Athiest Sub Forum

[PureEvil760]

There should be one, just so the athiests/skeptics have thier own place to talk to eachother about spiritual matters so that they dont have to just flame all the spiritual people here..seriously though why come to the "spirituality forum" if you are a skeptic, it doesnt make sence.

PureEvil760 Reviewed by PureEvil760 on 04-16-2007. Athiest Sub Forum There should be one, just so the athiests/skeptics have thier own place to talk to eachother about spiritual matters so that they dont have to just flame all the spiritual people here..seriously though why come to the "spirituality forum" if you are a skeptic, it doesnt make sence. Rating: 5

[mrdevious]

seriously though why come to the "spirituality forum" if you are a skeptic, it doesnt make sence.

Because there's more to spirituality than simply being a theist, and theists shouldn't have a monopoly on the matter. Nobody needs to be flaming anybody for their beliefs, but there is definately a double-standard in this respect. If a theist makes a logical argument for why there is a god, that's his/her belief. If an atheist makes a logical argument for why there isn't a god, suddenly it's "you should just respect our beliefs". Respect isn't about agreeing with everybody and everything though, it's about showing respect to the person who holds the beliefs and not belittling them for having them.

[MelT]

There should be one, just so the athiests/skeptics have thier own place to talk to eachother about spiritual matters so that they dont have to just flame all the spiritual people here..seriously though why come to the "spirituality forum" if you are a skeptic, it doesnt make sence.

This forum is, and should remain, about both ends of the spiritual spectrum - belief and non-belief and everything in between. For example, where should a poster go if he or she does believe in god, but not your god? Religion is never a matter of just putting people into boxes. We all have our own version of god/not god and still want to debate with other people about what we believe. Would you want to remove every agnostic as well? Do you want to remove those who haven't made their minds up yet, so count themselves as atheists?

If you removed every atheist from these forums there would still be regular, heated disputes as christians from the 3,500+ variations of christianity fought amongst themselves. I see what's being done to catholics here for example - the religious just can't agree amongst themselves, so whether atheists add in their thoughts too is neither here nor there. Fundamentalists of all kinds will always attack each other.

Thinking about it I think you're right. Let's banish all atheists to a new sector of CC so they can stand back in glee and watch the remaining religious people slaughter each other.


MelT

[JunkYard]

I'm afraid "some" the atheist have us religious folk on logic, lol. Even so, I like having the atheist/theist debates around here. It just makes this forum more exciting. Imagine if everyone agreed...BORING!!!

That would never happen with religion, but the atheists give this place a little more character, lol.


Junk~

[surreys princess]

i think it all falls under this category.....i dont think there should be a forum for just atheists....after all, you do have a religious/spiritual belief, and that is there isnt a God and isnt religion, if you think about it.....

besides...then we would need a jewish, catholic, christian, episcipalian, and on and on forum...too much.....

thanks for the input though....i love when people take the time to express an opinion.. x

[JackdaWack]

What i dont understand is how people can say they believe in god, have a established religion, and yet pick a chose what in that religion they are actually going to practice.
Its like being catholic, and not going to church every sunday, recieving communion with out repenting.... Both of these practices are mortal sins in the religion, but a good percentage do this and still say there catholic, they may be catholic by choice, but there not practicing the actual catholic religion. If you are a religios person god is #1 in your life and nothing else, God has never been #1 in my life and i dont pretend like he is becuase im scared of hell....

[smoke it]

its fine the way it is dude.

[Coelho]

if only there was less flaming on the people's religious beliefs, it would be enough...

[higher4hockey]

"calling atheism a religion is like calling bald a hair color"

[twentysac]

There should be one, just so the athiests/skeptics have thier own place to talk to eachother about spiritual matters so that they dont have to just flame all the spiritual people here..seriously though why come to the "spirituality forum" if you are a skeptic, it doesnt make sence.

hey everyone pure is making an attempt to keep from pissing people off. to be honest i don't agree with much he says but this time i gotta back him up. maybe a board for just atheism isnt the answer but a forum just for people to talk about the idea that maybe God dosn't exist would keep alot of the BS that goes on in the spirituality pages from happening. i do belive that there is a God but i am also all for equal opertunity opinions. so yeah pure i think you might be on to something. and hey man even though i don't agree with all that you say i can't help but reading your post. lol they are atleast a good source of entertainment. lol