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Atheists identified as America’s most distrusted minority

PostPosted: Mar 23, 2006 @ 6:38pm
by Brig

PostPosted: Mar 23, 2006 @ 8:55pm
by sponge
I think when people consider Athiests, they consider those like Brig who go out of the way to cram their opinions down other's throats :P

In that case, I'd believe it. But if you assume your average American is someone who believes in some sort of God, but doesn't actually worship or anything of the sort, I personally would consider that athiesm. If you don't believe it enough to even go to church on more than Christmas and Easter, I don't think you believe in it.

PostPosted: Mar 24, 2006 @ 1:41am
by damian
Eh, that's more agnosticism. Atheism is an active belief in the lack of (a) God.

PostPosted: Mar 24, 2006 @ 4:42am
by Brig

PostPosted: Mar 24, 2006 @ 5:23am
by Jaybot

PostPosted: Mar 24, 2006 @ 6:35am
by Maf54

PostPosted: Mar 25, 2006 @ 3:47am
by sponge

PostPosted: Mar 25, 2006 @ 4:18am
by statix

PostPosted: Mar 25, 2006 @ 4:20am
by Maf54

PostPosted: Mar 28, 2006 @ 10:11pm
by RICoder

PostPosted: Mar 29, 2006 @ 5:19am
by sandmann
That's a bunch of bullshit. Religion is not the same as science, and you know it.

I don't get offended when someone tells me I'm going to burn in hell for no sensible reason at all. I just get annoyed.

Most people don't get offended when religious people respectfully ask whether they want to hear about a particular religion. And if they do, then they're wrong. But I'm willing to venture that most people get offended when the preacher on the street tells them that they are bad people and creatures of Satan, and that the only way they can save themselves from an eternity of misery is to convert to Christianity. When that happens, people have every right to be offended. Sure, people take it too far, but that doesn't change the fact that it's offensive behavior to begin with.

Or do you disagree?

PostPosted: Mar 29, 2006 @ 9:52am
by gamefreaks

PostPosted: Mar 29, 2006 @ 12:48pm
by gamefreaks

PostPosted: Mar 29, 2006 @ 11:04pm
by Maf54

PostPosted: Mar 29, 2006 @ 11:58pm
by Caesar