03 Feb '14 16:01Originally posted by SuzianneThat is fine, as long as theists grasp that by 'reject', we don't mean 'shunned/avoided it because I didn't like it'. We tend to use a different word to avoid misunderstandings and distraction from the topic at hand.
Semantics. By refusing to acknowledge it, you are rejecting it.
We've been over and over this before.
03 Feb '14 16:031 editOriginally posted by Grampy BobbyFalse. One must first recognize an authority before one can rebel against it.
What they all have in common, of course, is the rejection of deity and rebellion against authority.
03 Feb '14 16:07Originally posted by Grampy BobbyLearning more about it, isn't going to happen until you start actually reading what other people write. Atheism isn't a belief - and its shocking that you don't know that yet considering the amount of threads you have started on the topic.
It's their belief; learning more about it sure isn't going to happen in a thread focused on biblical topics per se.
03 Feb '14 17:07Originally posted by SwissGambitIt always seems to come down to arguments over bloody definitions!
That is fine, as long as theists grasp that by 'reject', we don't mean 'shunned/avoided it because I didn't like it'. We tend to use a different word to avoid misunderstandings and distraction from the topic at hand.
03 Feb '14 17:43Originally posted by twhiteheadLearning daily.
Learning more about it, isn't going to happen until you start actually reading what other people write. Atheism isn't a belief - and its shocking that you don't know that yet considering the amount of threads you have started on the topic.
03 Feb '14 17:451 editOriginally posted by SwissGambitOriginally posted by Grampy Bobby
False. One must first recognize an authority before one can rebel against it.
If you dispute this, I must inquire about the disturbing state of angst that exists in your mind that causes you to rebel against the authority of Shiva, Zeus, Allah, etc. Surely your Dad must have abused you or died when you were very young to cause this alarming psychological fracture.
03 Feb '14 17:58Originally posted by PenguinOriginally posted by Penguin
It always seems to come down to arguments over bloody definitions!
I would expand but I can't be arsed and it's time to go home!
Laterz.
Penguin
03 Feb '14 20:15Originally posted by Grampy BobbyI'm an atheist now.
Originally posted by Grampy Bobby
[b]"Atheist Talking Points: What is Atheism?"
Types of Atheism:
"You might think that Atheism is a simple concept – no god – but that would be far too simplistic. Atheism comes in an entire spectrum of beliefs, varying from Rationalism to Anti-Rationalism; from empiricism to Postmodernism; from Enlig ...[text shortened]... t authority. [1][/b] (OP)
SG, have you rejected deity in the past or do you reject deity now?[/b]
03 Feb '14 21:45Originally posted by PenguinIt is as though the depiction of the atheist as rejecting something offered, is an essential part of some theists' worldview. It is so essential that it has to be in the definition.
This is like a stuck record!
[b]An atheist lacks belief in a deity.
How many times?!?!?!?!
Penguin[/b]
03 Feb '14 22:421 editOriginally posted by PenguinOriginally posted by SwissGambit
This is like a stuck record!
[b]An atheist lacks belief in a deity.
How many times?!?!?!?!
Penguin[/b]
03 Feb '14 22:48Originally posted by JS357Originally posted by JS357
It is as though the depiction of the atheist as rejecting something offered, is an essential part of some theists' worldview. It is so essential that it has to be in the definition.
"Atheist Talking Points: What is Atheism?"
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