Athiest Sub Forum

[Polymirize]

I disagree. I think its healthy for atheists and theists alike to continuously be forced to re-examine their own beliefs, which the forum at present certainly does.

A closed mind is a dead mind. And I think there's a great deal of open minded discussion going on. I doubt there's a lot of convincing of others going back and forth, but that's not necessary. I think the discussions here do a lot more with respect to self-evaluation than "saving" others.

Personally I'd like to see more discussion of spiritual topics without it becoming a religious debate. Reference your religious beliefs if necessary, but spiritual challenges face all people of all different paths, regardless of how we word it.

My two cents. Keep up the outstanding work everyone.

[Pass That Shit]

I didn't realize there was a difference between an atheist and a religious person?

Seriously, we shouldn't put people in "categories", cause we're all spiritual individuals. Just as someone pointed out that the athiests should sick back and watch the religious people flame each other in their own forum, the same will take place in an all athiest forum. Christian will disagree with Christian and Athiest will disagree with Athiest. I say keep it the way it is.
We need to hear from everyone to learn about everyone. Peace :hippy:

I refer to myself as a Christian, but I don't follow any religion. I'm an individual following the words of Christ.

[JaggedEdge]

Because debates can be fun.

[40oz]

Pure evil has a point though. ive noticed that people on this forum almost go out of their way to tell a person with faith that they are wrong. It gets annoying quick.

[RedLocks]

While I am not against the idea, I think it would take away from the attention whoring point of all the atheist posts. I for one wouldn't even bother clicking the link knowing that all there is to read is 100 identical posts by Christians that don't want to believe in god cause their step dad's beat em

[JaggedEdge]

is 100 identical posts by Christians that don't want to believe in god cause their step dad's beat em

How are we Christian if we don't believe in god...?

[mattmao]

i cant belive people want to be labeled and pigeon holed,just except people are different,thought processes are different beliefs are different.the sooner each and everyone can do this the sooner we will live in a peacefull world.
if we were all born in the image of god that would make us dumb all over and a little ugly on the side!!!!

[JaggedEdge]

One can be atheist and spiritual at the same time.

You can't be atheist and Christian though. Christians believe in god, atheists do not. You can not believe in god and be spiritual, but that still doesn't make you a Christian.

[Oneironaut]

One can be atheist and spiritual at the same time.

It depends on what you mean by "spiritual". I am an atheist because I do not believe that any kind of spirits exist, whether they are souls or gods or whatever. However, I can identify with some things that are often put in the category of "spirituality", like moral philosophy, self-understanding and self-improvement, which I consider very important.

[RedLocks]

How are we Christian if we don't believe in god...?

Without Christianity there is no Atheism. There is barely anyone on this earth save for maybe some alcoholic inbreeding rednecks living in trailers somewhere in the mid west US that wasn't born into a Family that gave them some idea of religion and god through varying degrees of dedication to their faith, and being a child of such a Family would include some level of initiation into the religion at a young age. In my opinion to be a true believer in the absence of the existence of god you would need to find someone willing to do a full frontal lobotomy on you, otherwise it just sounds like a diluted intellectual philosopher cry for attention to my ears, although I assume that there is probably people who enjoy thinking that their existence and life is empty and without meaning.

Remember, suicide is always an option, the world needs less miserable people, and it is a great shortcut to bypass all the useless conversing if god is real or not since there is no answer to an age old question, that is why it is labeled as such.

Way too much typing for a topic that deserves no merit... Sorry if I come off as a little harsh I'm not attacking anyone, it is just I feel the Great Flood came many centuries too early, where is fire and brimstone when ya need it?