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by **Keep The Reason** » Tue Feb 07, 2012 8:16 am

Wasn't that beautiful?

Sadly, I don't think any theist on this -- or any other -- forum would be moved a millimeter by it.

by **StillSearching** » Sun Feb 12, 2012 5:20 pm

JustJim wrote:Awesome.... Every theist on our forum should watch this.

Jim

So I did. Pardon the comment, but Jim extended the invitation. :twisted:

Keep The Reason wrote:Wasn't that beautiful?

Sadly, I don't think any theist on this -- or any other -- forum would be moved a millimeter by it.

I love Bill Maher, and this was funny, but why would I be "moved" by it?

Also, I totally agree that atheism is not a religion, but what say you to this statement...

Atheism is a worldview.

by **NH Baritone** » Sun Feb 12, 2012 10:05 pm

by **NH Baritone** » Sun Feb 12, 2012 10:06 pm

by **NH Baritone** » Sun Feb 12, 2012 10:21 pm

by **JustJim** » Mon Feb 13, 2012 5:18 am

StillSearching wrote:Also, I totally agree that atheism is not a religion, but what say you to this statement...

Atheism is a worldview.

I think theism/atheism is part of one's worldview, and that one's worldview is affected by one's theism/atheism, but not that it is one's worldview. I also don't think either theism or atheism is a religion.

While it is probably true that most theists subscribe to some formalized religion and hold to some set of religious doctrines/creeds, theism as an "-ism" is simply the belief that god(s) exist. Religion then takes that belief further and defines and describes god(s), often coming up with rules on how to live and how to relate to a particular god or set of gods. So far as I know, that is not the case with atheism, despite the attempts by some theists to call science, for example, a religion. People may approach science (or materialism, or skepticism, or atheism, or reason-ism, etc.) with a "religious fervor", but that doesn't make those things religions.

Jim

by **NH Baritone** » Mon Feb 13, 2012 7:26 am

by **NH Baritone** » Mon Feb 13, 2012 7:39 am

Great YouTube video from Julian Smith about "Pre-Blessed Food."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9JUqS4Q2A0

I think we need a restaurant equivalent ... you know the type.

by **Keep The Reason** » Tue Feb 14, 2012 8:16 am

NH Baritone wrote:

Brilliant.

by **NH Baritone** » Fri Feb 17, 2012 4:53 am

I'm not certain I would have referred to this process as "mental ingenuity."

"Selective inattention?" "Evidential assessment atrophy?" Or perhaps "cart-before-the-horse thinking?"