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In reply to the discussion: It's time to become an atheist. [View all]NNadir
(33,625 posts)62. I don't like it when they proselytize me and feel no..
...to proselytize to them.
I do, of course object when they attempt to insert their most objectionable beliefs into secular law, and will fight against that, but otherwise they van believe what they want at their own peril.
To the extent they demonstrate the worship of an evil person like Trump, of course, they are to treated with contempt, but I do know people of faith who feel about Trump as I do.
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If you believe that a God exists (I don't) and that God interferes in human events, then you don't have a choice...
brooklynite
Apr 9
#17
"Free Will" seems to mean that you CAN disobey God, not that you won't suffer for doing so.
brooklynite
Apr 9
#20
It insinuates that one has a choice. Different from predestination. Different belief system.
shrike3
Apr 9
#23
That's funny, because more than one atheist has told me that unlike believers they have free will.
shrike3
Apr 9
#55
Ron Reagan Junior makes TV ads for a group that wants separation of church & state. His tag line is...
Hekate
Apr 9
#58
My father was "I don't have time to think about it" and mother went to Episcopal church for the social experience
erronis
Apr 9
#49
Depends on your definitions, But if you don't believe in sky gods, you don't.
lindysalsagal
Apr 9
#22
We're gonna have to choose: it's either us and the planet, or this invisible sky god stuff.
lindysalsagal
Apr 9
#16
As an atheist myself, I can honestly say that some of the best people I have known are religious,
elocs
Apr 9
#25