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Why Atheism?
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“Properly read, the Bible is the most potent force for atheism ever conceived.” Isaac Asimov
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Well Pixie says those with faith cannot be true and Dunitall saying neither side can prove anything.
I go with the latter live and let live.
And Jomifl not much is closed on a Sunday anymore. Also you can ignore Christmas and Easter if you like. If you want to have an Atheist festival nothing to stop you. Can't see much imposition going on.
I go with the latter live and let live.
And Jomifl not much is closed on a Sunday anymore. Also you can ignore Christmas and Easter if you like. If you want to have an Atheist festival nothing to stop you. Can't see much imposition going on.
Grasscarp, if you want to reduce what could have been a rational argument to silliness then you are well, silly. Did you see my link re. parents imposing their beliefs (along with sexual mutilation) on their children? you need to open your eyes..though you may see things that you really wouldn't want to.
Grasscarp, I hadn't realised that this argument only covers what religion has inposed on me. I was taking a more general view, covering those things that religion imposes on non believers on a large scale. So you don't support parents imposing their religious views upon their children? glad to hear it. I used the adjective 'silly' because you were attempting to reduce the discussion to a 'silly' level and attempting to dodge the issue. The only option available to you I suppose.
Dunitall - you make the common mistake of assuming that atheism is a belief system. It isn't. It is simply the absence of any belief - creed - scriptures - fairytales - dogma - ritual objects - ceremonies - importance of funny clothes - processions - festivals - sermons - bogus bonhomie. It is this absence in which I rejoice. I'd like everyone to throw off these trappings and be free - free to think for themselves instead of being told what to think, believe, say and how to behave. The relief of being able to stop trying to make sense of religion was wonderful when I finally managed to do it, and I'd just like everyone to feel as free as I do.
The history of religion is as old as the history of man himself.
That is what archaeologists and anthropologists tell us. Even among the most “primitive,” that is to say, undeveloped, civilizations, there is found evidence of worship of some form.
In fact The New Encyclopædia Britannica says that as far as scholars have discovered, there has never existed any people, anywhere, at any time, who were not in some sense religious.
That is what archaeologists and anthropologists tell us. Even among the most “primitive,” that is to say, undeveloped, civilizations, there is found evidence of worship of some form.
In fact The New Encyclopædia Britannica says that as far as scholars have discovered, there has never existed any people, anywhere, at any time, who were not in some sense religious.
