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In reply to the discussion: Dishonesty and thoughtlessness in believers. [View all]Goblinmonger
(22,340 posts)93. Atheism is about a lack of belief in any god. That is it.
Don't attribute Hitchens' support of the war to his atheism. That is another thing that makes you read like a non-atheist pretending to be one. Next thing you would do if you want to keep coming across that way is to say that he supported waterboarding even after he had it done to himself. See...we've all been through these conversations a million times already and know where they go. That you apparently haven't is what makes it suspect. And as I've said elsewhere, perhaps you have a different cultural experience and you would be well served to fill us in on that.
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I don't see peoples' faith as being dishonest simply because they don't fit some fundamentalist...
stone space
May 2014
#2
I realize that dishonest has a really negative connotation, but I don't mean "deliberately lying"
Warren Stupidity
May 2014
#5
Maybe the problem isn't in the answers. Maybe the problem is in the questions.
stone space
May 2014
#7
No, I'm saying that they might define their religious beliefs differently that...
stone space
May 2014
#9
Again no such thing and I would appreciate if you would stop insulting atheists.
trotsky
May 2014
#27
If an atheist takes a literalist position with respect to the bible in a discussion with...
stone space
May 2014
#33
I never said it was, but you are claiming that taking something literally = believing it. (nt)
stone space
May 2014
#41
"Advanced Atheism"? That's sounds like an interesting topic worthy of its own thread. (nt)
stone space
May 2014
#44
Not sure I can point to any particular reason. It's just what I believe. I don't claim to have...
stone space
May 2014
#49
I didn't just decide to call myself an atheist. I call myself an atheist because that's what...
stone space
May 2014
#54
wait, you have to start from: that book is the revealed truth from god.
Warren Stupidity
May 2014
#50
The post you replied to was only addressing the question of whether or not...
stone space
May 2014
#51
Taking something literally does not = believing that the literal interpretation is true. (nt)
stone space
May 2014
#56
Claim atheism falsely? Am I being excommunicated? I didn't even know it was possible.
stone space
May 2014
#87
Just so you know, the word "fundamentalist" is frowned upon here in A&A
EvolveOrConvolve
May 2014
#65
Incidentally, we are in a thread where people like my wife are being described with...
stone space
May 2014
#68
I think Warren did a far better job upthread describing what is meant by "dishonest"
EvolveOrConvolve
May 2014
#74
I get what you're saying. I don't personally know if any biblical literalists,
TxDemChem
May 2014
#16