Can I pray to Satan in school?

Quote: rxwine

It has no practices, dogma, , it's barely a thought, which only takes a few words to express.
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Exactly right. Or no words at all, it's an acceptance
more than a belief. The simplest person in the
simplest tribe on earth understands it, whether
he realizes it or not. There's a quote that's
attributed to Twain, but he never said it. 'Religion
was born when the first con man met the first
sucker.'

Quote: rxwine

, it's barely a thought, which only takes a few words to express.

I completely agree. I consider myself an atheist.
My few word is I don't believe.
That's it.
No deep thought.
No contemplation.
I barely think about it.
Could care less what other atheists thought or did.

I don't believe in martians on Mars.
I don't believe in God
Just 2 fleeting non-belief thoughts and move on, both thoughts equal in that I never really think about either thought.

How can something I never really think about be a religion?

Quote: terapined

How can something I never really think about be a religion?

How can something that takes no thought
at all be a religion. It's like fish making the
ocean their religion. They just accept their
place in their universe and move on.

Atheists don't have no songs :-)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wogta8alHiU

Quote: terapined

How can something I never really think about be a religion?

Did I ever tell you I have hundreds of hobbies:

1) not collecting stamps
2) not restoring cars
3) not fishing
4) not hunting
5) not shooting guns at a range
6) not reading every book about French art
7) not reading every book about Italian art
8) not reading every book about Japanese art
9) not reading every book about Mexican cuisine
10) Not travelling to Antarctica every year.

I could go on, quite literally, for years.

Quote: rxwine

Atheism is an "anti" group that comes into existence because of a specific claim. It is not a religion.

If people in town start claiming a six foot invisible white rabbit is running around town, a disbeliever in the invisible rabbit does not form a contrary religion by not believing the silly claim.

But if you want to state all disbeliefs in claims form a counter religion, that's up to you. Sounds ridiculous to me.

What sounds ridiculous to me is that you are comparing belief in a six foot bunny to belief in God and non-belief in said bunny to atheism. I think no matter where you stand on the issue of God we should all be offended by such ridiculousness.

By the way I don't think it is fair to compare the beliefs of atheists and theists. Those who believe in God at least have some evidence in modern science and cosmology as well as philosophy and logic that can lead to a reasonable decision to believe in a higher power. The poor atheists really have no evidence of that sort to think that there is nothing. Atheism is not a religion, I think it is more a philosophy of life formed on emotions and through experiences of life. Atheism is what some people desperately hope and want to be true, and while I think it is sad, I nor anyone else can begrudge them of their ideas.

Quote: terapined

I completely agree. I consider myself an atheist.
My few word is I don't believe.
That's it.
No deep thought.
No contemplation.
I barely think about it.
Could care less what other atheists thought or did.

I don't believe in martians on Mars.
I don't believe in God
Just 2 fleeting non-belief thoughts and move on, both thoughts equal in that I never really think about either thought.

How can something I never really think about be a religion?

I'm sincerely curious terapined why it is that you barely think about the question of God? I think you are not alone in this modern phenomenon of not thinking about these big questions or more accurately not even thinking these questions are really that big or important. I am much more concerned about this type of atheism, or indifference really, than the thinking atheists.

Quote: FrGamble

I'm sincerely curious terapined why it is that you barely think about the question of God? I think you are not alone in this modern phenomenon of not thinking about these big questions .

Because to us it's not a question at all. You
can't seem to wrap your mind around that.
Why would I spend
one minute a day thinking about something
I don't believe. It would be silliness personified.
I don't think about Santa either, you have no
problem believing that I bet..

Looking for god is a young mans hobby, you
grow out of it. You find him or you don't, or
what you think is him. That's fine, makes no
difference.

Quote: FrGamble

I'm sincerely curious terapined why it is that you barely think about the question of God? I think you are not alone in this modern phenomenon of not thinking about these big questions or more accurately not even thinking these questions are really that big or important. I am much more concerned about this type of atheism, or indifference really, than the thinking atheists.

I'm actually pretty fascinated by religion.
Scientology dominates the next town over, but its not just that.
Documentaries on TV such dead sea scrolls, historical Jesus. religious texts excluded from the bible, I stop and watch and am fascinated. I love history and religious history is a big part of history. I eat all this up. Love it.
On the flip side, just don't think about God personally. I don't believe, move on and think about other stuff. simple as that.

Quote: terapined

I don't believe, move on and think about other stuff. simple as that.

I used this earlier, but nobody asks you why
you don't spend a lot of time thinking about
Santa. Why would you, he doesn't exist.