LoopyPaladin
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Still doesn't make any sense.
Then my point is lost to you.
Still doesn't make any sense.
Then my point is lost to you.
Perhaps it has a bit to do with our Constitution; read the first amendment and get back to us.
77% of Canadians are Christian.
I am an atheist, but I do not condemn the existence of faith. Everybody copes with life in the method they find most successful for them. Religious faith (not religious institutions) is much less harmful than many other coping methods people choose to utilize. As such, I see no reason to ambush or castigate the religious merely for existing and living the life they feel best embodies the dictates of their chosen religion. That doesn't mean I must refrain from condemning those who act harmfully in the name of religion...but I hardly see a free standing church or a nativity scene as an inherently harmful action. Nor do I think that a religious person remarking that they will pray for me to be an act of forceful indoctrination. Hell, I don't even feel particularly violated by my grandmother's mandate that we say grace before a family meal.
Atheists are gonna have to accept that they are a significant minority as this point in time and understand that they're not going to "convert" 94% of the world population to anti-theism overnight.
Why do you say people must cope? Reality is just there, it just is. There is no "coping."
Doesn't hurt to try, right?
First and foremost, I want to clarify that I really have no problem with Religion, this is just a hypothetical question.
So, if other religions are allowed to ban the saying of "Merry Christmas", and make it so that "Christmas trees" are now "Holiday trees", then why can't I ban churches and open religious service? Why am I not allowed to, as an Atheist, gather a whole wad of Atheists and claim that the presentation of churches and the church's message boards are against what I believe and have them removed from that plot of land?
I just think it's ridiculous how much power those who believe in a God have over those who don't.
Opinions?
Everybody copes. Saying "it just is" is a means of coping.
There is no coping - just go on throughout life.
You can post existential or nihilist nonsense all day, but coping is a natural psychological process and is often subconscious. You can discount it by using some sort of abstract "what is 'is'" argument, but it doesn't discount what is psychologically true. As I said, saying, "what is, is" is a means of coping, whether you accept it as that or not. That's how the brain works.
Even nihilists can support science.
I'm asking why "cope?" Why not just go on anyway. There is no purpose in "coping." Whether or not you "cope" has no bearing on your existence.
It has definite bearing on the quality of one's existence.
There was little point involved. If you want to say something and/or ask a question, be direct. Nobody likes bug hunts.
I'm actually gonna respond to this...probably the beginning of my downfall, but, how about because the churches own that land.