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RE: Two questions.
September 15, 2010 at 10:51 pm
Somewhere on this forum is a link to a very short and interesting book that takes things from both sides. It's called God's Debris.. seriously great read , I finished it in a couple of hours so it's not a real sacrifice of time but definitely worth the read.
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RE: Two questions.
September 15, 2010 at 11:00 pm
(This post was last modified: September 15, 2010 at 11:01 pm by Bull Poopie.)
I got a book from the library with author Chris Hedges. He started out bashing people in the beginning of his book but he is suppose to take perspective from both sides, I am taking him back to library tomorrow. I was appauled by that. I will have to check that out, thanks Tackattack
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RE: Two questions.
September 19, 2010 at 10:50 pm
(September 15, 2010 at 10:08 am)Bull Poopie Wrote: Hello,
I had a unusal experience lastnight when talking with a evolutionlist. He and I got into a conversation about religion and evolution wich I thought the evolution part was the most enlightening for me than religious discussion, thought I did learn something.The guy asked me if I believed in any spirits and gods and I told him does a bear shit in the woods? No, I lay claim to no god or religious organization, or support one. He asked me if atheist or people that didn't even believe in spirits were extremist, evil people? If we hurt people or did illegal acts. ( I wanted to tell him yes, I am going to come over and cook your liver for supper) But I explained to him we were normal people like christians but we just have no claim or have any ties to anything or most atheist donot, there are different types.
So here is my question.
1. Why is it that people sterotype atheist? Is it because we donot bow down to no god or reconize anything that the majorty of the population does? Because we are unique in our own way?
Anyways the odd part of the conversation was that he is a evolutionlist but he believes in spirits. Here is my next question.
2. I didnot think evolutionlist believed in spirits but that we have simply evolved wich he does believe but he believes in both. I just thought that was corky.
Poopie.
I think possibly they are afraid of that which they do not understand. Because all they know is god made everything. I think straying from that thought just frightens them so they make up crap to keep us free thinkers away from them.
"Faith does not give you the answers, it just stops you asking the questions" -Frater Ravus
