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A reason why people remain religious
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RE: A reason why people remain religious
August 16, 2014 at 7:01 pm
(August 16, 2014 at 5:58 pm)MysticKnight Wrote:
(August 16, 2014 at 5:43 pm)Diablo Wrote: My bold. Yes there is. It's to counter the prejudice and ignorance that religion spreads.

That's not a purpose of Atheism. An Atheist can make that part of their life purpose, but it would be a subjective purpose, not an objective one.

Diablo I'm afraid MysticKnight is right. Atheism is the non belief in gods or the belief no gods exist, being an atheist doesn't mean you have to fight religion, it just means you don't believe in deities. There are atheists who think religion brings benefits and they might incentive, others won't care about fighting religion at all as long as it doesn't affect their lives.
Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. And if you gaze long enough into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you

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A reason why people remain religious - by Mozart Link - August 15, 2014 at 5:21 pm
RE: A reason why people remain religious - by Minimalist - August 15, 2014 at 5:30 pm
RE: A reason why people remain religious - by Angrboda - August 15, 2014 at 5:55 pm
RE: A reason why people remain religious - by Napoléon - August 15, 2014 at 6:16 pm
RE: A reason why people remain religious - by ignoramus - August 15, 2014 at 6:19 pm
RE: A reason why people remain religious - by Mudhammam - August 15, 2014 at 7:03 pm
RE: A reason why people remain religious - by ShaMan - August 15, 2014 at 7:08 pm
RE: A reason why people remain religious - by Polaris - August 15, 2014 at 8:06 pm
RE: A reason why people remain religious - by ignoramus - August 15, 2014 at 8:16 pm
RE: A reason why people remain religious - by ShaMan - August 15, 2014 at 8:33 pm
RE: A reason why people remain religious - by Polaris - August 15, 2014 at 8:47 pm
RE: A reason why people remain religious - by Bad Wolf - August 15, 2014 at 11:06 pm
RE: A reason why people remain religious - by Polaris - August 15, 2014 at 11:30 pm
RE: A reason why people remain religious - by Anomalocaris - August 15, 2014 at 8:30 pm
RE: A reason why people remain religious - by Zidneya - August 15, 2014 at 9:05 pm
RE: A reason why people remain religious - by Minimalist - August 15, 2014 at 9:11 pm
RE: A reason why people remain religious - by Polaris - August 15, 2014 at 9:33 pm
RE: A reason why people remain religious - by Mudhammam - August 15, 2014 at 9:39 pm
RE: A reason why people remain religious - by Polaris - August 15, 2014 at 9:52 pm
RE: A reason why people remain religious - by psychoslice - August 15, 2014 at 11:35 pm
RE: A reason why people remain religious - by Polaris - August 15, 2014 at 11:48 pm
RE: A reason why people remain religious - by Mudhammam - August 15, 2014 at 11:54 pm
RE: A reason why people remain religious - by psychoslice - August 16, 2014 at 2:06 am
RE: A reason why people remain religious - by Mudhammam - August 16, 2014 at 2:26 am
RE: A reason why people remain religious - by ignoramus - August 16, 2014 at 12:06 am
RE: A reason why people remain religious - by Polaris - August 16, 2014 at 12:21 am
RE: A reason why people remain religious - by ShaMan - August 16, 2014 at 12:10 am
RE: A reason why people remain religious - by ignoramus - August 16, 2014 at 12:37 am
RE: A reason why people remain religious - by Polaris - August 16, 2014 at 12:48 am
RE: A reason why people remain religious - by Mudhammam - August 16, 2014 at 1:57 am
RE: A reason why people remain religious - by Polaris - August 16, 2014 at 11:19 am
RE: A reason why people remain religious - by ignoramus - August 16, 2014 at 6:20 am
RE: A reason why people remain religious - by Bad Wolf - August 16, 2014 at 9:19 am
RE: A reason why people remain religious - by Mozart Link - August 16, 2014 at 10:52 am
RE: A reason why people remain religious - by Simon Moon - August 16, 2014 at 11:13 am
RE: A reason why people remain religious - by Mozart Link - August 16, 2014 at 11:17 am
RE: A reason why people remain religious - by Bad Wolf - August 16, 2014 at 12:10 pm
RE: A reason why people remain religious - by MysticKnight - August 16, 2014 at 5:32 pm
RE: A reason why people remain religious - by Diablo - August 16, 2014 at 5:43 pm
RE: A reason why people remain religious - by MysticKnight - August 16, 2014 at 5:58 pm
RE: A reason why people remain religious - by Dystopia - August 16, 2014 at 7:01 pm

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