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Is no Religion a Religion.
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RE: Is no Religion a Religion.
(May 27, 2014 at 11:14 pm)Stimbo Wrote:
(May 27, 2014 at 10:58 pm)rexbeccarox Wrote: Copypasta is worthless without links. Could you please post them?

His quoted material appears to have orignated here, a HuffPo blog: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-lose...67217.html

Artur, in future you are required to provide links when quoting articles. Failure to do so will result in Staff intervention. Got that?

Thanks Stimbo Smile

I just read the article and I have a few thoughts:

1. It's an opinion post with a few facts littered in.

2. It's rife with fallacies, especially ad hominems and strawmen.

3. He capitalizes the word "atheist". It is not a proper noun, and capitalizing it is essentially building another strawman by trying to equate atheism to religious faith.

4. "While Atheism as a movement doesn't have the formal structure, celebrations, or creedal dogmas of organized religions, we might at least identify Atheism as it exists today as an increasingly vibrant faith tradition. Still, when speaking of Atheists, why use the f-word (for "faith," silly) rather than speak of a worldview or personal philosophy? Three reasons suggest themselves."

He just defined religion and negated the point he was trying to make. Derp.

There's more, but it's such an idiotic article, I don't want to waste my brain on it.
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Messages In This Thread
Is no Religion a Religion. - by Artur Axmann - May 27, 2014 at 10:21 pm
RE: Is no Religion a Religion. - by Sejanus - May 27, 2014 at 10:27 pm
RE: Is no Religion a Religion. - by MountainsWinAgain - May 28, 2014 at 5:56 am
RE: Is no Religion a Religion. - by psychoslice - May 27, 2014 at 10:28 pm
RE: Is no Religion a Religion. - by Sejanus - May 27, 2014 at 10:32 pm
RE: Is no Religion a Religion. - by Artur Axmann - May 27, 2014 at 10:37 pm
RE: Is no Religion a Religion. - by Sejanus - May 27, 2014 at 10:46 pm
RE: Is no Religion a Religion. - by Artur Axmann - May 27, 2014 at 10:48 pm
RE: Is no Religion a Religion. - by rexbeccarox - May 27, 2014 at 10:58 pm
RE: Is no Religion a Religion. - by Cyberman - May 27, 2014 at 11:14 pm
RE: Is no Religion a Religion. - by rexbeccarox - May 27, 2014 at 11:36 pm
RE: Is no Religion a Religion. - by Minimalist - May 28, 2014 at 3:53 pm
RE: Is no Religion a Religion. - by The Grand Nudger - May 27, 2014 at 10:35 pm
RE: Is no Religion a Religion. - by Jackalope - May 27, 2014 at 11:09 pm
RE: Is no Religion a Religion. - by rexbeccarox - May 27, 2014 at 10:35 pm
RE: Is no Religion a Religion. - by vorlon13 - May 27, 2014 at 10:55 pm
RE: Is no Religion a Religion. - by Dosolid - June 3, 2014 at 11:31 am
RE: Is no Religion a Religion. - by Artur Axmann - June 5, 2014 at 7:58 pm
RE: Is no Religion a Religion. - by The Valkyrie - May 27, 2014 at 10:59 pm
RE: Is no Religion a Religion. - by Lucanus - May 28, 2014 at 3:12 am
RE: Is no Religion a Religion. - by Fidel_Castronaut - May 28, 2014 at 3:35 am
RE: Is no Religion a Religion. - by Lucanus - May 28, 2014 at 3:44 am
RE: Is no Religion a Religion. - by Esquilax - May 28, 2014 at 5:23 am
RE: Is no Religion a Religion. - by Ben Davis - May 28, 2014 at 5:53 am
RE: Is no Religion a Religion. - by Cato - May 28, 2014 at 6:04 am
RE: Is no Religion a Religion. - by Duke Guilmon - May 28, 2014 at 6:16 am
RE: Is no Religion a Religion. - by Confused Ape - May 28, 2014 at 7:12 am
RE: Is no Religion a Religion. - by Ben Davis - May 28, 2014 at 8:18 am
RE: Is no Religion a Religion. - by Fidel_Castronaut - May 28, 2014 at 7:25 am
RE: Is no Religion a Religion. - by archangle - May 28, 2014 at 7:51 am
RE: Is no Religion a Religion. - by Cyberman - May 28, 2014 at 2:10 pm
RE: Is no Religion a Religion. - by max-greece - May 28, 2014 at 8:10 am
RE: Is no Religion a Religion. - by Cyberman - May 28, 2014 at 8:22 am
RE: Is no Religion a Religion. - by Bob Kelso - May 28, 2014 at 9:19 am
RE: Is no Religion a Religion. - by Mister Agenda - May 28, 2014 at 10:46 am
RE: Is no Religion a Religion. - by Sejanus - May 28, 2014 at 5:52 pm
RE: Is no Religion a Religion. - by Artur Axmann - May 28, 2014 at 6:12 pm
RE: Is no Religion a Religion. - by The Valkyrie - May 28, 2014 at 6:14 pm
RE: Is no Religion a Religion. - by Rampant.A.I. - May 28, 2014 at 6:35 pm
RE: Is no Religion a Religion. - by Wyrd of Gawd - May 30, 2014 at 9:29 pm
RE: Is no Religion a Religion. - by Bob Kelso - May 30, 2014 at 10:16 pm
RE: Is no Religion a Religion. - by rexbeccarox - May 28, 2014 at 7:09 pm
RE: Is no Religion a Religion. - by Mister Agenda - June 6, 2014 at 12:32 pm
RE: Is no Religion a Religion. - by archangle - June 6, 2014 at 12:38 pm
RE: Is no Religion a Religion. - by Mister Agenda - June 6, 2014 at 12:45 pm
RE: Is no Religion a Religion. - by archangle - May 28, 2014 at 12:56 pm
Is no Religion a Religion. - by Rampant.A.I. - May 28, 2014 at 1:07 pm
RE: Is no Religion a Religion. - by archangle - May 28, 2014 at 2:15 pm
RE: Is no Religion a Religion. - by LostLocke - May 28, 2014 at 3:01 pm
RE: Is no Religion a Religion. - by Simon Moon - May 28, 2014 at 1:36 pm
Is no Religion a Religion. - by Rampant.A.I. - May 28, 2014 at 2:27 pm
Is no Religion a Religion. - by Rampant.A.I. - May 28, 2014 at 4:17 pm
RE: Is no Religion a Religion. - by MJ the Skeptical - May 28, 2014 at 6:44 pm
RE: Is no Religion a Religion. - by Minimalist - May 28, 2014 at 7:25 pm
RE: Is no Religion a Religion. - by OhWord - June 3, 2014 at 4:01 am
RE: Is no Religion a Religion. - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - June 3, 2014 at 5:16 am
RE: Is no Religion a Religion. - by archangle - June 5, 2014 at 8:11 pm
RE: Is no Religion a Religion. - by elconquistador - June 5, 2014 at 12:03 pm
RE: Is no Religion a Religion. - by Anomalocaris - June 5, 2014 at 12:35 pm
Is no Religion a Religion. - by Rampant.A.I. - June 5, 2014 at 12:58 pm
RE: Is no Religion a Religion. - by One Above All - June 5, 2014 at 1:11 pm
RE: Is no Religion a Religion. - by Whateverist - June 5, 2014 at 8:11 pm
RE: Is no Religion a Religion. - by Artur Axmann - June 5, 2014 at 8:20 pm
RE: Is no Religion a Religion. - by The Valkyrie - June 5, 2014 at 8:49 pm
RE: Is no Religion a Religion. - by Whateverist - June 5, 2014 at 8:33 pm
RE: Is no Religion a Religion. - by Artur Axmann - June 5, 2014 at 8:44 pm
RE: Is no Religion a Religion. - by Whateverist - June 5, 2014 at 9:09 pm
RE: Is no Religion a Religion. - by Artur Axmann - June 5, 2014 at 9:14 pm
RE: Is no Religion a Religion. - by The Valkyrie - June 5, 2014 at 9:42 pm
RE: Is no Religion a Religion. - by Whateverist - June 5, 2014 at 9:55 pm
RE: Is no Religion a Religion. - by Bad Wolf - June 5, 2014 at 8:33 pm
Is no Religion a Religion. - by Rampant.A.I. - June 5, 2014 at 9:01 pm
RE: Is no Religion a Religion. - by Whateverist - June 5, 2014 at 9:05 pm
Is no Religion a Religion. - by Rampant.A.I. - June 5, 2014 at 9:07 pm
Is no Religion a Religion. - by Rampant.A.I. - June 5, 2014 at 10:04 pm
RE: Is no Religion a Religion. - by archangle - June 6, 2014 at 12:23 pm
RE: Is no Religion a Religion. - by Muslim Atheism - June 14, 2014 at 4:51 pm



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