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Thread: Why are you atheist?
Post: RE: Why are you atheist?
| (March 29, 2013 at 4:09 pm)whateverist Wrote: Good luck with that. My stepson pursues alternative realities, mystic reunion and all that rot in spite of his mother and I having none of it. His fat... |
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March 30, 2013 at 5:33 am |
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Thread: Freedom of Speech in the UK
Post: RE: Freedom of Speech in the UK
| Yes, you can. As Stimbo says, they might wallop you but nobody's going to arrest you.
There is an offence about enciting religious hatred I believe, but that's to do with speakers (preachers of some ... |
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Atheism
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March 28, 2013 at 10:45 am |
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Thread: Why are you atheist?
Post: RE: Why are you atheist?
| I was raised in a practicing Catholic family but can clearly remember from a young age wondering how it was that anybody could actually believe in any of the stupid things that I heard and read about ... |
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March 28, 2013 at 10:42 am |
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Thread: What's the worst thing about being an atheist?
Post: RE: What's the worst thing about being an atheist?
| Having to constantly tread carefully lest I inadvertantly offend friends or family who still have religious beliefs |
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Atheism
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March 28, 2013 at 10:29 am |
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Thread: Would you be an atheist if science and reason wasn't supportive of atheism?
Post: RE: Would you be an atheist if science and reason ...
| (December 5, 2012 at 10:09 am)Vincenzo "Vinny" G. Wrote: But I've been hearing a lot of equivocation on what atheism means, from other atheists.
"It's a lack of belief in God" "It's the claim that ... |
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Atheism
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December 5, 2012 at 1:05 pm |
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Thread: Is atheism a liberating and good experience?
Post: RE: Is atheism a liberating and good experience?
| Well, when I first admitted to myself that I didn't really believe in God, I had an immediate horror of the situation. I sunk into a depression for about two weeks where I cried every day, experienced... |
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Atheism
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December 3, 2012 at 9:08 am |
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Thread: Religion in school
Post: RE: Religion in school
| My kids are only small at the moment but when this comes up, which it inevitably will, I plan on explaining that the Bible is a really old book full of stories that were written a long time ago. I wou... |
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Religion
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November 30, 2012 at 5:36 pm |
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Thread: Will Religion and Athiesm ever compromise?
Post: RE: Will Religion and Athiesm ever compromise?
| I don't think atheism and religion can ever compromise really. I think that eventually society will become secular, at different rates in different countries, and the various religions will simply ebb... |
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November 30, 2012 at 3:34 pm |
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Thread: Why are YOU an Atheist?
Post: RE: Why are YOU an Atheist?
| I'm an atheist because, although science cannot and does not claim to know everything in the universe just now, I cannot conceive of and have never heard of one single convincing reason why the answer... |
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November 30, 2012 at 2:16 pm |
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Thread: Anglican church reforms and their social impact for atheism
Post: RE: Anglican church reforms and their social impac...
| I sincerely hope that the rejection of women bishops (as it turned out to be) is a step towards disestablishment. It was certainly hugely embarrasing for the Church but even more so for the laity, who... |
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Religion
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November 30, 2012 at 12:15 pm |
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Thread: Hello everyone! *waves*
Post: RE: Hello everyone! *waves*
| (November 30, 2012 at 10:18 am)Ben Davis Wrote: I often find that people in the UK are pretty unjudgmental about religious beliefs; it's the way you act towards other people which is more important.... |
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Introductions
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November 30, 2012 at 10:45 am |
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Thread: How to overcome the fear of death?
Post: RE: How to overcome the fear of death?
| I can absolutely empathise with the fear of death. As someone who very recently went through the rejection of God and the afterlife, I was affected very deeply by the realisation that this is it, ther... |
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November 30, 2012 at 9:32 am |
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Thread: Hi there!
Post: RE: Hi there!
| Hello! I'm a fellow noob too :)
I'm also a science/nature/tech lover and I think it was one of the key reasons I always questioned my religious upbringing. Who needs God when there's so much cool stu... |
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Introductions
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November 30, 2012 at 9:16 am |
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Thread: My journey to atheism
Post: RE: My journey to atheism
| (November 28, 2012 at 6:38 pm)cato123 Wrote: I'm not sure how I would handle the years of CCD leading to confirmation and the like. The religious education via CCD wouldn't be bad, but managing the ... |
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Converts' Corner
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November 30, 2012 at 9:11 am |
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Thread: My journey to atheism
Post: My journey to atheism
| So, just joined and what not. Thought I'd start with a little bit about how I've ended up here!
I live in the UK but my family, who all also live here, are all Irish Catholics. My maternal Nan, the f... |
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Converts' Corner
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November 28, 2012 at 4:54 pm |
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Thread: Hello everyone! *waves*
Post: Hello everyone! *waves*
| I just joined today so hello everybody!
I'm a 29yr old stay-at-home mother to two small boys, living in the UK. I'm also studying for an undergrad degree in History. I was raised a Roman Catholic but... |
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Introductions
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November 28, 2012 at 2:50 pm |
