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Are Atheists just Hatas?

Discussion in 'BBS Hangout: Debate & Discussion' started by heypartner, May 27, 2014.

  1. REEKO_HTOWN

    REEKO_HTOWN I'm Rich Biiiiaaatch!

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    Because it's none of his ****ing business, that's why.
     
  2. CrazyDave

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    Why not respect each other as people, regardless? Respect doesn't necessarily equal agreement.
     
  3. DwightHoward13

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    No, I don't think the Constitution would be the same. Like Christianity, the Constitution is based on rights that are absolute, or "inalienable" in nature. That absoluteness does not correlate with atheism, which contains a more relativistic view.
     
  4. Dubious

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    I think you are being condescending of my opinion, man.

    Religion has held sway over this planet for 5,000 years and it's pretty f'ed up. It's all predicated on myth, unsubstantiatable stories of supernatural existence back when mankind had very little understanding of the nature of the universe. They have no basis in our modern experience or current understanding of reality. To me, that just makes us a pretty ridiculous species and it's embarrassing.
     
  5. K-Low_4_Prez

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    I may be wrong here but i want to say that many of the writers of the constitution were either atheist or agnostic... i know they were not overly religious by any means.
     
  6. Bandwagoner

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    Sure we are living in a society where politeness is part of a social contract

    Some people believe the moon landing never happened. If an atheist runs across someone who believes Neil Armstrong is a liar, and then someone who thinks Christ is the savior he will put them in the same bin. I wouldn't call that respect.
     
  7. REEKO_HTOWN

    REEKO_HTOWN I'm Rich Biiiiaaatch!

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    You'll be sorry you didn't believe when scientists finally unlock the mystery of the deep blue sea and Cthulhu brings terror upon you.
     
  8. Bäumer

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    Thomas Jefferson was branded by his opponents as an atheist due to how adamant he was about separation of church and state. Several other founding fathers are said (not my words or research) to have been deists but not atheists.

    "Like other Founding Fathers, Jefferson was considered a Deist, subscribing to the liberal religious strand of Deism that values reason over revelation and rejects traditional Christian doctrines, including the Virgin Birth, original sin and the resurrection of Jesus. While he rejected orthodoxy, Jefferson was nevertheless a religious man." http://www.pbs.org/godinamerica/people/thomas-jefferson.html

    Also check this out. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theistic_rationalism
     
  9. BamBam

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    This should be posted in giant letters the moment you enter the D&D!
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  10. MadMax

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    I love this! :) Who are you embarrassed around? Your alien friends?
     
  11. Bandwagoner

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    Fish friends, and his cat.
     
  12. Rashmon

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    We need to get a beer one day.
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  13. Dubious

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    Embarrassment is never about what other people think, it's always really about what we think about ourselves.. I look around at the possible paradise this planet could be for men and cry at how we have wasted it. Maybe it's really the fault of a talking snake.


    There are those who look at things the way they are, and ask why... I dream of things that never were, and ask why not?
    -Robert Kennedy-
     
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  14. MadMax

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    I'm just playing around, by the way...I am truly sorry I embarass you though :)
     
  15. Dubious

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    I'm quite sure you personally don't.

    I just spent the holiday with my friend the methodist minister. He knows how I feel, I know how he feels and we are just fine with each other, lots of laughs were had.
     
  16. MadMax

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    I dress up nice. I smell good most of the time, and I eat with my mouth closed.
     
  17. SamFisher

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    Thank god you're not trying to play "gotcha"

    Cause if you were, trying to make some half-baked argument about the Constitution and what the guys who wrote it believed, by retorting with quotes from the Declaration of Independence, would be an epic fail.
     
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    What if I said Neil Armstrong was a liar who never walked on the moon but also the son of God who lied to save our sins - worthy of respect, and not a binnable offense, or can I be laughed at without fear?
     
  19. Dubious

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    the looney bin
     
  20. Bandwagoner

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