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Has atheism made you different?

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Has atheism made you different?
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Has atheism made you different?
April 22, 2013 at 5:22 pm
Can atheism ever compel someone to do something?

Has atheism ever motivated you to do anything?

Can atheism affect your character?
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RE: Has atheism made you different?
April 22, 2013 at 5:23 pm
Yes and no.
No in the sense that my disbelief of God claims hasn't changed me.
Yes in the sense that the leaving behind of my previous beliefs; and looking at other beliefs and worldviews, has led me to something that has influenced (not changed) how I live and act.
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RE: Has atheism made you different?
April 22, 2013 at 5:23 pm
I've always been an atheist.
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RE: Has atheism made you different?
April 22, 2013 at 5:24 pm
Never been anything but an atheist, so I can't say it made me different.

I do not believe - and from nothing, nothing follows.
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RE: Has atheism made you different?
April 22, 2013 at 5:26 pm
You don't have any belief regarding God?
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RE: Has atheism made you different?
April 22, 2013 at 5:27 pm
(April 22, 2013 at 5:26 pm)Dawud Wrote: You don't have any belief regarding God?

When someone says "There is a God." I say "I don't believe you." It's just that simple.
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RE: Has atheism made you different?
April 22, 2013 at 5:28 pm (This post was last modified: April 22, 2013 at 5:29 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
(April 22, 2013 at 5:26 pm)Dawud Wrote: You don't have any belief regarding God?
Roger dodger, god -beyond the books- is a big giant nothing. The place where you put god - that's empty space to me. There's nothing there, so how could I point to it as justification for anything - a thought, a behavior...anything?
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RE: Has atheism made you different?
April 22, 2013 at 5:32 pm
(April 22, 2013 at 5:22 pm)Dawud Wrote: Can atheism ever compel someone to do something?

Has atheism ever motivated you to do anything?

Can atheism affect your character?

To know these things I would have to know what my character is like when I believe in god, what I would and wouldn't do if I believed in god, and my motivation levels if I believed in god.


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RE: Has atheism made you different?
April 22, 2013 at 5:34 pm
Well if I said there was a teapot flying around in the debris of space you would not be compelled to believe me (there is no evidence) - but to believe that there is no teapot would be to have belief. Like if there was an agnostic regarding the teapot who said "it doesn't matter it doesn't affect me!" - they wouldn't believe either way. But if you said to them "no - there is no teapot" that would be quite different - they could believe your statement or not: it is a claim about the way the universe is...
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RE: Has atheism made you different?
April 22, 2013 at 5:36 pm
My value for humanity and the truth impact what I do. Not my not believing in things.
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