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Ethics, as a consequence of unavoidable mutual interdependency.
Afterlives.
Edited to add: actually, scratch that. Afterlives I will actively disavow. Scripture discussion I find pointless. Scripture it is.
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Apex
Somewhere Around Nothing
The rise of particular "sects" of atheism and their emulation of, and conflict with, mainstream religions.
See above. While the intersection of atheism and religion greatly interests me, over the years my desire to participate in discussions about it has waned due to the overwhelming amount vitriol that comes with the subject.
1) Anything pertaining to Neopaganisms, which is a boat-load of topics that I could spend all day writing out.
2) Any topic for which I have neither sufficient interest or knowledge of in order to make a reasonably productive contribution. As an example, any discussion that hinges on quoting passages from scriptures is something I will never respond to. I'm neither interested in scripture, nor do I have knowledge of them.
2) Any topic for which I have neither sufficient interest or knowledge of in order to make a reasonably productive contribution. As an example, any discussion that hinges on quoting passages from scriptures is something I will never respond to. I'm neither interested in scripture, nor do I have knowledge of them.
Marisa
Well-Known Member
I'm interested in learning how others come to their beliefs, but abhor being proselytized at.
I will avoid conversations centering around creationism and evolution. It's rare that anyone criticizes evolution from the perspective of understanding what it is and what it says. And I'm no evolutionary biologist myself.
Katzpur
Not your average Mormon
Christian theology, end especially how it has evolved over the years and how it differs between the various Christian denominations today.
I almost never choose to participate in discussions that try to prove whether God exists or not or why, if God exists, so does evil. These discussions never really go anywhere but around in circles.
1) Post Religious/Atheist/Scientific/Materialist Conceptions of Ethics
2) The Afterlife.
GoodbyeDave
Well-Known Member
1. Pagan religions, by which I mean anything not invented by a "prophet".
2. Fundamentalism, in which I include all posts on "creation not evolution", nit-picking interpretation of "scriptures", and atheism.
2. Fundamentalism, in which I include all posts on "creation not evolution", nit-picking interpretation of "scriptures", and atheism.
Unveiled Artist
Veteran Member
The comparison of different beliefs and contrasting the tenants with that of objective reality.
Sensitive topics to let people think about why they belief and If questions to seenif they can separate themselves from their world view as to talk equally about others
Learning why religions believe what the do both cultural and personal perspectives
Study scriptures fro ALL different faiths.
Talk about the nature of Gods existience from human nature, biology, sociology,psychology to cultural understandings, influences and such on how we are raised, learn, and experience dictates how we define the naturw of the Gods we believe in.
Id like to talk more about how we live our faiths not just what we believe.
Topics that heavily insult the Catholic Church and any faith that I find is insulted by others comments such as Muslims.
Bias conversations that either side ignore what makes sense even though they disagree.
Bias conversations that are not aimed to learn from each other.
Any bias conversation without room to want to learn the through the biases of themselves and others.
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Unveiled Artist
Veteran Member
Have you ever thought about discussing it from a theological level with individuals who want to learn from you and you them? Both stepping from your beliefs and learning about others without trying to prove God exist or not but discuss the naturw of His existence And likewise, His non existence?
With serious people who may not wish to believe in God but talk about Him?
RedDragon94
Love everyone, meditate often
Right now I've really enjoyed talking about gay rights with people. But spiritually speaking, I like all religions because of the diversity of the beliefs and I also like to look at different discussions in the different DIRs. I hardly ever spend time in the Christianity DIR because there are so many different interesting things being discussed. I think I'd like to hear more about daily religious practices from people; whether they meditate, read scripture, etc.
I always try to throw my two cents in there unless its a topic I don't know very much about. If it comes across the New topics tab on the right side of the site I'm right there usually. I think if a whole bunch of right-wingers got on and made a thread about how Ted Cruz is the political messiah I would be less likely to say anything.
Katzpur
Not your average Mormon
I would have no problem doing so, and have actually done so with a few atheists on this forum. In my ten years experience here, though, I have found that there are not many people who fit into that "open-minded" category you have described. I think it's difficult for a theist to talk about why God exists without the atheist seeing it as proselytizing, and I think it's difficult for an atheist to talk about why God exists without the theist seeing it as condescending. Seriously, I would love to have that kind of a discussion -- a give and take discussion where nobody is actually trying to prove anybody else wrong. It just seems to be a lot easier said than done.
Katzpur
Not your average Mormon
Carlita, I'm not sure if it was this thread or something entirely unrelated, but a thread I started over 8 years ago was resurrected earlier today. You may find it interesting to look at the last couple of pages of it. You might want to start with the OP and then jump to this post. This is why I don't like discussing God with atheists. As hard as I tried to keep this thread from turning into a debate and just being a discussion, I'm still getting posts implying that it's stupid for me to believe in God. When people do this, I really don't enjoy talking to them.
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Twilight Hue
Twilight, not bright nor dark, good nor bad.
1) Anything that has to do with the exploratory aspects in seeking to find out the what and why's on just about anything. It's almost always interesting to hear people's personal extrapolations.
2) I'm not interested in vague notions that establish any type of authority as being revelent to the point people where people start sounding like broken records or. mindless robots repeating what their programming says. Totally pointless.
Unveiled Artist
Veteran Member
Yes. I understand. I dont get it so much now, but quite a few christians believe buddhist worship the Buddha. While I understand their view, I hate when it turns into a debate by my trying to defend my faith and even my former one, heaven forbid, Catholicism...now that goes overboard.
I guess I always wanted to talk about God's nature. So many people relate to Him differentlty. Different denominations define Him different (Ex JW and Pentecostol). All three abrahamic beliefs see Him differently (Jew and Muslim seem to be similar) and christian, as Jesus.
So, I wish people where more mature in their conversations. Im sure there are atheist who dont mind talking about God without puting Him down. Is it worth the effort in trying?
/shrugs/ depends on patience too.
psychoslice
Veteran Member
If a religious topic is from a literal side and dogmatic view, I usually am not interested at all, if its from a mystical side then I maybe interested, either way I don't take it serious.
Unveiled Artist
Veteran Member
Thats a good topic discussion. I do have an answer but not all educated, just my personal opinion. I hope you received answers of why people dont believe in God?
1. ASC and mysticism, along with the study of all religions.
2. Threads that are merely posted to denigrate beliefs for the purpose of argumentation only.