So as an atheist your goal is to eradicate religion which will in turn eliminate the arduous choir of being atheist?
On Dec 6, 2007 9:58 PM, Jim Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Atheism, by its very nature, is a reflective stance. Atheism only exists > because of religion. It exists to give meaning to a belief (that there is > no God). I won't argue otherwise. Because of this Atheism is often > mistaken as fundamentally religious in nature, but this is a mistake. > > The purpose of any religion is to gain followers thus strengthening and > spreading the religion. Although there is no truly organized "recruiting" > policy (despite what the Catholic League might say) Atheism is similar in > that respect: clearly, to an atheist, a world with more atheists would be > nicer. > > However looking at the conclusive points shows a dramatically different > result. > > Atheism's ultimate purpose (if it can be said to have one) is - in a sense - > to eliminate atheism. Atheism is ultimately self-effacing. In other words > if atheism were universal there would be no need for atheism. Just as we > don't have a social movement declaring the color of sky we wouldn't need > atheism: facts don't need movements to remain facts. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Create robust enterprise, web RIAs. Upgrade to ColdFusion 8 and integrate with Adobe Flex http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=RVJP Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:247819 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
