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RE: Are atheists religious?
October 17, 2011 at 5:18 pm
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(October 17, 2011 at 4:04 pm)I_Blaspheme Wrote: Animists believe in souls. I'd bet that at least 90% of the atheists here do not.
What is a soul?
(October 17, 2011 at 3:59 pm)John Jones Wrote: Animism underpins all religions, atheism, science, and virtually ALL philosophical doctrines.
Wrong! You should look up the definitions of big words before you use them.
an·i·mism [an-uh-miz-uhm] noun
1. the belief that natural objects, natural phenomena, and the universe itself possess souls.
2. the belief that natural objects have souls that may exist apart from their material bodies.
3. the doctrine that the soul is the principle of life and health.
4. belief in spiritual beings or agencies.
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an·i·mism noun \ˈa-nə-ˌmi-zəm\
1: a doctrine that the vital principle of organic development is immaterial spirit
2: attribution of conscious life to objects in and phenomena of nature or to inanimate objects
3: belief in the existence of spirits separable from bodies
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RE: Are atheists religious?
October 17, 2011 at 5:40 pm
Quote:You should look up the definitions of big words before you use them.
If he did that then he would no longer be a fundie
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RE: Are atheists religious?
October 17, 2011 at 5:47 pm
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Quote:All atheists are religious.
Nope.
Quote:This is because they, like the Church, believe in ANIMISM.
Nope.
Quote:atheism
Atheism is just lack of belief.
Quote: science
Science is a tool, a method.
Quote:That's why I'm smiling
And I'm smiling because I know you're a complete nut job who needs serious help.
Yet another troll. Do they even bother to try to get a life?
Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence - Carl Sagan
Mankind's intelligence walks hand in hand with it's stupidity.
Being an atheist says nothing about your overall intelligence, it just means you don't believe in god. Atheists can be as bright as any scientist and as stupid as any creationist.
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RE: Are atheists religious?
October 24, 2011 at 5:33 pm
I'm an animist? Oh, right...I didn't know that. In your case, you could go around shouting "you're a solipsist, you're a Satan worshiper, and you, yeah you, you think you're the reincarnate of Napoleon!", to anyone; but of course it's true, because you haven't asked them what they believe; just doing the good ol' hurling phrases around trying to summarize a persons beliefs on a whim. But if it gets you to sleep tonight, then yeah, I am an animist.
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RE: Are atheists religious?
October 24, 2011 at 5:37 pm
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Atheists are not animists. Point refuted. Next?
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RE: Are atheists religious?
October 25, 2011 at 9:59 am
I thought we just ate babies and danced naked under the light of a full moon.
Seriously, I really hate it when people try to tell us what we believe.
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RE: Are atheists religious?
October 25, 2011 at 4:29 pm
(October 25, 2011 at 9:59 am)Doubting Thomas Wrote: Seriously, I really hate it when people try to tell us what we believe.
No you don't, you love it and you know it.
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At the age of five, Skagra decided emphatically that God did not exist. This revelation tends to make most people in the universe who have it react in one of two ways - with relief or with despair. Only Skagra responded to it by thinking, 'Wait a second. That means there's a situation vacant.'
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RE: Are atheists religious?
October 25, 2011 at 4:30 pm
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Well, Thomas, gotta fill all the nights that have no full moons with something. I mean sure, I think I can speak for us all when I say that I'm booked on the full moon until the day I die, but what about the other nights?
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!
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RE: Are atheists religious?
October 26, 2011 at 11:01 am
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Well I guess there is our big holiday Halloween when we welcome our lord Satan to the earth with a huge blood orgy.
That reminds me, I need to call the local abortion clinic to see if they're stocked up on fresh fetuses. I hate running out of food at a party. I wonder if they deliver?
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RE: Are atheists religious?
October 27, 2011 at 7:00 pm
re·li·gious [ri-lij-uhs] Show IPA adjective, noun, plural -gious.
adjective
- of, pertaining to, or concerned with religion: a religious holiday.
- imbued with or exhibiting religion; pious; devout; godly: a religious man.
- scrupulously faithful; conscientious: religious care.
- pertaining to or connected with a monastic or religious order.
- appropriate to religion or to sacred rites or observances.
I religiously brush my teeth every morning and every night.
So yeah, I guess some atheists can be religious.
You make people miserable and there's nothing they can do about it, just like god.
-- Homer Simpson
God has no place within these walls, just as facts have no place within organized religion.
-- Superintendent Chalmers
Science is like a blabbermouth who ruins a movie by telling you how it ends. There are some things we don't want to know. Important things.
-- Ned Flanders
Once something's been approved by the government, it's no longer immoral.
-- The Rev Lovejoy
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