Atheist Megachurches
Re: Atheist Megachurches
by The Comrade » Fri Dec 13, 2013 5:48 pm
this is assuming we need large groups of people to adhere to strict moral systems
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Re: Atheist Megachurches
by exploited » Fri Dec 13, 2013 8:07 pm
My belief or non-belief in God is completely unrelated to my ethics. If someone asks me if I believe in God, the answer is no. I am an atheist. If they want my opinion on matters of morals, well, they'll have to bend a knee first.
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Re: Atheist Megachurches
by spacemonkey » Sat Dec 14, 2013 1:14 pm
You can't be a true non believer until you pay some hairless ape money to make it official. Apparently, thats also true for believers,lol.
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Re: Atheist Megachurches
by The Comrade » Sun Dec 15, 2013 1:29 pm
quick, everyone dogpile the jesus nerd!
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Re: Atheist Megachurches
by The Comrade » Sun Dec 15, 2013 1:44 pm
it survived me and chymical. i think we'd have been fine.
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Re: Atheist Megachurches
by exploited » Sun Dec 15, 2013 1:47 pm
Jesus was a cool dude, I wouldn't knock him. Pretty radical for a Jewish farmer thousands of years ago.
If a belief I view as wrong leads to good ethics, I'm cool with it. If you think the world is supported on the back of a giant tortoise, and this makes you kinder and more charitable, all the power to you. I respect certain virtues enough to overlook the weirdness that produces them.
Gandhi said it best. "I like your Christ. I do not like your Christians." Unfortunately, this is true much of the time.
If a belief I view as wrong leads to good ethics, I'm cool with it. If you think the world is supported on the back of a giant tortoise, and this makes you kinder and more charitable, all the power to you. I respect certain virtues enough to overlook the weirdness that produces them.
Gandhi said it best. "I like your Christ. I do not like your Christians." Unfortunately, this is true much of the time.
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