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Who are your favorite current Atheists?
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 (February 16, 2016 at 5:53 pm)Catholic_Lady Wrote: Atheism has a Pope? Of course, same as yours. But Ratzinger was a much better pope for atheism than Francis 
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
 (March 16, 2015 at 5:09 pm)abentwookie Wrote: Who do you follow in the Atheist community? None. I might sneak a peek if some topic seems interesting to me, but in general, atheism doesn't interest me at all. It's just my absence of belief and not one of my interests. ![[Image: Bumper+Sticker+-+Asheville+-+Praise+Dog3.JPG]](https://images.weserv.nl/?url=1.bp.blogspot.com%2F-d-3rfdI7nG0%2FTerwtFyFXoI%2FAAAAAAAACak%2F7kFSmHeVrng%2Fs320%2FBumper%2BSticker%2B-%2BAsheville%2B-%2BPraise%2BDog3.JPG)
Same here.
Anything that lives outside of space and time and lives in our hearts at the same time is a conundrum. I'm just not smart enough to make such complex hypotheticals gel in my head! Sorry Mr god man.
No God, No fear.
Know God, Know fear. 
Lemonvariable72
Copenhagen School  Religious Views: Its all bullshit to keep you handing money to the usher. (March 16, 2015 at 5:50 pm)abentwookie Wrote:(March 16, 2015 at 5:33 pm)Faith No More Wrote: I'm sorry, but I can't hold this in. PZ Meyers is a total twat. You mean how falsely accused Michael shermer of being a rapist?
To-morrow, and to-morrow, and to-morrow,
Creeps in this petty pace from day to day, To the last syllable of recorded time; And all our yesterdays have lighted fools The way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle! Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player, That struts and frets his hour upon the stage, And then is heard no more. It is a tale Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, Signifying nothing.
Lemonvariable72
Copenhagen School Religious Views: Its all bullshit to keep you handing money to the usher.
I'm probably going to get flack for this, but I'm big fan of thunderfoot and the amazing atheist. I also like Ricky gervais and Dawkins of course. Oh and geddy Lee and Neil Peart. Lately thought I have following other people though dealing with gamergate and the sjw censorship that seems to be spreading everywhere. Honestly though I don't really care for people where atheism is their claim to fame because even for myself its not that big of part of who I am. So I tend to like atheists where it clearly influences them but they do other things like geddy Lee, billy Joel, Ricky gervais, brad Pitt and the like.
To-morrow, and to-morrow, and to-morrow,
Creeps in this petty pace from day to day, To the last syllable of recorded time; And all our yesterdays have lighted fools The way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle! Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player, That struts and frets his hour upon the stage, And then is heard no more. It is a tale Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, Signifying nothing. 
You won't have flak (neither ack-ack nor Roberta) from me. I go along with pretty much all you just said.
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.'
RE: Who are your favorite current Atheists?
March 5, 2016 at 10:45 am
(This post was last modified: March 5, 2016 at 10:47 am by Alex K.)
(March 4, 2016 at 11:16 pm)Lemonvariable72 Wrote: I'm probably going to get flack for this, but I'm big fan of thunderfoot and the amazing atheist. I also like Ricky gervais and Dawkins of course. Oh and geddy Lee and Neil Peart. Lately thought I have following other people though dealing with gamergate and the sjw censorship that seems to be spreading everywhere. Honestly though I don't really care for people where atheism is their claim to fame because even for myself its not that big of part of who I am. So I tend to like atheists where it clearly influences them but they do other things like geddy Lee, billy Joel, Ricky gervais, brad Pitt and the like. Richard Dawkins' real claim to fame is The Selfish Gene and his other numerous popular science books on evolution. The God Delusion, a late work by comparison, may have made him way more famous and wealthy, but you can't really hold that against him. That would be like reducing Metallica and Zeppelin to their two uberfamous ballads
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
to the "is it a religion" list.
pope priest, sage meeting places spirit wear meeting with like minded people that think they share the real truth meeting to discuss how their clarity logic and reason are better than other faith statements If you are not with us you are against us attitudes. base blind faith statements Symbols to rally around Ignore/deny any observations to the contrary of said statement of belief. be that as it may. Neal degrasse, Carl sagon, Greene, and Susskind are mine.
anti-logical Fallacies of Ambiguity
Lemonvariable72
Copenhagen School Religious Views: Its all bullshit to keep you handing money to the usher. (March 5, 2016 at 10:45 am)Alex K Wrote:(March 4, 2016 at 11:16 pm)Lemonvariable72 Wrote: I'm probably going to get flack for this, but I'm big fan of thunderfoot and the amazing atheist. I also like Ricky gervais and Dawkins of course. Oh and geddy Lee and Neil Peart. Lately thought I have following other people though dealing with gamergate and the sjw censorship that seems to be spreading everywhere. Honestly though I don't really care for people where atheism is their claim to fame because even for myself its not that big of part of who I am. So I tend to like atheists where it clearly influences them but they do other things like geddy Lee, billy Joel, Ricky gervais, brad Pitt and the like. Oh definitely true. Plus he is a very talented communicator, which is what I think is the underlying thing between all those accomplishments. Some people can understand things through and through and not be able to explain worth a shit.
To-morrow, and to-morrow, and to-morrow,
Creeps in this petty pace from day to day, To the last syllable of recorded time; And all our yesterdays have lighted fools The way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle! Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player, That struts and frets his hour upon the stage, And then is heard no more. It is a tale Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, Signifying nothing.  RE: Who are your favorite current Atheists?
March 5, 2016 at 12:52 pm
(This post was last modified: March 5, 2016 at 12:54 pm by robvalue.)
Yeah, being famous for being an atheist doesn't make a lot of sense. It's like being famous for not slapping yourself repeatedly on the forehead before making a decision.
I tend to find I like most of what most of the "prommers" (prominent atheists) have to say, but I also disagree with some parts. Each person is vulnerable to their own little bugbears which may make them go a bit off the rails at times. But it doesn't mean the rest of what they have to say isn't of value. Of course, I take all information on its own merit, and (as long as it's something I can understand) it doesn't matter who is saying it. If it's really advanced sciency stuff, then I defer to people who are qualified to be talking about that stuff. (Unlike religion, I don't base life decisions on whether a complicated scientific theory is actually true, so the consequences of misplaced confidence are minimal.) Feel free to send me a private message.
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After I spent some time reading through his work, I really gained a lot of respect for him. 
