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RE: Quick Poll - Do you believe in God?
September 8, 2012 at 11:43 am
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(August 11, 2011 at 1:28 pm)Tiberius Wrote: Since people tend to be very varied in their "Religious Views", the amount of atheists on this site is relatively unknown. I can't be bothered to go around and count the number of "none", "anti-theist", "are you kidding me?" responses, so I'd like to post this very simple poll.
It has two options. If you believe in some sort of God (doesn't matter if you are a Christian, a Deist, a Wiccan, etc) then answer "Yes". If you don't believe in God (and that includes people who don't think the question is relevant), answer "No".
I just want to keep things very simple; I don't want to cause a debate over terms; if you think you believe in God, answer in the positive. If you don't think you believe in God, answer in the negative. If you are unsure what you believe, don't answer at all.
You can discuss your votes below; in fact this is encouraged as it will keep the thread highlighted in search results and so more people will be able to vote. Hopefully we'll be able to get most of the active users within a few days.
Tiberius I answered no to your question.
My reason. Just because in wiccan doesnt mean i believe in god. Personally (this is my personal thoughts) If there was a god why in the hell would he/she do the things the BIBLE say he/she did.
I mean what kind of a god that claims to love all his childern no matter there faults would kill every one and every thing on the earth except a few chosen. I mean come on he loves us but then he kills us.
If there was a god what would give him/her the right to kill someone.
In the bible it says man was created in his image, so any thing we do wrong or right would be caused by this so called god. so shouldnt he/she kill him or her self for the same reason he/she kill all the people the bible says was killed by this so called god?
Just a thought.
And befor any one yells your wiccan you have to believe in some kind of a god.
heres my answer to that.
i will change my Religious Status to: Atheists
Because i dont believe in a god
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RE: Quick Poll - Do you believe in God?
September 8, 2012 at 2:34 pm
Meh, wiccan and theist are not entirely equivalent. I'm a dirty pagan motherfucker myself that not only doesn't believe in gods, I find the very concept offensive...lol.
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RE: Quick Poll - Do you believe in God?
October 11, 2012 at 8:22 pm
Nope.
That was an easy thread to post in.
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RE: Quick Poll - Do you believe in God?
October 11, 2012 at 9:15 pm
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Why are all these new members necroposting all of a sudden?
EDIT: Misread the date, not as far of a necropost as I thought, but still technically a necropost.
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RE: Quick Poll - Do you believe in God?
October 11, 2012 at 11:44 pm
(September 8, 2012 at 2:34 pm)Rhythm Wrote: Meh, wiccan and theist are not entirely equivalent. I'm a dirty pagan motherfucker myself that not only doesn't believe in gods, I find the very concept offensive...lol. I am curious as to what "pagan" means to you. If it is merely sarcasm to their feigned rightious indignation, then yea, I like to say I barbecue kittens to show them how stupid they are in reactiing to the fact that others dont buy their invisible friend.
But I have run into "former atheists" and when you peel back the layers of that onion, it had nothing to do with them looking for evidence, but looking to bail themselves out of some bad behavior or emotionial trauma because they didn't have the "true" trademarke "God" in their heart.
But being an atheist is only a position, it is not a lifestyle or a label one should use to be a "rebel" or "bad ass". Holding that label does not preclude us from obeying the law. It merely means we don't believe in a god or gods.
The stupid thing with text is that when you sarcastically use the word "pagan", they get all these stupid stereotypes of atheists. I am not saying don't use it or don't be sarcastic. Just writing this more for them when they read it as "GET OVER YOURSELVES".
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RE: Quick Poll - Do you believe in God?
October 11, 2012 at 11:58 pm
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(October 11, 2012 at 9:15 pm)Darkstar Wrote: Why are all these new members necroposting all of a sudden?
EDIT: Misread the date, not as far of a necropost as I thought, but still technically a necropost. I saw the necropost warning, but this thread is stickied at the top of the page labeled "important threads"...so I thought it was exempt. Sorry.
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RE: Quick Poll - Do you believe in God?
October 12, 2012 at 12:05 am
(October 11, 2012 at 11:58 pm)Aroura Wrote: (October 11, 2012 at 9:15 pm)Darkstar Wrote: Why are all these new members necroposting all of a sudden?
EDIT: Misread the date, not as far of a necropost as I thought, but still technically a necropost. I saw the necropost warning, but this thread is stickied at the top of the page...so I thought it was exempt. Sorry.
Maybe you are, I don't know... You don't have to apologise, and especially not to me. If this thread survives for more than a few extra posts it should be okay. It's just for if a dead thread is put back to the top of the list when there is one disjointed post in it.
Here: http://atheistforums.org/thread-13335-po...#pid347124
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RE: Quick Poll - Do you believe in God?
October 12, 2012 at 1:26 am
I at least figured that this is indeed labeled and important thread, so when new members arrive, they are more than welcome to partake in the poll and leave a comment, despite the thread being inactive for a while.
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RE: Quick Poll - Do you believe in God?
October 12, 2012 at 7:29 am
(This post was last modified: October 12, 2012 at 7:31 am by Napoléon.)
Yeah when it comes to necroposting I just think use some common sense (yeah there is no such thing blah blah).
If it's a thread that's already seen a lot of action and is stickied/important, then I don't see too much wrong with it.
If it's a thread that's not had many responses, it's died a quick and painful death, why bother dredging it up again?
Seen as this is a poll for the entire forum to partake in, including new members, I see no good reason why a necropost is a bad thing on here...
Btw, I just looked at the poll results, HOW THE FUCK DID 1 Guest RESPOND TO THIS POLL!? #mindfuck
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RE: Quick Poll - Do you believe in God?
October 21, 2012 at 7:53 pm
I don't currently, but the moment I see some proof I suppose I would change my mind.
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