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originally posted by: brazenalderpadrescorpio
a reply to: maxzen2004
Why are they so repulsed by the idea of God
originally posted by: AreUKiddingMe
a reply to: mahatche (speaking about your bottom paragraph) How can you say what reality is? You see things from your point of view, which begins at birth and ends at death, therefore you wish for others to see things the same way. What if the span of your lifetime on earth is a drop in the bucket? After all, it really is just that, a drop in the bucket of the sands of time.
originally posted by: maxzen2004
I served in the military and I would die for my country and its founding fathers beliefs.
Amen
originally posted by: AfterInfinity
originally posted by: tsingtao
originally posted by: AfterInfinity
originally posted by: tsingtao
originally posted by: AfterInfinity
a reply to: maxzen2004
" Its vague but most people do believe in a higher being."
A higher power? Oh yes. Lightning, tornados, earthquakes, oceans, fires, etc. 95% of this world is a higher power because we have to borrow from the elements to stand a chance against them. They are not gods, they are products of chemistry which is a product of physics. Nothing to worship or bow down to, but certainly something to respect. Stuff that can easily wipe us out in our most natural state. Does that qualify as a "higher power"?
ever been to AA? how many atheists there? do they go?
That's because they are encouraged to believe that they are inherently too weak to abstain by their own strength.
lol!! wtf? so you make fun of them for getting help?
Look at you putting words in my...fingers? lol. I said that they are encouraged to believe that they are inherently helpless to abstain by their own strength. According to Wikipedia, the 12 step program includes:
admitting that one cannot control one's addiction or compulsion
Good thing one of us knows what s/he is talking about.
originally posted by: tothetenthpower
originally posted by: beezzer
originally posted by: Sremmos80
originally posted by: maxzen2004
a reply to: DietJoke
A family in New Jersey is suing a school district because they say the words "Under God" violates the state constitution.
This is why I think it's political, so please give me a break.
Thanks
First amendment.
~Tenth
Seems like they would have a point. Separation of church and state. If you want god taught in your school then find a private school that fits your belief
Where in the Constitution does it say, "Separation of church and state?"
First Amendment.
originally posted by: tsingtao
originally posted by: AfterInfinity
originally posted by: tsingtao
originally posted by: AfterInfinity
originally posted by: tsingtao
originally posted by: AfterInfinity
a reply to: maxzen2004
" Its vague but most people do believe in a higher being."
A higher power? Oh yes. Lightning, tornados, earthquakes, oceans, fires, etc. 95% of this world is a higher power because we have to borrow from the elements to stand a chance against them. They are not gods, they are products of chemistry which is a product of physics. Nothing to worship or bow down to, but certainly something to respect. Stuff that can easily wipe us out in our most natural state. Does that qualify as a "higher power"?
ever been to AA? how many atheists there? do they go?
That's because they are encouraged to believe that they are inherently too weak to abstain by their own strength.
lol!! wtf? so you make fun of them for getting help?
Look at you putting words in my...fingers? lol. I said that they are encouraged to believe that they are inherently helpless to abstain by their own strength. According to Wikipedia, the 12 step program includes:
admitting that one cannot control one's addiction or compulsion
Good thing one of us knows what s/he is talking about.
kinda goes with addiction, ya think?
strong willed people, i guess, would not get addicted to the point of needing AA, in the first place.
and i am intimately familiar with the 12 step and AA and rehab.
go sit in on a meeting, NA or AA, overeaters A, even.
what the quote means, is the first step to getting help, is admitting you have a problem.
do you know anyone who is in denial?
"I can quit anytime I want!"
but to tie this into the OP, i don't think i've met a recovering alky satanist.
atheists, maybe court ordered rehab is how they got there.
it would be hard for a true atheist to give up "control" to a higher power than themselves.
originally posted by: tothetenthpower
a reply to: maxzen2004
Nope, Christians created this perverse, historically revised vision of how the US was founded, when it fact, most of it's founding fathers were very critical of religion, some of which people claim were atheists as well.
~Tenth
originally posted by: Peekingsquatch
Fruit doesn't fall far from the tree usually, when I left church on Sundays I always felt like I was nothing but a piece of garbage that was evil and could never do right, no matter how hard I tried until I stepped back and realized they were wrong, and I am right as long as I feel I'm doing good toward others and not condemning their beliefs.
originally posted by: brazenalderpadrescorpio
a reply to: nerbot
But who is any atheist to tell anybody what to believe.
I for one don't tell you that you have to believe in God.
originally posted by: AfterInfinity
originally posted by: tsingtao
originally posted by: AfterInfinity
originally posted by: tsingtao
originally posted by: AfterInfinity
originally posted by: tsingtao
originally posted by: AfterInfinity
a reply to: maxzen2004
" Its vague but most people do believe in a higher being."
A higher power? Oh yes. Lightning, tornados, earthquakes, oceans, fires, etc. 95% of this world is a higher power because we have to borrow from the elements to stand a chance against them. They are not gods, they are products of chemistry which is a product of physics. Nothing to worship or bow down to, but certainly something to respect. Stuff that can easily wipe us out in our most natural state. Does that qualify as a "higher power"?
ever been to AA? how many atheists there? do they go?
That's because they are encouraged to believe that they are inherently too weak to abstain by their own strength.
lol!! wtf? so you make fun of them for getting help?
Look at you putting words in my...fingers? lol. I said that they are encouraged to believe that they are inherently helpless to abstain by their own strength. According to Wikipedia, the 12 step program includes:
admitting that one cannot control one's addiction or compulsion
Good thing one of us knows what s/he is talking about.
kinda goes with addiction, ya think?
strong willed people, i guess, would not get addicted to the point of needing AA, in the first place.
and i am intimately familiar with the 12 step and AA and rehab.
go sit in on a meeting, NA or AA, overeaters A, even.
what the quote means, is the first step to getting help, is admitting you have a problem.
do you know anyone who is in denial?
"I can quit anytime I want!"
but to tie this into the OP, i don't think i've met a recovering alky satanist.
atheists, maybe court ordered rehab is how they got there.
it would be hard for a true atheist to give up "control" to a higher power than themselves.
Yeah...none of that changes the fact that you asked me a question and I gave you a valid answer. Its right there in the 12 steps. Alcoholics are encouraged to believe they lack the power to change themselves without divine assistance. And that's why they go to meetings where they "receive" that divine assistance, when really, its as simple as group therapy and externalized self hypnosis. You can do the same trick with a jug of milk.