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06-06-2012, 12:41 PM
If you are a Christian it seems there is only one brand of Atheist; if you're an Atheist it seems there is only one brand of Christian. Each position is oversimplified.
Most Christians will consider me an Atheist. But I'm not, really. It's just that my vision of the nature, power and form of God is greatly different from theirs. Still, to me the teaching of The Bible are irrelevant and that's where Christians - at least most of them - draw the line.
So for purposes of discussion I align myself with the Atheists, but then as soon as the Atheists argue for the nonexistence of God I find myself in disagreement again.
Once in a while someone will throw a rock at me around here, but not often and not a very large rock. I don't mind. Sticks and stones, and all that, you know..........
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06-06-2012, 01:30 PM
Can't argue with that, although what the two stand for in cultural terms has changed quite a lot over the course of their existence, unlike Islam - for instance, the Jews pretty much gave up on genocide after the Canaanites, and the Christians gave up on conversion by the sword after the Age of Exploration.
Atheists set themselves up for an impossible task in claiming their beliefs are 'Scientific,' since there is and inescapable 'Proof of a negative' logic flaw in any argument for their position. "Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence."
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06-06-2012, 03:30 PM
They've become quite annoying and overzealous in recent years. Not all of them, of course, but some very loud members like to stoop down to the level of other extremist groups and put up billboards.
What I don't get is that to a true atheist, a religious symbol would have no meaning--it would be just a stone or piece of carved wood. A true atheist hiking on public land should not be bothered by a 50-year-old symbol of someone else's belief because to a non-believer it's just a piece of wood representing another culture or belief system.
Also, their legal attacks on religious symbols are obviously designed to be a dickish annoyance. If you know anything about architecture, most public buildings are covered with religious symbols. The buildings themselves are symbols of a Western culture belief system. Should we tear down every spire or gothic arch? Should we go through every publicly funded museum and remove religious paintings? The atheists who go on these crusades are just being dicks. If they really believed what they say, a Nativity Scene would just be quaint representation of some other culture, like a totem pole.
Notice they never go after totem poles or the star of David on a publicly funded Holocaust remembrance., just Christian symbols. Dicks.
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Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil;
Who substitute darkness for light and light for darkness;
Who substitute bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter!
21 Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes
And clever in their own sight! Isaiah 5:20-21 NASB
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06-07-2012, 03:07 AM
That's because Communisum and Socialism brainwash people into believing that there is no higher power than the central government.
however those with religious faith are welcome.
There are some more hardcore people that think religion should be destroyed however, that is only a small amount. So how are atheists treated here? Are they welcomed or shunned by the community?Last edited by txradioguy; 06-08-2012 at 03:01 PM.
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06-07-2012, 02:13 PM
Education without values, as useful as it is, seems rather to make man a more clever devil.
C. S. Lewis
Do not ever say that the desire to "do good" by force is a good motive. Neither power-lust nor stupidity are good motives. (Are you listening Barry)?:mad:
Ayn Rand
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