Registered: Nov 2006
Location: The known universe.
quote:
Originally posted by daves
Good job... so atheists are not comfortable in just their own beliefs, they need to actually convince others to disbelieve?
Like you know... all those horrible religions do?
Remember that religion is perpetuated through not really teaching, but by forcing. A child is born into religion and not given a choice because a parent will bestow their own faith upon them and not give options to other faiths to follow. An Atheist has to "break out" of the mold their parents had tried to put them into. Once the seeds are planted in the young mind, the majority will grow up with their faith fully entrenched and continue the cycle when their own children are born. This is why an idea that started thousands or hundreds of years ago slowly grows to the point where it becomes the norm. It spreads like a virus in a way. I hate to use that term since I don't mean it in a bad way... but you get the point.
Registered: Aug 2001
Location: Its June 18th, 2005, I'm at the Skybar
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Originally posted by Prometheus Xex
Remember that religion is perpetuated through not really teaching, but by forcing. A child is born into religion and not given a choice because a parent will bestow their own faith upon them and not give options to other faiths to follow. An Atheist has to "break out" of the mold their parents had tried to put them into. Once the seeds are planted in the young mind, the majority will grow up with their faith fully entrenched and continue the cycle when their own children are born. This is why an idea that started thousands or hundreds of years ago slowly grows to the point where it becomes the norm. It spreads like a virus in a way. I hate to use that term since I don't mean it in a bad way... but you get the point.
Registered: Jan 2004
Location: Kitchener, Ont, Soviet Canuckistan
quote:
Originally posted by Prometheus Xex
Remember that religion is perpetuated through not really teaching, but by forcing. A child is born into religion and not given a choice because a parent will bestow their own faith upon them and not give options to other faiths to follow. An Atheist has to "break out" of the mold their parents had tried to put them into. Once the seeds are planted in the young mind, the majority will grow up with their faith fully entrenched and continue the cycle when their own children are born. This is why an idea that started thousands or hundreds of years ago slowly grows to the point where it becomes the norm. It spreads like a virus in a way. I hate to use that term since I don't mean it in a bad way... but you get the point.
oh please
religion is like any other moral values. it's similar to another philosophical idea
do you begrudge your parents to forcing you to be polite to strangers, or have good table manners, or teaching you what they think is good and right?
it is a parents prerogative to raise their kids however they feel is right.
likewise when kids become old enough to reason and make decisions for themselves, it should be up to the kids to figure out whether how their parents brought them up is good and correct
i guess i should be upset next time some canadian parents force their kids to play hockey, because it's a good canadian thing to do eh
i'm also having a good laugh at your portrayal like atheism is some sort of innocent idea that all of humans should embrace
Originally posted by chinamon
not true. i say "ugh"
but i am a tranny.
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Originally posted by kotsy
lol colour me retarded
Jan-29-2009 17:05
Inrush
Supreme tranceaddict
Registered: Nov 2008
Location: Kitchener
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Originally posted by exstasie
Who..religious people? I know...
You'd think by now they realize that the whole thing is a scam...
Some people need to believe in something. Just because you dont agree with what they believe in, doesnt make a person dumb. Thats just being ignorant. Theres more to being religious then believing there is a god. The values and the charity work they do are just amazing to see. No I dont believe in a god or alot of what they believe. But I still see good in religion and what it can do for people.
Originally posted by Yohan
i'm also having a good laugh at your portrayal like atheism is some sort of innocent idea that all of humans should embrace
What is so evil about atheism? I dont believe in God and I couldnt be happier
Jan-29-2009 17:11
Skipper
Supreme tranceaddict
Registered: May 2002
Location:
I identify with the message that the ads convey. I can't say I was raised to believe there is no God - we just weren't a religious family. There was no church or prayers or any mention of a higher being. Even as an adult, I find religion confusing and it doesn't resonate with me at all. I don't feel compelled to change my behavior for fear of some after life consequences, and it's good to know that there are others who feel the same way. Sometimes it seems like everyone else is part of some kind of faith but you.
Jan-29-2009 17:14
daves
Supreme tranceaddict
Registered: May 2005
Location: Toronto
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Originally posted by love_child
What is so evil about atheism? I dont believe in God and I couldnt be happier
And are you personally comfortable in that, or do you also feel the need to convince as many others as you can?
And also slap the people who do believe right in the faces by saying they are "probably" full of shit.
Because you know, that's what it is doing when you make a statement saying "There's probably no God".
This could easily have been an ad appealing to other people out there who do not believe... it could have been actually thought-provoking. There's nothing thought-provoking about saying there's probably no God. It's tripe. There's nothing particularly intelligent about it at all. It's very polarizing.
Jan-29-2009 17:17
Dior Homme
Hedi Slimane
Registered: Aug 2008
Location: Paris
These ads are awesome. Great typeface.
Jan-29-2009 17:18
Yohan
Champion of Deep&Nu-disco
Registered: Jan 2004
Location: Kitchener, Ont, Soviet Canuckistan
quote:
Originally posted by love_child
What is so evil about atheism? I dont believe in God and I couldnt be happier
nothing.
but there are some evil people who use atheism as a tool to advance personal agenda (sounds familiar to some events in history?)
Originally posted by chinamon
not true. i say "ugh"
but i am a tranny.
quote:
Originally posted by kotsy
lol colour me retarded
Jan-29-2009 17:18
FunkyCrew
Ukranian Import
Registered: Feb 2006
Location: Soul Shakin'
quote:
Originally posted by Skipper
I identify with the message that the ads convey. I can't say I was raised to believe there is no God - we just weren't a religious family. There was no church or prayers or any mention of a higher being. Even as an adult, I find religion confusing and it doesn't resonate with me at all. I don't feel compelled to change my behavior for fear of some after life consequences, and it's good to know that there are others who feel the same way. Sometimes it seems like everyone else is part of some kind of faith but you.
I feel the same way (wow, almost like the words came out of my head!)
the closest I ever got to being religious, is my baptism
and I wear crosses because I think they can be a nice accessory
I think people should have faith in themselves first, not some superficial supreme being
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