What do Atheists believe?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Atheism is simply the lack of belief in a god or gods.

Nothing more.

+1

The only other related belief I have is that religion has no place in our government or public schools. Do what you want in your home and place of worship. Keep it out of the greater society.

So this post from an atheist is actually incorrect. Atheists now are telling me that you must not speak of your religion in your own home.

Really fabulous.

Liar. Not one person said that.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think most if not all Christians think Jesus is the Son of God. I believe Jewish people don’t, and Muslims think he was a prophet.

My whole issue is why do people have to tiptoe about what they personally believe? If you tell a sleepover kid, after they ask, what you believe, and do not suggest or demand they believe the same...how is that harmful?

If you say Jesus is the Son of God, it’s not some radical thought. It’s a widely held conviction.

My neighbor’s kid asked me what a Bible was once, in his mother’s presence. She seemed embarrassed he didn’t know. He was about 9. I said it’s the book Christians read to find out about God and His word, and the story of God. She is an atheist and not a believer. She didn’t become upset or think me answering her son’s question was inappropriate.

It’s not like answering a kid’s question truthfully is harmful.

Now if I had offered him a Bible, or asked him why he was curious and offered up my views on religion, I’d have been inserting myself into his thought process and I would not do that. Some Christians might. But simply answering a question wasn’t disrespectful.

Jesus as son of god is a conviction, as in a belief. It's not a fact as in something that is discernible to everyone -- e.g., "Baltimore is a city in MD"

I think your answer about the Bible was fine (though you could have added "...for people who believe in god.") It would not be fine to state as fact that Jesus is the son of god. You can say you believe it. You can say that many people do, but you can't honesty present it as a fact. It is not.

Hmmm, Wikipedia says He is!

Jesus of Nazareth (8–2 BC – 29–36 AD), also known as Jesus Christ, Yeshua, Yasu, and Isa, is the central figure of Christianity, a philosopher, teacher, and martyr, Is the Messiah of ultimate salvation and Son of God by followers of Christian traditions.
https://en.m.wikiquote.org/wiki/Jesus

Great source! Unicorns must be real then!

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unicorn

“The Bible also describes an animal, the re'em, which some versions translate as unicorn”

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:When a child enters another home, it’s a given there will be things unlike his or her home.

It’s a fact in a home that believes Jesus is the Son of God. Saying it’s believed in that home is what it is. If a parent is uncomfortable with that view there’s nobody forcing them to send their kid on a sleepover or play date there.

I think it’s arrogant to send your child into a friend’s home and dictate the verbiage they use to talk about their beliefs.

If you have such a problem with religion, don’t let your kids have friends whose families are religious. You aren’t going to dictate to others in their own home how they speak or express themselves, period.

Wow, so considerate and compassionate. Just like most religious people I know IRL.

Are you going to tell me I'm going to hell next? Sure seems like it...

Religious people do not have to censor their words because others do not like it in their own homes. Especially when pp said God has never come up in her home. Be personally responsible for your own kids and don’t depend on other people.

Kids are going to run into tons of different people and thoughts and values and morals. Either take charge and speak with your kids or whine that others they meet are “different.”

Anybody who watches the freakin’ Simpsons and sees Ned Flanders and Rod and Tod world have perspective but apparently the dcum atheist crew is on patrol to keep religion out of other people’s homes. It’s laughable.

No one at all said censor - just put it in context. I guess being considerate is laughable to you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think most if not all Christians think Jesus is the Son of God. I believe Jewish people don’t, and Muslims think he was a prophet.

My whole issue is why do people have to tiptoe about what they personally believe? If you tell a sleepover kid, after they ask, what you believe, and do not suggest or demand they believe the same...how is that harmful?

If you say Jesus is the Son of God, it’s not some radical thought. It’s a widely held conviction.

My neighbor’s kid asked me what a Bible was once, in his mother’s presence. She seemed embarrassed he didn’t know. He was about 9. I said it’s the book Christians read to find out about God and His word, and the story of God. She is an atheist and not a believer. She didn’t become upset or think me answering her son’s question was inappropriate.

It’s not like answering a kid’s question truthfully is harmful.

Now if I had offered him a Bible, or asked him why he was curious and offered up my views on religion, I’d have been inserting myself into his thought process and I would not do that. Some Christians might. But simply answering a question wasn’t disrespectful.

Jesus as son of god is a conviction, as in a belief. It's not a fact as in something that is discernible to everyone -- e.g., "Baltimore is a city in MD"

I think your answer about the Bible was fine (though you could have added "...for people who believe in god.") It would not be fine to state as fact that Jesus is the son of god. You can say you believe it. You can say that many people do, but you can't honesty present it as a fact. It is not.

Really? Where is your fact based evidence that Jesus isn’t the Son of God?

Right next to the evidence that Leprechauns don't run the world's gold production.

You can't ever prove something supernatural doesn't exist.

You make the claim, you provide the evidence.

The Bible says so.

Wikipedia says so.

“Jesus, also called Jesus Christ, Jesus of Galilee, or Jesus of Nazareth, (born c. 6–4 BC, Bethlehem—died c. AD 30, Jerusalem), religious leader revered in Christianity, one of the world’s major religions. He is regarded by most Christians as the Incarnation of God. The history of Christian reflection on the teachings and nature of Jesus is examined in the article Christology.”
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Jesus

As of 2010, Christianity was by far the world's largest religion, with an estimated 2.2 billion adherents, nearly a third (31 percent) of all 6.9 billion people on Earth," the Pew report says. "Islam was second, with 1.6 billion adherents, or 23 percent of the global population."

Over 2 BILLION people think so.

Now where’s your evidence he’s not? Your opinion? That’s all you’ve got.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:When a child enters another home, it’s a given there will be things unlike his or her home.

It’s a fact in a home that believes Jesus is the Son of God. Saying it’s believed in that home is what it is. If a parent is uncomfortable with that view there’s nobody forcing them to send their kid on a sleepover or play date there.

I think it’s arrogant to send your child into a friend’s home and dictate the verbiage they use to talk about their beliefs.

If you have such a problem with religion, don’t let your kids have friends whose families are religious. You aren’t going to dictate to others in their own home how they speak or express themselves, period.

Wow, so considerate and compassionate. Just like most religious people I know IRL.

Are you going to tell me I'm going to hell next? Sure seems like it...

Religious people do not have to censor their words because others do not like it in their own homes. Especially when pp said God has never come up in her home. Be personally responsible for your own kids and don’t depend on other people.

Kids are going to run into tons of different people and thoughts and values and morals. Either take charge and speak with your kids or whine that others they meet are “different.”

Anybody who watches the freakin’ Simpsons and sees Ned Flanders and Rod and Tod world have perspective but apparently the dcum atheist crew is on patrol to keep religion out of other people’s homes. It’s laughable.

No one at all said censor - just put it in context. I guess being considerate is laughable to you.

You are all about censorship, lying to children, and denying people the peaceful worship of God in their own homes.

Because a mother is too lazy and close minded to say: “Hey little Larla. Crystal’s family is religious and believes in God. They are nice people, but we aren’t a religious family, so if you see something weird at their house let me know and we can talk about it.”

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think most if not all Christians think Jesus is the Son of God. I believe Jewish people don’t, and Muslims think he was a prophet.

My whole issue is why do people have to tiptoe about what they personally believe? If you tell a sleepover kid, after they ask, what you believe, and do not suggest or demand they believe the same...how is that harmful?

If you say Jesus is the Son of God, it’s not some radical thought. It’s a widely held conviction.

My neighbor’s kid asked me what a Bible was once, in his mother’s presence. She seemed embarrassed he didn’t know. He was about 9. I said it’s the book Christians read to find out about God and His word, and the story of God. She is an atheist and not a believer. She didn’t become upset or think me answering her son’s question was inappropriate.

It’s not like answering a kid’s question truthfully is harmful.

Now if I had offered him a Bible, or asked him why he was curious and offered up my views on religion, I’d have been inserting myself into his thought process and I would not do that. Some Christians might. But simply answering a question wasn’t disrespectful.

Jesus as son of god is a conviction, as in a belief. It's not a fact as in something that is discernible to everyone -- e.g., "Baltimore is a city in MD"

I think your answer about the Bible was fine (though you could have added "...for people who believe in god.") It would not be fine to state as fact that Jesus is the son of god. You can say you believe it. You can say that many people do, but you can't honesty present it as a fact. It is not.

Really? Where is your fact based evidence that Jesus isn’t the Son of God?

Where's your fact-based evidence that there aren't invisible Greek gods in my garden?

[Anonymous]

Nobody is "dictating" what a believer "must" say in their own home. Nobody is "censoring" that, either.

They are just commenting that there are more and less pushy ways to discuss your religion with a small child not of your faith, and they privately judge you for being kinds jerky about it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Nobody is "dictating" what a believer "must" say in their own home. Nobody is "censoring" that, either.

They are just commenting that there are more and less pushy ways to discuss your religion with a small child not of your faith, and they privately judge you for being kinds jerky about it.

BS! People here are COMPLETELY dictating exact verbiage to speak with a child and even giving complete sentences THEY deem appropriate.

It’s completely bonkers. No one is a jerk for peacefully practicing their religion in their OWN HOME.

As long as they aren’t presenting kids with bibles, asking kids about their souls, telling them they are “going to hell,” or forcing prayer or church attendance on sleepover kids, people are doing just that.

What a bunch of intolerance! Talk to your own kids!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think most if not all Christians think Jesus is the Son of God. I believe Jewish people don’t, and Muslims think he was a prophet.

My whole issue is why do people have to tiptoe about what they personally believe? If you tell a sleepover kid, after they ask, what you believe, and do not suggest or demand they believe the same...how is that harmful?

If you say Jesus is the Son of God, it’s not some radical thought. It’s a widely held conviction.

My neighbor’s kid asked me what a Bible was once, in his mother’s presence. She seemed embarrassed he didn’t know. He was about 9. I said it’s the book Christians read to find out about God and His word, and the story of God. She is an atheist and not a believer. She didn’t become upset or think me answering her son’s question was inappropriate.

It’s not like answering a kid’s question truthfully is harmful.

Now if I had offered him a Bible, or asked him why he was curious and offered up my views on religion, I’d have been inserting myself into his thought process and I would not do that. Some Christians might. But simply answering a question wasn’t disrespectful.

Jesus as son of god is a conviction, as in a belief. It's not a fact as in something that is discernible to everyone -- e.g., "Baltimore is a city in MD"

I think your answer about the Bible was fine (though you could have added "...for people who believe in god.") It would not be fine to state as fact that Jesus is the son of god. You can say you believe it. You can say that many people do, but you can't honesty present it as a fact. It is not.

Really? Where is your fact based evidence that Jesus isn’t the Son of God?

Where's your fact-based evidence that there aren't invisible Greek gods in my garden?

I don’t have any and don’t waste time on your garden follies. See how easy that is, obsessed one!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think most if not all Christians think Jesus is the Son of God. I believe Jewish people don’t, and Muslims think he was a prophet.

My whole issue is why do people have to tiptoe about what they personally believe? If you tell a sleepover kid, after they ask, what you believe, and do not suggest or demand they believe the same...how is that harmful?

If you say Jesus is the Son of God, it’s not some radical thought. It’s a widely held conviction.

My neighbor’s kid asked me what a Bible was once, in his mother’s presence. She seemed embarrassed he didn’t know. He was about 9. I said it’s the book Christians read to find out about God and His word, and the story of God. She is an atheist and not a believer. She didn’t become upset or think me answering her son’s question was inappropriate.

It’s not like answering a kid’s question truthfully is harmful.

Now if I had offered him a Bible, or asked him why he was curious and offered up my views on religion, I’d have been inserting myself into his thought process and I would not do that. Some Christians might. But simply answering a question wasn’t disrespectful.

Jesus as son of god is a conviction, as in a belief. It's not a fact as in something that is discernible to everyone -- e.g., "Baltimore is a city in MD"

I think your answer about the Bible was fine (though you could have added "...for people who believe in god.") It would not be fine to state as fact that Jesus is the son of god. You can say you believe it. You can say that many people do, but you can't honesty present it as a fact. It is not.

Really? Where is your fact based evidence that Jesus isn’t the Son of God?

Where's your fact-based evidence that there aren't invisible Greek gods in my garden?

I don’t have any and don’t waste time on your garden follies. See how easy that is, obsessed one!

That isn't "fact-based evidence."

[Anonymous]

Fact based evidence Jesus isn’t Son of God? Got any?

Over 2 billion people believe he is.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Nobody is "dictating" what a believer "must" say in their own home. Nobody is "censoring" that, either.

They are just commenting that there are more and less pushy ways to discuss your religion with a small child not of your faith, and they privately judge you for being kinds jerky about it.

BS! People here are COMPLETELY dictating exact verbiage to speak with a child and even giving complete sentences THEY deem appropriate.

It’s completely bonkers. No one is a jerk for peacefully practicing their religion in their OWN HOME.

As long as they aren’t presenting kids with bibles, asking kids about their souls, telling them they are “going to hell,” or forcing prayer or church attendance on sleepover kids, people are doing just that.

What a bunch of intolerance! Talk to your own kids!

Show me where someone says that is the exact wording you must use, as opposed to giving eaxample of how to say it in a less pushy way.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Fact based evidence Jesus isn’t Son of God? Got any?

Over 2 billion people believe he is.

Hold on -- you're saying that you believe anything that a majority of people believe?

You're really commiting to that? (Think before you answer.)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think most if not all Christians think Jesus is the Son of God. I believe Jewish people don’t, and Muslims think he was a prophet.

My whole issue is why do people have to tiptoe about what they personally believe? If you tell a sleepover kid, after they ask, what you believe, and do not suggest or demand they believe the same...how is that harmful?

If you say Jesus is the Son of God, it’s not some radical thought. It’s a widely held conviction.

My neighbor’s kid asked me what a Bible was once, in his mother’s presence. She seemed embarrassed he didn’t know. He was about 9. I said it’s the book Christians read to find out about God and His word, and the story of God. She is an atheist and not a believer. She didn’t become upset or think me answering her son’s question was inappropriate.

It’s not like answering a kid’s question truthfully is harmful.

Now if I had offered him a Bible, or asked him why he was curious and offered up my views on religion, I’d have been inserting myself into his thought process and I would not do that. Some Christians might. But simply answering a question wasn’t disrespectful.

Jesus as son of god is a conviction, as in a belief. It's not a fact as in something that is discernible to everyone -- e.g., "Baltimore is a city in MD"

I think your answer about the Bible was fine (though you could have added "...for people who believe in god.") It would not be fine to state as fact that Jesus is the son of god. You can say you believe it. You can say that many people do, but you can't honesty present it as a fact. It is not.

Really? Where is your fact based evidence that Jesus isn’t the Son of God?

Where's your fact-based evidence that there aren't invisible Greek gods in my garden?

I don’t have any and don’t waste time on your garden follies. See how easy that is, obsessed one!

That isn't "fact-based evidence."

I could care less what you have in your garden. Got it? It’s something only you should be concerned with. Frolick nude in it, grow beets, commune with spirits/Gods/elves.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Fact based evidence Jesus isn’t Son of God? Got any?

Over 2 billion people believe he is.

Hold on -- you're saying that you believe anything that a majority of people believe?

You're really commiting to that? (Think before you answer.)

No evidence Jesus isn’t the Son of God, eh?