Hi y'all - I wouldn't want to misunderstand your use of the word void - I've been reading about it in Buddhism lately. I think atheism is a misnomer. We should not need to label a non belief in anything. I have a non belief in flying teapots, (unless my wife throws them) but I'm not labelled as an ateapoter. A non belief in a god (atheism) is not an idea. Unfortunately, owing to the preponderence of religiosity in this country it is becoming fashionable to label those who do not conform to the outrageous as a minority of weirdos, and the term commonly chosen is atheist. I'm not ashamed of it and I'm forced to use it to define my difference from the mainstream. If there were no religions, there would be no atheists.
On Oct 3, 10:36 am, ornamentalmind <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > "...Is atheism just an idea? I think not. Theism is the idea - and an > irrational one at that." - Clog > > Do you believe that atheism is void? > > On Oct 3, 7:49 am, Clogtowner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Hi y'all - this paper is relevant to the book club read, but I also > > found it interesting to compare with your brief description of > > rationality. Based on this paper, I would consider myself 99.3% > > rational. I'm sure Isparklaria will enjoy it. > > It is a short read;http://yudkowsky.net/virtues/ > > > "Certainly some ideas are more rational than others. My best > > > > judgment tells me that atheism is more rational than theism" > > > Is atheism just an idea? I think not. Theism is the idea - and an > > irrational one at that. > > > On Oct 1, 4:32 pm, Aaron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Thank you, Taylor. That is a truth not repeated often enough. In > > > fact, I would go a step further and say that there is no such thing as > > > a "rational person" excpet in the most qualified, relative sense. > > > > Human brains may have the most rational brains on the planet, but is > > > that saying much? I think people are basically irrational, but we do > > > have the ability to behave rationally on occasion - if we practice at > > > it. Certainly some ideas are more rational than others. My best > > > judgment tells me that atheism is more rational than theism, but if > > > that were to change, so would my "atheism." > > > > Aaron > > > > On Oct 1, 11:47 am, Taylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > A person who defines himself primarily by "atheism" rather > > > > than "rationality" seems to be as likely as any theist to pick up > > > > silly beliefs...- Hide quoted text - > > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Memphis Freethought Alliance" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/memphisfreethoughtalliance?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
