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edhopper
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Thu Sep-07-06 08:28 AM Original message |
Newsweek article on Atheist. |
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bryant69
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Thu Sep-07-06 08:30 AM Response to Original message |
1. There is a religion forum |
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ChairmanAgnostic
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Thu Sep-07-06 08:35 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. but it is NOT about a religion, lest you put |
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bryant69
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Thu Sep-07-06 09:17 AM Response to Reply #3 |
9. Have you been to the Religion forum? |
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ChairmanAgnostic
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Thu Sep-07-06 09:20 AM Response to Reply #9 |
12. yes, and you better get some rest. |
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bryant69
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Thu Sep-07-06 09:22 AM Response to Reply #12 |
14. So you are holding me responsible for what happens in those |
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TallahasseeGrannie
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Fri Sep-08-06 01:21 PM Response to Reply #12 |
63. What in the world are you talking about? |
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TheFriedPiper
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Thu Sep-07-06 09:28 AM Response to Reply #9 |
17. athiesm is a LACK of religion |
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bryant69
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Thu Sep-07-06 09:43 AM Response to Reply #17 |
21. I didn't claim it was a religion. |
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TheFriedPiper
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Thu Sep-07-06 12:41 PM Response to Reply #21 |
47. HAHAHA, READING criticism from someone that believes in the |
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TallahasseeGrannie
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Fri Sep-08-06 01:20 PM Response to Reply #3 |
62. Had their brains "washed" |
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edhopper
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Thu Sep-07-06 09:32 AM Response to Reply #1 |
18. This article |
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RebelOne
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Thu Sep-07-06 11:25 AM Response to Reply #1 |
32. We do have an Atheists and Agnostics forum here at DU. |
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bryant69
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Thu Sep-07-06 11:48 AM Response to Reply #32 |
38. I apologize for not knowing that |
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varkam
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Fri Sep-08-06 07:26 AM Response to Reply #32 |
60. Slight difference |
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SixStrings
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Thu Sep-07-06 01:02 PM Response to Reply #1 |
50. Ahhh, the musings of a moderator-wanna-be. |
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warrens
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Thu Sep-07-06 08:34 AM Response to Original message |
2. I read it last night |
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ChairmanAgnostic
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Thu Sep-07-06 08:37 AM Response to Reply #2 |
4. well put and a brilliant observation |
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abluelady
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Thu Sep-07-06 09:01 AM Response to Reply #2 |
5. 92% of America Religious??? |
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edhopper
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Thu Sep-07-06 09:13 AM Response to Reply #2 |
7. atheism a religion? |
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Imperialism Inc.
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Thu Sep-07-06 09:17 AM Response to Reply #7 |
8. It is a subset of the a-unicornist religion. |
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immoderate
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Thu Sep-07-06 11:37 AM Response to Reply #8 |
33. This is more about current events/politics than religion. |
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NashVegas
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Thu Sep-07-06 09:18 AM Response to Reply #7 |
10. "I Don't Believe God Exists" vs "I Believe God Doesn't Exist" |
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edhopper
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Thu Sep-07-06 09:26 AM Response to Reply #10 |
16. I do not say |
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NashVegas
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Thu Sep-07-06 09:38 AM Response to Reply #16 |
20. So What? |
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edhopper
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Thu Sep-07-06 10:21 AM Response to Reply #20 |
23. it's not semantics. |
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NashVegas
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Thu Sep-07-06 11:01 AM Response to Reply #23 |
26. I'm Not Challenging Your Atheism |
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immoderate
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Thu Sep-07-06 11:44 AM Response to Reply #26 |
34. Note that it isn't atheists who write those definitions. |
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immoderate
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Thu Sep-07-06 11:46 AM Response to Reply #26 |
37. Dupe deleted |
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readmoreoften
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Thu Sep-07-06 11:25 AM Response to Reply #23 |
31. I agree. It's not semantics. |
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Protagoras
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Thu Sep-07-06 10:27 AM Response to Reply #10 |
24. Do we need a new classification? The rejecting Skeptic |
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NashVegas
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Thu Sep-07-06 11:03 AM Response to Reply #24 |
27. Perhaps |
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warrens
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Thu Sep-07-06 11:05 AM Response to Reply #7 |
28. That would make you an agnostic |
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immoderate
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Thu Sep-07-06 11:52 AM Response to Reply #28 |
40. **Groan** |
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trotsky
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Thu Sep-07-06 12:30 PM Response to Reply #28 |
43. I'm an atheist, and I don't believe that. |
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Random_Australian
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Fri Sep-08-06 03:00 AM Response to Reply #28 |
59. I'm an atheist, and I don't believe that. Time for someone to rethink |
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Zhade
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Sat Sep-09-06 01:59 PM Response to Reply #28 |
71. I'm an atheist, I don't believe that. |
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RebelOne
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Thu Sep-07-06 11:13 AM Response to Reply #7 |
29. As an atheist, I don't say that I don't believe God does not exist. |
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zanne
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Thu Sep-07-06 09:22 AM Response to Reply #2 |
13. The fact that there is an intimidation factor is reinforced here |
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Finder
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Thu Sep-07-06 10:08 AM Response to Reply #2 |
22. Your comment shows theists have been effective in dividing freethinkers... |
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donsu
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Thu Sep-07-06 11:45 AM Response to Reply #2 |
36. what do you mean when you say atheism seems almost like a religion? |
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trotsky
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Thu Sep-07-06 12:34 PM Response to Reply #36 |
45. It means some people simply cannot understand... |
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edhopper
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Thu Sep-07-06 09:07 AM Response to Original message |
6. I think |
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H2O Man
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Thu Sep-07-06 09:19 AM Response to Original message |
11. I agree |
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Tierra_y_Libertad
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Thu Sep-07-06 09:24 AM Response to Original message |
15. Well, if there is a God, why would It care what we believe? |
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edhopper
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Thu Sep-07-06 09:36 AM Response to Reply #15 |
19. because |
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maxsolomon
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Thu Sep-07-06 10:58 AM Response to Reply #19 |
25. the initiate's god vs. the masses' god |
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patcox2
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Thu Sep-07-06 11:16 AM Response to Reply #25 |
30. The problem is that 50% of people are below average in intelligence. |
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Finder
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Thu Sep-07-06 11:44 AM Response to Reply #30 |
35. I don't think it has to do with intelligence so much as it has to do... |
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donsu
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Thu Sep-07-06 11:55 AM Response to Reply #30 |
41. laughing at your last paragraph or should I say knife thrust |
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muriel_volestrangler
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Thu Sep-07-06 12:30 PM Response to Reply #30 |
44. But your "kindergarten" concept is the mainstream of every christian sect |
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trotsky
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Thu Sep-07-06 12:40 PM Response to Reply #30 |
46. Two things. |
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edhopper
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Thu Sep-07-06 12:51 PM Response to Reply #30 |
48. Sorry |
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Finder
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Thu Sep-07-06 01:16 PM Response to Reply #48 |
51. Aquinas and Lewis are used in religious elementary schools...n/t |
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edhopper
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Thu Sep-07-06 01:53 PM Response to Reply #51 |
53. Please then, |
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Finder
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Thu Sep-07-06 02:40 PM Response to Reply #53 |
54. That would be philosophy and there are many... |
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Realityhack
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Thu Sep-07-06 05:41 PM Response to Reply #54 |
56. Special pleading. (on edit) no true scottsman as well n/t |
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edhopper
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Thu Sep-07-06 07:12 PM Response to Reply #54 |
58. So, |
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Finder
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Fri Sep-08-06 07:46 AM Response to Reply #58 |
61. Not belittling at all, I like and respect both of their bodies of work... |
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TallahasseeGrannie
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Fri Sep-08-06 01:30 PM Response to Reply #30 |
64. I really do hope you are correct |
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Finder
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Thu Sep-07-06 11:49 AM Response to Reply #25 |
39. Agree and even among theists it is said there is milk... |
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ChairmanAgnostic
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Thu Sep-07-06 11:56 AM Response to Original message |
42. I was wrong, so very, very wrong. |
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edhopper
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Thu Sep-07-06 12:57 PM Response to Original message |
49. I have found |
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Finder
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Thu Sep-07-06 01:19 PM Response to Reply #49 |
52. Same here... |
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hunter
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Thu Sep-07-06 03:55 PM Response to Reply #49 |
55. It doesn't matter how the universe works. |
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Ron Green
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Thu Sep-07-06 06:43 PM Response to Reply #55 |
57. Good point. |
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shrike
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Sat Sep-09-06 09:40 AM Response to Reply #55 |
70. Excellent post n/t |
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TallahasseeGrannie
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Fri Sep-08-06 01:35 PM Response to Original message |
65. I think I'm going nuts |
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Goblinmonger
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Fri Sep-08-06 09:22 PM Response to Reply #65 |
66. Get some vodka |
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TallahasseeGrannie
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Sat Sep-09-06 09:11 AM Response to Reply #66 |
68. Sure. But I don't think I can handle |
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Random_Australian
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Fri Sep-08-06 10:34 PM Response to Reply #65 |
67. How about we party till the cows come home, and then party with the cows? |
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TallahasseeGrannie
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Sat Sep-09-06 09:12 AM Response to Reply #67 |
69. Do you get that commercial in AU |
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