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Showing Original Post only (View all)Let me begin by stating that it is not my intent to limit or prohibit anyone's privilege to [View all]
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post about their religious beliefs or lack thereof. I would simply ask that we, the readers, acknowledge proselytization when it takes place.
I think it would "clang" if a poster repeatedly argued that religions A, B and C were silly, but D was reasonable and worthy of respect.
Does it not "clang" when ALL religions are ridiculed and the "alternative belief system" of atheism is advocated as what intelligent people believe?
If proselytizing by atheists is somehow different than proselytizing by Jews or Catholics or Baptists, how?
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Let me begin by stating that it is not my intent to limit or prohibit anyone's privilege to [View all]
Atticus
Mar 2022
OP
My belief is that all have a right to express their faith whether in a diety or
overleft
Mar 2022
#2
And you make the same error other atheists have. Proselytization is the urging or encouraging
Atticus
Mar 2022
#6
Except that I know anti-theists and non-religious who believe the most outrageous things.
shrike3
Mar 2022
#41
"---atheists don't need to ask it." So, it never occurs to atheists to ask the "What is the
Atticus
Mar 2022
#43
I would normally respond with "Bless your heart!" but, I assume you don't believe in
Atticus
Mar 2022
#65
However you choose to describe it, you choose to believe something which cannot be
Atticus
Mar 2022
#10
Again, the other side of the coin: there exists no proof of the non-existence of God. nt
Atticus
Mar 2022
#17
It certainly is an alternative belief. Is your problem with the "system" part? nt
Atticus
Mar 2022
#11
As said before, you are certainly free to believe or "not believe" as you think best. At least,
Atticus
Mar 2022
#33
Who said non-belief was the "equivalent" of belief? Are the terms not simply the
Atticus
Mar 2022
#57
I have seldom enjoyed reading and thinking about a post as much as I enjoyed yours.
Atticus
Mar 2022
#34
Unlike some here, I have not stated my belief or lack of belief. That is a personal decision
Atticus
Mar 2022
#31