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cbayer

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13. Yes, they are.

Reply to Fumesucker (Reply #12)

Sat Oct 18, 2014, 09:35 AM

Oct 2014

I don't think it's a cop out word at all. I'm glad you are both an agnostic and an atheist, but there are many who only identify with the term agnostic, and that's fine, too.

It's the insistence that one must choose a team that creates a lot of the animosity, imo.

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The Atheist Community is Dead; Long Live the Atheist Communities [View all] rug Oct 2014 OP

+1 edgineered Oct 2014 #1

Do you mean thinking rationally beyond ones' self? nt phil89 Oct 2014 #2

That's the ticket edgineered Oct 2014 #3

And some kids have better grammar and writing skills, too. Ya think? nt edgineered Oct 2014 #4

Maybe someday we will get rid of the stupid word too Kalidurga Oct 2014 #5

I agree. It's sets up an unnecessarily antagonistic situation from the get go. cbayer Oct 2014 #6

apatheist Kalidurga Oct 2014 #7

It pretty much describes me as well. cbayer Oct 2014 #8

Everything that exists goes against the odds of probability Kalidurga Oct 2014 #9

Unless you can really put infinity and infinite possibilities into the equation. cbayer Oct 2014 #10

Most "believers" are also "agnostic" as well Fumesucker Oct 2014 #12

Yes, they are. cbayer Oct 2014 #13

I think a lot of people have chosen the team but don't want to wear the jersey Fumesucker Oct 2014 #15

Doesn't matter to me why they want to wear the jersey or not. cbayer Oct 2014 #16

I'm a long way from being the most active poster on this group or that other one Fumesucker Oct 2014 #17

There are people who care a great deal and they have their own reasons cbayer Oct 2014 #18

I don't believe that you are an apatheist. Curmudgeoness Oct 2014 #30

The best part is xfundy Oct 2014 #11

And the other best part is cbayer Oct 2014 #14

I'd never mock anyone for simply experiencing the world differently... Silent3 Oct 2014 #19

And there you go with more mocking. cbayer Oct 2014 #20

Do you have proof that I just mocked something? Anything? Silent3 Oct 2014 #21

Gee, I don't know. Calling people's beliefs "downright ridiculous" seems cbayer Oct 2014 #22

There are no beliefs *at all* that are "implausible" or "downright ridiculous" in your opinion? Silent3 Oct 2014 #23

I guess that there are and if I had some evidence that cbayer Oct 2014 #24

Please do point out the place where I called the beliefs... Silent3 Oct 2014 #26

How about laughing at another person's holy book? beam me up scottie Oct 2014 #27

that's different. and how dare you bring that up? Warren Stupidity Oct 2014 #29

Of course it is! beam me up scottie Oct 2014 #31

Calling creationists "a bunch of dumbasses" skepticscott Oct 2014 #32

I'd say that qualifies as mocking people who who experience the world differently beam me up scottie Oct 2014 #33

I have stayed out of these threads for quite a long time, though I read them, but FFS! A HERETIC I AM Oct 2014 #25

Since you asked, the reply is completely misplaced. rug Oct 2014 #28

Here's what I think of the idea of "Atheist communities" A HERETIC I AM Oct 2014 #34

Well, you're certainly free to reject the ample evidence to the contrary. rug Oct 2014 #35