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SteveG Offline
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Newboy
February 5, 2015 at 3:34 pm
Hi there,
I'm new here.
Whilst I'm pretty certain I've been an atheist for as long as I can remember (I'm 67 male) by Googling I've only just found out that more specifically I'm a metaphysical naturalist.

My natural curiosity led me to wonder if there are many atheists out there who do believe in other supernatural elements or are the vast majority of atheists also naturalists?

I started to join the 'Atheism UK forum' but what put me off is their paranoia about having theists post on there. Very strange!

I'm not an aggressive atheist but I will always stand my corner.

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SteveG
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RE: Newboy
February 5, 2015 at 3:36 pm
Welcome aboard Steve.
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RE: Newboy
February 5, 2015 at 3:37 pm
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RE: Newboy
February 5, 2015 at 3:38 pm
(February 5, 2015 at 3:34 pm)SteveG Wrote: I started to join the 'Atheism UK forum' but what put me off is their paranoia about having theists post on there. Very strange!

Indeed, what would you chaps laugh at, in that forum?

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RE: Newboy
February 5, 2015 at 3:38 pm
Hello steve, welcome Smile

I would say generally atheists take the methodological naturalist approach. I have no idea what percentage though.
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RE: Newboy
February 5, 2015 at 3:47 pm
(February 5, 2015 at 3:38 pm)LastPoet Wrote:
(February 5, 2015 at 3:34 pm)SteveG Wrote: I started to join the 'Atheism UK forum' but what put me off is their paranoia about having theists post on there. Very strange!

Indeed, what would you chaps laugh at, in that forum?

Welcome

I didn't get that far with the forum. I don't see any point in a forum that only welcomes half of the debaters, so I moved swiftly on to this forum.
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RE: Newboy
February 5, 2015 at 3:50 pm
(February 5, 2015 at 3:47 pm)SteveG Wrote:
(February 5, 2015 at 3:38 pm)LastPoet Wrote: Indeed, what would you chaps laugh at, in that forum?

Welcome

I didn't get that far with the forum. I don't see any point in a forum that only welcomes half of the debaters, so I moved swiftly on to this forum.

Welcome, but I hope you're not disappointed. We get 3/4 of the debaters - us and the half-wits.
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RE: Newboy
February 5, 2015 at 3:51 pm
We take the good with the bad around here; it makes things more lively.

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RE: Newboy
February 5, 2015 at 3:55 pm
(February 5, 2015 at 3:47 pm)SteveG Wrote: I didn't get that far with the forum. I don't see any point in a forum that only welcomes half of the debaters, so I moved swiftly on to this forum.

Hmmm, I've been here for a while, yet, found very few that I can call a 'debater'. You will see this fact soon enough.
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RE: Newboy
February 5, 2015 at 3:56 pm
Welcome, Steve.

I've met a handful of atheists who believe there is some kind of afterlife but most have been entirely naturalistic. I think the logic that leads to one, leads to the other.
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