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Atheism - less war?
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 RE: Atheism - less war?
April 22, 2013 at 9:51 am
(This post was last modified: April 22, 2013 at 9:52 am by Dawud.)
So the kids would then say its imaginary and fight less.
What of atheist religions?
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  (April 22, 2013 at 9:51 am)Dawud Wrote: So the kids would then say its imaginary and fight less. There are not atheist religions. And have you ever had kids? ![[Image: Untitled2_zpswaosccbr.png]](https://images.weserv.nl/?url=i1140.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fn569%2Fthesummerqueen%2FUntitled2_zpswaosccbr.png) 
Rhythm - I should have been more clear. I was thinking of Atlas Shrugged's use of the dollar symbol.
 (April 22, 2013 at 9:51 am)Dawud Wrote: So the kids would then say its imaginary and fight less. They are already saying that Dawd. Religiosity is diminishing amongst the "young" and only clung to by the old and infirm (mentally speaking) "The Universe is run by the complex interweaving of three elements: energy, matter, and enlightened self-interest." G'Kar-B5
(April 22, 2013 at 9:51 am)Dawud Wrote: So the kids would then say its imaginary and fight less. You realize publically proclaiming your religious stupidity by uttering phrases like "atheist religion" is not conducive to accomplishing whatever you imagine you would accomplish by being here.
*le sigh
No Dawd (or do I go back to referring to you as dumbfuck?) atheism is NOT a religion. IF you bothered to do some Internet research you would know this so you statement was overlooked as being disingenuous and stupid and provocative. "The Universe is run by the complex interweaving of three elements: energy, matter, and enlightened self-interest." G'Kar-B5
 (April 22, 2013 at 8:46 am)Dawud Wrote: So would a world in which everyone was atheist have more, less or the same amount of war? I think that religion is just an expression of our desire to form tight-knit social groups which become a part of our identity. Nationalism and racism are similar-- people form groups that create a specific identity for its members. Political groups and ideologies can serve the same purpose. We can make social groups and identities out of almost anything... we're discussing this on an atheist forum, after all. Wars are fought by people. Remove religion and there might be one less reason to fight war, but I'm sure we'd find something to fill that gap with.
"Well, evolution is a theory. It is also a fact. And facts and theories are different things, not rungs in a hierarchy of increasing certainty. Facts are the world's data. Theories are structures of ideas that explain and interpret facts. Facts don't go away when scientists debate rival theories to explain them. Einstein's theory of gravitation replaced Newton's in this century, but apples didn't suspend themselves in midair, pending the outcome. And humans evolved from ape- like ancestors whether they did so by Darwin's proposed mechanism or by some other yet to be discovered."
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