Are you an Atheist?
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- gramme0
I guess it's true, to an extent, what dawkins said. Indoctrinating your kids to your absolutist truth is a form of child abuse.
so sad.
FrdmOfSpch
(Apr 11 07, 14:31)If you truly agree with Dawkins, then your statement above sounds just a bit like you're claiming a corner on the truth market as well. You should perhaps examine your own beliefs before slamming a person or groups of people for the same "sin", even if they're coming from the opposite end of the sperctrum.
A belief in an absolute truth provides stability, purpose, and allows one the luxury of resting on the sovereign will of a Being that is greater than any one of us could ever be. To me that sounds like responsible parenting, but hey what do I know. Many here will tell me to shut the hell up or that I'm a nut job, but if you haven't really ever tried it, then perhaps knocking it is unwise...either way, nothing you could say would ever dismantle my faith. Shake it, possibly. Cause me to question things I might have always taken for granted, I sure hope so. It's the questioning, the delving into history and philosophy, and finding the bones and gears behind what the Bible or Koran or Bhagavadgita says that enables faith. So keep it coming with the questioning.
Brookoioi, the fact of the matter is that people here do give a shit, especially folks like mrdobolina, Mimio and TheBlueOne, judging by their frequency of posting in threads with religious topics. I don't know anything about usenet or whatever and I don't always agree with flagellum's tactics, but when you try to chase people out of forums you are ultiimately personifying the intolerance you are so convinced is at the core of their being.