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Thanks guys, the reason I'm the only atheist in my family is that I just don't feel like worshipping god. I still go to church, still pray and everything because it's what people hold dear, and I respect that, plus I have to follow my parents around, they expect me to pray, so yeah. With that being said, I am truly proud to be an atheist and am happy to have found this site. The only problem I have as of now is that my ignorant friends confuse atheism with satanism. Pisses me off so much.
It's not uncommon for theists to equate atheism with anarkism, satanism or anti-theism. But most of the time they seem to think that an atheist "hates god".
The argument that good is synonymous with christianity is an ages-old ploy foisted upon the ignorant as a doctrine and exactly the kind of in-breeding fundamentalism promotes.
The argument is that without christianity there can be no source of good in people. Let's see, now, it seems to me people created christianity in the absence of any metaphysical revelation that wasn't also created in the imaginations of the same people. At the root of this argument is fundamentalism.
http://www.bidstrup.com/religion.htm
http://www.bidstrup.com/bible2.htm
Traveling a very close parallel to christian fundamentalism is the archaic band of brothers known as the Free Masons. These soldiers of themselves, surrounding themselves with themselves like christians do, have indoctrinated themselves with contrivances of good. This selectively orders their world to the exclusion of those they choose not to embrace. Masons are not recruiting like christians do.
The Order of Free Masonry is considered privilege and sought after by men of shallow wit to achieve membership in. I've been acquainted with many of them and usually find ethical fault in their thinking that they do not want to hear. So, they simply sever ties with me rather than suffer themselves in the eyes of a witness. Because their focus is not a deity but rather the order itself, there is no argument needed to exonerate themselves. They are simply happy to have that camaraderie going for themselves without hawking or shilling a deity so, hey, no fault no foul. Christians, on the other hand, will promote a deity as the source for the good in men and that's a slight of hand deception I will not imbue a child with.
Christianity leaves people inept about who they really are and there's no damage control that can reverse that kind of brainwashing.
We have a Christian in this forum want to reply to. He is claiming that gay persons are not productive to society. Bullshit this crap is always coming out of the foul mouths of Christians. I will tell you I am gay am a very hard working American citizen for the last 55 years of my life. I am married and before this govt gave me permission to do so I have been in a committed relationship since I was 20. I have never had a sex disease.i,sir or madam , am as good as any Christian citizen . And as to your reference to Adolf Hitler, he was Catholic. Right now I say to you , you and your co-religionists are a bunch of fucking retards.
Ariben:
I agree 100%.
I felt a bit sorry for this Christian until he said that birth defects are the result of original sin, while defending the Vatican pedophile club (only 1% of priests molest children?!).
"Adolf Hitler, he was Catholic"
And Stalin trained for the Orthodox priesthood. I don't know why Christians keep blaming atheism for the actions of monsters like these.
Thanks for moral support ,Algebe.I just cannot be quiet anymore to the Christian fanatics. I sayalong with Angela Davis, former Black Panther, and current university professor !!! Move on Over or We Will Move on.Over You ?
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