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Comment on An Atheist Temple? Why I Think It Is A Silly Idea! by Mark Nielsen

Mark Nielsen — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 19:14:01 +0000

I certainly agree with Mr. Alain (awesome name, btw) that a temple for atheists would be nonsensical. What would we do there? Praise our non-belief?
The idea itself, as you mention, is quite contradictory to the “commune of atheists”. No, let us instead channel our “lack of belief” into pragmatism. As you say, actively spread the logic and the fight for religious and non-religious equality.

Great post and interesting argumentation.
With regards,
Mark Nielsen

Comment on Why I think secularism is important… by Christian Thostrup

Christian Thostrup — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 16:40:17 +0000

Sweden has just cut it ties with their state church, so they no longer have an official state religion.
Denmark and Norway are Lutheran Christian Nations, by their constitution.
The head of the Danish state has to be a member of the Danish Lutheran Church.

Comment on Why I think secularism is important… by CosmicJoghurt

CosmicJoghurt — Sun, 01 Jan 2012 21:04:12 +0000

I had no idea Denmark had a state church. Is this true for other scandinavian countries such as Norway or Sweden? Or maybe you mean state church as in a semi-official religion of the state?

Comment on A Response to Jeffrey by Christian Thostrup

Christian Thostrup — Sat, 08 Oct 2011 11:51:22 +0000

I do not doubt that you have spent time on this subject, however I still ponder how you can misrepresent what scientists say about abiogenesis.
If you value science and truth, you should worry if you are representing an accurate view of the world of which we live in.
Abiogenesis is not a random process, or talks about spontaneous generation, and when you said it were, you were misrepresenting that field of study.
If you have a degree in chemistry, you might consider talk with a physicist and a biologist, they can help you fill in those gaps, that I feel you have filed with religious dogma from Creationists.

Comment on A Response to Jeffrey by Jeff Bue

Jeff Bue — Sat, 08 Oct 2011 02:47:27 +0000

Christian,
While my degree in Chemistry doesn’t qualify me as an expert in abiogenesis my arguments are not spoken from ignorance. I have spent a great deal of time reading and studying about the subject. I’m not trying to “scare” you into believing in God. I merely gave you my reasoning for why I believe and why I have hope. Take care and best regards,

Jeff

Comment on Catch them with Love… by Adam

Adam — Wed, 04 May 2011 21:40:56 +0000

Very nicely put.

The largest part of religion is not “truth” or “reasoning” (surprised?), it’s belonging and sharing. We feel a great deal of elation in the similarities we share with each other as human beings, especially when those are tied into memories which serve to remind us of how we’ve kept and where we belong.

It makes very little sense socially for most to pursue truth. So they don’t.

Comment on Norweigan Priest Fired for Writing About Sex in The Bible by Laurens

Laurens — Wed, 17 Nov 2010 22:10:48 +0000

It’s ironic the extent to which fundamentalist Christians support censorship – to the point where they wish to censor analysis of their own Holy Book.

I wouldn’t be surprised if they end up censoring the Bible itself eventually.

Laurens

Comment on Should Prostitution be Illegal? by Jennifer

Jennifer — Mon, 01 Nov 2010 14:35:21 +0000

The problem with legalization is- there is no amount of legislation that would make prostitution safe. Legalization doesn’t magically create a section of the DOJ to enforce safe prostitution. Every country that has legalized prostitution in the passed 100 years has seen a massive upswing in all areas of illegal sexual trade and a study of laws show that legislation enacted by the government and certified business alike protect the buyer not the prostitute. Boiled down to a generic statement- we’re protecting the guys and not the girls (yay institutional sexism).

The average age of first prostitution is between 11 and 14.
86% of prostitutes in the U.S. have a pimp.
Most prostitutes were sexually and/or physically abused as children (though I would accept the argument that an unhealthy initial relationship with sex doesn’t *necessarily* serve as justification for preventing bad choices as an adult) and
100% of prostitutes asked say they would fight tooth and nail before seeing their child enter the field. Also, moving it behind closed doors can actually make prostitution more dangerous for those trying to get out.

In theory, you’re right, prostitution could be an exchange between two consenting adults, but in theory communism is the key to utopia. Lots of things make sense on paper that don’t translate in the real world. The amount of supervision for this field to be safe is unobtainable in the U.S.

Comment on Are Agnostics Superior? by Tylzen

Tylzen — Sat, 02 Oct 2010 14:49:42 +0000

Ja Eva, religion burde handle om (blind) tro, men det er ikke længere nok for mange kristne, de vil gerne vide med sikkerhed, så begår de sig ud i kreationisme/Intelligent Design argumenter, logiske fejlslutninger, etc.
For at være intellektuelt ærlig som en troende person, så bør man pr. defination være, agnostisks teist, om man så er monotheist eller polytheist er jo en anden snak.
Man kan jo også være agnostisks deist.

Alle de “store” ateister, Dawkins, Hitchens og Harris, de siger også de er agnostiske vedrørende guders eksistence. Men de tror bare ikke de findes. Ingen af dem siger med absolut sikkerhed at der ikke findes en gud eller guder.
Og det gør jeg heller ikke. Dog er nogle guder mere plausible end andre udfra et logisk standpunkt.

Comment on Are Agnostics Superior? by Eva

Eva — Sat, 02 Oct 2010 13:28:46 +0000

Ah, men da ser vi jo egentlig ut til å være enige. Jeg har bare videretolket definisjonene.

Men jeg syns fortsatt det er feil å kunne si med sikkerhet at det finnes en gud, for da handler det ikke lenger om tro, men viten. Og religion er jo basert på tro…