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Atheists & Agnostics

LostOne4Ever

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39. "We don't know" is not an attempt to explain the unknown. nt

Reply to Hoppy (Reply #7)

Sat Nov 28, 2015, 08:45 PM

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People who claim atheism is a religion are: [View all] beam me up scottie Nov 2015 OP

Where's the option bvf Nov 2015 #1

You could choose other. beam me up scottie Nov 2015 #2

Actually, I went with trolls. bvf Nov 2015 #3

Oh, right! Our friend who loves to lurk and alert on everything. beam me up scottie Nov 2015 #4

Mooning initiated, Captain... onager Nov 2015 #19

! beam me up scottie Nov 2015 #20

We need polls skepticscott Nov 2015 #5

Good point! beam me up scottie Nov 2015 #6

A religion is the attempt to explain the unknown. "We don't know," is such an attempt. Hoppy Nov 2015 #7

Atheism is defined as the absence or rejection of belief in gods. beam me up scottie Nov 2015 #8

THAT'S an attempt? Gee, you're easily satisfied. SwissTony Nov 2015 #21

Excuse me, bvf Nov 2015 #35

"We don't know" is not an attempt to explain the unknown. nt LostOne4Ever Nov 2015 #39

Hmm, and my hobby is awoke_in_2003 Dec 2015 #52

I sincerely believe Atheism is a religion. Yorktown Nov 2015 #9

That's Ms. Atheist to you! beam me up scottie Nov 2015 #11

My apologies, Ms. Atheist. Yorktown Nov 2015 #13

I prefer Hell, I hear the parties are to die for. beam me up scottie Nov 2015 #14

Nice marmot. opiate69 Dec 2015 #48

Ach! Zomevone kaught on my leettle tjoke, ich sehe! Eindrucksvoll! Yorktown Dec 2015 #49

Nihilists! Fuck me. opiate69 Dec 2015 #50

Anyway, now you know why I don't believe in Jesus Yorktown Dec 2015 #51

I went with "ignorant", but "trolling" is a good part of it too. Silent3 Nov 2015 #10

EXACTLY! beam me up scottie Nov 2015 #12

It's an amusing hypocrisy the way so many theists try to use calling atheism a religion as a jab. AlbertCat Nov 2015 #25

Trolling, absolutely. MindPilot Nov 2015 #15

What you said, all of it. beam me up scottie Nov 2015 #16

I don't understand these "churchy" meetings, either. SwissTony Nov 2015 #22

Technically that makes you an agnostic atheist. beam me up scottie Nov 2015 #28

Yep. SwissTony Nov 2015 #33

"Horny Dobbin" beam me up scottie Nov 2015 #34

What? You mean it's NOT a religion? Binkie The Clown Nov 2015 #17

Shocking, eh? beam me up scottie Nov 2015 #18

Sorry bmus, you missed out "Incredibly Stupid" and "Ray Comfort", mr blur Nov 2015 #23

Oops! My bad! beam me up scottie Nov 2015 #29

A little from column A and a little from column B, deucemagnet Nov 2015 #24

True, but I can't always stop myself. beam me up scottie Nov 2015 #30

I chose "trolling us" Curmudgeoness Nov 2015 #26

Goats and trolls...sound like a video game. beam me up scottie Nov 2015 #31

Well, you might remember that there is already a fairy tale about them. Curmudgeoness Nov 2015 #37

I love that one! beam me up scottie Nov 2015 #38

...jealous of how easy it is to attack religion. Iggo Nov 2015 #27

Ha! Good one! beam me up scottie Nov 2015 #32

+1,000 n/t bvf Nov 2015 #36

I think that for the vast majority of people it is simple ignorance LostOne4Ever Nov 2015 #40

This. beam me up scottie Nov 2015 #42

Willfully ignorant... rexcat Nov 2015 #41

Yep. beam me up scottie Nov 2015 #43

Sexually repressed. lindysalsagal Dec 2015 #44

Oooooooooooo, that's a good one! beam me up scottie Dec 2015 #45

ignorant and trolling can be combined as clueless olddots Dec 2015 #46

They are fundamentalist thinkers. beam me up scottie Dec 2015 #53

I love how none of them grasp the irony... trotsky Dec 2015 #47

Right? beam me up scottie Dec 2015 #54

Not all who do it intend any insult Major Nikon Dec 2015 #55