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God Became a Mirage
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RE: God Became a Mirage
(March 23, 2009 at 6:12 am)Kyuuketsuki Wrote:
(March 22, 2009 at 4:39 pm)fr0d0 Wrote: I think your (Edward's) generalisations about 'atheists' as a group (choosing that label) are true. The similarities with religion fascinates me, & not in a derogatory way.

As far as I am aware the only generalisation one can make about atheists is that they don't believe in a god or gods.
No, I think that's the only non generalisation.

(March 23, 2009 at 6:12 am)Kyuuketsuki Wrote:
(March 22, 2009 at 4:39 pm)fr0d0 Wrote: Yes the definition of atheist is simple, yet people adopting the label can hold an infinite number of ideas, within reason. Much like religion.

That depends ... yes that is true for a theist but not as true for a religionist (someone who adopts a specific religion).
Theists are limited by interpretation and peer review.

(March 23, 2009 at 6:12 am)Kyuuketsuki Wrote:
(March 22, 2009 at 4:39 pm)fr0d0 Wrote: I too am uncomfortable with flirting or being flirted with. I'm pretty single minded about family and relationships. It's just a closed book with me. I don't worry about it.

Family is a good thing IMO but I think flirting is a complex subject and I suspect (don't know) that we all do it in ways that are more complex and/or subtle than we generally know. An example of this would be sports cars ... to my mind they are essentially shag-wagons (pose mobile) designed aesthetically to pull (members of the opposite sex). I find it hilarious when middle-aged men buy themselves a sports car and make all kinds of justifications except (what I think is) the real one.
Yes, well put.

(March 23, 2009 at 6:12 am)Kyuuketsuki Wrote:
(March 22, 2009 at 4:39 pm)fr0d0 Wrote: I have precognitive dreams too. It's not my nature to get so technical with that. It's been hard keeping a level head.

I'd put money on them not being as accurate as you think they are.
Well mine take the form of me living moments in dreams. I remember sights, sounds, smells, feelings.. Re-living them is like stopping into the movie.. I sometimes realise and have an almost 3rd person perspective watching the events repeat in front of me. Sometimes I'm not so sharp. Sometimes the event will be a long time after the dream, sometimes a very short time after. It's easy to dismiss familiar surroundings but not so unknown ones. I've not really found any use for these dreams.

(March 23, 2009 at 6:12 am)Kyuuketsuki Wrote:
(March 22, 2009 at 4:39 pm)fr0d0 Wrote: I agree with you that supernatural is nonsensical. If God is other dimensional that would also be natural. Or is supernatural correctly interpreted just what we don't yet understand as natural?

So your god is part of the universe?
No, he/she/it's outside it.
Interesting post demonaura. I think atheists (I don't really see that as a hard group identity, but it seems an accepted one) concentrate their identity on aspects shared in places such as this. I've been around atheists long enough for statements to be unsurprising. I like Edward's opinion because I see some uniqueness in it, and some evidence of personal thought and progression of thought leading to conclusions.
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Messages In This Thread
God Became a Mirage - by Edward - March 20, 2009 at 3:01 am
RE: God Became a Mirage - by leo-rcc - March 20, 2009 at 4:45 am
RE: God Became a Mirage - by Kyuuketsuki - March 20, 2009 at 5:25 am
RE: God Became a Mirage - by Edwardo Piet - March 20, 2009 at 6:34 am
RE: God Became a Mirage - by Edward - March 20, 2009 at 4:07 pm
RE: God Became a Mirage - by Edwardo Piet - March 21, 2009 at 6:12 am
RE: God Became a Mirage - by Tiberius - March 20, 2009 at 8:04 am
RE: God Became a Mirage - by Edwardo Piet - March 20, 2009 at 8:07 am
RE: God Became a Mirage - by Edward - March 20, 2009 at 3:26 pm
RE: God Became a Mirage - by leo-rcc - March 20, 2009 at 3:39 pm
RE: God Became a Mirage - by Kyuuketsuki - March 20, 2009 at 4:47 pm
RE: God Became a Mirage - by Edward - March 21, 2009 at 2:47 am
RE: God Became a Mirage - by Kyuuketsuki - March 21, 2009 at 11:17 am
RE: God Became a Mirage - by Edward - March 21, 2009 at 5:30 pm
RE: God Became a Mirage - by Demonaura - March 20, 2009 at 5:09 pm
RE: God Became a Mirage - by Demonaura - March 21, 2009 at 4:01 am
RE: God Became a Mirage - by Edward - March 21, 2009 at 4:54 pm
RE: God Became a Mirage - by leo-rcc - March 21, 2009 at 4:16 am
RE: God Became a Mirage - by Demonaura - March 21, 2009 at 5:24 am
RE: God Became a Mirage - by Edwardo Piet - March 21, 2009 at 5:27 pm
RE: God Became a Mirage - by Edward - March 22, 2009 at 3:04 pm
RE: God Became a Mirage - by Edwardo Piet - March 22, 2009 at 8:59 pm
RE: God Became a Mirage - by Tiberius - March 22, 2009 at 9:41 am
RE: God Became a Mirage - by fr0d0 - March 22, 2009 at 4:39 pm
RE: God Became a Mirage - by Kyuuketsuki - March 23, 2009 at 6:12 am
RE: God Became a Mirage - by fr0d0 - March 23, 2009 at 6:08 pm
RE: God Became a Mirage - by Kyuuketsuki - March 24, 2009 at 5:57 am
RE: God Became a Mirage - by fr0d0 - March 24, 2009 at 3:35 pm
RE: God Became a Mirage - by Kyuuketsuki - March 24, 2009 at 4:46 pm
RE: God Became a Mirage - by padraic - March 24, 2009 at 8:00 pm
RE: God Became a Mirage - by Edward - March 24, 2009 at 3:32 pm
RE: God Became a Mirage - by fr0d0 - March 24, 2009 at 3:51 pm
RE: God Became a Mirage - by Edwardo Piet - March 25, 2009 at 6:33 am
RE: God Became a Mirage - by Kyuuketsuki - March 25, 2009 at 7:59 am
RE: God Became a Mirage - by fr0d0 - March 25, 2009 at 4:43 pm
RE: God Became a Mirage - by Kyuuketsuki - March 25, 2009 at 4:59 pm
RE: God Became a Mirage - by Edwardo Piet - March 30, 2009 at 9:16 pm
RE: God Became a Mirage - by Edward - March 25, 2009 at 3:58 pm
RE: God Became a Mirage - by Edward - March 24, 2009 at 3:35 pm
RE: God Became a Mirage - by padraic - March 22, 2009 at 11:39 pm
RE: God Became a Mirage - by Edward - March 23, 2009 at 2:56 pm
RE: God Became a Mirage - by padraic - March 23, 2009 at 8:13 pm
RE: God Became a Mirage - by Demonaura - March 23, 2009 at 4:10 pm
RE: God Became a Mirage - by Edwardo Piet - March 24, 2009 at 7:39 am
RE: God Became a Mirage - by Demonaura - March 24, 2009 at 12:03 pm
RE: God Became a Mirage - by Edwardo Piet - March 24, 2009 at 1:29 pm
RE: God Became a Mirage - by fr0d0 - March 24, 2009 at 5:31 pm
RE: God Became a Mirage - by Kyuuketsuki - March 25, 2009 at 5:09 am
RE: God Became a Mirage - by Kyuuketsuki - April 2, 2009 at 6:24 am

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