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In this thread, the following comment was made by clarsct about skeptics who are christians, and skeptics who are atheists. My intention here is not to put clarsct or anyone else on the spot. What I'd like to do is to discuss whether or not someone can be considered a skeptic if they happen to...

I used to be an agnostic, and I had a little bit of sympathy with religion. I certainly didn't discount the idea of a creator, and I thought that religion might be onto something. At worst, I thought that it might just be some harmless mythology that people used as an excuse to get together...

... Really, I was. For the greater part of my life, I was either indifferent or antagonistic towards religion. As you all rightly say, all the established religions are founded upon assumptions and there are too many contradictions. As I've said on several occasions, I'm not religiously...

Although I won't quite yet accept the title "atheist" as I practiced my religion for over 40 years, I've since "lost" my religion (see the Losing My Religion thread elsewhere), but that doesn't negate my being a good person. A recent example: (and only submitted because this is anonymous -- I...

Not sure if any of you all catch the ABC show "Wife Swap" , but in 2 weeks they are going to have an episode where an Atheist Family switches place with a Fundamentalist Family. Should make for some interesting viewing.

Hello all, Long time lurker, first time poster (actually, I've posted once or twice in the past, probably a year or so ago, but could not for the life of me remember my username that I used.) I'm not sure if I am posting in the correct section of this forum, it seems to fit however, but I...

Antony Flew, having written about athiesm for over 50 years, now believes in God. Oh yeah, and he's 81 years old. Damage limitation, anyone? http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=519&ncid=757&e=10&u=/ap/20041209/ap_on_re_us/believing_atheist

We'll only hear about this one for the next hundred years or so.

ON THE NEED FOR AN ATHEIST PLOT Let me make it clear: I've got nothing against sane Christians, I rather like them. But something's got to be done about American fundies before they Destroy Us All. So I've used my Powers Of Adequacy to come up with an International Atheist Plot. BUT FIRST...

http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2004/pages/results/states/US/P/00/epolls.0.html As of 4:44 Pacific, 11% of those polled list themselves as "none" with regards to religion, which is more than "Other" (3%) and "Jewish" (7%) How neat is that?

Since $DEITY is omniscient, he/she/it knows there's nothing but him/her/itself, and so could be considered as an atheist, not having any belief of supernatural beings... If God is an atheist, what's so bad about us being atheists as well?

First off, I'm not an atheist, but since joining JREF I've met a lot more than I would normally at least know I'm meeting. I used to think that all religions have differences, but at least all atheists are alike (wrong!). Just as Christianity has its zealots and main streamers and fundies, so...

I'm a belief atheist, myself, Before answering, please see this: http://denbeste.nu/cd_log_entries/2003/05/Beliefinatheism.shtml

I have a friend who will shortly be undertaking the 'confirmation' cereomony of the Christian Church. I myself undertook this a few years ago before I became an Atheist. I suspect that having been raised in a Christian household, and not seriously exposed to any other beliefs, that in later...

This is just a general interest question: What made you become an Atheist? I know that some people turn to religion in a low point in their lives--death of a loved one, loss of a job or their home, a terrible accident, etc. But what makes someone stand up & say, "I don't belive in God...

Has anyone come across any atheist propaganda such as tracts or pamphlets? Recently I have noticed an intolerable amount of christian propaganda tucked into the window of my car, and today I found that the xians have raided my apartment building and littered the corridors with pamphlets. I...

Do atheist vote? Near as I can tell we have never had an openly atheist candidate for any major office. Who is the most atheistic or least religious candidate in the US? All I see are candidates attempting one-upmanship on the godliness scale.

Atheist to give invocation at council meeting :D

Atheists often present themselves as rational and unprejudiced people. I think this is only a mask of their deep bigotry and hatefulness against anyone who thinks in a different way, say, theists or agnostics. For that reason I'm inclined to call them the Materialist Inquisition, although they...

This thread is inspired by numerous court dramas, in which the bailiffs say such things as "God save this court" and "Do you swear to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, so help you God?" Does this still go on? I was thinking that it might be hard to establish standing...

I was born and raised "soft" atheist. I've always wondered how I'd have faired with a different upbringing, and have a great deal of respect for those who overcame religous upbringing.

Are you Atheist or Christian? Which is closer to your line of thinking?

I have a very good friend to whom I revealed my weak atheism a few weeks ago (that damn rule about no prepositions makes awkward sentences...). She asked me (as was pointed out eerily in another recent thread) how should she "pray" for me, or express her generic support? I am personally not...