Atheist Unicyclists

[Uzbekistan]

Hey I was just wondering how many unicyclists out there are atheists- I have seen a couple floating about on the forums but i have no idea.
peace out
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[theotherguy]

well, im not an atheist (if your going by atheism is anti-religious). you can call me ognostic, or however you spell it.

[ThisGuyIKnow]

We don't need this thread, we've already taken over the Christian Unicyclists thread.

Also I don't know about other atheists, but I don't have that urge to advertise that a lot of Christians do.

[unidad]

A christians work, just by being christian is to share the love. The need to do so is increased greatly by youth or the newness of it. Your toying with them only increases that energy. But I think that you already know that. Why not live and let live. As I'm sure that you would want if you were in their shoes.

On another note. Is atheism the belief that there is no higher power?
If that holds true, doesn't that belief(by default) make you that higher power?

Finally, isn't your consistant argument of the point, in and of itself, advertising or witnessing your point of view?

[Spudman]

With all these threads...

Why doesn't someone make a poll?

[ThisGuyIKnow]

Originally Posted by unidad

A christians work, just by being christian is to share the love. The need to do so is increased greatly by youth or the newness of it. Your toying with them only increases that energy. But I think that you already know that. Why not live and let live. As I'm sure that you would want if you were in their shoes.

On another note. Is atheism the belief that there is no higher power?
If that holds true, doesn't that belief(by default) make you that higher power?

Finally, isn't your consistant argument of the point, in and of itself, advertising or witnessing your point of view?

I find the entire concept of "witnessning" to be highly offensive. It also goes against the polciy you are trying ot promote of "live and let live"

A lack higher power does NOT by default make man the higher power. It eliminates the very nature of a power hirarchy to begin with factors.

But just so you know I find this thread just as offensive as the Christian one.

If you want to discuss Christianity fine I have no problem with that, but if you are going to do it in a public forum you need to allow other viewpoints into the discussion.

[boo radley]

Originally Posted by ThisGuyIKnow

We don't need this thread, we've already taken over the Christian Unicyclists thread.

Also I don't know about other atheists, but I don't have that urge to advertise that a lot of Christians do.

word .

[UniTyler]

Originally Posted by Spudman

With all these threads...

Why doesn't someone make a poll?

Done....!!!!! (TEXT FILLER)

[unidad]

Originally Posted by ThisGuyIKnow

I find the entire concept of "witnessning" to be highly offensive. It also goes against the polciy you are trying ot promote of "live and let live"

A lack higher power does NOT by default make man the higher power. It eliminates the very nature of a power hirarchy to begin with factors.

But just so you know I find this thread just as offensive as the Christian one.

If you want to discuss Christianity fine I have no problem with that, but if you are going to do it in a public forum you need to allow other viewpoints into the discussion.

It's not a policy. It's an action. Your missing my point. Let them witness. Let you tell them to go away. Then they will witness, you say go away. Before you two realise your not getting anywhere , an education could be had.



As the top of the food chain. Without a higher power, would make you as a human the higher power.Debatable, sure.

You are debating and chastising christianity. Here in a public forum. I'm open to other viewpoints. Are you?

[ThisGuyIKnow]

Originally Posted by unidad

You are debating and chastising christianity. Here in a public forum. I'm open to other viewpoints. Are you?

I am open to their veiwpoints, I don't mind them having a talking about it, but to do so at the exlusion of opposing viewpoints is not okay.

[boo radley]

could our newfound obsession with religion have anything to do with hurricanes, earthquakes, mudslides, floods and tsunamis?

edit: by which i mean recent events in the southern u.s., pakistan, central america, north eastern u.s., and asia of course

[Seager]

Originally Posted by unidad

As the top of the food chain. Without a higher power, would make you as a human the higher power.Debatable, sure.

That's not atheism, that's satanism. Satanisim, contary to popular belief, is NOT the worship of satan (that's a small off shoot) but the worship of humans beings as the ultimate power. The Church of Satan founded by laVay (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_of_Satan) was/is the main driving force. People that actually worship a deity of satan are very much the minority.

Atheism, in turn, is simply the opposite of theism as opposed to any sort of belief in people as a higher power or deity. Quite literally "the absence in the belief of a God." "Soft atheism" is the absence of belief whereas "hard atheism" is an active believe in there not being a god. (Hard atheism, I think, requires just as much faith as theism)

Many people who claim they are atheist are actually soft atheists or even agnostics, (a-gnostic = without knowledge). Agnostics simply believe you can't tell either way. Many people (including myself) are thus agnostic-atheists or soft atheists which basically means we can't prove or disprove god, but we have a hunch that he isn't around. (it's pretty improbable)

I spent many years in college studying religion, theology, and theodicy in an effort to prove or disprove god and the sad truth is after studying all the so-called proofs and disproofs (problem of evil/aquinus/etc) I realized that you simply can't answer the question. It all boils down to metaphysics anyway, and metaphysics sucks.

(please don't bother trying to post your version of proof - I promise I've already studied it and can post why it's fallible. Nothing new has some out of this debate for hundreds of years.)

[cathwood]

Many people (including myself) are thus agnostic-atheists or soft atheists which basically means we can't prove or disprove god, but we have a hunch that he isn't around. (it's pretty improbable)

Why is the Christian god always thought of as 'He'?

Cathy

[Seager]

Originally Posted by cathwood

Why is the Christian god always thought of as 'He'?

Cathy

Because western christian society has been traditionally patriarchal.

[cathwood]

Originally Posted by Seager

Because western christian society has been traditionally patriarchal.

Damn, I was hoping that it would be something else.

Cathy