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What do we replace religion with?[W:675]

Re: What do we replace religion with?

devildavid said:
Another false generalization about atheists. What does evidence of the lack of something look like?
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Disagreed, but obviously you see the world in black and white, with all atheists being pure white. :)
 
Tim the plumber said:
I was watching this video by Jordan Peterson;

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EyYdGiJpyXk

The gist is that the civilization we have is founded upon Christian principals. And that by abandoning this religion we will create a civilization that simply does not function.

I can see his point. The present philosophy of business is the MBA. In that lying is something you do in your actions all the time. You expect others to do it. You live the life of the slippery slope.

This is, I think the exact opposite of how I, an atheist, wish to live.

The truth and disiple of not cheating or swindling others is what I want my life to be about.

I think we need a new philosophy of progress and responsibilty. Maybe JP is one of the herads of this process of creating such a thing.

Does anybody else have an input into the new philosophy of society?
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We don't replace it with anything; we just let it spin out and fade away. Then we'll be living on the earth as it was intended.
 
Re: What do we replace religion with?

Angel said:
Would you care to back up your disparaging words here, or are they from your own bottomless bait pail?
Not only is gfm7175's post not "nonsense," as your baiting post would have it, but it is right as rain about the strident forms of atheism on display here in our forum. The evidence for the truth of gfm7175's post is everywhere to be found in this and every other thread in the Beliefs and Skepticism forum: the rejection of evidence for God's existence, the reliance on faith in God's inexistence, the attempt to shift the burden of proof and the absence of any argument for atheism, the bad-faith denial of the very meaning of atheism. It's all there in the posts. Indeed, your own posts exhibit such incoherence of thought that they make you out an agnostic even as they smugly proclaim for atheism.

Would you care to dispute any of these points?
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Evidence of the existence of something for which evidence cannot be provided? Is a rutabaga evidence of a non-physical entity? Connect the dots.
 
Re: What do we replace religion with?

Rising Sun said:
Sorry, but that's not true. You keep reciting numbers, but can't actually quote the offending phrase, post or anything else. Why?

OTOH, if it pleases you to believe you've "BUSTED!!!" me, have at it. You obviously need some joy in your life and if that gives it to you, that's fine with me.

...and thanks for adding to the weight of evidence about the previously posted article's assertions.
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Why are you so angry toward atheists?
 
Re: What do we replace religion with?

Rising Sun said:
Why? It's easy; when hungry, eat. when tired, sleep. when horny, ****. I fail to see the issue.
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probably not the best approach to hedonism

mind you eating sleeping and ****ing are all wonderful activities
 
Re: What do we replace religion with?

zyzygy said:
Some believers whine a lot. Probably because they are angry and feel the world owes them something. It's common among the immature
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Yes they do! Probably. Angry people think they have reasons but usually those reasons are as you described. Something they share with atheists.
 
Re: What do we replace religion with?

Rising Sun said:
There's an ancient parable about the Blind Men and the Elephant. I think all of the world's religions are akin to that story; with each religion being one of the blind men.

I also think that the commonalities of each of the world's religions have a higher probability of being true. Christian Hell isn't one of those commonalities. It doesn't make sense that an all-knowing, all-powerful and all-merciful god would create something, know what it's going to do then condemn it to eternal pain for failing to toe a particular line.
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An atheist would have spotted the elephant. A version of the story has the men blindfolded. Atheists have removed the blindfold.
 
Re: What do we replace religion with?

Rising Sun said:
Disagreed, but I'm content to let forum readers decide for themselves which of us is most honest and realistic and which is just an oppressive, lying scumbag hater.
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This is an example of the use of emotive language to attempt to audience. It's not a very honest method of argument.
 
Re: What do we replace religion with?

Rising Sun said:
What do you see wrong with hedonism, if anything?
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nothing what you like is whats good what you don't like is bad

hedonism is the best if only because its inescapable following every impulse may not be the best way to do hedonism is what i mean
 
Re: What do we replace religion with?

soylentgreen said:
No, your point is that you will make up your own version of atheism because you cannot deal with what atheists have to say. Do not try to side track this by pretending this is about insults.
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Sorry to upset you. You are free to make up your own version of atheism. Please tell me about it. Also tell me what atheists have to say.
 
Re: What do we replace religion with?

Rising Sun said:
Yes. Quod Erat Demonstrandum ↑
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That seems to be an evasive answer , not actually showing anything. That is a claim.. it shows your personal opinion, but it does not show that the claim is true.
 
Re: What do we replace religion with?

RAMOSS said:
That seems to be an evasive answer , not actually showing anything. That is a claim.. it shows your personal opinion, but it does not show that the claim is true.
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You're obviously going to disagree, demean, attack or just bitch about anything I say so explain to me why you're worth the trouble of posting a reply in hopes of intellectual discussion?
 
Re: What do we replace religion with?

CLAX1911 said:
No. All I'm saying is that our ethos comes from Christianity. I don't think that is a bad thing.
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Looks like we are coming from two different places,CLAX. I'm talking about about religion and ethics in general....not just Christianity and Western civilization.
 
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