Originally posted by robbie carrobie Recently we had a summation of the Bibles message, you know, the earth will become a paradise, people will live in harmony forever etc etc i wonder of our atheist friends can provide a similar summation of their message,
I do not believe in a god or gods. but it was not atheism which taught me that.
I think you are putting the cart before the horse
if you believe atheism teaches anyone anything.
Originally posted by robbie carrobie here is the statement again,
Atheism isn't a religion, and therefore cannot have 'teachings'.
which presupposes that in order to have a teaching one must of necessity be a religion, which is rather strange, for as far as i am aware, many disciplines have teachings and are not in the least remotely religious.
He said that because of his arrogance. He even thinks he is a programmer. A programmer of what he fails to say, but it must not be computers.
Originally posted by robbie carrobie here is the statement again,
Atheism isn't a religion, and therefore cannot have 'teachings'.
which presupposes that in order to have a teaching one must of necessity be a religion, which is rather strange, for as far as i am aware, many disciplines have teachings and are not in the least remotely religious.
That's not what it presupposes at all, which I'm sure you're well aware of. One can get 'teachings' from non-religious sources that are not atheism (which is what all atheists do).
Originally posted by robbie carrobie here is the statement again,
Atheism isn't a religion, and therefore cannot have 'teachings'.
which presupposes that in order to have a teaching one must of necessity be a religion, which is rather strange, for as far as i am aware, many disciplines have teachings and are not in the least remotely religious.
Not what I said, or at least not what I intended. Maybe I wasn't clear. Notice that I gave some personal teachings, did you assume that I am a religion?
To clarify what I meant, atheism isn't a religion. Its a statement that someone doesn't hold beliefs in God. As such, it doesn't make sense to ask for atheisms teachings. It is perfectly possible for individuals or philosophies or groups etc to have teachings without being religions.
Now, would you care to tell us what Dwarfism really teaches?
Originally posted by rwingett That's not what it presupposes at all, which I'm sure you're well aware of. One can get 'teachings' from non-religious sources that are not atheism (which is what all atheists do).
Originally posted by twhitehead Not what I said, or at least not what I intended. Maybe I wasn't clear. Notice that I gave some personal teachings, did you assume that I am a religion?
To clarify what I meant, atheism isn't a religion. Its a statement that someone doesn't hold beliefs in God. As such, it doesn't make sense to ask for atheisms teachings. It is perfectly possible for ind ...[text shortened]... hings without being religions.
Now, would you care to tell us what Dwarfism really teaches?
But the atheist "believes" in that statement that there is no God. The atheist has religious doctrines he believes in and the main ones to support their religious belief is scientism and evilution.
Originally posted by twhitehead Not what I said, or at least not what I intended. Maybe I wasn't clear. Notice that I gave some personal teachings, did you assume that I am a religion?
To clarify what I meant, atheism isn't a religion. Its a statement that someone doesn't hold beliefs in God. As such, it doesn't make sense to ask for atheisms teachings. It is perfectly possible for ind ...[text shortened]... hings without being religions.
Now, would you care to tell us what Dwarfism really teaches?
You are not making any sense, you say you have no teachings because you are not a religion and then profess to state that there are no Gods, is this not a teaching, cannot it not be explained on a rational basis and expounded to others? Or is it merely on the basis that its a personal philosophy that it qualifies as a non teaching, which I doubt because others have expressed suspiciously similar sentiments.