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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Atheism is about choosing spirituality over than religion and dogma. The Atheists I know are more humane and without prejudice than religious people.  They judge people by their deeds not their religious beliefs.

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I don't know, I am pretty suspicious of a religious person -  here's someone who has surrendered their critical faculties and believe in magic and fairy tales. In any other context such a person would be regarded as insane. Sure Christians are mostly are nice about it now, but they weren't nice about it in the past, and what's to guarantee that their dogma won't be twisted for violent and oppressive purposes again in the future. For as long I continue to be subject to the effects of other people's religious beliefs, as they continue to refuse to leave me alone, I will continue to speak out against religious beliefs and hopefully get more people to reconsider their faith and belief on insufficient evidence.

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I think you're overlooking the entire point of having faith. I'm not distrustful of all religious people, solely because they're not all the same.

-another atheist [/quote]

They don't all believe in a God/higher-power on insufficient evidence? How are they different in this regard?

I understand your point about faith, but must carefully define the faith we are referring to because it would be wrong to conflate them. I have faith in my fellow man, for example. I get up in the morning and walk out not expecting to be murdered as soon as I see someone because of this faith. The unthinkable may happen, there's a chance it will, but I have faith that it wont even though I am not sure. This is faith about certain outcomes based on empirical outcomes even though we are not 100% certain. But religious faith is quite different - it is incorrect stone age assumptions made about the state and cause of our material world that arose out of ignorance and our natural yearning to find reason.

McLeanAtheist[/quote]

I get what you're saying. They feel they have enough evidence to believe there is a god. Some say it's something they feel or see proof simply in our existence. I think it's foolish to disregard them as untrustworthy. I do charity work through faith-based groups. They're more caring and far more efficient that county run organizations. They believe in their mission and it shows. Some aren't as trustworthy, which they will reveal fairly quickly.

Please do not stereotype believers. It makes the rest of us look bad. [/quote]

Point taken. Thanks for the conversation.

McLeanAtheist

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