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As an atheist, how anti-theism are you?

I will work toward world abolition of all forms of faith based belief!

20%

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I don't care what people believe, but the organize religions gotta go.

33%

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I don't care about the organized religions, as long as they leave me to my beliefs (or lack there of).

37%

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Organized religions are ok. They do good work and all but I just don't have much use for 'em.

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Who, me? I'm a theist and probably shouldn't even be voting on this.

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Total Votes : 69

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Moloth
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Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2008 3:21 pm Post subject:

rickyroma wrote:

I voted "Organized religions are ok. They do good work and all but I just don't have much use for 'em." My actual position is I find religions endlessly fascinating and it would be a much less interesting world without them.

Religion is intertwined with human history and culture and I don't see how it can be declared "good" or "bad" in the abstract. Atheist utopias of a godless world seem to me whimsical at best, and sinister at worst.

right, you're going to be the first up against the wall, mate. you theist-lover.
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Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2008 3:25 pm Post subject:

Moloth wrote:

you theist-lover.

Being a theist-lover is hard. Ask any choir boy.
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Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2008 3:25 pm Post subject:

rickyroma wrote:

Moloth wrote:

you theist-lover.

Being a theist-lover is hard. Ask any choir boy.

why? its hard for them to answer when their mouth is full.
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Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2008 3:29 pm Post subject:

The best way to deal with theism is to ignore it whenever possible. Theists are like masochists; the more you beat on them the more they like it. _________________ "That which does not manifest is indistinguishable from things that don't exist."---Matt Dillahunty

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Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2008 3:50 pm Post subject:

My view on theists: I'll stop fucking with them and their way of life when they stop fucking with me and mine.

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Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2008 3:51 pm Post subject:

jeff.wa wrote:

My view on theists: I'll stop fucking with them and their way of life when they stop fucking with me and mine.

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Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2008 3:54 pm Post subject:

rickyroma wrote:

Religion is intertwined with human history and culture and I don't see how it can be declared "good" or "bad" in the abstract. Atheist utopias of a godless world seem to me whimsical at best, and sinister at worst.

The problem arises when powerful people draw justifications from their religious beliefs to persecute or kill those that don't believe as they do.
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Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2008 4:08 pm Post subject:

katashi1987 wrote:

The problem arises when powerful people draw justifications from their religious beliefs to persecute or kill those that don't believe as they do.

"Religious" is a redundant term in that sentence.
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Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2008 5:00 pm Post subject:

jeff.wa wrote:

My view on theists: I'll stop fucking with them and their way of life when they stop fucking with me and mine.

'attaboy...

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Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2008 5:53 pm Post subject:

jeff.wa wrote:

My view on theists: I'll stop fucking with them and their way of life when they stop fucking with me and mine.

that is actually a very good reply,

you get a +1 from me sir
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Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2008 7:23 pm Post subject:

It's complex question. I mean what about those fundamentalist Mormon compounds. Those people aren't bothering me but their active sequestering of minds is troublesome to me. _________________ MY YouTube Videos

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Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2008 7:24 pm Post subject:

Castaa wrote:

It's complex question. I mean what about those fundamentalist Mormon compounds. Those people aren't bothering me but their active sequestering of minds is troublesome to me.

doesnt that mean, indirectly it is effecting you?
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Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2008 9:47 pm Post subject:

rickyroma wrote:

I voted "Organized religions are ok. They do good work and all but I just don't have much use for 'em."

I could have gone for that one except for the "they do good work and all" part. The only good work they do is to try to bribe people into converting. "Here... you hungry? want some food? Well... come with me. Oh, by the way, while you're eating I'm going to make you listen to our spokeshole propagandist minister because really we don't want to help you, we just want to score one more for our god club". I know most of them don't consciously think of it that way, and sometimes they really do just want to help people, but their *real* motivation sickens me, namely, to score one more for Jeezy.

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My actual position is I find religions endlessly fascinating and it would be a much less interesting world without them.

Agreed

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Agreed
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Posted: Thu Jul 24, 2008 12:58 pm Post subject:

RyanDzundza wrote:

Castaa wrote:

It's complex question. I mean what about those fundamentalist Mormon compounds. Those people aren't bothering me but their active sequestering of minds is troublesome to me.

doesnt that mean, indirectly it is effecting you?

Well one could make arguments that nearly all human actions indirectly affect me.

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Posted: Thu Jul 24, 2008 1:09 pm Post subject:

jkorath wrote:

rickyroma wrote:

I voted "Organized religions are ok. They do good work and all but I just don't have much use for 'em."

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My actual position is I find religions endlessly fascinating and it would be a much less interesting world without them.

Agreed

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Agreed

I didn't vote that one but they do good works far beyond attempting to convert people to their religion. I know there are some who have done what you have said. I can't know who is in the minority or majority but I do know that I benefitted greatly from "Catholic good will " when I was a Catholic and it was not to convert me but to help me. Also history abounds with everything they started because of the good parts of the bible where Jesus does say to help the poor, the sick and the hungry.

Today's theists are monitored a lot more than the historical invaders who brought their religions and forced them on everybody. While there are good works done by public institutions, they still could not replace the theist ones if those all fell away today.

Also the public ones have their own expectations which sometimes force people into hunger and neglect also. No view is perfect.

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