Fuck all polls though? :c
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| Poll: How important is it to you to convert theists to atheism? This poll is closed. |
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| Losing my religion was huge for me. I want to give back. | 3 | 4.84% | |
| Let's drag these backward motherfuckers into the present for the good of the species. | 5 | 8.06% | |
| I just really like telling people to blow Jesus out their ass. | 3 | 4.84% | |
| If someone wants to talk about it, I'm happy to tell them why I'm an atheist. Otherwise, got things to do. | 15 | 24.19% | |
| It doesn't really matter to me one way or the other, provided they aren't pushy about selling it or making it the law. | 21 | 33.87% | |
| Really just curious to know how they think about it and why. It isn't my business to change them. | 6 | 9.68% | |
| Hell, if I could still believe in God I would, so don't spoil it for them. (Same deal as with Santa except forever). | 0 | 0% | |
| No, I want them to believe. Might be the only thing keeping them from becoming murderers and rapists. | 0 | 0% | |
| None of the above, I'll rip you a new one in my comments. | 9 | 14.52% | |
| Total | 62 vote(s) | 100% | |
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I go for 4, 5 and 6.
I want to encourage kindness and rational thought. I don't especially care who is a theist and who isn't. It's what they do that is important. I'd very much like them to stop anything which is harmful to others, including indoctrinating their children. I'd like people to stop and think. I don't think there's anything fundamentally wrong with theism or religion; they're just irrational/silly. Feel free to send me a private message.
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November 16, 2016 at 12:06 pm
(This post was last modified: November 16, 2016 at 12:10 pm by AceBoogie.)
Like most folks I chose four and five. For the most part I honestly don't care, though I do have a serious concern about children being raised religious. That actually worries me and I think it is sad.
Besides that, unless I'm on this forum, talking with my close friends (all of whom happen to be atheists), or if someone asks me to talk about it, I don't usually go out of my way to talk about what I think about certain things. I'm happy to tell a theist/deist why I think they are wrong... but as far as converting them? No... Not only do I think that concept is wildly unrealistic (have you ever met Mariosep?) but it is also seriously unproductive. I think my only duty, if I have one, is to simply be honest with myself and to be skeptical of all things. I believe I do much more for the cause of atheism, if that's even a thing, by simply living a good, successful, fulfilling life and being honest about who I am, if asked. A forum is a great place to argue, debate and discuss and I happen to enjoy the people here. But in 'real life,' it is much more effective to 'win' through actions, not arguments. So that's the thing for me... if proving anything is important... prove it through actions, not by trying to convert people. That's just my opinion, though, and I'm sure some people could make some good points on why we should try to convert people.
“Love is the only bow on Life’s dark cloud. It is the morning and the evening star. It shines upon the babe, and sheds its radiance on the quiet tomb. It is the mother of art, inspirer of poet, patriot and philosopher.
It is the air and light of every heart – builder of every home, kindler of every fire on every hearth. It was the first to dream of immortality. It fills the world with melody – for music is the voice of love. Love is the magician, the enchanter, that changes worthless things to Joy, and makes royal kings and queens of common clay. It is the perfume of that wondrous flower, the heart, and without that sacred passion, that divine swoon, we are less than beasts; but with it, earth is heaven, and we are gods.” - Robert. G. Ingersoll
Not at all important. My opposition to their bullshit isn't for -their- benefit. I consider believers a lost cause. I know, I know, some atheists used to believe. They're the exceptions that prove the rule.
I am the Infantry. I am my country’s strength in war, her deterrent in peace. I am the heart of the fight… wherever, whenever. I carry America’s faith and honor against her enemies. I am the Queen of Battle. I am what my country expects me to be, the best trained Soldier in the world. In the race for victory, I am swift, determined, and courageous, armed with a fierce will to win. Never will I fail my country’s trust. Always I fight on…through the foe, to the objective, to triumph overall. If necessary, I will fight to my death. By my steadfast courage, I have won more than 200 years of freedom. I yield not to weakness, to hunger, to cowardice, to fatigue, to superior odds, For I am mentally tough, physically strong, and morally straight. I forsake not, my country, my mission, my comrades, my sacred duty. I am relentless. I am always there, now and forever. I AM THE INFANTRY! FOLLOW ME!
It isn't even on my radar. One of the first principles of freedom is the right for dimwits to go to hell in their own hand basket.
Boru
‘But it does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are twenty gods or no gods. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg.’ - Thomas Jefferson
You forgot the most important option: Ask me if I could care less about a certain issue.
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It's not important to me at all.
 
I only care about their beliefs when they use them as justifications to negatively impact the rights of others.
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