Can "My BeliefSystem = the only way" ever be "The Truth"?
Truth = That what does not change and is the same for all [IMO]
To illustrate this:
"1 + 1 = 2", can it be "The Truth"? Maybe in octal/(hexa)decimal counting, but not in binary.
"My BeliefSystem = the only way", can it be "The Truth"...
Imran Hussein speaks to an atheist about belief, and how conversations regarding belief have to be grounded in rationality!
Filmed in the world famous Speakers Corner in London’s Hyde Park!
American Atheists fires its president over sexual misconduct allegations
American Atheists, one of the most combative organizations dedicated to the promotion of secularism, has terminated its highly visible president, David Silverman, over allegations of financial and sexual misconduct...
You feel unimportant and discriminated because of your skin color or ethnicity? Feel like the minority?
How about being brown skin (like myself) or black skin and being as well an atheist.
Being myself a Mexican/American and an atheist is something that is beyond rare and looked down upon from...
First of all "Atheist" = "A theist", and is the opposite of what they say they are. Of course, that's just a play of words. But as Freud says "What's in a name". Can be coincidence or play of ....
God, exist = True
1 + 2 = 3
God, exist = False
1 + 2 = 3
This is like saying...
Science does not know all, but something. This something includes: lost of Reality:
That's on the table:
1) to lose trust in Reality,
2) to lose trust in Science,
3) to lose trust in Atheism,
4) to say "blah-blah":
It was suggested in another thread that a belief structure that views God as non-anthropomorphic and non-transcendent (immanent) is sexed-up atheism.
What are your thoughts on this?
Atheism, is, a minority group. Religion(?) Probably not a religion, however since it involves religion, we can include it in that context.
People find religion, and atheism is left with a few spokespeople, and small but loud group on the net, etc.
Is the plight, the fact that atheism as a...
I've been reading a book that I think many Pagans, theistic or not, should take the time to read. The book is called Godless Paganism. It's a fairly large collection of essays compiled by Pagan atheists, naturalists, humanists, pantheists, soft polytheists and even a few syncretic occultists...
In discussions with atheists, if they hadnt already told me that they were atheists, the arguments etc were no different from satanism arguments.
Is atheism, satanism?
Are atheists unwilling satanists?
Is this why atheistic satanism is so common?
PROBLEM of DARWINIAN EVOLUTION and Secular Science in Universities:
Is lost the Reference to the higher authority: the Creator God. As is written, what every unrepentant sinner is a false god with own false "absolute truths" on a matters:
"ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil." Genesis 3:5...
Do you not know the opinion of God, really? And what does the conscience suggest? Conscience is the voice of God in human.
False atheists say: "There is no True God, there are only idols: the false gods are made by man."
A false atheist is moved by rejection and an allergy to the words "True...
I`m not a ``hardcore`` atheist. I`m a spiritual atheist. I live my life as if there is no God. I do,however, believe that spiritual experiences are real, they just dont involve God. You can call me a pantheist too. I`ll answer all of your questions, shoot!!
Look: the Trump is reading the Bible. Today he is liker wanting to pollute the Earth. But read again, "Trumpy":
"And the nations were angry, and thy wrath is come, and the time of the dead, that they should be judged, and that thou shouldest give reward unto thy servants the prophets, and to...
The famous astrophysicist and the amateur philosopher the "false atheist" Stephen Hawking has written in his famous book "Grand Design":
Might it was caused by his "false atheism"? The "false atheism" is the denial of Religion, but the False Atheism is not a religion itself? I tend to think...
He begins by discussing works by Dostoevsky, particularly Crime and Punishment. He then calls out Sam Harris and Richard Dawkins 'Radical atheists' on their assumption that humanity can proceed on a purely rational and irreligious basis. Dostoevesky seems to make the point (according to this...