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Originally posted by billclinton
Atheism is the accepted definition of one who believes that God does not exist, or for you purists, has no belief in anything spiritual. When you call yourself an athiest you define yourself. A definition could/would be considered an answer to a question..."what is an athiest?"......the answer is the definition of an atheist.........So, once again, proclaiming that you are an athiest would be defining yourself as one who has no beliefs in any God or that damn purple llama or whatever. And in my most absoulutely meaningless opinion, atheism is the easiest answer to the most difficult questions.
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As firefly already pointed out: atheism is not an answer. It is a REJECTION of answers.
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I have found that most of the atheists that I have met (a roommate in college proclaimed to be one) generally consider themselves to be intellectuals (elitists) and consider any arguments other than what they think as absurd (see previous posts) and discount any opinions other than their own as "not very well thought out" or "the blind leading the blind" or "cliche after cliche"
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I believe that people who are atheist do tend to be on average more intelligent. But there is a difference between cause and correlation.
Intelligence is required in order to think for yourself. The majority of people will simply accept religion at face value without asking any questions, or without really thinking about it.
People who do have the ability to think for themselves can then come to their own conclusions about religion. Some will turn atheist, others will think long and hard about their faith, but decide to keep it.
Almost all of the religious people we have here are definately intelligent enough to think for themselves. I'm not trying to insult anyone.
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[b]Once again, what I believe is really important......to me. What you believe is not really important.....to me.
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What you believe may be important to you. But it doesn't make it any more like the truth.
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As for "cogito ergo sum".....just because you do and are, don't mean that you am to me....or something like that.
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Yeah...and? That is the whole point of I think therefore I am?
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Believing in God is not wrong....but telling someone that they shouldn't is. As for atheism....."caveat emptor"......
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