Do Xians Fully Realize That They're ALL Authentic, Committed ATHEISTS?

Question

…Because sometimes some of you are UNKIND and RUDE to ATHEISTS Due To Our Belief-Set. For those who think ill of us, you are thinking ill of yourselves...

If *YOU* DO NOT BELIEVE in ONE OF: Ra, Odin, Amotken, Zeus, Baal, Jupiter, Shiva, Apo, Skak, Allah, Zoroaster, Cai Shen, Toci, Asase Ya, Jehovah, Zeme, the Mighty FSM and 000s more, YOU *ARE* AN ATHEIST.

"We are all atheists about most of the gods that humanity has ever believed in. Some of us just go one god further." -- Richard Dawkins

MAYBE We're CLOSER TO YOU Than MANY Xians THINK?
( Then again, maybe not... )

This Applies To All Religions, Of Course.

The_Kingdom... *You* must have great powers - no one else has a mechanism for determining thumbs-downs' nationality, creed or religion - What *is* your secret?

LeighCommunity... Please enlighten me:
(A = Without)
(Theism = Belief in Gods)
Atheism = No belief in Gods
Strong atheism = Belief there are no Gods
Strong atheism+ = Belief there is *no* supernatural at all (me)

Jan: "that your "X" can save your ***,"... Oh, I've had this Xian 'logic' before, usually with people that don't understand the X=Christ background and think I'm usual - Think that Xmas gets 19,700,000 Google Hits (all no-Xians, ya think?) * sigh *. Your 'prophesies' are undocumented by any reasonable standard.

I concede that those declaring we do not recognise any God is different than those who recognize any one of the Gods. I hope you'll concede that Dawkins' quote also has merit (some already have concede this.) You have precisely the same attitude to Ra and Skak as I (we) do to your particular 'God.'

I find it sad and repugnant that people like Morkie consider certain peoples superior to others - this truly is BIGOTRY and seems rampant w/n the R&S Xian community. It's quite ugly - we are all people and none is superior to another except in the bigots' minds. This has been a FACT for ~130,000 years - people should have learned this by now!

Answer 1

Interesting perspective.

GOD bless

Answer 2

Hey there Brett, some good comments.

I think there is a bit of a misconception of god vs God. In my mind, a god can be anything put above all else. And I recognize this to be anything from a statue, to a belief in a metaphysical being to how some might treat science, or sports, or celebrity.

The 'God' that I believe in has been called 'the one true God', which is the ultimate metaphysical and physical God of all things. So although I don't believe that Ra is a real being in the ancients understanding of a true 'god', I do recognize Ra as something that was put above everything else for some people.

On your comments concerning how some folks behave, namely Christians, I completely agree. It is too bad. Although some folks get into the finger pointing, I just think its bad form, however some folks feel they have been treated.

Please accept my apology for the R&S Christians.

Answer 3

I think what we are seeing overall is a trend to fewer gods as humanity increases its understanding of the world around us.
Think about it:
What civilizations had the total largest number of Gods with time the Romans dropped a bunch of them off then they cut to just one God and now we have finally arrived at the correct number of Gods.
total God or godlike entities in the universe= zero

Look at India:
Polytheism then Buddah comes along and they toned that down quite a bit. I think over there they are getting to the same conclusion, very slowly.

Clinging to the irrational notion of God with all its conflicting ideas is basically clinging to the amygdala instead of using the incredibly powerful frontal lobes. Basically a desire to remain as close to primate thinking as possible.

Man and the higher animals, especially the primates, have some few instincts in common … similar passions, affections, and emotions, even the more complex ones, such as jealousy, suspicion, emulation, gratitude and magnanimity; they practise deceit and are revengeful; they are sometimes susceptible to ridicule, and even have a sense of humour… ‘The Descent of Man’, published 1871 (2nd ed., 1874) by Charles Darwin; Ch. 3

Answer 4

Richard Dawkins and his kind do not simply reject the idols of past civilizations, as all Christians do. What Dawkins rejects is the possibility of God. The early civilizations did not have Christ, but they did have an intuitive knowledge that there is a metaphysical plane of reality and they tried to express this intuitive knowledge through gods and idols. While I do not condone idolatry, I consider these early peoples superior to men like Dawkins, who is so blind that he does not even recognize the simple reality of the human spirit. It is a mystery why Dawkins fails to see that he has an eternal soul, and a tradgedy that he works to prevent others from safeguarding their own.

Answer 5

I would disagree. Atheism is about not believing in any God. If you choose to believe in one God and not in the entire gamot of other gods, that does not make you an atheist. Sorry.
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About the Dawkins quote? With respect, obviously the man didn't have a dictionary handy .,.. Merriam - Webster definite "atheist" as "one who believes that there is NO deity" is doesn't define it as one who doesn't believe in the same God another individual believes in.

Answer 6

First of all, you should hope with all your supernatural might that your "X" can save your ***, and,
second, just as soon as zeus or toci or even Muhommed can come up with a Sacred Text that has told of finite details of
an event, one thousand years before the fact, I will surely consider it.

Answer 7

Are you Richard Dawkins in disguise? I sense a common sentiment. And vocabulary.

Answer 8

Actually the definition of an atheist is one who disbelieves or denies the existence of God or gods. So if you believe in any god or higher power you are not an atheist.

Answer 9

That's crap. Atheism is a belief in no god(s), not just not believing in select gods.
The belief in no god but your own singular is called monotheism. A belief in more than one god is called polytheism. Go buy a dictionary.

Answer 10

It is entirely true that pagans in the first century literally called Christ's followers "atheists" because the Christians rejected the pagan gods.

But the pagans were incorrect, as is this so-called "question".

Incidentally, true science harmonizes with the bible.

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