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Message 83290 - Posted: 28 Feb 2005, 13:13:23 UTC

This is a thread were the Atheists participating in Seti@home can talk. This is NOT meant to be a spoof of or to make fun of the religious threads. And if a religious person like Wordwearver comes here and starts preaching damnation or what not to us, just give him negative ratings until his posts or hidden.
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Message 83363 - Posted: 2 Mar 2005, 23:30:31 UTC - in response to Message 83290.  

> This is a thread were the Atheists participating in Seti@home can talk. This
> is NOT meant to be a spoof of or to make fun of the religious threads. And if
> a religious person like Wordwearver comes here and starts preaching damnation
> or what not to us, just give him negative ratings until his posts or hidden.

Good to see you back Henry. I haven't seen your posts for a while. I just wanted to point out that you can go to your preferences and place people on "ignore" status by putting in their ID#.
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Message 83378 - Posted: 3 Mar 2005, 0:25:17 UTC

So why would someone who doesn't believe in god(s) use a religious term like Atheist to describe himself?

You make yourself a target for zealots by using their terms......I mean you don't see black guys walking around with white hoods on their head, and you don't see gays with swashtika tatoos.

Besides, why would you even care what some hypocrite thinks anyway? He/she has obviously passed judgement against you even though their bible says not to.


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Message 83380 - Posted: 3 Mar 2005, 0:36:20 UTC

Are agnostics welcome here, Henry? Those of us who may not claim any surety either way?


"I do not consider it an insult, but rather a compliment to be called an agnostic. I do not pretend to know where many ignorant men are sure -- that is all that agnosticism means."
- Clarence Darrow, Scopes trial, 1925.


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Message 83383 - Posted: 3 Mar 2005, 0:41:33 UTC - in response to Message 83380.  
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> Brainsmushed says he's no anarchist.... yet he uses a symbol of anarchy...?
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Can I take that to mean you're a green pile of s**t? Because I was just thinking liberal waste of c*m.

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Message 83384 - Posted: 3 Mar 2005, 0:43:24 UTC - in response to Message 83290.  
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Welcome Back Henry...

Glad to see that you didn't give up on us!


@ Paul & Brainmasher...

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Message 83394 - Posted: 3 Mar 2005, 1:06:03 UTC

OK, I'll bite. How about "agnostic" thread, or how about "non organized religous thread"? I am not against religion, but the organization of it sure has ultimately resulted in alot of pain, suffering and death, all in the name of God (that's dog spelled backwards ;)).


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Message 83395 - Posted: 3 Mar 2005, 1:10:30 UTC

"It was the experience of mystery -- even if mixed with fear -- that engendered religion."
- Albert Einstein (1879-1955)
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Message 83407 - Posted: 3 Mar 2005, 18:12:11 UTC

>that's dog spelled backwards

I resemble that remark!

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Message 83412 - Posted: 3 Mar 2005, 18:21:30 UTC - in response to Message 83407.  

> >that's dog spelled backwards
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> I resemble that remark!
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Down boy!! You aren't supposed to let these human know who is really in charge..


I'd rather speak my mind because it hurts too much to bite my tongue.

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Message 83717 - Posted: 8 Mar 2005, 0:26:18 UTC
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Message 83720 - Posted: 8 Mar 2005, 0:54:42 UTC - in response to Message 83290.  
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>....if
> a religious person like Wordwearver comes here and starts preaching damnation
> or what not to us, just give him negative ratings until his posts or hidden.
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That sounds a little like intolerance to me, but maybe I misunderstood the statement altogether.

Indeed, how simple it would be to give a person negative ratings until his posts are hidden. Yes... quite simple.

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Message 83749 - Posted: 8 Mar 2005, 2:58:01 UTC

well I know its not atheist but i figured you all would be the only ones i could ask this to without getting shot down or preached to,
I was raised christain but for it hit me that there are A LOT of different religions out there. what if mine is the wrong one. so now I think "what if my religion is wrong and its buddism or shiism thats right or atheism for that matter," Is there any name for that way of thought?
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Message 83758 - Posted: 8 Mar 2005, 3:28:07 UTC - in response to Message 83749.  

> well I know its not atheist but i figured you all would be the only ones i
> could ask this to without getting shot down or preached to,
> I was raised christain but for it hit me that there are A LOT of different
> religions out there. what if mine is the wrong one. so now I think "what if my
> religion is wrong and its buddism or shiism thats right or atheism for that
> matter," Is there any name for that way of thought?
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Honestly, that is my problem with Religion too! If the Catholics, just to pick one, say if you are not a Catholic you will sent to Hell when you die, then where the heck are they going because the Protestants, again to just pick one, are saying the same thing, except changing the word Catholic to Protestant!!!
They can't ALL be right!!! But damn if they don't ALL say believe in the way I say or you will go to Hell!

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Message 83759 - Posted: 8 Mar 2005, 3:28:43 UTC - in response to Message 83749.  

> well I know its not atheist but i figured you all would be the only ones i
> could ask this to without getting shot down or preached to,
> I was raised christain but for it hit me that there are A LOT of different
> religions out there. what if mine is the wrong one. so now I think "what if my
> religion is wrong and its buddism or shiism thats right or atheism for that
> matter," Is there any name for that way of thought?
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I would say that would be opinionative.
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Message 83760 - Posted: 8 Mar 2005, 3:34:07 UTC - in response to Message 83749.  

> so now I think "what if my
> religion is wrong and its buddism or shiism thats right or atheism for that
> matter," Is there any name for that way of thought?
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You said it active atheists are no different. The belief in no God is the same for the government as the belief in God. The government should also not support the atheists by remove all that has to do with God.
The government shall not make any laws about God weather it is for or against God. So they can not make laws to supress the expression of God.
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Message 83766 - Posted: 8 Mar 2005, 3:48:54 UTC - in response to Message 83290.  
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Henry, perhaps Captain Avatar could help you with your avatar.
Something tells me you have a jpg that is getting its colors stripped.
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Message 83768 - Posted: 8 Mar 2005, 3:51:17 UTC - in response to Message 83378.  

> So why would someone who doesn't believe in god(s) use a religious term like
> Atheist to describe himself?

The word Atheist is also in my non-religious Websters College Dictionary.
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Message 83805 - Posted: 8 Mar 2005, 5:03:08 UTC

I'm thinking we should start by defining what we mean by "god". Omnipotent and/or creator

2000+ years ago, a bic lighter would have made you a "god" who could harness fire with the snap of a finger. Wouldn't alien technology seem as absurd, like walking on water or Asexual (immaculate) conception?

What I'm getting at is that a "miracle" by human standards could be everyday knowledge/events to other beings who just evolved differently from us.

....but if you think we were created, well, I would believe "experiment", but that suggests SCIENCE, not omnipotence, and therefore not worthy of any more worship than your parents.


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Message 83903 - Posted: 8 Mar 2005, 12:38:02 UTC

"For centuries, theologians have been explaining the unknowable in terms of the-not-worth-knowing."

- Henry Louis Mencken (1880-1956)
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