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re: Atheist Lake Charles Family threatened by 'Christians'
Posted on 10/11/14 at 10:44 am to monsterballads
Posted on 10/11/14 at 10:44 am to monsterballads
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I mean, are you politically active with it?
Only in the sense that I factor it into the equation when I vote, which is rare these days as my disillusion with the two party system continues to increase.
That being said, I'm also unusually conservative as far as non-believers go. I'm extremely fiscally conservative, am the only non-Christian I know who believes abortion should be illegal except in certain medically necessary cases and abhor the trend towards a welfare state. I'm politically more similar to a lot of Christians in some ways.
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Posted on 10/11/14 at 10:45 am to Roger Klarvin
quote:Perhaps the more salient question is do you promote separation of God and country?
Are you asking if I believe in the separation of church and state?
Posted on 10/11/14 at 10:47 am to Scruffy
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What does this mean?
oh man. you've been sheltered. you've never been witnessed to? it's when they preach to you as a witness of christ's love, baw
quote:
I went to a Catholic school, so that didn't happen.
this is much more baptists/non-denom. catholics are already basically isolating with all of their rules and what not
Posted on 10/11/14 at 10:48 am to Vols&Shaft83
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Politically active with it? That's the saddest thing I've ever heard.
i don't know what he means, but there is nothing wrong with being politically active in getting religion out of government and its services
Posted on 10/11/14 at 10:48 am to SlowFlowPro
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oh man. you've been sheltered. you've never been witnessed to? it's when they preach to you as a witness of christ's love, baw
That sounds fun. I'm a little disappointed that I've missed out on these things in life.
Posted on 10/11/14 at 10:49 am to Scruffy
a girl and a guy used to sit by me at lunch every day and witness to me. a PE coach said if i went to his church and got saved i could try out for the basketball team
Posted on 10/11/14 at 10:50 am to NC_Tigah
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Perhaps the more salient question is do you promote separation of God and country?
Given that I don't believe God exists (or at least that the probability of him existing is exceedingly low) it's really a meaningless question to me TBH. It's like asking if I believe in the separation of fairies and country.
Religion is demonstrably real and thus can be discussed in this manner.
Posted on 10/11/14 at 10:51 am to SlowFlowPro
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a girl and a guy used to sit by me at lunch every day and witness to me.
quote:Well, at least that offer was extended to you. I was short and barely allowed in the gym to watch basketball games.
a PE coach said if i went to his church and got saved i could try out for the basketball team
Posted on 10/11/14 at 10:52 am to SlowFlowPro
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you've never been witnessed to? it's when they preach to you as a witness of christ's love, baw
I really don't get why people always get in such a fuss over evangelism. The majority of Christians just do it in the course of normal conversation and are hardly ugly about it. Being invited to church or having people say they will pray for your conversion is hardly worth getting upset over.
I genuinely believed what they believe once, and I understand what it's like to believe you are genuinely doing them a service by telling them about Jesus.
Posted on 10/11/14 at 10:54 am to Roger Klarvin
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I get the feeling that he is one of the "angry atheists" who can't figure out why nobody likes him.
wrong.
Posted on 10/11/14 at 10:55 am to Scruffy
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I went to a Catholic school, so that didn't happen.
when you say the bible belt, I don't think you quite understand what that means.
Posted on 10/11/14 at 10:55 am to monsterballads
Then you are just incredibly unlucky and/or surrounded yourself with a shitty group of people.
Posted on 10/11/14 at 10:55 am to Roger Klarvin
quote:Probability not excluding possibility, I take it your answer is "no". The association of God and Country is not problematic.
Given that I don't believe God exists (or at least that the probability of him existing is exceedingly low) it's really a meaningless question to me TBH. It's like asking if I believe in the separation of fairies and country.
Posted on 10/11/14 at 10:56 am to Roger Klarvin
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The majority of Christians just do it in the course of normal conversation and are hardly ugly about it. Being invited to church or having people say they will pray for your conversion is hardly worth getting upset over.
witnesses isn't bad. the next step is often bad, esp if you are in a super-majority religious area (which i grew up in)
luckily my close group of friends didn't give a frick, but you can easily become severely socially isolated and treated as a legit outcast
Posted on 10/11/14 at 10:57 am to monsterballads
You're a vocal "politically active " Atheist, ie: Angry,Self righteous atheist.
Posted on 10/11/14 at 10:57 am to Roger Klarvin
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Then you are just incredibly unlucky and/or surrounded yourself with a shitty group of people.
how is that? no need to be shitty to me. i'm asking you honest questions.
Posted on 10/11/14 at 10:57 am to monsterballads
quote:I was raised in South Louisiana and have lived in Shreveport for the past 5 years.
when you say the bible belt, I don't think you quite understand what that means.
Not once in Shreveport have I witnessed what y'all are talking about.
This post was edited on 10/11/14 at 10:58 am
Posted on 10/11/14 at 10:57 am to NC_Tigah
My answer is I have no answer because the question inherently requires a belief in God in order to be answered.
Posted on 10/11/14 at 10:58 am to Vols&Shaft83
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You're a vocal "politically active " Atheist, ie: Angry,Self righteous atheist.
oh so you know me? newsflash: you don't
and i'm not politically active or publicly vocal.
anymore stupid assumptions?
Posted on 10/11/14 at 10:59 am to Scruffy
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I was raised in South Louisiana and have lived in Shreveport for the past 5 years.
but not around baptist/non-denom evanglicals?
that's what i'm talking about. that is what the bible belt refers to. not catholic country
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