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In reply to the discussion: I am removing the content of this post and apologizing for posting it. [View all]humblebum
(5,881 posts)134. I would consider an atheist organization to fall into the realm of atheism.
Seems quite pertinent and relevant to me. However, I am aware that they do not speak for all atheists.
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cbayer
Mar 2012
OP
Really? Then state these rules and guidlines. Should be easy enough for you. n/t
Humanist_Activist
Mar 2012
#3
Why does anyone need a LOT of rules and guidelines? Some people want DU2 in every aspect of their
MADem
Mar 2012
#35
I did name them--you just didn't like their succinct quality and you might want a fight, too.
MADem
Mar 2012
#50
repeating the definition of 'atheism' is not giving a rule or guideline
muriel_volestrangler
Mar 2012
#53
Sure it is--if you don't like my rules, make up your own. I am not the Pope of Atheists, after all.
MADem
Mar 2012
#54
Since the OP was about atheism, and not American Atheists, or organized atheism
muriel_volestrangler
Mar 2012
#133
OOH....! We've The Mentalist On Board here at DU! Here! Let me give you a few MORE "tells!"
MADem
Mar 2012
#67
If you spend your life wrapped up in disproving something, sure, that can be seen as cultish, too.
MADem
Mar 2012
#32
Why don't you work on narrowing it for your fellows, then, and see if they agree with you? nt
MADem
Mar 2012
#37
No it isn't. It's expressing an opinion. Only someone with lack of, dare I say, faith, in their
MADem
Mar 2012
#99
Not necessarily, but in practice there are a lot of anti-monotheists calling themselves atheists...
saras
Mar 2012
#4
In my experience, most are caught up in transcendent deities and don't even consider monism...
saras
Mar 2012
#58
I have never called for an end to contentious debate. I have called for civil debate.
cbayer
Mar 2012
#18
Isn't calling for civil debate the same as calling for the end to contentious debate?
EvolveOrConvolve
Mar 2012
#20
The problem is that both sides have different interpretations of "rude" and "personal"
EvolveOrConvolve
Mar 2012
#25
Muriel, I did not say that I agreed with what she was saying, but I did enjoy reading
cbayer
Mar 2012
#26
There's nothing wrong with leaving this place as it is--a place where someone posts a religious
MADem
Mar 2012
#42
"they won't be convinced to shove off and leave the discussions be..."
EvolveOrConvolve
Mar 2012
#43
No, I'm not doing THAT, either. Jeez--love the way you're putting words in my mouth.
MADem
Mar 2012
#48
Way to grab a phrase and deliberately take it out of context! Heckuva job, Brownie!
MADem
Mar 2012
#52
No, but you deliberately misrepresented a question and tried to suggest it was a demand.
MADem
Mar 2012
#57
I can see that atheists piss you off, but I'm not sure what I did to offend you
EvolveOrConvolve
Mar 2012
#60
The only people swarming this thread with "Your shit sucks" and "That's wrong" and "I hate your
MADem
Mar 2012
#68
There ya go--have no answer to the issue discussed, nitpick about a word instead! nt
MADem
Mar 2012
#66
Yes, it IS exclusionary--if you are a Muslim, or a Jew. Or a Buddhist. Or a Zoroastrian.
MADem
Mar 2012
#80
"why would atheists even want to post in a group entitled 'RELIGION?'"
deacon_sephiroth
Mar 2012
#95
Even if I don't have a RELIGION, which I don't, RELIGION still affects me daily.
Goblinmonger
Mar 2012
#109
Well, see, I thought the point of your reply was all those other points--not the
MADem
Mar 2012
#122
this IS the "religion" forum, where people come specifically to discuss such things.
deacon_sephiroth
Mar 2012
#127
I think there are many theists who do not believe in all or most of the tenants in
cbayer
Mar 2012
#19
Religious Belief Defined -- by the IRS, who are the last word in these matters
FarCenter
Mar 2012
#23