Can atheism ever compel someone to do something?
Has atheism ever motivated you to do anything?
Can atheism affect your character?
Has atheism ever motivated you to do anything?
Can atheism affect your character?
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Has atheism made you different?
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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. 
I've always been an atheist.
Never been anything but an atheist, so I can't say it made me different.
I do not believe - and from nothing, nothing follows.
I am the Infantry. I am my country’s strength in war, her deterrent in peace. I am the heart of the fight… wherever, whenever. I carry America’s faith and honor against her enemies. I am the Queen of Battle. I am what my country expects me to be, the best trained Soldier in the world. In the race for victory, I am swift, determined, and courageous, armed with a fierce will to win. Never will I fail my country’s trust. Always I fight on…through the foe, to the objective, to triumph overall. If necessary, I will fight to my death. By my steadfast courage, I have won more than 200 years of freedom. I yield not to weakness, to hunger, to cowardice, to fatigue, to superior odds, For I am mentally tough, physically strong, and morally straight. I forsake not, my country, my mission, my comrades, my sacred duty. I am relentless. I am always there, now and forever. I AM THE INFANTRY! FOLLOW ME!
You don't have any belief regarding God?
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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?
I am the Infantry. I am my country’s strength in war, her deterrent in peace. I am the heart of the fight… wherever, whenever. I carry America’s faith and honor against her enemies. I am the Queen of Battle. I am what my country expects me to be, the best trained Soldier in the world. In the race for victory, I am swift, determined, and courageous, armed with a fierce will to win. Never will I fail my country’s trust. Always I fight on…through the foe, to the objective, to triumph overall. If necessary, I will fight to my death. By my steadfast courage, I have won more than 200 years of freedom. I yield not to weakness, to hunger, to cowardice, to fatigue, to superior odds, For I am mentally tough, physically strong, and morally straight. I forsake not, my country, my mission, my comrades, my sacred duty. I am relentless. I am always there, now and forever. I AM THE INFANTRY! FOLLOW ME!
 (April 22, 2013 at 5:22 pm)Dawud Wrote: Can atheism ever compel someone to do something? 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. Are you ready for the fire? We are firemen. WE ARE FIREMEN! The heat doesn’t bother us. We live in the heat. We train in the heat. It tells us that we’re ready, we’re at home, we’re where we’re supposed to be. Flames don’t intimidate us. What do we do? We control the flame. We control them. We move the flames where we want to. And then we extinguish them. Impersonation is treason.
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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