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Originally Posted by Bill O'Rights
Why does he (Dawkins), or anyone else for that matter, feel the inherant need to convince others that they are wrong for what they believe, or don't believe? It's simple, really...keep your faith out of my face, and I'll keep my lack of faith out of yours. Why is that so hard for some people? I'm secure enough, in my thinking, that I do not have this overwhelming drive to attract others to my views, as a form of self-validation. As an atheist, I see no compelling reason to "convert" the righteous, or the self-righteous, over to my way of thinking. In fact, the more God fearing, church going, Christians there are...the better tee times I can get at the golf course on Sunday morning.
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Maybe he feels this need because the church won't keep its faith out of our "faces?" More and more laws and public policy is being enacted based on "faith" and that's simply ludicrous and deserves a lively debate. It would also be nice if people didn't indoctrinate their children and, instead, let them make an informed choice when they're older...
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Originally Posted by Kalnaur
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Originally Posted by willravel
Wrong. We recognize that god may exist, but since no evidence exists to suggest that, belief that god does exist is illogical and thus frowned upon.
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I used to think so too, Kalnaur, but that's really not a useful definition. As willravel has said, that would mean that most self proclaimed atheists are really agnostics and that there are almost no atheists in the world.
A more useful definition of agnosticism would be if they took the possibility of the existence of god seriously while not totally committing to the idea. For instance, they should think that the possibility of God's existence is more likely than the tooth fairy's existence...