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They are the most hated minority after all.
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I don't, should you atheists be a protected class Paul?
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There shouldn't be any protected classes. The notion that some people get preferential treatment over others is the antithesis of what is American.
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Yes! We're more hated than Muslims!
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those who lump individuals into classes are bigots
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The Athiest cult is an illogical group. They exist purely on outrage of religion.
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People fear atheists rhetoric because deep down they now it's true and that they have lived their entire lives believing a fairy tale makes them feel ashamed and without hope..
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I'm an atheist and don't care what people believe as long as they don't preach to me or blow me up.
But I do enjoy lumping religions together.
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The Athiest cult is an illogical group. They exist purely on outrage of religion.
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Christians all came to believe in God and Santa Claus at the same time in their lives, and for exactly the same reasons.
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There shouldn't be any protected classes. The notion that some people get preferential treatment over others is the antithesis of what is American.
Totally this.
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"One of the great tragedies of mankind is that morality has been hijacked by religion." -Arthur C. Clarke
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The Athiest cult is an illogical group. They exist purely on outrage of religion.
I'm not sure if Corky is gaining enough mileage trolling religion topics that he has decided to stick with it, or if he actually believes what he's been posting lately.
Any creator of the universe would have to be vastly more complex than the universe he created. I don't really know if there is or is not a God, but it's more logical to assume the least complex scenario. I am fairly certain that if there is a God, he doesn't really care if we spend our days talking to him or not.
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Yes, its not a choice to be athiest. You saw the information and thats what you believe.
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"The Hobbits are going to Isengard" - some other author
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Believing in a Judeo-Christian religion is in essence believing in Snow White and the Seven Dwarves, it's been handed down as truth and people believe it without a second thought. It simply goes to show you how mindless the masses can be and the power of ostracization in communities over time when it applies to not following the religion of choice.
The reason there aren't that many atheists is probably because they were all burned in the crusades..
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There shouldn't be any protected classes. The notion that some people get preferential treatment over others is the antithesis of what is American.
This is a great thought. But we should be reacting to the reality that we exist in, not the pretend world we wish we inhabited.
Some people do get preferential treatment over others. You say this is the antithesis of what is America....yet you seem to loudly denounce any efforts to change this.
This, 'we must not discriminate and instead must allow discrimination to happen' ideology has been a long running theme in America. Very curious how this really makes any sense in the heads of those who preach it  .
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What we really need is a better k-12 education system to point out that myths aren't reality.
Funny how at the university level we don't have that problem.
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There shouldn't be any protected classes. The notion that some people get preferential treatment over others is the antithesis of what is American.
I don't think you understand what the phrase means. 
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The reason there aren't that many atheists is probably because they were all burned in the crusades..
It's the third largest 'belief' system in the world, if you want to call it a belief system... Group perhaps?
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The reason there aren't that many atheists is probably because they were all burned in the crusades..
It's the third largest 'belief' system in the world, if you want to call it a belief system... Group perhaps?
Really? That many self-proclaimed atheists? wow didn't realize thee were that many..
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Should Atheists be a protected class?
Whether Atheists should or should not be 'protected' was already settled and written - it's called the US Constitution....
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Coriolus posted:
The reason there aren't that many atheists is probably because they were all burned in the crusades..
It's the third largest 'belief' system in the world, if you want to call it a belief system... Group perhaps?
That is only if you count all Buddhists as atheists.
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reesescups posted:
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The reason there aren't that many atheists is probably because they were all burned in the crusades..
It's the third largest 'belief' system in the world, if you want to call it a belief system... Group perhaps?
Really? That many self-proclaimed atheists? wow didn't realize thee were that many..
Feel free to google it... A lot of sights have the numbers of just agnostics and atheists some group in Buddhism and other philosophies that don't believe in Gods and such...
Just a random pic to illustrate.
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The reason there aren't that many atheists is probably because they were all burned in the crusades..
It's the third largest 'belief' system in the world, if you want to call it a belief system... Group perhaps?
That is only if you count all Buddhists as atheists.
No, if you include Buddhists and other philosophical groups (that don't worship or believe in Gods) then it's the second largest...
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Whether Atheists should or should not be 'protected' was already settled and written - it's called the US Constitution....
Exactly. 
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Should Atheists be a protected class?
There is no proof Atheists exist.
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Being non-religious doesn't make them atheists, half of them still believe in some myth, they just aren't attending church.
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Everyone believes in at least a few things that are unprovable.
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It says right in your chart that half of them are theistic but nonreligious...so I don't really see how that supports your argument. A nonreligious theist is neither an agnostic nor an atheist. True atheists are still surprisingly rare these days.
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It was the first effing 'chart' I snagged - like I said - google it yourself.
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So you posted something that's completely contrary to the point you're making and your answer is "google it yourself"?
For a rational atheist, you're kinda dumb, you know?
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So you posted something that's completely contrary to the point you're making and your answer is "google it yourself"?
For a rational atheist, you're kinda dumb, you know?
Oh now I'm an atheist again...
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It says right in your chart that half of them are theistic but nonreligious...so I don't really see how that supports your argument. A nonreligious theist is neither an agnostic nor an atheist. True atheists are still surprisingly rare these days.
Depends on where you are and your associates. At least half of the people I work with and nearly all of my friends are aetheists, but I work at a university. There are places where reason prevails and universities are one of those places.
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I know some of you don't give a crap about truth and would rather just nit pick me to death so here are some other google results for you...
http://www.religionfacts.com/big_religion_chart.htm
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dumb
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I know some of you don't give a crap about truth and would rather just nit pick me to death so here are some other google results for you...
http://www.religionfacts.com/big_religion_chart.htm
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1.1 billion (this figure includes agnostic and non-religious, which tend to be grouped on surveys)
Same thing there.
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Oh now I'm an atheist again...
I love the outpost - I am someone new everyday...
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Buddhists are athiest. You can be athiest but still be religious.
Athiessm: no god
Monothiesm: one god
Polythiesm: many gods
As you see, none of the above have anything directly to do with religion. Religions pick one of the above and create a story around it.
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dumb
Go eat a cheeseburger.
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dumb
Go eat a cheeseburger.
not funny
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Buddhists are athiest. You can be athiest but still be religious.
Athiessm: no god
Monothiesm: one god
Polythiesm: many gods
As you see, none of the above have anything directly to do with religion. Religions pick one of the above and create a story around it.
Not all Buddhists are atheist.
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I know some of you don't give a crap about truth and would rather just nit pick me to death so here are some other google results for you...
http://www.religionfacts.com/big_religion_chart.htm
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1.1 billion (this figure includes agnostic and non-religious, which tend to be grouped on surveys)
Same thing there.
Wait wait Mr fundamental Muslim I am not atheists, I'm agnostic...
Wait wait Mr Spanish inquisitor I'm not an atheist, I'm non-religion...
Yeah - have fun splitting those hairs...
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Oh now I'm an atheist again...
I love the outpost - I am someone new everyday...
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I am pretty sure you called yourself an atheist. Am I wrong? You've never called yourself an atheist?
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So you posted something that's completely contrary to the point you're making and your answer is "google it yourself"?
For a rational atheist, you're kinda dumb, you know?
Oh now I'm an atheist again...
I love the outpost - I am someone new everyday...
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The thing is the trend line which greatly favors aetheists. As humanity progresses it sheds its stupid. Osama bin Laden saw this, which is why he wanted to bomb the world back into stupid.
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The thing is the trend line which greatly favors aetheists. As humanity progresses it sheds its stupid. Osama bin Laden saw this, which is why he wanted to bomb the world back into stupid.
We are winning!
ahem... our God beat his God.
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dumb
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I am pretty sure you called yourself an atheist. Am I wrong? You've never called yourself an atheist?
As you can tell from this thread - it depends on how you want to split the hair...
I don't believe in a God or Gods, but I 'adhere' to a philosophical belief system...
Label away... I enjoy being someone new everyday.
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I don't believe in a God or Gods, but I 'adhere' to a philosophical belief system...
Wait, I'm confused...who's splitting hairs here?
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There shouldn't be any protected classes. The notion that some people get preferential treatment over others is the antithesis of what is American.
Which is ironic considering that it's been that way here since before America was even founded.
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Actually, the bill of rights was specifically designed to protect liberties and minority classes along with providing a way to change the constitution. It's a great idea, but amazingly people rail against it all the time. WTF?
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I don't believe in a God or Gods, but I 'adhere' to a philosophical belief system...
Wait, I'm confused...who's splitting hairs here?
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I would have thought you'd seen enough Paul threads by now to know that trolling by stupidity usually backfires, but whatever works for you I guess.
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I would have thought you'd seen enough Paul threads by now to know that trolling by stupidity usually backfires, but whatever works for you I guess.
Ok so according to your rhetoric, I'm considered an Atheist, even though I adhere to a 'religious' belief system...
I think that back fired on you... So 'Atheists' just got lumped in with Buddhists by your decree which means they are now automatically the second largest 'belief' group in the world.
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Well people tend to mislabel the terms like youre doing.
Athiest means no god. Like how polythiest means many gods.
Athiest doesnt necessarily mean no religion. Does polythiest mean many religions?
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This is such a sore spot to you Americans it's hilarious to watch you squirm.
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]Ok so according to your rhetoric, I'm considered an Atheist, even though I adhere to a 'religious' belief system...
I think that back fired on you... So 'Atheists' just got lumped in with Buddhists by your decree which means they are now automatically the second largest 'belief' group in the world.
Good going...
Not really. I think religion is pretty much self-identification, and I thought you identified yourself as an atheist. You tried the faux indignation card when I called you one, then tried to demonstrate how awesomely smart you were by splitting the same hairs you were bitching at everyone else about on the first page.
I don't think this is quite the victory for you that you believe it is. Like I suggested earlier, you're arguing to Paul's level of semantics.
Think about that for awhile.
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Not all of us squirm.
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Well people tend to mislabel the terms like peopel are doing in this thread to refute the purdy simplistic chart.
Athiest means no god. Like how polythiest means many gods.
Athiest doesnt necessarily mean no religion. Does polythiest mean many religions?
Right - now class, lets go back over to the chart...
Atheists - third largest
if you include Buddhists, second largest.
/Next effing question....
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I think religion is pretty much self-identification, and I thought you identified yourself as an atheist.
When, in this thread? I was just posting up reference facts to refute the claim that Atheist were some minority. Posting facts doesn't automatically identify me or associate me with the facts do they?
According to my chart and my own personal identification, I 'classify' or 'label' myself as a Buddhist - not an atheist and was excluding myself from the facts and point.
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You tried the faux indignation card when I called you one,
That's because
A) I'm not an Atheist, I didn't claim to be one
B) Whether or not I am an Atheist is completely a non-issue in regards to this thread
C) You are a effing moron...
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If your identification as an atheist or Buddhist doesn't matter to this thread, why make such a big deal out of it and try to make a gotcha out of it in the first place? Jeebus, you've gone from arguing like Paul to arguing like Baym. Nobody was really arguing that Buddhists don't count as atheists, anyhow (at least some Buddhists). The problem with your charts is that they lump nonreligious theists in with atheists.
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The Athiest cult is an illogical group. They exist purely on outrage of religion.
Lol, ok tard.
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This is such a sore spot to you Americans it's hilarious to watch you squirm.
Really only Americans are sensitive about their religion?? Really?
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If your identification as an atheist or Buddhist doesn't matter to this thread, why make such a big deal out of it and try to make a gotcha out of it in the first place? Jeebus, you've gone from arguing like Paul to arguing like Baym. Nobody was really arguing that Buddhists don't count as atheists, anyhow (at least some Buddhists). The problem with your charts is that they lump nonreligious theists in with atheists.
Now I'm Paul, Baym and an Atheist all rolled up into one...
You just love your labels....
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You said you dont believe n a god or gods.. That makes you athiest.
What exactly are you arguing about?
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You said you dont believe n a god or gods.. That makes you athiest.
Then lump in Buddhists with Atheists - 2nd largest, 3rd largest group whateva...
Pretty sure my point towards Corky is still in tact...
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Now I'm Paul, Baym and an Atheist all rolled up into one...
You just love your labels....
Saying you argue like someone isn't a label, it's a comparison. As for calling you an athiest, like I said I thought you had identified yourself as one. It's pretty funny that you say it doesn't matter when you keep bringing it up in every post.
The only label that I've applied to you in this thread that I stand by is "dumb".
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A) I'm not an Atheist, I didn't claim to be one
Okay. It's been bugging me since I have a great memory. And wow I was a dick in that thread. Sorry SoO. I might have been having a bad day or something.
http://vnboards.ign.com/outpost/b22180/108147799/p1
My mother knew I was an atheist when she was dying - Heck my whole family knew it for a long time.
Not making an issue of it Reese. I pride myself in paying attention so I knew I read it somewhere is all.
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A) I'm not an Atheist, I didn't claim to be one
Okay. It's been bugging me since I have a great memory. And wow I was a dick in that thread. Sorry SoO. I might have been having a bad day or something.
http://vnboards.ign.com/outpost/b22180/108147799/p1
My mother knew I was an atheist when she was dying - Heck my whole family knew it for a long time.
Not making an issue of it Reese. I pride myself in paying attention so I knew I read it somewhere is all.
Reese posted:
uh-oh
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A) I'm not an Atheist, I didn't claim to be one
Okay. It's been bugging me since I have a great memory. And wow I was a dick in that thread. Sorry SoO. I might have been having a bad day or something.
http://vnboards.ign.com/outpost/b22180/108147799/p1
My mother knew I was an atheist when she was dying - Heck my whole family knew it for a long time.
Not making an issue of it Reese. I pride myself in paying attention so I knew I read it somewhere is all.
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uh-oh
ROFLMAO
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Wow too bad that topic is locked, entertaining it is..
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A) I'm not an Atheist, I didn't claim to be one
Okay. It's been bugging me since I have a great memory. And wow I was a dick in that thread. Sorry SoO. I might have been having a bad day or something.
http://vnboards.ign.com/outpost/b22180/108147799/p1
My mother knew I was an atheist when she was dying - Heck my whole family knew it for a long time.
Not making an issue of it Reese. I pride myself in paying attention so I knew I read it somewhere is all.
In that context as far as my mother was concerned I was a straight up Atheist - after the family stopped going to church (was raised as a Lutheran) - I floated around reading, researching, listening and came up with nothing. I was stuck on Taoism for a bit but never considered myself to be anything remotely close to a Taoist.
I would say though over the past 3-5 years (more so the past 2-3 years) I have been moving more and more towards Buddhism, Secular Buddhism to be more precise...
Anyway - nice find!
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A) I'm not an Atheist, I didn't claim to be one
Okay. It's been bugging me since I have a great memory. And wow I was a dick in that thread. Sorry SoO. I might have been having a bad day or something.
http://vnboards.ign.com/outpost/b22180/108147799/p1
My mother knew I was an atheist when she was dying - Heck my whole family knew it for a long time.
Not making an issue of it Reese. I pride myself in paying attention so I knew I read it somewhere is all.
Anyway - nice find!
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Anyway - nice find!
Dancing? As in spinning it?
Whatever - back in '08 People considered me an Atheist - I even for argument sake considered myself an Atheist, some people OBVIOUSLY still consider me an Atheist. Heck some people even consider me a liberal or a Dem... People can toss around labels all day long, it doesn't mean the label is right or accurate...
But anyway, back to the point (that everyone seems to eager to dismiss), if you lump in Buddhists with the non-religious, the group becomes even less of a minority not more of a minority... And if I recall correctly (tych help me out here with your superior powers of recollection) this whole off shoot started when Vegetable guy said Atheists were a minority...
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Don't get me involved. I was just making sure I wasn't imaging stuff!
IMHO likes to make stuff up. 
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This is such a sore spot to you Americans it's hilarious to watch you squirm.
Really only Americans are sensitive about their religion?? Really?
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I'm an atheist and don't care what people believe as long as they don't preach to me or blow me up.
But I do enjoy lumping religions together.
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imaloon1 posted:
Tych2 posted:
NuEM posted:
This is such a sore spot to you Americans it's hilarious to watch you squirm.
Really only Americans are sensitive about their religion?? Really?
That's not what he said, read it again.
Clearly some americans, especially on this board, go nutso when you question the insanity that is religion. 
And for those of us who aren't into being told what to think it's very amusing.
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Okay. It's been bugging me since I have a great memory. And wow I was a dick in that thread. Sorry SoO. I might have been having a bad day or something.
http://vnboards.ign.com/outpost/b22180/108147799/p1
lol
I totally forgot that thread.
Can't imagine why.
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reesescups posted:
Anyway - nice find!
Dancing? As in spinning it?
Whatever - back in '08 People considered me an Atheist - I even for argument sake considered myself an Atheist, some people OBVIOUSLY still consider me an Atheist. Heck some people even consider me a liberal or a Dem... People can toss around labels all day long, it doesn't mean the label is right or accurate...
But anyway, back to the point (that everyone seems to eager to dismiss), if you lump in Buddhists with the non-religious, the group becomes even less of a minority not more of a minority... And if I recall correctly (tych help me out here with your superior powers of recollection) this whole off shoot started when Vegetable guy said Atheists were a minority...
Dude you're an Atheist. I suppose you could be a Buddhist too, they aren't mutually exclusive.
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Dude you're an Atheist. I suppose you could be a Buddhist too, they aren't mutually exclusive.
Apparently that's open for debate...
If you go by the strict and correct definition - since I do not believe in a God or Gods, that makes me a atheist, and that's what I considered myself for most of my life.
However, I am not so sure that's the correct 'label' any more... Shrug, labels - not my gimmick anyway... It was only an issue in this thread because someone couldn't keep their talking points straight and ended up adding more to my point by accident...
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modern "accepted as correct" christianity came about in the 300s(?)ad when emperor of rome at the time, constantine, decided that the idiot christians bickered too much about which sect was corect and which werent even proper.
he set up the council of nice to determine a SINGLE form christianity to be followed by all less they be banished, burned at the stake as heretics, or slaughtered as blasphemers.
it was at this council where jesus was first declared the son of god and a third of the holy trinity.
so for at least 300 years after the death of jesus himself, youre religion did not believe he was god.
the idea that jesus IS god incarnate is a newer idea that was not part of ANY original canon until the council of nice.
any of you who follow this "new" form of christianity that claim jesus was a divine son of some holy spirit can never claim ANY other sect of christianity is less christian than you are.
if you try this form of argument then you should just stfu now.
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There should be no protected classes.
... We just need to start killing all of the entitled classes.
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There should be no protected classes.
... We just need to start killing all of the entitled classes.
when and where?
when people start fearing their own government....
if you dont fear your government, then you are a blind fool.....
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Dude you're an Atheist. I suppose you could be a Buddhist too, they aren't mutually exclusive.
Apparently that's open for debate...
If you go by the strict and correct definition - since I do not believe in a God or Gods, that makes me a atheist, and that's what I considered myself for most of my life.
However, I am not so sure that's the correct 'label' any more... Shrug, labels - not my gimmick anyway... It was only an issue in this thread because someone couldn't keep their talking points straight and ended up adding more to my point by accident...
/Label away...
So you're willing to deny yourself as being an Atheist to avoid the label. So if I called you a man because you have male genitals you would deny it because of being labeled? You have feathers, you have a bill, you have webbed feet, you waddle, you go quack quack quack.... who am I to call you a duck? I don't understand that type of logic, but this is the Outpost and you can believe whatever you want.
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I really doubt there are that many Atheists in the US, that number is just exxagerated by christards.
Plenty of agnostics too with most certainty.
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I really doubt there are that many Atheists in the US, that number is just exxagerated by christards.
Plenty of agnostics too with most certainty.
I agree, I think most rational people are agnostic.
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Being agnostic would certainly be a rationalized position.
The dots don't connect for me, but human's have this great capacity for linking random thoughts into coherent ideas. Kind of how the whole religion thing got started in the first place.
I'm just curious, how do you arrive at agnosticism?
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I'm just curious, how do you arrive at agnosticism?
1. It's hard to be fully all-knowing and have every possible experience in one lifetime (to be a god).
2. There's a 1/10000000000th chance the religious folks are on to something.
Yeah I guess you're right. I'm essentially an atheist.
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So you're willing to deny yourself as being an Atheist to avoid the label. So if I called you a man because you have male genitals you would deny it because of being labeled? You have feathers, you have a bill, you have webbed feet, you waddle, you go quack quack quack.... who am I to call you a duck? I don't understand that type of logic, but this is the Outpost and you can believe whatever you want.
To miss the point that badly you must be pretty dumb...
Grats on being labeled dumb...
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IMHO posted:
So you're willing to deny yourself as being an Atheist to avoid the label. So if I called you a man because you have male genitals you would deny it because of being labeled? You have feathers, you have a bill, you have webbed feet, you waddle, you go quack quack quack.... who am I to call you a duck? I don't understand that type of logic, but this is the Outpost and you can believe whatever you want.
To miss the point that badly you must be pretty dumb...
Grats on being labeled dumb...
I've been labeled worst, and deservedly.
I know this is a sore subject with you but why do you deny this label?
Enlighten me on the point I am missing.... seriously.
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