Do you mean that game in which the players wear six ton of padding and don't use their feet?

(December 18, 2015 at 2:21 am)Stimbo Wrote: Do you mean that game in which the players wear six ton of padding and don't use their feet?

Somewhere I read there are more deaths on the Euro soccer football fields than in America, where it's full-contact (minus the padding), and that's a lot! Or is that just the rioting fans?

Probably just on the terraces. And that's not counting the police incompetence causing tragedies in Liverpool.

The reaction to a simple, one-line saying that has nothing at all to do with religion is an amusing display of vitriol, ignorance, prejudice and hypocrisy. This comes as no surprise at all. You have no idea just how easy it is to evoke that kind of response from atheists.

Thank you, guys. It's been fun. 

Whereas the simple, one-line saying "atheism is not a religion", with all the reasons why, was met with exemplary politeness, of course.

Oh, and thanks for the confession of being a troll. Makes things a lot easier. Not to mention tastier.

(December 18, 2015 at 3:04 am)Reflex Wrote: The reaction to a simple, one-line saying that has nothing at all to do with religion is an amusing display of vitriol, ignorance, prejudice and hypocrisy. This comes as no surprise at all. You have no idea just how easy it is to evoke that kind of response from atheists.

Thank you, guys. It's been fun. 

I just asked a question (which you didn't respond to).

Oh well. Hope you get fulfillment in joining websites just to try and get a rise out of people. What a wildly fulfilling life you must have ^_^ bye.

(December 14, 2015 at 3:36 pm)Delicate Wrote: It's really obvious when you think about it: When atheism critiques religion, it inevitably ends up being either religious or very much like a religion.

Take, for instance, what atheism purports to say. Any meaningful form of atheism says either that God doesn't exist, or that one ought not to believe in God. They don't just mean this for themselves ("Oh, I personally don't believe, but it's perfectly okay if you believe"). Instead, they take it that not a single person has a rational basis for believing in God. 

These are very strong claims. There's no science to back it up. No empirical evidence for it. So on what basis are these claims made? 

There's one clear explanation: Blind faith. Atheists have blind faith in some claims, and hence they form part of an atheist's belief system.

We don't have to stop there. We can look at the definition of religion. Many scholars of world religions don't take religion to be defined as beliefs in God and the supernatural. This rules too many religions out. Instead, they look for one common ingredient in all religions, and that is the state of being ultimately concerned. Having a "most important thing" that you care about. And while, strictly speaking, atheism itself doesn't constitute all of one's religion, the broad pool of beliefs, of which atheism is a necessary and important feature. In that sense, atheism is a necessary part of one's religion. The transference of one's ultimate concern from God, to themselves. 

There's a third way in which atheism does the job that religion does. Atheism itself, or as part of a larger worldview, informs our answers to the ultimate questions in life. If you find yourself an atheist, you are NOT ALLOWED to believe some set of answers to questions like "What is the meaning of life?" "Where did all of reality come from?" "What happens after we die?" "Are we more than just our bodies?". As such, atheism not only plays the role of dogma, in defining what we are not allowed to believe. It defines the range of answers we can take to be true.

For these reasons, I think it's OKAY for people to believe atheism is a religion, and for atheism to be treated like a religion, even by atheists.

Would you like a cookie for your dedication to typing up all things nonsense? 

Friendly Warning: There may or may not be shit in the batter, but seeing as you're full of it already I hardly think you'll mind.

(December 18, 2015 at 3:04 am)Reflex Wrote: [...]You have no idea just how easy it is to evoke that kind of response from atheists. [...]

No, buddy - YOU have no idea "just how easy it is to evoke that kind of response from atheists". You see - I haven't even read any of your previous efforts, but I'm happy to call you a dumb c*nt just for this one stupid condescending sentence alone...

(December 18, 2015 at 6:56 am)Homeless Nutter Wrote:

(December 18, 2015 at 3:04 am)Reflex Wrote: [...]You have no idea just how easy it is to evoke that kind of response from atheists. [...]

No, buddy - YOU have no idea "just how easy it is to evoke that kind of response from atheists". You see - I haven't even read any of your previous efforts, but I'm happy to call you a dumb c*nt just for this one stupid condescending sentence alone...

I love how humans treat other humans as if they are a separate species........ I am quite sure Muslims get upset when you say Mo was a molester. I am quite sure Christians get upset when you tell them they wear a torture device around their neck, or that there is no such thing as a magic baby. We are not a separate species because we hold the "off" position on god claims. We've been equated to Hitler and Po Pot and Stalin, been accused of having no morals, all bullshit claims.

But yea, it is easy to react to factless bullshit.