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Is atheism a belief?
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RE: Is atheism a belief?
December 13, 2018 at 2:38 pm (This post was last modified: December 13, 2018 at 3:03 pm by Huggy Bear.)
(December 13, 2018 at 12:08 pm)Gae Bolga Wrote:
(December 13, 2018 at 11:41 am)Huggy74 Wrote: There are Ideologies focused on there being zero gods, THAT IS athe-ism.
Atheism isn't an ideology, lol.

Once again you display your utter lack of understanding.
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RE: Is atheism a belief?
December 13, 2018 at 2:44 pm
If you say so, Huggy, lol.
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#243
RE: Is atheism a belief?
December 13, 2018 at 2:49 pm
(December 13, 2018 at 2:38 pm)Huggy74 Wrote:
(December 13, 2018 at 11:41 am)Huggy74 Wrote: Atheism isn't an ideology, lol.  

Once again you display your utter lack of understanding.

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#244
RE: Is atheism a belief?
December 13, 2018 at 2:55 pm
You gotta ask each atheist individually. Some say they believe in things and some say they don't. Some go to church, some don't. Some think there are supernatural beings, some say there aren't. So on, and so on, and so on (infinity)...
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RE: Is atheism a belief?
December 13, 2018 at 2:55 pm
Quote:   You may think it's okay to have a fake bake sale with an agenda and bother people, but it's likely to annoy people when they find out it's a cookie scam to try to prove or disprove something.
I love how your trying to paint this rather lighthearted  social experiment on the nature of superstition as a scam  i'm 99% of people of people won't even take seriously and the ones that do are free not to participate and need to lighten up .
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RE: Is atheism a belief?
December 13, 2018 at 2:56 pm
(December 13, 2018 at 2:55 pm)T0 Th3 M4X Wrote: You gotta ask each atheist individually.  Some say they believe in things and some say they don't.  Some go to church, some don't.  Some think there are supernatural beings, some say there aren't.  So on, and so on, and so on (infinity)...

Definitively putting to rest the question of whether atheism is a belief or an ideology.
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RE: Is atheism a belief?
December 13, 2018 at 2:59 pm (This post was last modified: December 13, 2018 at 3:01 pm by Amarok.)
Quote:Once again you display your utter lack of understanding.
No Huggy you do that every time you type something . This laughable quest to "own the atheists " has reached low tier Monty Python level
Quote:You gotta ask each atheist individually. Some say they believe in things and some say they don't. Some go to church, some don't. Some think there are supernatural beings, some say there aren't. So on, and so on, and so on (infinity)...
No i don't

And any supernatural beings are gods then they are not atheists no matter how much they claim they are .
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#248
RE: Is atheism a belief?
December 13, 2018 at 3:01 pm
(December 13, 2018 at 2:55 pm)Amarok Wrote:
Quote:   You may think it's okay to have a fake bake sale with an agenda and bother people, but it's likely to annoy people when they find out it's a cookie scam to try to prove or disprove something.
I love how your trying to paint this rather lighthearted  social experiment on the nature of superstition as a scam  i'm 99% of people of people won't even take seriously and the ones that do are free not to participate and need to lighten up .

No, I would honestly throw them off my porch if they knocked on my door and tried that nonsense.  Now if it was just atheists selling cookies to help cancer victims or children with disabilities, then I would probably buy some.  I think it's good for any group that organizes to contribute, which is why I like what some of the atheist churches are doing.  They're trying to volunteer out in their communities.  Nothing wrong with that.  I'll go out and help them if I have nothing else going on.  But making idiotic requests is just that...idiotic.
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RE: Is atheism a belief?
December 13, 2018 at 3:02 pm
Quote:There are Ideologies focused on there being zero gods, THAT IS athe-ism.
Nope
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RE: Is atheism a belief?
December 13, 2018 at 3:04 pm
(December 13, 2018 at 2:59 pm)Amarok Wrote:
Quote:Once again you display your utter lack of understanding.
No Huggy you do that every time you type something . This laughable quest to "own the atheists " has reached low tier Monty Python level
Quote:You gotta ask each atheist individually. Some say they believe in things and some say they don't. Some go to church, some don't. Some think there are supernatural beings, some say there aren't. So on, and so on, and so on (infinity)...
No i don't

And any supernatural beings are gods then they are not atheists no matter how much they claim they are .

Right, well I'm sure there are many Chinese atheists who will disagree.  Mystical dragons and birds are a part of their culture and believed to be real.  They are also exceptionally atheistic compared to the rest of the world.  Even many of their government offices require it as a prerequisite.
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