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saintKlopp said:
People on telly don't necessarily represent the whole group in all sorts of disciplines, and zealots come in all forms.
Although I would never saddle myself with a tag in that way, I could be accused of atheism in that I do not follow any deity. I don't claim to know there isn't one - the non-existence of something is unfalsifiable therefore such a claim is unscientific and illogical - but I find no evidence for any.
There are so many different religions all claiming to be the right one, it's as logical to think they are all wrong as to believe only one of them is true.
I will say that supernatural explanations have long been given for things we didn't understand - the God of the gaps - but the more we learn the fewer those gaps. As we now have explanations for so many things that used to be attributed to deities, it's reasonable to assume that there are similarly mundane explanations waiting to be found for things that are still unknown.
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You seem to have an Agnostic approach to gods rather than Atheism.I think Richard Dawkins has said in the past he's 99% atheist 1% agnostic.
 
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I don't believe any religion I've ever heard.

Not refusing to rule out some higher intelligence, but everything I've heard has sounded "nah".

That said, I tend to not identify as atheist because there are so many atheists these days who go round being a jackass trying to poo-poo on people's beliefs and try to "convert them" to atheism. I don't subscribe to that myself.

I see a lot of value in being able to believe in a God and being spiritual (within reason, some people are toxically religious)... To take that away from someone or put them down for believing it seems wrong to me.

Live and let live. There's nothing to gain by taking people's religion away... Except for those who are toxically religious... And here's a hint... You're never going to change their mind. Don't try.
 
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Blue Potato said:
I don't believe any religion I've ever heard.

Not refusing to rule out some higher intelligence, but everything I've heard has sounded "nah".

That said, I tend to not identify as atheist because there are so many atheists these days who go round being a jackass trying to poo-poo on people's beliefs and try to "convert them" to atheism. I don't subscribe to that myself.

I see a lot of value in being able to believe in a God and being spiritual (within reason, some people are toxically religious)... To take that away from someone or put them down for believing it seems wrong to me.

Live and let live. There's nothing to gain by taking people's religion away... Except for those who are toxically religious... And here's a hint... You're never going to change their mind. Don't try.
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Like MAGA loons and deranged crypto-fascists on General Chat. :emoticon-0143-smirk
 
Blue Potato said:
I don't believe any religion I've ever heard.

Not refusing to rule out some higher intelligence, but everything I've heard has sounded "nah".

That said, I tend to not identify as atheist because there are so many atheists these days who go round being a jackass trying to poo-poo on people's beliefs and try to "convert them" to atheism. I don't subscribe to that myself.

I see a lot of value in being able to believe in a God and being spiritual (within reason, some people are toxically religious)... To take that away from someone or put them down for believing it seems wrong to me.

Live and let live. There's nothing to gain by taking people's religion away... Except for those who are toxically religious... And here's a hint... You're never going to change their mind. Don't try.
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I just don't know where to begin with this.

really don't.

Sounds like that bloody Admiral motti lad.

I mean come on! theres ample evidence of the jedi out there.
 
Beer is the only one true religion.... As The Pub Landlord would say....'All hail the ale' <laugh>
 
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