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November 23, 2009 at 8:33 pm
Hi all, we're Christian atheists. For a while now our family have been trying to shape our lives around the teachings of Jesus as a philosopher, not as the Son of God. We do not believe in God, but we have found happiness and peace in our lives by adopting our own views of Christian philosophy and the Bible.

What do you think?

Bruce + Megan
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November 23, 2009 at 8:47 pm
Sounds fascinating. But there must be some aspects of Jesus's teachings that as an atheist you reject.

For example, whenever he talks about God.

Anyway, welcome along.
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November 23, 2009 at 8:54 pm
It's all subjective...

Welcome Bruce Smile
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RE: Hi all
November 23, 2009 at 9:04 pm
Fascinating. Are you active in the "Atheists for Jesus" movement at all? Welcome to the forums anyway Big Grin
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RE: Hi all
November 23, 2009 at 9:20 pm
Welcome. I see no fault in trying to use the philosophy of Christ without believing in the mumbo jumbo of an actual deity.

You fans of the Jefferson Bible by chance? That one is closest to what I think describes your views.
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RE: Hi all
November 23, 2009 at 9:42 pm
Hi, thanks for the replies.

We do reject some of his teachings an incorporate pre-exisiting morals in our everyday lives. However, we find most of Jesus' narration a beautiful summary of intrinsic moral values, which in modern days unfortunately often become diluted.

We are very familiar with the Jefferson Bible and although some of it we find disagreeable it is indeed close to what we follow. We plan on extensively reviewing it on our blog in the future
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November 23, 2009 at 9:47 pm
Although there is no such thing as an intrinsic meaning... let alone an intrinsic moral?
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RE: Hi all
November 24, 2009 at 5:04 am
I hear the Borg talking *hides under blanket*

Welcome Megan + Bruce Smile
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November 24, 2009 at 5:09 am (This post was last modified: November 24, 2009 at 5:09 am by Ace Otana.)
Hello BruceMegan. Welcome to the forums.
Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence - Carl Sagan

Mankind's intelligence walks hand in hand with it's stupidity.

Being an atheist says nothing about your overall intelligence, it just means you don't believe in god. Atheists can be as bright as any scientist and as stupid as any creationist.

You never really know just how stupid someone is, until you've argued with them.
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November 24, 2009 at 5:47 am
Even though I don't believe in Bible, it still holds many great philosophies. Welcome to the forum Smile
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