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    Why death is a must?

    What distinguishes humans from other creatures is that humans for most of their lives have to live with the knowledge that eventually they will die. That knowledge is what has propelled the creation and propagation of religious beliefs, as well as well honed creativity (Most humans, knowing they...
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    Is no religion better than religion?

    For me the whole question of religion is fairly simple. I grew up in a devoted Christian family but already as a teenager I started to question certain fundaments of Christianity. That grew more serious as I aged and as a result my father put out a shunning order on me to all family members...
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    Why death is a must?

    Good point Adam, without night how could we appreciate the lighting of a sunrise, without death we would devalue life.
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    Why death is a must?

    I had a cardiac arrest and was without any lifesigns until the paramedics arrived with shock equipment. What I experienced? Somebody turned out the lights, then there was nothing, and then somebody turned the lights back on, a month later, and I could see a pretty nurse. Plain and simple. No...
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    Why death is a must?

    To me it seems pretty obvious. There is only so much space on planet earth so in order for regeneration to continue the old must make way for new. We are already pushing the limits for how many people the planet can feed and how much damage those people can do to the planet before it becomes...
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    Atheists On Judgement Day

    Once I discovered that all the the preaching and sermonizing today is a total fraud, the question is rather mute to me. At the time when the bible was written the word hell meant grave, not the place of eternal torture that perverse monks and equally perverse evangelists today have congjured...
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    Is religious thinking something all people do?

    Religion is spirituality gone amok, where one person or a group of people seeking power to control other people, formalize their spiritual feelings into a religion that sets rules and allows some people to dominate over others. It always end up victimizing some and making others rich. Nothing to...
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    Atheist Activism

    Good enough. I don't believe in hell or the devil, they are the invention of medieval monks and other scholars with a perverted mind and too much time on their hands. Consequently, if there is no hell there is no reason for the existence of a God ruling in heaven and ready to upload the good...
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    Its going to be a rough ride

    Given that this is an international forum with members from all over the world, you are addressing an audience that only to a small degree will be affected by your Supreme Court or legislative bodies. In fact, thanks to your current President who's driving ever broader wedges between the US and...
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    Atheist Activism

    Actually I'm here to take part in discussions about religious issues, which interests me greatly, not to debate the finer points of semantics, which though interesting on their own have limited bearing on the topic of this thread.
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    Atheist Activism

    I still fail to see why atheism, or humanism which is my preferred term, fails to meet the definition of a belief system.
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    Atheist Activism

    I don't doubt there are as many reasons to reject theism as there are atheists, I just gave mine as an example.
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    Atheist Activism

    Rather than using a negation, I. e. what you don't believe in, try this on for size: "I believe that theism in it's many forms, be it Christianity, Judaism, Islam etc., is a product of people's imagination pure and simple. Motivations to join a theist group include but are not limited to, fear...
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    Atheist Activism

    Rather than using a negation, I. e. what you don't believe in, try this on for size: "I believe that theism in it's many forms, be it Christianity, Judaism, Islam etc., is a product of people's imagination pure and simple. Motivations to join a theist group include but are not limited to, fear...
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    Atheist Activism

    Rather than using a negation, I. e. what you don't believe in, try this on for size: "I believe that theism in it's many forms, be it Christianity, Judaism, Islam etc., is a product of people's imagination pure and simple. Motivations to join a theist group include but are not limited to, fear...
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