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[Athene]

When legislation starts being introduced that's "inspired" by the shit written on the back of a Lucky Charms box, call me up.

[Mystic]

Of course there is all sorts of corruptions in religion, no one is disputing that, but the central thing, is you don't want to be dictated on how to live.

So let's cut to the chase. Is it accurate to say people gather to support one another of Atheism to avoid submitting to any person claiming to represent God?

You guys always come back to this. I think it stems from the fact that you truly cannot fathom the rejection of your god for purely empirical reasons.

Thousands of times on this forum we have told theists why we don't believe. Thousands of times you ignore our reasons for the ones you make up, because it's easier to argue with your version.

The only conclusion is that you deliberately wish to misrepresent people in order to make yourself feel better about your perceived position relative to us.  So be it. Just don't expect a rational conversation to follow.

The thing is I'm not saying you don't believe that. I'm saying, why Atheists gather and support one another, is because they see the idea of submitting to a person claiming to be the representative of God problematic and something they feel they need to support one another from society pressuring them to do so?

You have no empirical evidence of many things not existing, but you don't make a whole support group revolve around that idea.

[Mystic]

As soon as believers in leprechauns try to force their beliefs on me, I will start a forum called, Aleprechaunsforums.com.

This is my point. You don't like the pressure of believers telling you you must submit to God through his representatives.

[Simon Moon]

Here's a very recent example of why there are atheist forums:

http://www.patheos.com/blogs/progressive...rosecuted/

"Victim of faith healing wants parents prosecuted"

It's scum parents like these!

[Mystic]

Why specialize though? Why emphasis on "God"?

Perhaps because a word was needed to distinguish between those that believe and those that don't. Incidentally, atheism doesn't put the emphasis on "God" alone. The focus is on all theistic claims and beliefs. There are thousands of gods worshipped throughout history and many still 'active' today. The big-G god is merely one amongst those many.

But why focus on gods...and it seems a lot of people are saying the problem they are having is that people claiming to be his representatives are trying to dictate to humanity on how to live.

[Faith No More]

So let's cut to the chase. Is it accurate to say people gather to support one another of Atheism to avoid submitting to any person claiming to represent God?

Atheists don't gather to support each other out fear of believers. We gather because it gets tiring feeling like the only sane person in the room.

[SteelCurtain]

We "organize" to prevent people with a bronze age version of morality from attempting to legislate that morality for everyone.

Yes, we resist the idea that seems to be part and parcel with religious belief that the way you live your life should be the way I live mine. I don't want YOU dictating my morals. I couldn't give less of a shit about your god.

[Mystic]

When legislation starts being introduced that's "inspired" by the shit written on the back of a Lucky Charms box, call me up.

The root again of the issue. This seems why Atheists generally come together? If there was no religion, again, people would not care about the issue of God existing.

And it seems the problem lies that you are not satisfied with any of the systems of submitting to God out there or to the divine, that none of the claimants to the truth satisfy you.

That is why you see there is a need to oppose religion all together. And what easier way to do that but to oppose the central figure which they rely upon, God?

I'm not saying this why you disbelieve in God, but at the end, why you argue against believing in God is to do with the fact people submit to representatives and people claiming authority on his behalf?

[Mystic]

So let's cut to the chase. Is it accurate to say people gather to support one another of Atheism to avoid submitting to any person claiming to represent God?

Atheists don't gather to support each other out fear of believers.  We gather because it gets tiring feeling like the only sane person in the room.

Ah ok. But that is a different motive than originally said by most people. 

A lot of people seem to see the need to oppose God idea of belief, because of the pressure of society to submit to some representative of God.

It dictates on how people "act".

[Mystic]

We "organize" to prevent people with a bronze age version of morality from attempting to legislate that morality for everyone.

Yes, we resist the idea that seems to be part and parcel with religious belief that the way you live your life should be the way I live mine. I don't want YOU dictating my morals. I couldn't give less of a shit about your god.

Ah, but this exactly what I'm saying. People don't care about God, but the fact that there is people saying "this is the path to follow", this "is what you must follow or submit to or be or do".