Oddbean

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 Never been to an atheist meetup and I don’t make a habit of discussing it. A few people that do doesn’t make it a secular religion. 

Sincerely happy for people that find peace and fulfillment in religion.  Not sure why finding ways to insult atheist view is important to keeping a religious one. Everyone do you. 

Happy Easter to those that celebrate. But nah, Christianity is not a pillar of American life. Pillar means it would crumble and fall without. That’s a scary thought if this country can’t continue without it. Separation of church and state is a pillar. I’d fight to preserve everyone’s right to their own religion. 

Let’s move on to separation of money and state.

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 It’s obviously a religion.

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 I can think something is most likely true without 100% certainty and I’m in a religion? Or if I’m not 100% certain I don’t get to call myself an atheist. What is 99% sure called?

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 We call that agnosticism

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 You, can call that agnosticism if you like. But if I tell someone I’m agnostic vs atheist, then they have a far less accurate view of my opinions. 

By this definition, Richard Dawkins is also agnostic. It’s a view that there is no evidence of religious claims to understanding life, and a view that science explains most, not all. He’ll never tell you he can prove no god. 

Someone who says they can prove no god I agree is religious. But this isn’t a common viewpoint of people who call themselves “atheist”. 

I think atheist is a better description of my view than agnostic on a sliding scale, and I don’t enjoy being boxed into a religious because of this. I have no “faith”. Just strong opinions.

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 I’ll let my Christian friends and family know they’re actually agnostic is they have any doubts at all.

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 Dawkins sucks

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 That’s fine. I don’t hold him on a pedestal because I’m not in a religion.

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 Reading Dawkins is almost a rite of passage for young inquisitive minds about religion…

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 And I did that and concluded that Dawkins worldview was reductive and wrong

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 I used to be a Dawkins fan, then I saw him laughing and mocking a group of Christians while they were praying over him. You don’t have be religious to see this as juvenile behavior.