people who don't believe in religion.

Its all aobut dynamic.

Originally posted by Legion_of_Maul
how are you going to argue religion if you don't have one, or you have multiple? at least have one religion and stick with, or don't argue cause you can't even choose your own religion.

So, why are the atheists here arguing religion? I thought an atheist wants nothing to do with relogion!?

ARGH! Read this thread... Its only a page and a half.

Originally posted by Wonderer
So, why are the atheists here arguing religion? I thought an atheist wants nothing to do with relogion!?

Originally posted by Storm
Being an atheist doesn' t automatically mean being against religion. Some atheists have relatively neutral feelings towards religion, some have relatively positive feelings towards religion, and some are even quite religious themselves. There is a wide variety of opinions about religion among atheists.
Atheism is even compatible with religion. Atheism is about nothing more than belief in the existence of gods: specifically, atheists have none. Atheism is the absence of belief in the existence of any gods, not the absence of religion, the absence of belief in the supernatural, the absence of superstitions, the absence of irrational beliefs, etc.

Some humanists call themselves religious and many members of Unitarian-Universalism and Ethical Culture societies are also nonbelievers. What you then have is a religious atheist.

Originally posted by Shakyamunison
Choosing not to choose is still a choice.

Not having a religion does not disqualify a person from the debate.

But a very bad one, in my honest opinion. Choosing not to choose is already a wrong choice.

Originally posted by lil bitchiness
But a very bad one, in my honest opinion. Choosing not to choose is already a wrong choice.

I have to agree with you, but it took me 20 years to realize that. 😉 Or should I say, it took me 20 years to be ready for the Lotus sutra. 😄

Originally posted by lil bitchiness
But a very bad one, in my honest opinion. Choosing not to choose is already a wrong choice.

And to somehow happen to make a right guess, is better....how?

Oh come on ! Anyone who says people with no religion are blind or something similar is an idiot. It would be the opposite if anything !

Choosing a religion is trusting without justification, it is raw conformism. I am not part of any pre-made belief, I am still searching for the truth. I don't really get why you should stick to a religion instead of researching like any intelligent person would. Some people are stuck to their atheism as much as people are stuck to their religions, both are bad but at least atheists don't believe in the teaching of a 2000 years old book that was probably written by an old man with nothing better to do.

So basically, being part of a religion is choosing the easy way, having an answer to everything without having to search far. God does everything, well this is quite a reasoning !

you cant knock people for being strong enough to believe what ever they want, be that the fact of god/gods or lack off, reincarnation and all that stuff.

i'm 22 and i'd love to be religious but i don't knw what i want to believe so does that make me religous or not?

thorncrawler, that makes you someone who is searching for simplicity and conformity because you are scared of not knowing.

Originally posted by SP90
Oh come on ! Anyone who says people with no religion are blind or something similar is an idiot. It would be the opposite if anything !

Choosing a religion is trusting without justification, it is raw conformism. I am not part of any pre-made belief, I am still searching for the truth. I don't really get why you should stick to a religion instead of researching like any intelligent person would. Some people are stuck to their atheism as much as people are stuck to their religions, both are bad but at least atheists don't believe in the teaching of a 2000 years old book that was probably written by an old man with nothing better to do.

So basically, being part of a religion is choosing the easy way, having an answer to everything without having to search far. God does everything, well this is quite a reasoning !

I disagree. You maybe 80% right, but you are 20% wrong. Some people, like myself, spend a lifetime searching for the truth that fits them, and then they find it. Should they keep searching? I don't think so. When you find the truth that fits you, will you turn your back on it if it just because it is a religion? Remember, there is a lot more to the world then Christianity.

Yeah, like a religion could be all logical and fit you entirely. I respect people who are part of a religion but know it's not perfectly accurate though.

Originally posted by SP90
Yeah, like a religion could be all logical and fit you entirely. I respect people who are part of a religion but know it's not perfectly accurate though.

You know nothing about me religion, I would bet. My religion my not fit you, but it fits me.

Buddhism ? Yes, it is one of the most respectable religions...

In your opinion...one that is not shered by all.

Originally posted by Alliance
In your opinion...one that is not shered by all.

Nothing is ever sheared by all. You will always disagree. 😆

not always. 😄