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02-08-2007, 04:59 PM
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Is atheism negative thinking?
I've heard that many people say religious people are sometimes more likely to survive an operation or illness because they are more optimistic, and atheists don't as much because they are pessimistic. I don't think that is true because if you are truly prepared for death
 and  no afterlife, reincarnation, nirvana, or any other supernatural consiousness, that means religion is more of a wishful thinking thing. Maybe atheists are realists and theists are idealists. Tell me your thoughts!
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02-08-2007, 05:12 PM
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02-08-2007, 05:27 PM
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Atheists are a product of their own mind.
They will adore it for a while and then treat it like yesterday's toy. Its not that they've made up their mind about God, they are merely waiting for more data to arrive so they can make a decision. They are open, rather than closed. They are not hemmed in by one religious system or another either. They are actually a plowed field awaiting seed. The waiting is the part you see. x
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02-08-2007, 05:34 PM
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02-08-2007, 05:46 PM
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02-08-2007, 05:48 PM
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Atheists accept the reality they're in. That is positive thinking.
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02-08-2007, 06:02 PM
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If you think that any life without God must be fatalism then of course you will think atheists are negative. We die and rot and exist no more for all eternity, therefore our lives are meaningless and without purpose. If we were not created for some great purpose then we can't have a great purpose.
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02-08-2007, 06:17 PM
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Well I am very optimistic thank you very much
 . Some might say unrealistic. There is plenty to be excited and optimistic about without needing either religion or a god (although I am sure those things serve theists very well indeed).
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02-08-2007, 07:54 PM
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27 results for: consciousness 1-10 of 27 results Next » View results from: Dictionary | Thesaurus | Encyclopedia | All Reference | the Web Roget's New Millennium™ Thesaurus - Cite This SourceMain Entry: consciousnessPart of Speech: nounDefinition: knowledgeSynonyms: alertness, apprehension, awareness, care, carefulness, cognizance, concern, heed, heedfulness, mindfulness, realization, recognition, regard, sensibilityAntonyms: ignorance, oblivion, unconsciousnessSource: Roget's New Millennium™ Thesaurus, First Edition (v 1.3.1) Copyright © 2007 by Lexico Publishing Group, LLC. All rights reserved. woah, consciousness and awareness are synonyms, I didn'y know that  yes quite, it DOES feel goood to be right!  oh and.. WordNet - Cite This Source nirvana noun1. (Hinduism and Buddhism) the beatitude that transcends the cycle of reincarnation; characterized by the extinction of desire and suffering and individual consciousness 2. any place of complete bliss and delight and peace [syn: Eden] WordNet® 2.1, © 2005 Princeton University American Heritage New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition - Cite This Source nirvana [(neer-vah-nuh, nur-vah-nuh)] In Buddhism, the highest state of consciousness, in which the soul is freed from all desires and attachments.Chapter:] World Literature, Philosophy, and Religion The American Heritage® New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/nirvana Oh! Oh! drive by! you got capped! I can take on the theists with one hand tied behind my back, and the atheists with one foot lame. -Some other agnostic on RF Make sure you are correct before correcting me.
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