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RE: Atheism, A Grim Position?
January 6, 2015 at 3:42 am
(January 6, 2015 at 2:46 am)*steve* Wrote: Surely judging from the many thousands of comments in the forums there is more to atheism than just a definition.
There's more to athe ists than just a definition, sure. However, athe ism is merely not having a belief in gods or god claims. Not-theism.
At the age of five, Skagra decided emphatically that God did not exist. This revelation tends to make most people in the universe who have it react in one of two ways - with relief or with despair. Only Skagra responded to it by thinking, 'Wait a second. That means there's a situation vacant.'
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RE: Atheism, A Grim Position?
January 6, 2015 at 4:14 am
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RE: Atheism, A Grim Position?
January 6, 2015 at 4:30 am
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There are no tennents of atheism. It's the lack of belief in a god or gods.
Everything else listed is superfluous.
Welcome Steve 
(January 6, 2015 at 2:46 am)*steve* Wrote: (January 6, 2015 at 2:32 am)rexbeccarox Wrote: But you don't understand it at all if you don't understand it's simply a lack of belief in a deity/ deities.
Surely judging from the many thousands of comments in the forums there is more to atheism than just a definition.
There's more to atheists fo sure. We're a mix of people with an eclectic mix of ideas and experiences. We are not all the same, which is what's evidenced by this forum.
Do you see the difference?
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RE: Atheism, A Grim Position?
January 6, 2015 at 4:30 am
Hello Steve, welcome Looks like I've missed the party already! Damn my need for sleep :p
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RE: Atheism, A Grim Position?
January 6, 2015 at 4:32 am
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(January 6, 2015 at 4:30 am)Fidel_Castronaut Wrote: There are no tenants of atheism.
I don't know... I'm sure some people really do live in it 
p.s.
oh my, that is one young riker, barely recognized him
The fool hath said in his heart, There is a God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.
Psalm 14, KJV revised edition
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RE: Atheism, A Grim Position?
January 6, 2015 at 4:35 am
Damn autocorrect!
You gotta love William T.
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RE: Atheism, A Grim Position?
January 6, 2015 at 7:40 am
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RE: Atheism, A Grim Position?
January 6, 2015 at 9:11 am
(January 6, 2015 at 2:46 am)*steve* Wrote: (January 6, 2015 at 2:32 am)rexbeccarox Wrote: But you don't understand it at all if you don't understand it's simply a lack of belief in a deity/ deities.
Surely judging from the many thousands of comments in the forums there is more to atheism than just a definition.
If you take any 3 atheists, there's a pretty good chance two of them are going to disagree on absolutely everything-- except that they lack a belief in God. The ones here disagree in the form of text entries in an online forum.
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RE: Atheism, A Grim Position?
January 6, 2015 at 9:14 am
It's been truly said that atheists are a herd of cats for precisely that reason.
Also meow.
At the age of five, Skagra decided emphatically that God did not exist. This revelation tends to make most people in the universe who have it react in one of two ways - with relief or with despair. Only Skagra responded to it by thinking, 'Wait a second. That means there's a situation vacant.'
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RE: Atheism, A Grim Position?
January 6, 2015 at 9:15 am
Hiss, motherucker.
In every country and every age, the priest had been hostile to Liberty.
- Thomas Jefferson
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