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Re: Is atheism a religion
I know what an atheist is and an agnostic. Ironically...it seems to be you (and your fellow atheists) that struggle with which 'sect' of atheism you belong to. And laughably...some of you now want to be called a 'religion'.
But its OK...I still love you, no matter what. Like faith, thats a choice also!
Dont be silly. i dont want you to feel shame and I ALWAYS advocate for learning. I dont care what you believe nor feel (wait...you dont believe and 'feelings' are mere chemical responses and impulses). But your claim is pretty telling. You are person of 'science' but it is the most extraordinarily lazy science known-that research done by others. You want proof prior to belief. Cool. Others can do the work and when something is 'proven' factual, you can then adopt it (minor problem when previous 'knowns' become proven false...but hey...nothing is perfect). Heres the ironic part. Those scientists operate on 'faith' all the time in forming a thesis, postulating, targeting research, etc. They develop a theory, 'believe' the research will prove their theory, and in some cases...voila...'proof'.Dude... do you understand what you argued? None of that first block of text addresses it. I wasn't talking about whether religious people can learn. Good lord...
You're attempting to attach a notion of shame to benefiting from the knowledge acquired by others, rather than oneself.
This means you are arguing against learning. :lol:
What is wrong with not asserting some baseless, ignorant opinion about something where no one knows what the answer is? I think it's a virtue not to make baseless claims.
You have no idea what the hell either an agnostic or an atheist are, and you refuse to learn because then you might have to deal with the fact that your feelings about atheists are pretty obviously projection.
At least your consistent. You argue against learning, and even seem to reject it yourself, personally.
I know what an atheist is and an agnostic. Ironically...it seems to be you (and your fellow atheists) that struggle with which 'sect' of atheism you belong to. And laughably...some of you now want to be called a 'religion'.
But its OK...I still love you, no matter what. Like faith, thats a choice also!