Religion

customerserviceguy

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45. I would try not to

Sun Jul 27, 2014, 11:48 PM

Jul 2014

I have friends and relatives who are religionists, and I fully support their Constitutional rights to think and act as they believe, but sometimes the legislative actions of religious people cramps my style. I specifically remember having to wait until noon on "the Lord's day" to buy a couple of six-packs of South Carolina beer that I had no intention of consuming until I got back home, on a day that didn't belong to anyone's deity.

If people would just keep their religion to themselves, it would be a lot easier on all of us. I sure don't make any efforts to get in their face about being an atheist, and will even go as far to bow my head respectfully when someone calls for a moment of silent prayer, out of respect for those in my presence who think that such mumbling is effective.

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Atheists, do you wish you could afford to ignore religion completely? [View all] Htom Sirveaux Jul 2014 OP

Well sure, but that's a privilege not available to atheists. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Jul 2014 #1

Yes - Very Tired Of Organized Religions cantbeserious Jul 2014 #2

Do you really think edhopper Jul 2014 #3

If you can believe religion, you can believe anything! immoderate Jul 2014 #6

Not true. hrmjustin Jul 2014 #7

With some exceptions, which would be self-evident, can you cite some beliefs that NO religious... immoderate Jul 2014 #8

Well we don't believe that Lizards really rule the Earth. hrmjustin Jul 2014 #10

You can't prove they don't. cleanhippie Jul 2014 #13

No but the fact we believe in religion does not mean we will believe anything. hrmjustin Jul 2014 #18

Says you. cleanhippie Jul 2014 #19

yes! says me. hrmjustin Jul 2014 #21

Which really means very little. cleanhippie Jul 2014 #22

This message was self-deleted by its author hrmjustin Jul 2014 #23

That wasn't an insult. cleanhippie Jul 2014 #25

my bad! Common sense says you can't get a religious person just to believe anything. hrmjustin Jul 2014 #29

When people believe a dead person came back to life... cleanhippie Jul 2014 #31

Some would agree with you but there are plenty of things you can not get me to believe. hrmjustin Jul 2014 #32

Not through this medium, at least. cleanhippie Jul 2014 #36

The fact is some people are gullible but being religious does not mean you are automatically hrmjustin Jul 2014 #37

Says who? You? cleanhippie Jul 2014 #38

lol! It is my opinion. you asked my opinion. hrmjustin Jul 2014 #39

We're not talking about being gullible. cleanhippie Jul 2014 #40

Not always no but sometimes. hrmjustin Jul 2014 #41

Then you've just negated your entire hypothesis. cleanhippie Jul 2014 #42

It is late so if I did I am sorry. hrmjustin Jul 2014 #44

The original question was Fortinbras Armstrong Jul 2014 #81

Obviously you can. rug Jul 2014 #46

I suppose if you put everyone through a big enough juicer, you could tell. AtheistCrusader Jul 2014 #54

There's no time for that, what with all these giant lizards walking around. rug Jul 2014 #67

Not ALL religious people believe that, but you can be pretty sure some do. immoderate Jul 2014 #33

Well I like to think I am very rational. hrmjustin Jul 2014 #34

Funny thing though, EVERYBODY thinks they're rational. immoderate Jul 2014 #43

One can be "very rational" and believe in ridiculous stuff for which there is no evidence. Warren Stupidity Jul 2014 #62

Name the religion that does. rug Jul 2014 #47

The 1) current article in Cognitive Science says that Christians tend to accept fantasy as real Brettongarcia Jul 2014 #48

I see. You can't, your allusion to Irish Catholics notwithstanding. rug Jul 2014 #70

Though the "lizard brain" might seem to some, to motivate many. Brettongarcia Jul 2014 #69

explain please? hrmjustin Jul 2014 #71

Psychology posits that deep in the human brain, is a residual brain like a lizard. Close to the stem Brettongarcia Jul 2014 #73

Thanks for the link and explaination. hrmjustin Jul 2014 #74

No, the list was in no particular order. Htom Sirveaux Jul 2014 #9

Why wouldn't someone find that insulting edhopper Jul 2014 #11

Indeed, and my question assumed that Htom Sirveaux Jul 2014 #12

It sounded to me like you thought the biggest problem we have edhopper Jul 2014 #16

I was just trying to illustrate a state of religion Htom Sirveaux Jul 2014 #20

I guess if no one acted primarily on their edhopper Jul 2014 #24

A state of religion that has no negative impact? cleanhippie Jul 2014 #28

I was imagining a world where all religions were harmless. Htom Sirveaux Jul 2014 #35

Richard Nixon was a Quaker; UU's lend more credibility to the rest of religion than it deserves Brettongarcia Jul 2014 #49

That escalated quickly. Htom Sirveaux Jul 2014 #55

You might think we'd be free from religious coercion, 1) if religions were more pacifistic. Brettongarcia Jul 2014 #66

It would be better if you asked me what I think, instead of Htom Sirveaux Jul 2014 #72

Is insulting a bad thing? rug Jul 2014 #14

Rational discourse is much better Brettongarcia Jul 2014 #50

I agree but he didn't answer the question. rug Jul 2014 #68

They have no right to be offended. Leontius Jul 2014 #76

I actually consider myself more of an agnostic SheilaT Jul 2014 #4

As I have said before, Curmudgeoness Jul 2014 #5

That would be significant, though vanishingly unlikely skepticscott Jul 2014 #15

The question wasn't whether I would be happy about it. Curmudgeoness Jul 2014 #17

No airwaves? Htom Sirveaux Jul 2014 #27

The point is that people won't keep their destructive religious views to themselves; Brettongarcia Jul 2014 #51

Yes. nt Curmudgeoness Jul 2014 #78

Well, just screw that nasty old First Amendment. okasha Jul 2014 #79

If GLBT people would just keep their sexuality in their homes and clubs cbayer Jul 2014 #61

cbayer, this is really dishonest. trotsky Jul 2014 #64

Wow. Curmudgeoness Jul 2014 #77

Well, I think that assuming that all people choose whether to believe or not is probably a mistake. cbayer Jul 2014 #80

You misunderstand. Curmudgeoness Jul 2014 #82

Again, I agree with you about the power that the religious right has taken cbayer Jul 2014 #83

Religion is just interesting to study. safeinOhio Jul 2014 #26

What theists feel or say about my atheism is totally irrelevant and unimportant. djean111 Jul 2014 #30

I would try not to customerserviceguy Jul 2014 #45

I live in a place where religion and atheism doesn't hold much sway....I really don't think about.. Tikki Jul 2014 #52

But with them constantly shoving it down our throats... philip.chinery Jul 2014 #56

A liberalish part of So.California...the only passive aggressive outspoken here that I've ever run Tikki Jul 2014 #65

There are many examples of religions, some practiced in the US, that I never give a second thought AtheistCrusader Jul 2014 #53

since you asked gwheezie Jul 2014 #57

Nope. If it would stay on the other side of the church-state barrier Warpy Jul 2014 #58

I'm sick of the Abrahamic religions. Manifestor_of_Light Jul 2014 #59

That is an awefully big If. longship Jul 2014 #60

Sure because that would mean that religion was irrelevant. Warren Stupidity Jul 2014 #63

It would still kind of annoy me... gcomeau Jul 2014 #75