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@The Anointed,

You old coot. I'm younger by two months.

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@edgarblythe,

Well, I hope your parents taught to the respect your elders.

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@edgarblythe,

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I believe we are hard wired to believe or not.

I'm going to blindly guess that you are unable to corroborate that contention.

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@ekename,

I said I believe it, which is based on personal observation. I have not made a study.

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@edgarblythe,

I am spiritual and have read about buddhism, gnostic religion, jainism or veganism, antinatalism and radical (lesbian) feminism. I support anticapitalism too. I think middle-class and elite should die tbh, they use lower-class people and I am not born to follow their system imo. I don't want to be there slaughtered pig.

I think some atheists are as psychopathic as religious and rightwing people, not few rightwingers or liberals are atheists. At the end the class and how someone looks, if s/he has disabilities and so on, this is important then. If you have a normal or pretty looking middle- or elite-class human in front of you, they always look down. They are more towards religion or are so narc that they believe they are god, at the end, they travel alot, make children, have fun in life until they are dead.

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@Iamthebreedeath,

Iamthebreedeath wrote:

I am spiritual and have read about buddhism, gnostic religion, jainism or veganism, antinatalism and radical (lesbian) feminism.

I don't think reading is your thing.

Iamthebreedeath wrote:

I don't want to be there slaughtered pig.

QED.

Btw, I don't think you're remotely spiritual, just a nasty hate-filled pustule.

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I stand by everything I've written here and have no desire to hash it out all over again. Peace to all who stop by here.

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@edgarblythe,

edgarblythe wrote:

I stand by everything I've written here and have no desire to hash it out all over again.

Me, too.

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Peace to all who stop by here.

Peace to all...whether they stop by here or not.

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So well said, I have to preserve it here:

"The life of a mythology derives from the vitality of its symbols as metaphors delivering, not simply the idea, but a sense of actual participation in a realization of transcendence, infinity, and abundance ... Indeed, the first and most essential service of a mythology is this one, of opening the mind and heart to the utter wonder of all being. And the second service, then is cosmological: of representing the universe and the whole spectacle of nature, both as known to the mind and as beheld by the eye, as an epiphany of such kind that when lightning flashes, or a setting sun ignites the sky, or a deer is seen standing alerted, the exclamation 'Ah!' may be uttered as a recognition of divinity."
-Joseph Campbell
The Inner Reaches of Outer Space

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@Ragman,

We do too have holidays. The biggest one's called Christmas. It occurs at the exact same time the Christian happens. Ours is more about Santa and Presents. I wouldn't be surprised if many atheists who are not cultural Christians have similar deals going on. It kind of seems like Jewish people, at least, doesn't distinguish as much as many religions between true and non-believers, so maybe we can add Hanukkah onto that too.

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@edgarblythe,

No arguing?? Booh! Why would I want to talk to people if I can't argue with them! Atheists are the best for that too, because we all start with roughly the same views and so we don't have to dicker around getting nowhere before getting into intelligent moral discussions. Anyway, ya'll have your fun with your boring niceness. I'm going to go play with people who love nothing more than explaining to each other how all their dearly held beliefs are lies. I'll avoid your non-arguing atheist forum if you make it...but you have fun there.

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@Clinton Borror,

Clinton Borror wrote:

No arguing?? Booh! Why would I want to talk to people if I can't argue with them! Atheists are the best for that too, because we all start with roughly the same views and so we don't have to dicker around getting nowhere before getting into intelligent moral discussions. Anyway, ya'll have your fun with your boring niceness. I'm going to go play with people who love nothing more than explaining to each other how all their dearly held beliefs are lies. I'll avoid your non-arguing atheist forum if you make it...but you have fun there.

Nice speech. Now...put up.

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@Frank Apisa,

You know how I feel about evangelicals. egotistic arseholes the lot of 'em, whether they're evangelical Christians, Atheists or whatever.

They're all the bloody same.

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@izzythepush,

I want more of them. I think if there's one thing that would improve society more than anything else, to the extent that I'd be willing to accept deaths to accomplish this, it's more competitive discourse throughout society. Assholes get their ideas out there, whether they're Christian evangelists or atheists or people who think it's okay to wave the Confederate flag or LGBT!Q+ activists or feminists, I love 'em all. I think humanity needs communication for growth, and the assholes are the ones who get that started. Richard Dawkins I'd say is a prime example. He was, and is, an ass, but he got a lot of conversation started. Now, I like cognitive scientist and philosopher Daniel Dennett considerably more. He's a personal hero of mine because he's polite and speaks intelligently. I don't think he got as much done as Dawkins though.

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@izzythepush,

izzythepush wrote:

You know how I feel about evangelicals. egotistic arseholes the lot of 'em, whether they're evangelical Christians, Atheists or whatever.

They're all the bloody same.

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