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No one is an atheist
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RE: No one is an atheist
(April 17, 2011 at 1:54 pm)Cinjin Cain Wrote: You see, if someone goes to church on a Sunday to hear preaching than preaching is not a bad thing ... because those idiots attending have decided for themselves that they would like to hear a preacher.
I disagree with the term idiots being used for those who attend church or want to hear preaching. First because those who attend church may not have shown up to hear a preacher; there are a multitude of possibilities as to why they are there. Vice-versa, those who wish to hear someone preach may not necessarily go to church. Second, because what's wrong with being an idiot?

Quote:However when someone shows up outside a rock concert venue or at a discussion forum and starts trying to indoctrinate people with their lunacy
You have made the assumption that all preachers are lunatics. Please back this up with evidence and provide a reason why I should not believe there are exceptions to this newfound rule that all preachers are lunatics.

Also, a discussion forum is an open, public place for exactly that; discussion. A discussion forum should be a place in which one brings their beliefs to the table and expresses them as openly as possible, then listens to and critiques or debates with others' thoughts on the matter being discussed. The first part sounds like preaching to me.

The Free Dictionary.com Wrote:preach (prch)
v. preached, preach·ing, preach·es
v.tr.
1. To proclaim or put forth in a sermon: preached the gospel.
2. To advocate, especially to urge acceptance of or compliance with: preached tolerance and peaceful coexistence.
3. To deliver (a sermon).

Quote: The action of preaching to people who do NOT want to be preached to is the arrogance of Christianity.
I draw your attention to the above definition of preaching. Do you see Christianity mentioned anywhere in any of those definitions? I don't. Christians are not the only ones who can preach. Buddhists can preach, Scientologists can preach, Humanists can preach, politicians can preach, and atheists can preach. Anyone on Earth can preach about anything. To attribute the act of preaching solely to Christianity is silly, arrogant, and biased.

Quote:Somehow EVERYONE should have to believe the way you do -
This is not at all implied by the act of preaching. Preaching implies a strong conviction in one's ideas or beliefs, such that the preachers decides to take their idea public and openly discuss or display it in some way.

Quote:so you all go annoying the hell out of people by shoving your religion down our throats and than justify your rudeness by calling it preaching and "saving souls".
Good job generalizing an entire group of people based on the actions of comparatively very few. For the record, I have met very few Christian 'preachers', and even fewer that I have met have acted in the manner you describe here. I have discussed openly on many occasions my views with people of other faiths, and even with those who lack faith such as yourself. That is preaching. I am preaching my beliefs to another person pubic-ly.

Quote:Come to think of it - I don't think ANY other religion has ever confronted me with their idiocy on the street.
I've got a question for you at this point. Have you ever been confronted with any Christians on the street about their so-called 'idiocy'? And how do you justify basing your entire opinion of the Christian demographic on those few individuals?

Quote:Have you EVER been accosted by a Buddhist??? Nope.
And I can explain that with ease. I have met very few Buddhists in my life. In fact, I have met almost none. So I've never had the chance to meet a rude or accosting Buddhist. I'm sure one exists out there somewhere.

Quote: Nobody does arrogance like Christianity.
I beg to differ, and I would like to make an addendum; nobody does arrogance like the human race.

Quote:Christianity is a cancer on this planet and we need to do everything we can to irradicate the disease.
You know, that's cool. I thought I was a pretty nice guy, honestly. I don't hit my girlfriend, I treat my friends well and they all like me, and I don't have many enemies. But thanks for informing me that my so-called 'idiocy' makes me part of a disease which must be eliminated no matter the cost. I wonder, if I hold fast to my beliefs to the finest degree, what will you do to 'irradicate' what you have so unjustly deemed a disease in me?

And I once more ask the question, what's wrong with being an idiot?

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No one is an atheist - by bliss - April 14, 2011 at 12:24 am
RE: No one is an atheist - by Violet - April 14, 2011 at 12:29 am
RE: No one is an atheist - by Cinjin - April 14, 2011 at 12:46 am
RE: No one is an atheist - by Cinjin - April 14, 2011 at 1:37 am
RE: No one is an atheist - by Minimalist - April 14, 2011 at 1:34 am
RE: No one is an atheist - by reverendjeremiah - April 14, 2011 at 7:49 am
RE: No one is an atheist - by KichigaiNeko - April 14, 2011 at 1:45 am
RE: No one is an atheist - by padraic - April 14, 2011 at 1:47 am
RE: No one is an atheist - by KichigaiNeko - April 14, 2011 at 1:51 am
RE: No one is an atheist - by padraic - April 14, 2011 at 2:31 am
RE: No one is an atheist - by Violet - April 14, 2011 at 2:34 am
RE: No one is an atheist - by Welsh cake - April 14, 2011 at 2:34 am
RE: No one is an atheist - by Violet - April 14, 2011 at 2:46 am
RE: No one is an atheist - by Welsh cake - April 14, 2011 at 3:01 am
RE: No one is an atheist - by Rayaan - April 14, 2011 at 4:02 am
RE: No one is an atheist - by lilphil1989 - April 14, 2011 at 5:45 am
RE: No one is an atheist - by tackattack - April 14, 2011 at 5:46 am
RE: No one is an atheist - by Darwinian - April 14, 2011 at 6:03 am
RE: No one is an atheist - by KichigaiNeko - April 14, 2011 at 6:05 am
RE: No one is an atheist - by theVOID - April 14, 2011 at 6:16 am
RE: No one is an atheist - by Zen Badger - April 14, 2011 at 6:47 am
RE: No one is an atheist - by Frosty - April 14, 2011 at 7:43 am
RE: No one is an atheist - by reverendjeremiah - April 14, 2011 at 7:45 am
RE: No one is an atheist - by fr0d0 - April 14, 2011 at 7:46 am
RE: No one is an atheist - by thesummerqueen - April 14, 2011 at 8:30 am
RE: No one is an atheist - by downbeatplumb - April 15, 2011 at 10:24 am
RE: No one is an atheist - by reverendjeremiah - April 14, 2011 at 8:55 am
RE: No one is an atheist - by thesummerqueen - April 14, 2011 at 9:23 am
RE: No one is an atheist - by reverendjeremiah - April 14, 2011 at 9:31 am
RE: No one is an atheist - by thesummerqueen - April 14, 2011 at 9:37 am
RE: No one is an atheist - by tackattack - April 14, 2011 at 1:52 pm
RE: No one is an atheist - by reverendjeremiah - April 14, 2011 at 2:35 pm
RE: No one is an atheist - by thesummerqueen - April 14, 2011 at 2:36 pm
RE: No one is an atheist - by Ace Otana - April 14, 2011 at 4:30 pm
RE: No one is an atheist - by Rayaan - April 14, 2011 at 3:10 pm
RE: No one is an atheist - by Cinjin - April 14, 2011 at 3:25 pm
RE: No one is an atheist - by thesummerqueen - April 14, 2011 at 3:10 pm
RE: No one is an atheist - by Rayaan - April 14, 2011 at 4:19 pm
RE: No one is an atheist - by LastPoet - April 14, 2011 at 5:13 pm
RE: No one is an atheist - by fr0d0 - April 14, 2011 at 5:43 pm
RE: No one is an atheist - by Cinjin - April 14, 2011 at 7:23 pm
RE: No one is an atheist - by fr0d0 - April 15, 2011 at 3:56 am
RE: No one is an atheist - by padraic - April 14, 2011 at 7:28 pm
RE: No one is an atheist - by Rev. Rye - April 14, 2011 at 8:02 pm
RE: No one is an atheist - by JohnDG - April 15, 2011 at 4:53 am
RE: No one is an atheist - by KichigaiNeko - April 15, 2011 at 7:01 am
RE: No one is an atheist - by thesummerqueen - April 15, 2011 at 10:30 am
RE: No one is an atheist - by downbeatplumb - April 15, 2011 at 10:43 am
RE: No one is an atheist - by thesummerqueen - April 15, 2011 at 10:48 am
RE: No one is an atheist - by leo-rcc - April 16, 2011 at 7:50 am
RE: No one is an atheist - by reverendjeremiah - April 16, 2011 at 12:34 pm
RE: No one is an atheist - by downbeatplumb - April 16, 2011 at 12:40 pm
RE: No one is an atheist - by Watson - April 16, 2011 at 12:50 pm
RE: No one is an atheist - by downbeatplumb - April 16, 2011 at 12:53 pm
RE: No one is an atheist - by Violet - April 16, 2011 at 1:57 pm
RE: No one is an atheist - by Watson - April 16, 2011 at 2:00 pm
RE: No one is an atheist - by Welsh cake - April 17, 2011 at 6:04 am
RE: No one is an atheist - by Watson - April 17, 2011 at 12:39 pm
RE: No one is an atheist - by downbeatplumb - April 17, 2011 at 12:48 pm
RE: No one is an atheist - by Cinjin - April 17, 2011 at 1:54 pm
RE: No one is an atheist - by Watson - April 17, 2011 at 3:40 pm
RE: No one is an atheist - by reverendjeremiah - April 17, 2011 at 8:46 pm
RE: No one is an atheist - by Cinjin - April 18, 2011 at 12:15 am
RE: No one is an atheist - by Watson - April 18, 2011 at 7:23 pm
RE: No one is an atheist - by Zen Badger - April 18, 2011 at 8:20 am
RE: No one is an atheist - by KichigaiNeko - April 18, 2011 at 8:29 am
RE: No one is an atheist - by Watson - April 17, 2011 at 12:50 pm
RE: No one is an atheist - by Minimalist - April 17, 2011 at 1:10 pm
RE: No one is an atheist - by padraic - April 17, 2011 at 8:31 pm
RE: No one is an atheist - by Watson - April 17, 2011 at 9:54 pm
RE: No one is an atheist - by tackattack - April 17, 2011 at 10:21 pm
RE: No one is an atheist - by tackattack - April 18, 2011 at 9:12 am
RE: No one is an atheist - by Cinjin - April 18, 2011 at 10:15 am
RE: No one is an atheist - by tackattack - April 18, 2011 at 10:39 pm
RE: No one is an atheist - by Cinjin - April 21, 2011 at 3:45 pm
RE: No one is an atheist - by Watson - April 21, 2011 at 4:20 pm
RE: No one is an atheist - by Cinjin - April 21, 2011 at 4:35 pm
RE: No one is an atheist - by Doubting Thomas - April 18, 2011 at 11:13 am
RE: No one is an atheist - by thesummerqueen - April 18, 2011 at 11:24 am
RE: No one is an atheist - by reverendjeremiah - April 18, 2011 at 11:27 pm
RE: No one is an atheist - by thesummerqueen - April 19, 2011 at 6:14 am
RE: No one is an atheist - by reverendjeremiah - April 19, 2011 at 10:22 pm
RE: No one is an atheist - by Doubting Thomas - April 19, 2011 at 8:09 pm
RE: No one is an atheist - by Minimalist - April 19, 2011 at 10:28 pm
RE: No one is an atheist - by Doubting Thomas - April 19, 2011 at 11:40 pm
RE: No one is an atheist - by ilikeMe - April 21, 2011 at 1:20 pm
RE: No one is an atheist - by thesummerqueen - April 21, 2011 at 1:26 pm
RE: No one is an atheist - by Doubting Thomas - April 21, 2011 at 1:40 pm
RE: No one is an atheist - by Watson - April 21, 2011 at 2:58 pm
RE: No one is an atheist - by thesummerqueen - April 21, 2011 at 1:48 pm
RE: No one is an atheist - by thesummerqueen - April 21, 2011 at 3:52 pm
RE: No one is an atheist - by Cinjin - April 21, 2011 at 4:01 pm
RE: No one is an atheist - by thesummerqueen - April 21, 2011 at 4:07 pm
RE: No one is an atheist - by Cinjin - April 21, 2011 at 4:12 pm
RE: No one is an atheist - by thesummerqueen - April 21, 2011 at 4:13 pm
RE: No one is an atheist - by Watson - April 21, 2011 at 4:39 pm
RE: No one is an atheist - by Cinjin - April 21, 2011 at 4:49 pm
RE: No one is an atheist - by thesummerqueen - April 21, 2011 at 4:47 pm
RE: No one is an atheist - by Watson - April 21, 2011 at 4:49 pm
RE: No one is an atheist - by thesummerqueen - April 21, 2011 at 4:57 pm
RE: No one is an atheist - by Sarcasm - April 21, 2011 at 8:39 pm
RE: No one is an atheist - by padraic - April 21, 2011 at 10:03 pm
RE: No one is an atheist - by jason56 - May 1, 2011 at 5:33 pm
RE: No one is an atheist - by thesummerqueen - May 1, 2011 at 5:34 pm
RE: No one is an atheist - by jason56 - May 1, 2011 at 5:39 pm
RE: No one is an atheist - by thesummerqueen - May 1, 2011 at 6:44 pm
RE: No one is an atheist - by jason56 - May 1, 2011 at 6:59 pm
RE: No one is an atheist - by leo-rcc - May 2, 2011 at 6:09 am
RE: No one is an atheist - by thesummerqueen - May 1, 2011 at 7:30 pm
RE: No one is an atheist - by jason56 - May 1, 2011 at 7:54 pm
RE: No one is an atheist - by tackattack - May 1, 2011 at 8:30 pm
RE: No one is an atheist - by thesummerqueen - May 1, 2011 at 9:36 pm
RE: No one is an atheist - by jason56 - May 1, 2011 at 8:55 pm
RE: No one is an atheist - by tackattack - May 1, 2011 at 11:01 pm
RE: No one is an atheist - by thesummerqueen - May 1, 2011 at 11:03 pm
RE: No one is an atheist - by tackattack - May 2, 2011 at 1:05 am

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