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  1. Vancouversailor

    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...
  2. Vancouversailor

    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...
  3. Vancouversailor

    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.
  4. Vancouversailor

    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...
  5. Vancouversailor

    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...
  6. Vancouversailor

    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...
  7. Vancouversailor

    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...
  8. Vancouversailor

    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...
  9. Vancouversailor

    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...
  10. Vancouversailor

    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.
  11. Vancouversailor

    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.
  12. Vancouversailor

    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.
  13. Vancouversailor

    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...
  14. Vancouversailor

    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...
  15. Vancouversailor

    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...
  16. Vancouversailor

    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...
  17. Vancouversailor

    Atheist Activism

    So who says that atheism isn't a belief system? I am an atheist and I have a number of fundamental tenets that are the basis of that belief. I believe that hell and the devil were the invention of a bunch of medieval monks with too much time on their hands and a perverted mind. That the belief...
  18. Vancouversailor

    The Pro-Life Conspiracy

    Thanks for a really good posting which puts the current political situation especially in the US in perspective. Donald Trump, a heathen and worshipper of mammon if there ever was one, realized, when his ego starting seeing himself as Pres of the US of A, that without the backing of the army of...
  19. Vancouversailor

    Evidence, specifically scientific evidence.

    I have never throughout my life, which spans close to 70 years, seen the slightest shred of scientific evidence of the existence of hell, heaven or God. It is all faith based, and faith as we know is very subjective. people believe what they want to and don't let facts get in the way of that...
  20. Vancouversailor

    capitalistic religions?

    Definitely - if you read the book of Mormons you'll find that while it largely adheres to the Christian bible some chapters that promote a socialistic or non-capitalist view of politics have been conveniently omitted. For example, the part where it is more difficult for a rich man to get into...
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