Nah. It's only to tee off Christians. But that's one of my problems with it. Atheism is not anti-Christianity. It is anti-theism altogether.
Nope. There's no difference. Your mentality simply cannot allow there is no difference. But that's your problem, not mine.
I'm not a member of any atheist group, so I don't care. That is, until someone calls me a Satanist because some Satanists are atheists, so now Satanism is part of "atheist dogma" in his eyes. Then my issue is with the person calling me a Satanist, though, not the Satanist-atheists.
Well, what else is new? Atheists are just the front runners in a vast conspiracy to destroy religion in the world, a vast conspiracy that is only spoken of at the atheist commune rituals that I attend occasionally, the deep water oil disaster and the history of flight are all pieces of this vast conspiracy to destroy Jesus and apple pie. So yeah. Neutral claims that it is the atheists are the ignorant ones, yet he doesn't understand the belief, believes its a faith, believes its a conspiracy. Very sensible, and we are the ignorant ones for denying a bigoted doctrine.
Nothing is new. I'm only pointing out that atheism is not about having a false God, as you are required to believe, but about having no Gods.
I don't remember where I saw the article, but I remember reading a while back that when asked the question, a pretty hefty chunk of the Buddhist population would agree that they are atheists. Which brings me to a point that people on this forum have made, and that hardcore theists have swiftly rejected, that there is no universal atheist dogma. We all share one thing in common, a rejection of the belief in god/s. Regional populations of atheists might share more in common with one another, but worldwide beliefs can differ greatly. There's Buddhist, humanists, satanists (apparently), etc. I'm an atheist, and I actually believe in a sort of "afterlife" (although you'd still technically be alive), which is something a lot of atheists would completely reject. As for satanists attending atheist meetings, I have no problem with it, so long as they don't try to push an agenda. I wouldn't care if theists attended out of curiosity either.
Then why do some who claim the mantel of Atheism also disclose that they believe in such an entity as 'Satan'? You Atheists do really need to all get on the same page.
That is a question you would have to obtain the answer to, from your own self. It obviously does affect you, as you are responding to discussions on a subject matter that you claim does not affect you.
Well, if satanists don't think that satan is a God, and don't believe in any other Gods then they are atheists technically speaking. I will however disagree with their supernatural claims, and life philosophies. Anyway, what is so wrong with Satanism? Maybe the evil ones are to be avoided, but maybe some Satanists think that God is the bad guy and fooled people into believing that Satan, the fighter for religious tolerance, equality, and reason, is somehow infinitely evil. The Nazis tried to fool people into believing that the allies were all horrible, and told people to hate jews and not question the party.
Someone who worships Satan is not an atheist, this much should be obvious even to the most fervent atheist-hater and anti-atheist propagandist.
Supposedly they don't actually worship Satan, its mostly a ritualized practice to mock Christianity. Seems like a waste of time and a ploy for attention. I would rather see someone arguing for science and reason in a lab coat rather than dressed like a warlock.
Which includes excuses; such as you are attempting to implement above. Trying to make an excuse to justify your remark.
look up what "reason" is. This isn't a bad start: http://www.importanceofphilosophy.com/Epistemology_Reason.html You may find this interesting as well: http://sciphilos.info/
Here is one for you to check out also. www.yourdictionary.com/reason also try this one www.yourdictionary.com/rationalize
I don't rely on concise popular dictionaries as pivots for my life's philosophies. Try digging a bit deeper.
I certainly haven't made any irrational devotion to unexisting GODs a pivot to anything in my life, I am glad to say.
I am glad to see that also. At this point in time, I think I would be embarrassed to find myself in the same category with you. BTW: do you have any proof of any 'unexisting GODs'?
Who would be so foolish to look for "proof" of a non-existing something? lol, that would be a very 'special' category of people indeed. Some folks are still wandering around in the woods and take fotos to "prove" that no fairies exist...
Strange. In another thread, you just stated that this entity that is being discussed is 'possibly unexisting'. It is beginning to appear that you are confused and don't really know what position to take on this subject.
