RE: I'm coming out of the closet, wish me luck.
February 5, 2012 at 4:27 pm
(This post was last modified: February 5, 2012 at 5:23 pm by Ziploc Surprise.)
(February 5, 2012 at 2:06 pm)Phil Wrote:(February 5, 2012 at 11:22 am)Ziploc Surprise Wrote:(February 5, 2012 at 2:32 am)Phil Wrote: Was this the same closet R. Kelly was trapped in?
Who's R. Kelly?
Here sir.
Thanks for the link, the song kind of sucks but at least it explains the South park episode about Scientology. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-tXBCPTo7...re=related
(February 5, 2012 at 1:37 pm)Rhizomorph13 Wrote:(February 5, 2012 at 11:22 am)Ziploc Surprise Wrote: it relies on as many provable facts as possible.
This seems to be a common missconception about atheism. There is no litmus test for "true atheism". There are no prerequisites to not believe in god. You could be an atheist because your cat told you that there was no god and you would be just as atheist as anyone else.
I suppose you're right, to not believe you simply must not believe. In my post I was talking more about what is needed to explain phenomena. Religion needs to find some sort of explanation for phenomena so it can keep it's people from going to sources for these explanations that will contradict the religious texts/doctrine. You would not want to lose converts to truth and provable fact. It's one thing to believe or not believe it's another thing to remain this way in the face of new information.
I have studied the Bible and the theology behind Christianity for many years. I have been to many churches. I have walked the depth and the breadth of the religion and, as a result of this, I have a lot of bullshit to scrape off the bottom of my shoes. ~Ziploc Surprise
