(April 27, 2012 at 3:05 am)BrotherMagnet Wrote:(April 27, 2012 at 2:43 am)C Rod Wrote: That was funny, he looks like the bad guy alien from the first men in black.
(April 27, 2012 at 2:20 am)Minimalist Wrote:Quote:I think atheism is the vulgar quest for truth
As opposed to what? The bible?
I don't think people seeking the bible are afraid of being deceived, maybe other reasons but not being deceived.
Atheism is only the realization that we cannot only rely on books written 2000 years ago by goat herders and the "supposed" authority of ancients for our answers. We must look for truth in all directions and drop any overly unsupported views while investigating views which have supported evidence(Science and Philosophy for me not including theology). If the bible and other pure assumptions are the only thing you are seeking you ARE being deceived.
If that be im not afraid to be and that is what im arguing. "You may be deceived if you trust too much, but you will live in torment if you don't trust enough." -Frank Crane
I was just proposing the idea as an opinion of what i believed to be one of the most influential reasons in being an atheist, it might not be true but thats why i just used opinion and believed, if true its vulgar.
"Its not what your looking at that matters, its what you see." -Henry David Thoreau
♪Oh, I get lost in my mind Lost, I get lost I get Lost in my mind Lost in my Mind Yes, I get lost in my mind Lost, I get lost I get lost I get lost Oh, I get♪ -The Head and the Heart
"You are wise, witty and wonderful, but you spend too much time reading this sort of stuff.”- Frank Crane
♪Oh, I get lost in my mind Lost, I get lost I get Lost in my mind Lost in my Mind Yes, I get lost in my mind Lost, I get lost I get lost I get lost Oh, I get♪ -The Head and the Heart
"You are wise, witty and wonderful, but you spend too much time reading this sort of stuff.”- Frank Crane
