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In reply to the discussion: I have nothing against people who don't believe in spirituality, but people who proselytize non- [View all]Mariana
(15,606 posts)99. There "could be" a god.
        I don't believe there are any, but there could be. I'm still an atheist.
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                        I have nothing against people who don't believe in spirituality, but people who proselytize non- [View all]
							highplainsdem
							Jan 2019
							OP
                        
        
        Nonsense; one can lack an affirmative belief while still understanding the concept.  I know what
        LongtimeAZDem
        Jan 2019
        #204
      
        
        No, they are not; this is the problem with arguing with the religious: the definitions keep changing
        LongtimeAZDem
        Jan 2019
        #208
      
        
        Again, it's meaningless, since you pick and choose the definition of "believe" at will.   /nt
        LongtimeAZDem
        Jan 2019
        #214
      
        
        You admitted that lacking belief in someone's brand new god is not a belief system in itself.
        trotsky
        Jan 2019
        #243
      
        
        Nope, here's what you said in response to the claim "Atheism is not a belief system."
        trotsky
        Jan 2019
        #249
      
        
        Seems silly when your reply is addressing a specific statement made by another poster...
        trotsky
        Jan 2019
        #265
      
        
        If there is no way to know one way or another, then there is no reason to believe they are real.
        LongtimeAZDem
        Jan 2019
        #339
      
        
        Atheists like to say that atheism is not a belief system, because it doesn't fit their self-image
        Fortinbras Armstrong
        Jan 2019
        #285
      
        
        I need not claim; "there is no god"; I simply state that I lack the belief in a god.
        LongtimeAZDem
        Jan 2019
        #318
      
        
        I usually just say "I don't beilve in god".  If they're open to duscission, I can clarify,
        LongtimeAZDem
        Jan 2019
        #326
      
        
        Sure, but once they do (outside of forum discussions like this) I just write them off.  /nt
        LongtimeAZDem
        Jan 2019
        #336
      
        
        Yeah, a relative whisper of dissent over a system of opposition by the megawatt
        Major Nikon
        Jan 2019
        #59
      
        
        See reply 3.  And proselytizing doesn't refer only to formal religions or organizations.  It can
        highplainsdem
        Jan 2019
        #5
      
        
        You think advising people to stop worrying about gods or damnation is "empathy neutral"?
        muriel_volestrangler
        Jan 2019
        #127
      
        
        Even when the atheist one says "hey, that guy is probably wrong so don't worry!"
        trotsky
        Jan 2019
        #232
      
        
        Sure, and there's lots of other words that can literally refer to the same thing
        Major Nikon
        Jan 2019
        #15
      
        
        I used the word for the same reason the writer of this Daily Beast article
        highplainsdem
        Jan 2019
        #23
      
        
        I did have religious beliefs, as a youngster. But, when I became an adult, I started reasoning
        MineralMan
        Jan 2019
        #34
      
        
        So you're saying that anyone with religious beliefs is illogical, childish, a disappointment to you?
        highplainsdem
        Jan 2019
        #52
      
        
        You said very clearly that you threw off religious beliefs when you became an adult and could think
        highplainsdem
        Jan 2019
        #56
      
        
        ???? Not sure what you mean by that.  But I wish you understood why your comments that adults who
        highplainsdem
        Jan 2019
        #65
      
        
        So you're still saying that it's illogical to hold any religious belief, and you're disappointed in
        highplainsdem
        Jan 2019
        #70
      
        
        Your statement made it clear that you believe reasoning, logical adults should throw off religious
        highplainsdem
        Jan 2019
        #79
      
        
        You have a narrow view of religion. I believe in a higher power and I'm relaxing in bed this
        Dream Girl
        Jan 2019
        #61
      
        
        My views are fairly similar to yours.  I went from a childhood in a major religion to agnostic,
        highplainsdem
        Jan 2019
        #68
      
        
        Whatabout those who proselytize against the proselytizers who proselytize against the proselytizers?
        Major Nikon
        Jan 2019
        #7
      
        
        Especially the newly converted whether from religious to non-religious or non-r to religious.
        keithbvadu2
        Jan 2019
        #18
      
        
        As MJ said: "You were born an atheist. That is the default condition. You did not have a belief syst
        keithbvadu2
        Jan 2019
        #49
      
        
        Do you doubt anyone can come up with an infinite number of not real things?
        Major Nikon
        Jan 2019
        #87
      
        
        Agree.  I've seen that in my family, with both outspoken atheists and outspoken evangelicals who've
        highplainsdem
        Jan 2019
        #26
      
        
        I don't have a problem saying that some deity of some sort somewhere may exist.
        Pope George Ringo II
        Jan 2019
        #233
      
        
        I'd suggest that if quantum mechanics were easier for most, they'd gravitate that way.
        Pope George Ringo II
        Jan 2019
        #240
      
        
        It is not tiring to me.  That is because I am not religious.  You are I suppose so you do not want
        wasupaloopa
        Jan 2019
        #50
      
        
        I'm not religious.  I haven't belonged to any religion since my teens.  But I know people who are
        highplainsdem
        Jan 2019
        #123
      
        
        There are just different types of people where religion is concerned - who wudda thunk it?
        Freelancer
        Jan 2019
        #55
      
        
        Liberalism by definition it seems at first, can't be dogmatic or militant.
        Bretton Garcia
        Jan 2019
        #88
      
        
        Six and a half billion people on this planet, now, beleive in a Supreme Being, a Higher Power or a
        demosincebirth
        Jan 2019
        #90
      
        
        I have a very large family, 99% Catholic, three gay and  all  liberal,  but not in all sense.
        demosincebirth
        Jan 2019
        #280
      
        
        It sounds like what you mean is religion has been around since humans have
        Major Nikon
        Jan 2019
        #145
      
        
        Yes burial rituals, but also modern hunter gatherer societies provide evidence
        marylandblue
        Jan 2019
        #187
      
        
        Interesting post, and I appreeciate what I believe are your intentios.  Regarding the difference
        c-rational
        Jan 2019
        #96
      
        
        Maybe they are just talking to themselves in a form of self persuasion.
        littlemissmartypants
        Jan 2019
        #147
      
        
        Making a sandwich will add just about as much to this discussion as a deliberately cryptic remark.
        highplainsdem
        Jan 2019
        #174
      
        
        I will assure you everyone who needs to know what it means knows what it means.
        Act_of_Reparation
        Jan 2019
        #176
      
        
        Oh, it's a forum in-joke for people who agree with you.  How helpful to any discussion in a public
        highplainsdem
        Jan 2019
        #178
      
        
        That old classic doesn't apply to my OP, since I made it very clear I wasn't
        highplainsdem
        Jan 2019
        #171
      
        
        Uh, by being here in this open forum where all viewpoints are welcome, you are asking to be engaged.
        trotsky
        Jan 2019
        #222
      
        
        What the actual fuck's going on here is that in your zeal to attempt to prove some kind of point...
        ADX
        Jan 2019
        #226
      
        
        Thanks for the condescension!  The OP compares atheists speaking negative opinions about religion...
        trotsky
        Jan 2019
        #229
      
        
        Condescension? Seriously? LMAO. This from someone who literally posted a dripping sarcasm smiley...
        ADX
        Jan 2019
        #250
      
        
        No, that excerpt was posted as an example of the words "proselytize" and "evangelize" being used
        highplainsdem
        Jan 2019
        #203
      
        
        Again:  I have nothing against atheists, and there's nothing wrong with making a case for your
        highplainsdem
        Jan 2019
        #227
      
  