptions I make about religion are based on every religions figure I have ever met.
eqfan592
Apr 2012
#22
But an atheist by definition is certain there is no god (with maybe a small scintilla of not being
cbayer
Apr 2012
#23
You've been here long enough to know that VERY FEW atheists define themselves that way.
PassingFair
Apr 2012
#25
When people tell believers that they are delusional, that is saying that what they believe
cbayer
Apr 2012
#26
That discussion was about the validity of religious experiences by psychotic people.
Warren Stupidity
Apr 2012
#85
If you consider yourself an atheist, you claim to have specific knowledge of the supernatural's
PassingFair
Apr 2012
#47
Many Atheists eshew the label. Mostly because of the "accepted" definition.
PassingFair
Apr 2012
#41
I let people define themselves in these regards, and put little weight on what others may say about
cbayer
Apr 2012
#43
Did I call you irrational? No. I called you down for telling others that THEY were.
darkstar3
Apr 2012
#70
Another assumption, this time about my "perspective" and where it lies in relation to yours.
darkstar3
Apr 2012
#75
I HAVE searched the literature. Psychology is something I'm pretty familiar with.
darkstar3
Apr 2012
#71
Maybe the terminology and labels ought to change. All seem to embrace the unknown.
pinto
Apr 2012
#27
Yet another unimpressive claim of finding "truth" in a non-existent middle. Yawn.
darkstar3
Apr 2012
#13
Would you be willing to admit that there are posters here who say they are atheists and who claim
Thats my opinion
Apr 2012
#81