If Atheists posted real questions in this section then wouldn't it become the science & philosophy section?

Answer 1

If you want to actually think about real issues and the real world, science and philosophy are the places to post. If you asked a real question here, the religious people would largely not answer.

If you want to have fun with people who believe their imaginary world IS the real world - religion and spirituality is definitely the place to be.

Answer 2

Yes, you're probably right. I go to the philosophy section all the time and there are LOTS of people who post in there, I don't know what this other guy is talking about. We get onto a lot of atheist topics and the concept of God as seen through an atheist or agnostic perspective. I like going there to read people's answers because the answers that are given are usually based more on science and logic and are very well thought out intelligent answers that have some kind of logical foundation, rather than answers that you will find in the religion section that are based on "common sense" and "faith" which, in my opinion, aren't good, solid answers.

Answer 3

If atheists are talking about religion and spirituality, it doesn't make it a science & philosophy section. I can ask a serious question about the religious and spiritual beliefs of people without having to hold those beliefs myself.

That said, there are a lot of science and philosophic questions that the religious people assume are religious. The whole question of morality is more of a philosophic question than a religious one. However, religious people like to think they own that topic.

Answer 4

Not if they were asking religious questions.

Just because you aren't a chemist doesn't mean you can't ask chemistry questions in the chemistry section.

Many atheists find religion an interesting area of inquiry, they just don't share the beliefs of those who are believers.

Also, there are religions which require no belief in a god or gods - Buddhism and Taoism jump to mind. Most of the Buddhist priests I know are atheists. They don't denigrate other's beliefs, but they also hold no belief in a supernatural power.

I'm an atheist, but I'm also working toward ordination as a Buddhist priest.

Answer 5

Philosophy is actually the true expression of the human spirit. It is our ability to question the world around us that make us human in the fist place. No other species on Earth has philosophy.

Answer 6

We should, but Christians obviously wouldn't dare to venture into the science & philosophy section. And then nobody could argue with us, and it would make us sad.

Answer 7

Yeah, but hardly anybody goes to the philosophy section. It's too polysyllabic I'm thinkin

Answer 8

Alright - here's my question: how do you put 'giver of free choice' and 'omniscient' in the same being?

If you have free choice, that means you have a degree of freedom in your decision to which it can't be determined beforehand. That's what free choice means - that which is not pre-determined.

But yet your god is omniscient? How would god know what I'm going to do when it can't be determined, by definition? Either I don't have free will, or your god isn't omniscient. Pick one.

Tell me how that isn't a conflict of definitions.

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Now that you have a good question to chew on, you may withdraw your question.

Answer 9

When atheists do and have posted tough q's, they have gone largely unanswered because the people here can't answer them to their own satisfaction and go on to q's that don't threaten their faith.

Answer 10

This forum is like the philosophy forum except this one has juice in it.