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    Thread: Banning religious teachings for minors
Post: RE: Banning religious teachings for minors
So because we hate children being indoctrinated, we should prevent their parents from teaching them what they believe? o_o
 MindForgedManacle Religion 15 2334 July 5, 2014 at 7:00 pm
    Thread: Do you ever wonder if the christians are right?
Post: RE: Do you ever wonder if the christians are right...
Sometimes sure. It's never been as an existential angst sort of thing though.
 MindForgedManacle Atheism 46 5266 July 5, 2014 at 6:35 pm
    Thread: Definition of Atheism
Post: RE: Definition of Atheism
(July 5, 2014 at 4:34 am)Irrational Wrote: That's what asking for clarification is for. People are going to use different meanings for the same words all the time. Why be all wrapped about words and...
 MindForgedManacle Atheism 55 14284 July 5, 2014 at 6:33 pm
    Thread: For Gnostic Atheists and Apatheists
Post: RE: For Gnostic Atheists and Apatheists
(July 5, 2014 at 9:55 am)ignoramus Wrote: I'm not very comfortable in either gnostic atheists or gnostic theists. To us the difference between a theist and a gnostic theist is their level of arrogan...
 MindForgedManacle Atheism 7 2153 July 5, 2014 at 5:22 pm
    Thread: Definition of Atheism
Post: RE: Definition of Atheism
(July 4, 2014 at 6:39 pm)rasetsu Wrote: lacks belief + lacks knowledge + there is no god (agnostic atheist? weak atheist) has belief + lacks knowledge + there is no god (strong atheist) has belief ...
 MindForgedManacle Atheism 55 14284 July 4, 2014 at 7:56 pm
    Thread: Definition of Atheism
Post: RE: Definition of Atheism
(July 4, 2014 at 4:55 pm)pocaracas Wrote: Finally, some sense in a concise form! :) Now then, what word would describe "not theism"? If not atheism, then what? I manage it sometimes. :P Not sure i...
 MindForgedManacle Atheism 55 14284 July 4, 2014 at 5:44 pm
    Thread: Definition of Atheism
Post: RE: Definition of Atheism
I think atheism is "theism is false". It is a necessary condition of atheism to be "not theism", but it's not sufficient in my view. Just like it's a necessary condition of negative numbers to be "not...
 MindForgedManacle Atheism 55 14284 July 4, 2014 at 4:21 pm
    Thread: Definition of Atheism
Post: RE: Definition of Atheism
(July 4, 2014 at 12:37 pm)Mister Agenda Wrote: Funny, that's not how most atheists define it. Funny, that's irrelevant. The category of "people" supersedes that of "atheist", so the most common usag...
 MindForgedManacle Atheism 55 14284 July 4, 2014 at 4:06 pm
    Thread: Definition of Atheism
Post: RE: Definition of Atheism
Arguments by dictionary are just illegitimate appeals to authority. After all, I can just post this: Merriam-Webster Wrote:Definition of ATHEISM 1 archaic : ungodliness, wickedness 2 a : a disbeli...
 MindForgedManacle Atheism 55 14284 July 4, 2014 at 3:27 pm
    Thread: Definition of Atheism
Post: RE: Definition of Atheism
(July 4, 2014 at 12:37 pm)Mister Agenda Wrote: \ Yes, who would have thought telling people they're not what they say they are no matter the objections they raise would be met with anything other th...
 MindForgedManacle Atheism 55 14284 July 4, 2014 at 1:11 pm
    Thread: what are we supposed to say again when christians ask us where we get our morality?
Post: RE: what are we supposed to say again when christi...
(July 4, 2014 at 12:23 pm)Irrational Wrote: Ok, I am used to thinking of murder as killing that's considered unjustified, but let's go with the "legally wrong" definition. Part of the reason I go wi...
 MindForgedManacle Atheism 238 49981 July 4, 2014 at 12:53 pm
    Thread: Definition of Atheism
Post: RE: Definition of Atheism
I agree, which I why I usually just call myself an atheist. xD Sure, "gnostic strong atheist" might be somewhat more accurate, but it's generally pointless to identify as such.
 MindForgedManacle Atheism 55 14284 July 4, 2014 at 10:50 am
    Thread: what are we supposed to say again when christians ask us where we get our morality?
Post: RE: what are we supposed to say again when christi...
(July 4, 2014 at 4:57 am)Irrational Wrote: Yes, those changes are called corrections based on things newly discovered in nature. Not because of changes in individual, cultural, or historical beliefs...
 MindForgedManacle Atheism 238 49981 July 4, 2014 at 10:20 am
    Thread: Definition of Atheism
Post: RE: Definition of Atheism
(July 4, 2014 at 7:14 am)Ben Davis Wrote: Oooh, I've got a lot to pull you up on here but I'm at work now. In a nutshell, you've over-simplified some definitions (accurate use vs common usage vs com...
 MindForgedManacle Atheism 55 14284 July 4, 2014 at 10:01 am
    Thread: Is there a correlation between atheism and intelligence?
Post: RE: Is there a correlation between atheism and int...
To answer the OP: No.
 MindForgedManacle Atheism 40 6407 July 4, 2014 at 4:43 am
    Thread: what are we supposed to say again when christians ask us where we get our morality?
Post: RE: what are we supposed to say again when christi...
(July 4, 2014 at 4:36 am)Irrational Wrote: The point is that morality is based on standards that differ with individual, culture, and time. The rules of mathematics and logic are thought up by rati...
 MindForgedManacle Atheism 238 49981 July 4, 2014 at 4:42 am
    Thread: Definition of Atheism
Post: RE: Definition of Atheism
(July 4, 2014 at 4:24 am)Confused Ape Wrote: If people get confused they can always consult a dictionary. I don't think you get the point. Even dictionaries (which aren't an authority, by the way) c...
 MindForgedManacle Atheism 55 14284 July 4, 2014 at 4:31 am
    Thread: Definition of Atheism
Post: RE: Definition of Atheism
Dude, you can use whatever definition of a word that you want to. That doesn't make your definition reasonable or coherent. Oh, and this is the first topic I personally have made about it. ;)
 MindForgedManacle Atheism 55 14284 July 4, 2014 at 4:17 am
    Thread: What am I? Republican, Democrat, Libertarian, or Independent?
Post: RE: What am I? Republican, Democrat, Libertarian, ...
Funnily enough, those trying to stop gays should be challengeable for denying the RELIGIOUS rights of gays to marry. Since most gays are likely to be some kind of theist, those whom try to marry clear...
 MindForgedManacle Politics 76 13437 July 4, 2014 at 4:15 am
    Thread: Definition of Atheism
Post: Definition of Atheism
I got a little bored with my last input on this topic because the post sizes were getting massive, but I figured I give it another go (Rasetsu has said I'm a stubborn person before; true). I'll just l...
 MindForgedManacle Atheism 55 14284 July 4, 2014 at 4:07 am