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In reply to the discussion: To my fellow atheist, do you think believers just wrong? [View all]cbayer
(146,218 posts)102. Declare is it now? Don't we need some fanfare and other assorted regalia?
It's never a good idea to stop seeking for something because you haven't seen any evidence to either support it or prove it is not so. If scientists did that, we would not have moved very far.
OTOH, you can stop searching and that is perfectly cool. You can abandon the theory and it won't make one whit of difference in the entire world.
But what you can't do is tell people that they need to abandon it. It's just not within your purview.
For every believer, there is an answer, and not just the two you put out there.
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I don't see anything controversial in the idea that an atheist thinks believers are wrong about god.
enough
Aug 2013
#1
I don't believe that my idiologies or lack of them are either right or wrong..
murray hill farm
Aug 2013
#13
And will you care when religious fundamentalists manage to ban abortion
AtheistCrusader
Aug 2013
#88
Have you been living under a rock? States all over have instituted de-facto abortion bans
cleanhippie
Aug 2013
#104
There have been some inroads in some states, but I think it will be reversed over time.
cbayer
Aug 2013
#119
I know you dismiss and minimize the current fight on for reproductive freedom
AtheistCrusader
Sep 2013
#158
I don't understand why you asked the original question in the first place.
AtheistCrusader
Sep 2013
#142
Do Protestants think Catholics are just wrong? Do they both think that about Muslims who
Bluenorthwest
Aug 2013
#5
Protestants and Catholics used to kill each other over what edition of the bible got taught in schoo
AtheistCrusader
Aug 2013
#90
Many people declare something as their belief, but their actions don't match their beliefs.
DrewFlorida
Aug 2013
#22
Best to judge peole by their actions, rather than by the beliefs they declare.
Starboard Tack
Aug 2013
#65
Could not that same argument be applied to non-believers that think they know it all?
cbayer
Aug 2013
#23
Yes, what you propose is true, but that wasn't the question posed by this thread.
DrewFlorida
Aug 2013
#34
OMG, talk about believing in myths, you are absolutely convinced that you are right here.
cbayer
Sep 2013
#155
Yes, when my actions don't fit my stated beliefs, that means I don't believe my statement.
DrewFlorida
Aug 2013
#75
I have met precious few Atheists that positively declare there is no god.
AtheistCrusader
Aug 2013
#91
Agree. It's a bad answer, just as saying that one has failed to find evidence proves that something
cbayer
Aug 2013
#121
See, I don't give a shit if there is an invisible pink firebreathing dragon in your garage.
cbayer
Sep 2013
#138
Would it be bothering you if I tried to pass laws getting the invisible pink
AtheistCrusader
Sep 2013
#144
I accept that an omnipotent, omniscient, omnipresent being that does not wish to be perceived
AtheistCrusader
Aug 2013
#115
I am an agnostic, because I see no evidence of a deity but not certainty that one does not exist.
Agnosticsherbet
Aug 2013
#27
It's a classic dicotomy of whether something is "right" and true if I think it is and if it truly is
no_hypocrisy
Aug 2013
#92
"more concerned about the negative effects of religion than the negative effects of faith"
QSkier
Aug 2013
#35
Everyone who has any view at all about religion believes that someone else is wrong.
eomer
Aug 2013
#39
All believers ultimately worship themselves while proclaiming humility...
Humanist_Activist
Sep 2013
#125