How are you defining religious & religions? Like what are they doing specifically that you can point to & day it’s a religious act? Who is giving this origin science “religious” group their tenets, dogma, doctrines etc? Do they have a pope or a prophet? A holy book?
I’ve seen no evidence. I’ve listened to the Atheist Experience for hmmm maybe a year now & have heard every call in, every argument imaginable & so far no evidence.
@ecco Because I’m an atheist. That’s why I listed all the ways religion is allowed to be freely promoted in the US yet part of their comment was “attack on religion.” No I don’t want prayer in school.
Oh sorry. This is in the religious debate section. Didn’t think free will had to do with law in this thread. I was talking about free will in a religious way, my bad.
I Idk first mean to imply that. I meant there are atheist pastors currently preaching who are trying to get into a different profession & leave. Sorry for the misunderstanding. That was why I had said I didn’t know how good they were. The article certainly isn’t about the quality of their...
I’m choosing to believe I’m a mother? You choose to believe the sky is blue? I choose to not believe in Santa Claus?
And I’m not saying what people believe is necessarily true. You believed you would get the money and that was not true. I could hold a belief, that when in 1 particular dilemma...
It’s an opportunity to attack anyone of faith? Idk where you are but 85% of the US claim some sort of religion. Our money says in god we trust. Prayer has just recently been removed from schools. Idk if this is still a thing but nurses were legally allowed to switch assignments if a patient was...
Aren’t you atheist towards all other god beliefs but yours? Would you say you chose to be atheist towards other gods or would you say you know they are not real because of the truth of your god? And if you believe that beliefs are a choice, you’re saying you could wake up tmrw & choose to think...
Rat I agree with what you’re saying about hide n seek. That’s what my name means Jesus Christ hide n seek champ. Why would this loving god make the most important message in your life obscure? Why is the Holy Spirit only revealed to some? Why does their god play favorites? Why is the Bible so...
I’m not a believer. Would you say I chose that? Or as you said- many scenarios where it would be appropriate to say that someone chose their religion- does the choosing only apply to theists?
Maybe I’m not 100% clear on what you’re saying but no I don’t believe it’s a choice. I didn’t choose that conclusion because I’ve been paid the last 31 years. Is that what you’re saying?