By the same reasoning, I guess you could have murder in your heart as long as you don't commit it. Hate to see a roll in the gay hay taken all that seriously.
I'm not an atheist because I don't want to associate myself with any group born of religion. If I must believe in something, I believe in truth, rational thought, freedom, integrity and love. When my friends cross the line between the rational and the irrational by speaking of "God" and prayer...
Atheism is an oxymoron. You are denying the existence of something by acknowledging its existence. If you think that atheism is a "belief," then you lump all the non-believers together, just like a church. Don't be atheists. Just get on with your lives.
Indeed, this drama queen asks the same question again and again expecting a different answer. This is the definition of insanity. I much prefer to live my life--this life that I KNOW I have--fully and richly while I can, than to place my bets on some silly fairy tale. It'd be nice if the...
I should have read your message before I wrote mine. You said it much better. But I don't want to be a skeptic or a naturalist any more than I want to be an "atheist." It smacks of being part of some philosophical grouping which is anathema to my independent thinking. I'm just Fred.
Don't be atheists, people. Atheism is a trap. To be an atheist, to be "against god," implies that there is a god for you to be against. You are indeed acknowledging the very concept that you abhor. Atheism can only be understood within the umbrella of theism. You are buying into theism in...