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Religion is not all it’s cracked up to be, and most of it is just plain wrong.

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    plato replied to the forum topic Atheism Is Not Enough in the group Group logoAtheism 4 years ago

    Self-contradictory.

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    Humanist Hope replied to the forum topic Ask An Atheist! in the group Group logoAtheism 5 years, 4 months ago

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    You’re very welcome. :-)

    If you should ever have anymore questions, feel free to ask. While I do not claim to be the most educated atheist walking about, I do make the willful effort to […]

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    Silent Radiance replied to the forum topic Ask An Atheist! in the group Group logoAtheism 5 years, 4 months ago

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    I understand what you’re getting at, I always assumed atheism to be the more drastic measure of no God (my interpretation of not believing in a God). Perhaps because, while reading into the […]

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    Humanist Hope replied to the forum topic Ask An Atheist! in the group Group logoAtheism 5 years, 4 months ago

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    You are correct in your definition of atheism but it is your interpretation of the same that differs.

    As I said before, there are atheists who make the positive assertion that no gods […]

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    Silent Radiance replied to the forum topic Ask An Atheist! in the group Group logoAtheism 5 years, 4 months ago

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    I didn’t say they believed both options, I said they believed in the possibility of either option being true. If they believed that there was no possibility of one of the sides being true then […]

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    Humanist Hope replied to the forum topic Ask An Atheist! in the group Group logoAtheism 5 years, 4 months ago

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    An agnostic does not necessarily “believe” both options by being undecided. Atheism is not the positive rejection of gods, it is not the belief that no gods exist, though there are atheists […]

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    Silent Radiance replied to the forum topic Ask An Atheist! in the group Group logoAtheism 5 years, 5 months ago

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    Regarding the coin flip, my point isn’t that a force cannot act on the coin before it lands on the ground, my point is that whatever force may act on it will not just appear out of random. The […]

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    Humanist Hope replied to the forum topic Ask An Atheist! in the group Group logoAtheism 5 years, 5 months ago

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    Concerning your statement about randomness, randomness is difficult for our brains to process because frankly speaking we are just not wired that efficiently to understand randomness, it […]

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    Silent Radiance replied to the forum topic Ask An Atheist! in the group Group logoAtheism 5 years, 5 months ago

    One thing that I think is worth a mention is randomness. I can’t wrap my head around true randomness, because it isn’t something we’ve ever faced before. Nothing about our world is actually random, when you […]

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    Silent Radiance replied to the forum topic Ask An Atheist! in the group Group logoAtheism 5 years, 5 months ago

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    Part of your definition for atheism seems to coincide with that of agnosticism. A quick Google search (and just the knowledge I’ve been raised with) shows me that atheism (Greek root meaning […]

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    Silent Radiance replied to the forum topic Ask An Atheist! in the group Group logoAtheism 5 years, 5 months ago

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    Good topic :) . I don’t see how religion can definitively precede morality (I know you took this as an assumption but I’d like to touch on it), they’re different things. Whether it’s […]

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    Humanist Hope replied to the forum topic Ask An Atheist! in the group Group logoAtheism 5 years, 5 months ago

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    The discussion of whether or not morality precedes religion (a claim supported by deceased atheist debater and famous contrarian Christopher Hitchens) is honestly an “a priori” […]

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    Humanist Hope replied to the forum topic Ask An Atheist! in the group Group logoAtheism 5 years, 5 months ago

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    I very much appreciated your input on heritability and faults in genetics and the simple explanation of evolution, especially the analogue to erosion.

    Insofar as how anyone can claim to […]

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    Humanist Hope replied to the forum topic Ask An Atheist! in the group Group logoAtheism 5 years, 5 months ago

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    I noted several of your points in short in the interest of brevity, please pardon my paraphrasing.

    •Predetermination in genes.
    Actually this is predisposition towards certain traits, not […]

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    Humanist Hope replied to the forum topic Ask An Atheist! in the group Group logoAtheism 5 years, 5 months ago

    @skimrish @rainhelpstheflowersgrow @silent-radiance

    Please pardon my absence, I have been chasing a new job.

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    Stargazer replied to the forum topic Ask An Atheist! in the group Group logoAtheism 5 years, 5 months ago

    That’s an interesting topic. I’ll post a reply after I do some reading regarding the evolution of morality in humans. I’ve never had a discussion on this before.

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    Jenny replied to the forum topic Ask An Atheist! in the group Group logoAtheism 5 years, 5 months ago

    I would honestly like a discussion on the topic of morality. If we can assume that morals have existed before organized religions, how did they first come to be? At what point did morals out way instinct?

    I’d […]

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    Silent Radiance replied to the forum topic Ask An Atheist! in the group Group logoAtheism 5 years, 5 months ago

    @skimrish I’ll definitely add both of those to my reading list :) . Thanks for the suggestions. I’d love to hear about your research, too. It sounds interesting!

    I really like that quote, it’s something I’ve […]

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