Is there a religion that...

[Norrin Radd]

1. People really think they know god exists, as in they see or hear god. Just like my grandma with dementia sees a man at her window when there is nothing there. Even if there really is no man there she truly saw a man there because that is what her senses tell her.

I don't care what people REALLY think.

Nobody factually knows for sure. Also, you did just equate religious people with the mentally ill.

Funny.

2. Using one person to judge atheism is partly a fallacy. Yes Dawkins is a strong atheist but he even says in his book that there are various levels of atheism.

He says he is pretty high on the scale.

In no way does he represent the views of all atheists.

Various levels of atheism in the sense that not everyone is going to write a book about why God isn't real, like he did.

Not everyone is Richard Dawkins, but if you're an atheist...you're an atheist.

My example was used because you said "Atheism = Unconvinced". This is factually untrue, as I've proven. If an atheist is unsure, they're not atheist.

3. You seem to misunderstand that the word (atheist) does not entitle anymore than "the lack of belief for a god".

It's genuinely like talking to a brick wall.

Historically, it was used with negative connotations since the very beginning. If anything, its historical creation could be considered tongue-in-cheek. It was born because people sought to mock those who had come to believe in Gods, which they didn't believe in themselves.

They used the term atheos, which means "Without God", to mean that they are without God due to rejecting the beliefs of God or deities. It was, if anything, tongue-in-cheek.

[Bacn]

but your pushing your view on him, thats not nice. if he wants to label himself thats his problem...regardless of how you view it.

You could say the exact same thing if I suggested a religion. If I said he should become a Catholic, you could say I shouldn't be pushing my religion on him. He wanted advice on the subject and I gave it to him. I did not force him to accept my views.

[V-Opolis]

You could say the exact same thing if I suggested a religion. If I said he should become a Catholic, you could say I shouldn't be pushing my religion on him. He wanted advice on the subject and I gave it to him. I did not force him to accept my views.

exactly...but if it doesnt agree with someone pov, its offensive...>_>

[Norrin Radd]

exactly...but if it doesnt agree with someone pov, its offensive...>_>

I've always said that if someone's intentions were not what the person being offended interpreted them as, which caused them to be offended in the first place, then they should simply accept that and not be offended.

[V-Opolis]

I've always said that if someone's intentions were not what the person being offended interpreted them as, which caused them to be offended in the first place, then they should simply accept that and not be offended.

ill read this in the morning and try to interpret it...that made no sense to me.

anywho, wheres my paper, i need to write Christianity on some paper and start shoving it down some throats.. make sure to chew.

[girtrute]

a religion that dosen't follow any religion. Basically a religion that pleads the fifth all the time.

because I don't believe in and higher diety, but i don't follow Scientology. Atheism seems to follow this somewhat but it seems to go about it in the wrong way, like it doesn't respect anyone else for their beliefs.

I need a religion that doesn't believe in any religions but at the same time respects others religions

I think oprah just came out with a religion something like this. But i think its more belieive what you want type religion.
Though it would serve no purpose anyways.

[Kashis]

I haven't seen Neutral post in a while. I wonder what he's thinking?

[Testeagle]

You've woken the wall of text beast!?!

/pats Norrie

OT (well kind of off)

Deaf people don't know if someone they can't see is speaking to them either.

They might as well not be, but they are.

Reminds me of: If a tree falls in a forest and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound?

[Cy-Kill]

a religion that dosen't follow any religion. Basically a religion that pleads the fifth all the time.

because I don't believe in and higher diety, but i don't follow Scientology. Atheism seems to follow this somewhat but it seems to go about it in the wrong way, like it doesn't respect anyone else for their beliefs.

I need a religion that doesn't believe in any religions but at the same time respects others religions

Atheists do not follow scientology, what the hell would make you think that, we have our own beliefs, and none of them involve any form of god(s) or goddess(es).

Oh, and if neowin.net ever gets their forums back up & running, they have a big discussion going on in the Official Religion Thread.

[EpicPhail]

Read to page 8, time to use Irony's statements and reverse them.

Either you know a god exists or you dont.

That's the definition of Agonist, correct ? Does the word "Think" appear anywhere ?

Therefore your statements are incorrect