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Comment on The difference between believers and skeptics by Momekh

Momekh — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 11:56:47 +0000

Wonderful analogy, and even a more wonderful generalization.
So believers win in the end? Because they are waiting and seemingly fully prepared for the destination, and the atheists can lay claim to really, really enjoying the journey – not knowing much of the destination?

As there are problems – massive ones – with the above lines that lead to the curse of generalization, so are there problems with your post. There are believers who enjoy each and every moment of the journey, and there are atheists who live in indifference and “a reactionary state of irritation”.

But like I said, wonderful analogy if we stop at that, and move on.

Comment on The difference between believers and skeptics by SayB

SayB — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 21:51:35 +0000

and you know what ? – being a good human being is what all that matters in the end – there is NO God who would like his creations to fight like stray dogs – and since, majority of Atheists are better human beings, lol ! … then in the **court** of God, I suppose the first ppl who’ll feel God’s wrath in their bums would be the believer themselves – ooo this is the right kind of Ironic !

Comment on The difference between believers and skeptics by SayB

SayB — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 21:47:26 +0000

yeh, I’m a believer, but I really like Atheists (the real ones – not those who pose to get importance, yes, there is that kind among us) – you people are **BETTER** than believers when it comes to being Human Beings

Comment on Why Christians oppose the atheist bus campaign by Jack

Jack — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 06:00:05 +0000

It was a long journey that wound its way from being raised fairly agnostic/not-very-religious-but-not-not-religious-either to Pentecostalism in my mid-teens after exploring Mormanism, the Jehovah’s Witnesses and the Children of God, to Roman Catholicism in my 20s and a determination to enter seminary (for which I still have my letter of introduction to the local seminary that I got from an Army chaplain) to reading Alan Watts and a few years following Taoism to my present state of disbelief in the fantastic and imaginary (or at least honestly acknowledging them as such) and my fascination with nature and the materialistic. I’m still quite philosophical and understand that much of philosophy is an attempt to identify our limitations and account for our perceived shortcomings. I’m comfortable admitting that there are still questions for which there are no acceptable answers from either the religious camp or the scientific community. I see no value in making up a fantastic story cover the gaps in our knowledge. “I don’t know” is what drives invention and genius. “I don’t agree with the commonly-held belief” is a close second.

Comment on Why Christians oppose the atheist bus campaign by Frank Ritchie

Frank Ritchie — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 19:56:22 +0000

Jack,

I left a reply comment on my blog, but I’ll paste the same thing here so others can see it

Thanks for your comment, I appreciate it and can completely understand the move towards provocation – sometimes people need to be jolted in order to encourage contemplation and reflection.

I commented as I did on your blog as it was my first view of it, I didn’t have the wider context of your blog to measure it against.

Out of simple curiosity, may I ask what denomination you were a part of and what caused the move away? I’m always interested in people’s stories and the journeys people take.

Comment on Why Christians oppose the atheist bus campaign by Jack Carlson

Jack Carlson — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 19:50:12 +0000

Frank,
Thank you for your comment. I’ve responded on your blog. Let me say, I appreciate your opinion and attitude on this topic.

Comment on Why Christians oppose the atheist bus campaign by Frank Ritchie

Frank Ritchie — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 02:41:37 +0000

It’s the belief of the religious that we should all live by their rules, open opposition is not allowed.

Their dogma allows for illogical censorship, book burnings, prohibitions. They see nothing wrong with denying everyone the chance to make their own decisions and reach their own conclusions.

They avoid being exposed to anything that challenges their beliefs. And since they’re in the majority in many countries, they have weight to throw around. Bullies always bully others out of fear.

Wow, there are so many loaded, stereotypical, straw-man assumptions in there. I guess it makes it easier to disregard the thoughts of the religious when you can write them off so easily and so negatively.

Since I’m a religious person, you might be interested in what I wrote about the atheist bus campaign, from the perspective of my beliefs – it doesn’t quite fit your sweeping assumptions:

http://www.humanitarianchronicle.com/2010/02/atheist-bus-campaign-let-it-roll-on/

I would agree that some religious people fit your description well, but to paint a picture that all are like that is intellectually dishonest. You may need to add qualifiers like “many” when you mention religious people and their beliefs.

Comment on About RA by Jack

Jack — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 03:13:49 +0000

Very nice video, Jason. I’ve added it to the Audio Video page. Your other videos are funny and well worth watching.

Comment on The danger of superstitions by Neil C Reinhardt

Neil C Reinhardt — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 00:48:20 +0000

I am looking for NON-Passive Atheists who are interested in taking action to educate believers.
IF you are interested, PLEASE contact me. Thanks

religionsucks@webtv.net

Neil

Comment on Why Christians oppose the atheist bus campaign by uberVU - social comments

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