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In reply to the discussion: Let’s Stop Calling New Atheism, “Atheism,” and Start Calling it What it is: Anti-Theism [View all]rug
(82,333 posts)161. Maybe s/he's a vegetarian.
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Let’s Stop Calling New Atheism, “Atheism,” and Start Calling it What it is: Anti-Theism [View all]
rug
Nov 2014
OP
Frankly, very little new on the nonexistence of god(s) has been written since Epicurus.
rug
Nov 2014
#3
I'm going to say this knowing you'll almost certainly misinterpret my words
Fumesucker
Nov 2014
#194
This militant atheist prefers to rant and rail against the Gods of Metal...
stone space
Nov 2014
#24
I don't call myself an atheist because there are different definitions of God. I definitely don't
rhett o rick
Nov 2014
#71
I've been an atheist my entire life. I'm an anti-theist because I'm sick to death of religious
AtheistCrusader
Nov 2014
#22
This is the fucker who lied about being an atheist, wrote a book disparaging them, and
Humanist_Activist
Nov 2014
#9
The title of his book is "Why I'm an atheist who believes in God"....
Humanist_Activist
Nov 2014
#11
Sorry, I do have them confused, my bad, Schaeffer is still an asshole...
Humanist_Activist
Nov 2014
#14
In general yes, depending on the sect, they either worship a great dictator in the sky...
Humanist_Activist
Nov 2014
#18
Yes, and that's why Jesus introduced the concept of hell, such a nice guy.
Humanist_Activist
Nov 2014
#25
That's interesting, so you changed your religion to make it more acceptable to your...
Humanist_Activist
Nov 2014
#31
I don't care whether we agree if there is a god or not, I just find it amusing...
Humanist_Activist
Nov 2014
#39
Oh what, so you believe in annihilation instead? That's so much better!
Humanist_Activist
Nov 2014
#54
True, and frankly it just confirmed why I believe Christianity to be, at best, an amoral...
Humanist_Activist
Nov 2014
#56
See, but here's the difference, I show a disgust towards a belief you have about other people...
Humanist_Activist
Nov 2014
#65
See, this is the disconnect, I put people first, I'm a humanist, so that's how I view things...
Humanist_Activist
Nov 2014
#68
Why the revulsion. Christianity is just a series of ideas and beliefs...
Humanist_Activist
Nov 2014
#89
True, but at least I don't think I would be spared that because I'm a Christian or something.
Humanist_Activist
Nov 2014
#87
I don't believe in an afterlife, that is true, but that applies to everyone...
Humanist_Activist
Nov 2014
#189
And what of free will, in this supposed inevitable universalist afterlife?
AtheistCrusader
Nov 2014
#40
Well that's just not true, just look in the Bible for examples of that...
Humanist_Activist
Nov 2014
#88
okasha changes the meanings of words to suit her argument, it renders her arguments meaningless...
Humanist_Activist
Nov 2014
#111
Well, in this case, UU itself declines to define sin for the most part.
AtheistCrusader
Nov 2014
#116
No, okasha claimed that to sin is to harm others in "all cultures she's aware of" this is false.
Humanist_Activist
Nov 2014
#140
So can a subject of the crown. Free will doesn't imply no consequences.
AtheistCrusader
Nov 2014
#37
You would be surprised, there are significant fractions of Christians and Muslims...
Humanist_Activist
Nov 2014
#23
This is just a reflection of your unfortunate experience with theists, Jamastiene.
cbayer
Nov 2014
#131
If I understand you, one of your reasons is you're ashamed of what the RCC has done.
rug
Nov 2014
#48
How about my religious views or lack of views are my buisness and have nothing to do with you.
gordianot
Nov 2014
#33
I think you miss the critical point that these particular people don't completely
cbayer
Nov 2014
#150
Now if football fans would just stop trying to use law to force me to act like a fan too
Fumesucker
Nov 2014
#182
I find amusing that in this circlejerk, no one has pointed out that it wasn't
Humanist_Activist
Nov 2014
#93
Oh, I'm not defending him, Sam Harris is an asshole in many different ways, this just being one...
Humanist_Activist
Nov 2014
#105
+1,000, including for your faith that one day one of these posters may open their minds n/t
zazen
Nov 2014
#154