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Atheists & Agnostics

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13. Being an atheist has no purpose.

Wed Aug 13, 2014, 11:35 PM

Aug 2014

Some people believe in god(s) and some don't. That is all there is to it as far as I can tell.

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Why is the Atheists & Agnostics (Group) listed under religion & spiriuality? [View all] yortsed snacilbuper Aug 2014 OP

we are all highly spiriual. Warren Stupidity Aug 2014 #1

Science would be good, yortsed snacilbuper Aug 2014 #4

we could go under Brainstormy Aug 2014 #14

"Addiction and Recovery?" AtheistCrusader Aug 2014 #17

Hell, I'm high right now. AtheistCrusader Aug 2014 #16

We ask that question frequently. Curmudgeoness Aug 2014 #2

Atheism is a religious stance. nt ZombieHorde Aug 2014 #3

Like unstamp collecting is a hobby Heddi Aug 2014 #6

There is a difference between religion and a religious stance. ZombieHorde Aug 2014 #7

Put it this way, defacto7 Aug 2014 #18

If there were no theistic religions, we wouldn't have the word "atheism." ZombieHorde Aug 2014 #24

Atheism is the lack of a religious belief. jeff47 Aug 2014 #5

Atheism is not the lack of religious belief. ZombieHorde Aug 2014 #8

And since belief in gods is a religious belief jeff47 Aug 2014 #9

Yes, but an atheist can have religious beliefs. ZombieHorde Aug 2014 #10

Damn these people using the colloquial definition! jeff47 Aug 2014 #11

"an atheist can have religious beliefs." yortsed snacilbuper Aug 2014 #12

Being an atheist has no purpose. ZombieHorde Aug 2014 #13

"Being an atheist has no purpose." yortsed snacilbuper Aug 2014 #15

I do like that goal, but not all atheists care about that very much. ZombieHorde Aug 2014 #25

No gods. Buddhists have no gods. Warren Stupidity Aug 2014 #22

Is it? LostOne4Ever Aug 2014 #20

Yes, it is. jeff47 Aug 2014 #23

True. I ain't lackin' shit. Iggo Aug 2014 #28

There is no "being an Atheist" defacto7 Aug 2014 #19

It's to make it difficult to find it - mr blur Aug 2014 #26

Because there's really nowhere else to put it? trotsky Aug 2014 #27

It may not make much sense EvolveOrConvolve Aug 2014 #29