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Atheists & Agnostics

lindysalsagal

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19. Mine, too. I like spending time with atheists, not because they validate me, but because they examin

Reply to safeinOhio (Reply #9)

Wed Mar 6, 2019, 06:59 PM

Mar 2019

examine their own ideas objectively. They lack the fear of death or loss of approval. They're grown ups. They're a higher order of human, because they are not motivated by cultural conditioning or the need for validation. The conversations can go anywhere because they're not being funneled towards a pre-determined ego-sanction. They also believe in living now, not after death.

Someone like this "author" can't even open up his mind enough to allow any other paradigm. This is why humans live in misery: Their paradigm is suffering and loss and shame and punishment. So much fun.

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"Inside the Atheist Mind: Unmasking the Religion of Those Who Say There Is No God" [View all] DetlefK Feb 2019 OP

First couple of Amazon reviews . . . totally opposed to one another. empedocles Feb 2019 #1

How inane. sinkingfeeling Feb 2019 #2

Has anyone proven the existence of God while I wasn't looking? Ron Obvious Feb 2019 #3

I guess you missed this.... lindysalsagal Mar 2019 #17

Is this from the Onion? Blues Heron Feb 2019 #4

Just a crock of jeezus-'splaining. Croney Feb 2019 #5

Just because I don't believe in a crock of sh*t Farmer-Rick Feb 2019 #6

How do you believe in not believing something? defacto7 Feb 2019 #15

Exactly Farmer-Rick Feb 2019 #16

But Unicorns are real. You can't deny unicorns. lindysalsagal May 2019 #22

As the saying goes, atheism is a religion the way not collecting stamps is a hobby. stopbush Feb 2019 #7

LOL! Perfect response! eppur_se_muova Feb 2019 #8

...the way baldness is a hair color. progressoid Feb 2019 #12

Atheism is a religion like defacto7 Feb 2019 #13

Ohhh, that's good. I need to remember this. PoindexterOglethorpe May 2019 #26

If Atheism were a tv channel, it would be "off." lindysalsagal Mar 2019 #18

If channels were religions, atheism would be "off." lindysalsagal May 2019 #23

My psychological view on the subject. safeinOhio Feb 2019 #9

Mine, too. I like spending time with atheists, not because they validate me, but because they examin lindysalsagal Mar 2019 #19

Agree! It's very freeing. No longer caged by the constraints of organized religion. Thekaspervote May 2019 #28

Look at the rest of DeStefano's books DavidDvorkin Feb 2019 #10

LMAO trotsky Feb 2019 #11

They expend so much frustrated energy to convince people defacto7 Feb 2019 #14

Well said. However, for a child like that, examining their entire life of fraud would be lindysalsagal Mar 2019 #20

"Because a bunch of bronze age guys who didn't know where lindysalsagal May 2019 #21

I am probably plagiarizing someone when I use my new line...... A HERETIC I AM May 2019 #24

+1 Lady Freedom Returns May 2019 #25

I'm a big fan of Matt Dillahunty and the Atheist Experience show classof56 Jun 2019 #30

Huh? PoindexterOglethorpe May 2019 #27

I know that brain type Cartoonist May 2019 #29

Ok. Atheists. Let's select someone or something to worship: lindysalsagal Jun 2019 #31

I'll put this invaluable gem on my reading list CatLady78 Oct 2020 #32