(April 13, 2012 at 3:10 am)RaphielDrake Wrote: The intelligent design people will be glad to hear that this isn't a movement to stop religion interfering with peoples lives though. I'll let them know they can teach my nephews any time they like, while I'm at it I can tell them that they can use the watchmaker argument in a debate all they like because no-one will mind. Those billboards? Don't worry about it.
That's SECULARISM. Atheism is non-belief in god. You get secular theists as well.
Quote:I'm... not complaining? It was a genuine poll. One which doesn't seem to of been done before. I thought maybe it should be done if only to show a lack of bias. Do I really have to have some kind of agenda to want to do that?
Not at all. However, the key issue is that atheism itself covers a wide range of social, and political views because itseslf defines nothing but non-belief.
Communities which share similar social and political views may definitely be less prone to bickering, but that doesn't mean atheists are specifically egregious.
Oh, I better wind this up properly, so... FUUUUUU!
Self-authenticating private evidence is useless, because it is indistinguishable from the illusion of it. ― Kel, Kelosophy Blog
If you’re going to watch tele, you should watch Scooby Doo. That show was so cool because every time there’s a church with a ghoul, or a ghost in a school. They looked beneath the mask and what was inside?
The f**king janitor or the dude who runs the waterslide. Throughout history every mystery. Ever solved has turned out to be. Not Magic. ― Tim Minchin, Storm
If you’re going to watch tele, you should watch Scooby Doo. That show was so cool because every time there’s a church with a ghoul, or a ghost in a school. They looked beneath the mask and what was inside?
The f**king janitor or the dude who runs the waterslide. Throughout history every mystery. Ever solved has turned out to be. Not Magic. ― Tim Minchin, Storm
