Atheism

Been caught in the barn with your pants down again, Gomer the turd ?

Gomer the turd must seek help

What a brilliant and original argument that is. No wonder you are all so proud of fm.

He's an atheist spendi...he doesnt have to make sense . He just has to be negative .

Parallel universes is an interesting idea. I don't know how I feel about their probability. But I will accept the concept if they can come up with some proof.

Spendius do you find any truth to this?

Karen Armstrong

Charter for Compassion
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DCG4qryy1Dg&feature=related

I can't speak to the agenda of "On Being", but in "On Faith", Tippet's goal seemed to be to inform the adherents of all faiths about each other. The general tone was one of reconsiliation: we're all not so different, let's all get along. Judging from the headlines I see on the "On being" page, she's now applying the same diplomatic approach to the relationship between religion and science.

If so (I'll listen to the show when I'm home), I don't know what I think of it. On the one hand, it's probably good politics to forge an alliance between open-minded believers and the scientific community. Both sides need each others' help against fundamentalist creationists and end-of-the-worlders. On the other hand, I don't feel comfortable pussyfooting around the fact that science and religion conflict at their very cores. They have fundamentally different notions of what constitutes a good reason to believe something. I don't see how she can make this "we're not so different" vibe work in an honest way. I guess I'll find out soon.

Ok, I'll just go ahead and vomit.

To me, atheists and Christians generally get along best when not trying to dialog. Especially when each sticks within their boundaries.

I listen to Tippet most Sundays on my drive home from the country. It is very interesting but you're right. She does have to force a square peg into a round hole very often. That's the nature of exploring theism in the midst of science.

So true; I know that too well with my siblings. It's difficult when they continue to tell me they pray for me, and try to convert me into their fold. They also send religious books.

I know it's difficult for them, but it's also difficult for me. I'm a 100% atheist.

There is a program, Tapestry, on CBC each week in which the host speaks to a wide range of professors of this faith or that. The problem i have with the show, is that the host (or hostess, if one prefers) shows an eager interest each week--she's good at her job--no matter whom she is interviewing. It rings false to me, because to say that one understands someone else's spirituality and accepts their premises must inevitably lead one down the road to falsehood and hypocrisy.

I will however, check out your link. I can't do it right now, because The Girl is still in bed asleep, so i try to keep the noise down.

There is this joker at Facebook whom i "friended" so as to have another neighbor in Farmville. A few weeks ago, he began talking to me about Islam. I told him i didn't want to discuss religion with him, and he eventually laid off. Now he has started up again. The situation makes me uncomfortable. He's a nice enough guy, and i'd have no problem if he didn't bring up religion. But i've politely told him that i won't discuss it with him. If he persists, i'll feel obliged to "unfriend" him--something which i wouldn't like to do. In North America there are hundreds of active religions, and it's just bad form to press one's beliefs onto someone else. He apparently doesn't get it. It's a shame.

That's very obliging of ed to accept something when there's proof. What a fine magnanimous gesture. Not that anybody will find any proof of parallel universes mind you.

And if it's not the most boring idea ever thought up it must be up there with whatever is. Atheism is in the frame. That's pretty boring. Just imagine it---no sinning. That's the pits of the sodding earth. Nothing but regulations thought up by power-hungry control freaks like in North Korea. The highlight of the year a march past with stiff-legged uniformity and holding a gun in the most uncomfortable position the Great Leader can think up for us all to show how loved the silly twat is.

True that .

And of course obsessive scientists and the Dr Frankenstein wannabees... lets not leave them out .

You do realise the mentally ill can be scientists as well as religious fundamentalists, dont you ?

How do you feel about blacks and whites ?

This forum is about "atheism," not racism.

So what is it called when you practice apartheid based on religion ?

That's not atheism.

Ideology, religion and atheism include some sort of worship so to speak!

I try to worship logic and truth! If I could just know them when I see them I would be better off!


Growing Up During Apartheid
http://video.answers.com/growing-up-during-apartheid-290917649

rl, WRONG! Atheism has no form of worship. It has no organization. It doesn't have any gods, flying saucers, or poof beliefs.