Because I get really bored with trying to explain what an Agnostic Atheist is.

 

Watcher wrote:

Because I get really bored with trying to explain what an Agnostic Atheist is.

Most of the times I call myself secular humanist.  But for my friends I am an atheist.  Because I do not believe in a god or something else.  Interesting that Rook Hawkins claims to be a deist.    Maybe he has to read Victor Stenger.  

Piet wrote:

Watcher wrote:

Because I get really bored with trying to explain what an Agnostic Atheist is.

Most of the times I call myself secular humanist.  But for my friends I am an atheist.  Because I do not believe in a god or something else.  Interesting that Rook Hawkins claims to be a deist.    Maybe he has to read Victor Stenger.  

There was a stretch of time before I "officially" dumped Christianity and decided to run back to the religion of my ancestors when I identified as a Deist.  It's not a hard position to reach, even without reading the writings of any particular author.  I'd even go so far as to say that it's the logical conclusion of anyone who holds a theistic world-view and explores other theologies.

I'd even go so far as to say that if Judaism was an exclusionary religion -- "We're right, you're going to Hell", the way Christianity and Islam are -- that I'd still be a Deist.

The biggest issue I had, between the time I dumped Christianity and made a decision to run off and be a Jew, is that there are no Deist churches, synagogues, temples, mosques, meeting halls or =anything=.

FurryCatHerder wrote:

 

I'd even go so far as to say that if Judaism was an exclusionary religion -- "We're right, you're going to Hell", the way Christianity and Islam are -- that I'd still be a Deist.

The biggest issue I had, between the time I dumped Christianity and made a decision to run off and be a Jew, is that there are no Deist churches, synagogues, temples, mosques, meeting halls or =anything=.

But what next. An adeist?   Is this more an intellectual point of view.  There's no proof; just a weak concept of a hit and run god.  

butterbattle wrote:

Welcome to the forum.

Rook Hawkins is no longer active here. Last time I checked, he is now a deist and is still active on his personal blog.

Do you have a link for me?  Thanks.  

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Hey Watcher,

I thought in this post I would pretend to be an atheist. Try to relate to you a little.

It's really to bad your baby is a piece of shit. I mean, as an atheist, there is no meaning, purpose, hope, love, justice truth.

When you kid gets old enough and  you tell him/her you love him, you'd be a pathetic liar.

Now it's your turn to tell me the atheist redefinition and slaghter the english language and make up your own subjective version of what love is. But it is not universal and thus fallse on your early position that EVERYTHING  has no mean purpose love, justice, truth beauty, etc.

So you could easily say your baby is a ugliy bastard that is a worthless piece of shit and it would mean exactly the same thing as if you were to say i love you, since there is no absolutes.

So speaking from an atheistic perspective, congrats on have a tremendous fat ass baby that will burn that is uglier then you mama.

As a Chrisitan you see, we have absolutes, and can speak of the beuauty, Remember, when your kid says he loves you, don't be a liar and say you love him back. Tell the truth. Oh wait there is no truth. I forgot call him the bastard he really is.

Respectfully,

Jean Chauvin (Jude 3).