the truth

[Ben Walker]

What's an athiest?

Ben (and devout atheist and a true pedant)

[garyb]

so ben, what's your favorite sport?

[Shroomz~>]

What do sports have to do with any of this other than the joke graph in your first post Gary? Are you making the generalization that sports fans outside the US invariably turn to a God for help?

[garyb]

What do sports have to do with any of this other than the joke graph in your first post Gary? Are you making the generalization that sports fans outside the US invariably turn to a God for help?

outside, inside, whatever...

we know you've been pleading. what's your team?

[Ben Walker]

What's an athiest?

Hmmm someone who does not subscribe to the principle of a transcendental relation of the individual consciousness.
And...often very noisy fundamentalist that emphasize A in Atheist being against theists for the sake of it.

Sorry stardust, that's an atheist. The graph says athiest. It was a poor attempt at humour on my part.

Gary - I really don't watch sports, don't even have a TV. Too much other interesting stuff in my life!

B

[valis]

Gary - I really don't watch sports, don't even have a TV. Too much other interesting stuff in my life!

B

Brave man posting this on the internet, knowing you'll be flagged and Watched™!

[alfonso]

............

I often argue.
I've always been in time, often I arrive earlier.
If I'm happily atheist during all the year, during Christmas there is a subtle hate feeling that adds on.
Last time i was followed by the police it was after a demonstration against the Vatican.
I've always studied for my exams, I would have never been able to do any exam on a subject that wasn't interesting for me.
I hate watching sports.

Truth is relative.

[braincell]

I am an atheist who doesn't like sports. It's trivial. I have enough meaningless things to do.

There are two types of people who watch NASCAR:

Fat drunk shirtless slobs with tattoos, and their husbands.

[Shroomz~>]

don't even have a TV.

Same here. No TV.

[siriusbliss]

Atheists still need to believe that there is a God to not believe in.

Otherwise, why even bother defining oneself as an atheist?

Greg

[valis]

Atheists still need to believe that there is a God to not believe in.

Otherwise, why even bother defining oneself as an atheist?

Greg

Faitheism: Does Atheism Require Faith?

[garyb]

funny, funny guys....


so....how's about when the cops follow you?

[ReD_MuZe]

this sentence is a lie.

[Neutron]

this sentence is a lie.

careful with that! Dr Who and captain Kirk have been know to explode computers with such language.

[garyb]

it only wrecks perfect ones.

[alfonso]

Atheists still need to believe that there is a God to not believe in.

Otherwise, why even bother defining oneself as an atheist?

Greg

That's like saying that if you declare you don't believe in Santa Claus it means that you still need to believe in it. Frankly a bit poor.....

I have to remember once more that the definition of "Atheist" was first found in the text of criminal law of the Catholic church as a crime that was punished with the burning stake.

I don't believe in a bs. only if someone comes to me pretending that bs. is true. Otherwise I wouldn't even suspect that someone could have such an absurd fantasy. When not agreeing on somebody's point of view brings some nasty consequences like being killed or banned from a community here you have the definition of two political positions. I want to define atheist myself not because I have to demonstrate anything, I'm not pretending to impose an imaginary entity to anybody, but because I condemn the attitude of those who pretend to do so and want me to live the way they want.
The main difference between theists and atheists is that the first ones don't seem to be capable to accept the existence of the second ones because the doubt scares them, the second ones accept the differences as a good thing. Obviously they fight back impositions.

[braincell]

Atheists still need to believe that there is a God to not believe in.

Otherwise, why even bother defining oneself as an atheist?

Greg

In order for there to be the word "atheist", there has to be people who think there is a god. I agree with atheists that there is no god until proven otherwise which is highly unlikely.

[dawman]

Can someone make a graph of how many females say " Oh God " while having an Orgasm, and after so many months of sex with the same man finally start saying your name, then eventually getting to the point where during sex they say " we really should change the color of the paint " as they stare at the ceiling............ .

[garyb]

Nomad was perfect.

[garyb]

That's like saying that if you declare you don't believe in Santa Claus it means that you still need to believe in it. Frankly a bit poor.....

Alfonso, you're such a rebel...
in the Hogfather when the Auditors wish to have the Hogfather(a similar fictional character to Satan Claws) assasinated and it's remarked that he doesn't exist, the Auditor says "of course he exists! how else could you recognize his picture so quickly?".