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pinto

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3. I remember that issue, vaguely. Mainly for the cover line.

Fri Mar 21, 2014, 07:03 PM

Mar 2014

I'll look it up. (aside) Secular Christianity seems where I'm going to sit for a while. I figure God can take care of himself if there is a god.

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I'm a christian who doesn't believe in god. (Is there an atheist christian category somewhere?) [View all] pinto Mar 2014 OP

There is actually a long history of christian atheism. Warren Stupidity Mar 2014 #1

I remember that issue, vaguely. Mainly for the cover line. pinto Mar 2014 #3

there is also de Botton, an atheist who loves the culture Warren Stupidity Mar 2014 #4

Thanks. pinto Mar 2014 #6

Humanists often focus on Jesus as the human, understandable side of God. Brettongarcia Mar 2014 #21

My mother was typically Irish Warpy Mar 2014 #2

As a fellow Irish Catholic, I hear you. Sorry you had that experience. pinto Mar 2014 #5

The Trinity is, in my very humble opinion, simply the Catholic interpretation of the Self Maedhros Mar 2014 #7

I'm unfamiliar with that. Is it that we are all one with it all, whatever it is? pinto Mar 2014 #8

The mukhya Upanishads are some of the oldest known philosophical writings of India Maedhros Mar 2014 #9

I think we're all talking about the same thing. pinto Mar 2014 #16

There are nearly as many flavors of Hinduism demwing Mar 2014 #45

A couple of books: struggle4progress Mar 2014 #10

This is Slavoj �i�ek's take on the Holy Spirit. Jim__ Mar 2014 #11

Alluded to something similar to this in a previous post LostOne4Ever Mar 2014 #12

That sort of echoes my take. pinto Mar 2014 #18

The Holy Ghost is always a bit of a mystery ... muriel_volestrangler Mar 2014 #13

LOL. That's pretty good. pinto Mar 2014 #15

Moby Dick is an astounding book and Ishmael, an uncanny observer. rug Mar 2014 #14

Isn't it? When I finally waded through it, no pun intended, I went whoa. What a great tale. pinto Mar 2014 #17

Jefferson re-tooled the new testament in a manner that you might find interesting. AtheistCrusader Mar 2014 #19

Some interesting similarities between Moby Dick and the God of the Bible Brettongarcia Mar 2014 #20

Grey areas - there are so many people in the grey areas. cbayer Mar 2014 #22

Ahab seems like a vengeful Old Testament god, or a king. Moby Dick is his arch nemesis, the devil? pinto Mar 2014 #23

I've never thought about it that way and read the book a long, long time ago. cbayer Mar 2014 #24

I'll check out "All is Lost". Have heard about it and I'm a Redford fan. pinto Mar 2014 #25

How do you feel about changing "food stamps" to "jesus stamps" and Voice for Peace Mar 2014 #26

You can identify however you like... MellowDem Mar 2014 #27

The basics of Christianity are very moral and entirely consistent with the politics of the left. cbayer Mar 2014 #28

What do you call someone who identifies with a hateful belief system... MellowDem Mar 2014 #29

You are the one who defines it as a hateful belief system. cbayer Mar 2014 #30

The god I describe is the one in the Bible... MellowDem Mar 2014 #31

I always have wondered why the word "mellow" is in your username. kwassa Mar 2014 #32

It doesn't matter which selection of passages I choose... MellowDem Mar 2014 #33

You are cherry-picking the Bible yourself. Nothing in the Bible portrays God as a good guy? kwassa Mar 2014 #34

The guy genocided the planet... MellowDem Mar 2014 #37

genocide is too restricted. Warren Stupidity Mar 2014 #39

True... MellowDem Mar 2014 #41

You don't judge God. Leontius Mar 2014 #36

why not? Warren Stupidity Mar 2014 #38

And North Koreans don't judge Kim... MellowDem Mar 2014 #40

Yeah, I can identify however I like. And you can choose to label me however you like. Your choice. pinto Mar 2014 #35

If you choose to identify as a Christian... MellowDem Mar 2014 #42

Hi. pinto Mar 2014 #43

Hello. MellowDem Mar 2014 #44