Four kids & mom of Catholic family die in a house fire.

[Thumpalumpacus]

Fuck you.

You wouldn't like it, I just lay there.

Try again, dickweed?

[Athene]

Just sayin'...That would leave an terrifyingly low number of individuals available to provide many vital and/or highly important services to the world's population. 

So, how would that work? Some sort of lottery system being implemented to determine who receives medical treatment, is allowed due process, etc.? Or, perhaps simply limiting access to those determined to be "thinkers"?

The Devil would certainly be in the details, wouldn't it?

Well, yeah, we're talking a 1,000 or so (hopefully, sooner) years from now when theism is dead.

I hate to break this to you, friend...but, theism ain't going anywhere, as long as people don't want to DIE.

Where have you been?

[Jehanne]

Fuck you.

You wouldn't like it, I just lay there.

Try again, dickweed?

Just for the record, if I could give my life, right here and right now, this exact moment, to bring those four kids and their mom back to life at this very instant, I would do it, without any hesitation whatsoever.

And, yet, all I hear from god/dog is silence.

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Well, yeah, we're talking a 1,000 or so (hopefully, sooner) years from now when theism is dead.

I hate to break this to you, friend...but, theism ain't going anywhere, as long as people don't want to DIE.

Where have you been?

Not true; there are lots of atheist countries (France, northern Scandinavia) where people simply learn to deal with it.  There's nothing wrong with believing in life before death!

[Catholic_Lady]

It's funny when people try to do damage control after they have already shown their true colors. As if the rest of us are dumb enough to not see right through it.

[abaris]

Not true; there are lots of atheist countries (France, northern Scandinavia) where people simply learn to deal with it.  There's nothing wrong with believing in life before death!

Do you understand the distinction between secular and atheist? The USA are by definition a secular country. It's in the constitution. Would you call it atheist?

Same with the above mentioned ones. They are secular - as it should be. They aren't atheist.

[Thumpalumpacus]

Just for the record, if I could give my life, right here and right now, this exact moment, to bring those four kids and their mom back to life at this very instant, I would do it, without any hesitation whatsoever.

Forgive my skepticism.

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Not true; there are lots of atheist countries (France, northern Scandinavia) where people simply learn to deal with it.  There's nothing wrong with believing in life before death!

And yet those countries still have enormous numbers of believers.

It's true that religion will be around a long time because mortality scares the shit out of 'em.

[Athene]

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I hate to break this to you, friend...but, theism ain't going anywhere, as long as people don't want to DIE.

Where have you been?

Not true; there are lots of atheist countries (France, northern Scandinavia) where people simply learn to deal with it.  There's nothing wrong with believing in life before death!

I don't think if I'd call France an atheist country, though, it is certainly more atheistic than most.

Also, a number of of folks who identify as Non-religious, or Non-religious, but Spiritual may very well have a generic belief in God, or attach a degree of woo to the prospect death.

[abaris]

I don't think if I'd call France an atheist country, though, it is certainly more atheistic than most.

It's not. He just don't get the distinction between atheist and secular. France doesn't tolerate religious symbolism in public buildings, such as schools, courts or administrative buildings. Same goes for the Scandinavian countries. They're secular, not atheist.

[Athene]

I don't think if I'd call France an atheist country, though, it is certainly more atheistic than most.

It's not. He just don't get the distinction between atheist and secular. France doesn't tolerate religious symbolism in public buildings, such as schools, courts or administrative buildings. Same goes for the Scandinavian countries. They're secular, not atheist.

Right. 

But, I think he may have been speaking in terms of actual affiliation. While the number of French citizens who identify as atheists is notably higher than most populations, it doesn't appear that they represent a majority.

That was my point.

[Jackalope]

This thread. SMFH.