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    Thread: Goodbye all
Post: Goodbye all

I've asked Valkyrie to remove my account.  I have posted my last post here. To be claimed to be on a crusade for simply challenging ideas and provoking thoughts which I assumed (wrongly) was the poin...
Kingpin Introductions 20 1448 May 19, 2023 at 9:22 am
    Thread: Morality
Post: RE: Morality

Further, I'm not on any "crusade". I honestly believed this to be a place that encouraged discussion and thought because I believe (like I think some of you believe) these are big questions and requi...
Kingpin Atheism 101 5726 May 19, 2023 at 8:58 am
    Thread: Morality
Post: RE: Morality

@emjay I'm sorry you feel that way. I'm not trying to disrespect anyone here, purely taking the logic to its outcome. That's all. I'm not implying, suggesting that non-believers cannot be moral. T...
Kingpin Atheism 101 5726 May 19, 2023 at 8:55 am
    Thread: Morality
Post: RE: Morality

Thanks for all the responses folks. The point I was trying to make is I see a LOT of atheists making moral judgments against theistic Gods and some go as far as saying that is WHY there cannot be a G...
Kingpin Atheism 101 5726 May 18, 2023 at 9:45 am
    Thread: Serious question about thoughts on theists
Post: RE: Serious question about thoughts on theists

(May 17, 2023 at 4:44 pm)arewethereyet Wrote: (May 17, 2023 at 4:32 pm)Kingpin Wrote: Yes I do believe that.  I believe morality (in the sense of pure objective, ground in truth morality) only exi...
Kingpin Religion 118 6637 May 17, 2023 at 4:51 pm
    Thread: Morality
Post: RE: Morality

(May 17, 2023 at 4:35 pm)Fake Messiah Wrote: Modern society (including morality) is based on HUMANISM. God has been abolished long time ago. In the past, people went to the priest and asked him wha...
Kingpin Atheism 101 5726 May 17, 2023 at 4:42 pm
    Thread: Serious question about thoughts on theists
Post: RE: Serious question about thoughts on theists

(May 17, 2023 at 4:31 pm)Anomalocaris Wrote: (May 17, 2023 at 3:18 pm)Kingpin Wrote: I disagree with your general statement about every Christian believing he is more informed and smarter.  It's p...
Kingpin Religion 118 6637 May 17, 2023 at 4:32 pm
    Thread: Serious question about thoughts on theists
Post: RE: Serious question about thoughts on theists

(May 17, 2023 at 3:33 pm)arewethereyet Wrote: (May 17, 2023 at 3:29 pm)Kingpin Wrote: If there is no God, there is no ultimate morality, meaning, justice or hope. Do you really think that your mor...
Kingpin Religion 118 6637 May 17, 2023 at 4:32 pm
    Thread: Morality
Post: Morality

Alright guys I'm going to  :dead-horse: But I really want to know everyone's personal perspective on some of this.    Richard Dawkins stated this that there is no good, no evil, DNA just is and we ...
Kingpin Atheism 101 5726 May 17, 2023 at 4:27 pm
    Thread: Serious question about thoughts on theists
Post: RE: Serious question about thoughts on theists

(May 17, 2023 at 3:23 pm)The Grand Nudger Wrote: (May 17, 2023 at 3:16 pm)Kingpin Wrote: But what does that mean for ultimate meaning, justice and hope?  Or as an atheist, those are non-existent o...
Kingpin Religion 118 6637 May 17, 2023 at 3:29 pm
    Thread: Serious question about thoughts on theists
Post: RE: Serious question about thoughts on theists

(May 17, 2023 at 3:18 pm)The Grand Nudger Wrote: Executed for breaking roman rules.   Specifically, claiming to be king, which was treason. Jesus was charged with terrorism and fomenting insurrectio...
Kingpin Religion 118 6637 May 17, 2023 at 3:22 pm
    Thread: Serious question about thoughts on theists
Post: RE: Serious question about thoughts on theists

(May 17, 2023 at 11:14 am)Fake Messiah Wrote: (May 16, 2023 at 1:50 pm)Kingpin Wrote: That generalization is categorically untrue. So you consider yourself less informed because you think their re...
Kingpin Religion 118 6637 May 17, 2023 at 3:18 pm
    Thread: Serious question about thoughts on theists
Post: RE: Serious question about thoughts on theists

(May 17, 2023 at 12:04 pm)Mister Agenda Wrote: One of the nice things about being an atheist is that I am free to incorporate whatever I find good in the teachings of Jesus and reject whatever I fin...
Kingpin Religion 118 6637 May 17, 2023 at 3:16 pm
    Thread: Serious question about thoughts on theists
Post: RE: Serious question about thoughts on theists

(May 17, 2023 at 9:45 am)Belacqua Wrote: (May 15, 2023 at 3:00 pm)Kingpin Wrote: For all my non-believing friends.  I believe most of you are former believers or grew up in forced religion, etc.  ...
Kingpin Religion 118 6637 May 17, 2023 at 3:12 pm
    Thread: Serious question about thoughts on theists
Post: RE: Serious question about thoughts on theists

(May 16, 2023 at 9:43 pm)Neo-Scholastic Wrote: @Kingpin, you must also admit that any religious believer posting on AF has to expect a certain amount of abuse, hot kitchen etc. That's why I was gene...
Kingpin Religion 118 6637 May 17, 2023 at 3:09 pm
    Thread: Serious question about thoughts on theists
Post: RE: Serious question about thoughts on theists

(May 16, 2023 at 12:55 pm)Fake Messiah Wrote: (May 16, 2023 at 11:53 am)arewethereyet Wrote: Pot meet kettle. Exactly. Every Christian thinks he is better informed and smarter than Scientologist, ...
Kingpin Religion 118 6637 May 16, 2023 at 1:50 pm
    Thread: Let's be honest
Post: RE: Let's be honest

(May 15, 2023 at 11:28 pm)Astreja Wrote: (May 15, 2023 at 3:27 pm)Kingpin Wrote: How do you see contradictions between science and a God? Until we have actual testable physical evidence for a god-...
Kingpin Atheism 109 6547 May 16, 2023 at 12:16 pm
    Thread: Let's be honest
Post: RE: Let's be honest

(May 15, 2023 at 6:06 pm)The Grand Nudger Wrote: (May 15, 2023 at 3:09 pm)Kingpin Wrote: I disagree that it's a false claim because it's how the choice is framed and the differing levels of explan...
Kingpin Atheism 109 6547 May 16, 2023 at 12:11 pm
    Thread: Serious question about thoughts on theists
Post: RE: Serious question about thoughts on theists

(May 15, 2023 at 4:12 pm)Nay_Sayer Wrote: (May 15, 2023 at 4:05 pm)Kingpin Wrote: This made me LOL Hopefully FSM's light will guide you to the right path. Thoughts and prayers Ramen
Kingpin Religion 118 6637 May 15, 2023 at 4:16 pm
    Thread: Florida teacher faces investigation for playing Disney movie
Post: RE: Florida teacher faces investigation for playin...

Ridiculous on so many levels. Ridiculous that parents complain. Ridiculous law. Ridiculous that a teacher, who are worth 10x what they get paid, is being villainized when she followed protocols for...
Kingpin News & Current Affairs 5 558 May 15, 2023 at 4:15 pm