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guillaumeb

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Reply to MineralMan (Original post)

Thu Dec 13, 2018, 07:23 PM

Dec 2018

Which is to say, even today’s atheists are expressing an attenuated form of religion. Their denial of any God is as absolute as others’ faith in God, and entails just as much a set of values to live by — including, for some, daily rituals like meditation, a form of prayer. (There’s a reason, I suspect, that many brilliant atheists, like my friends Bob Wright and Sam Harris are so influenced by Buddhism and practice Vipassana meditation and mindfulness. Buddhism’s genius is that it is a religion without God.)

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In the Mood for Some Pseudo-Religious Codswallop? [View all] MineralMan Dec 2018 OP

Not all of it is twaddle. He's right about this: The Velveteen Ocelot Dec 2018 #1

Well, I changed the title. I replaced "Twaddle" with "Codswallop." MineralMan Dec 2018 #2

I disagree. Trump will be replaced by something or someone else The Velveteen Ocelot Dec 2018 #3

It has always happened. Different crowds, different tyrannical characters. MineralMan Dec 2018 #4

That' what got my attention... 2naSalit Dec 2018 #26

I think he has a point, but there is no word in the English language for it. marylandblue Dec 2018 #5

Relationships with others. MineralMan Dec 2018 #6

Those are personal meanings, and good as far as they go marylandblue Dec 2018 #7

Politics, social organizations, careers. MineralMan Dec 2018 #8

Yes, the list is endless, that's part of the problem marylandblue Dec 2018 #9

Good points. guillaumeb Dec 2018 #10

I think people need a grand narrative, that's really what he is talking about marylandblue Dec 2018 #16

Everyone crafts their own narrative. guillaumeb Dec 2018 #18

Most people buy their narratives off the shelf marylandblue Dec 2018 #24

IF/WHEN The Christ Himself RETURNS in Glory as He supposedly sprinkleeninow Dec 2018 #29

Well, I am an agnostic, so I really don't know. marylandblue Dec 2018 #30

I had awareness of that which you 'hold' or how you identify. sprinkleeninow Dec 2018 #31

I guess I'm not a person... tonedevil Dec 2018 #32

I was clearly talking about people in general, not each and every individual person marylandblue Dec 2018 #33

Er what? Voltaire2 Dec 2018 #34

Didn't make any complaints about atheism just accepted what atheists usually say. marylandblue Dec 2018 #35

Like this: guillaumeb Dec 2018 #11

Yes, I read it. Codswallop. MineralMan Dec 2018 #12

I agree with that part of the article. eom guillaumeb Dec 2018 #13

See. I was right, then. MineralMan Dec 2018 #14

Well, you are free to think so. guillaumeb Dec 2018 #15

Of course I am. MineralMan Dec 2018 #20

This is the weakest part of the article marylandblue Dec 2018 #17

We disagree. eom guillaumeb Dec 2018 #19

No shit. Act_of_Reparation Dec 2018 #27

But wait. Guy agrees with that paragraph. MineralMan Dec 2018 #21

Yes, it's hard for some people to think of life without religion marylandblue Dec 2018 #22

And some can't imagine life with religion. MineralMan Dec 2018 #23

... Major Nikon Dec 2018 #25

It's actually a quite interesting article. Jim__ Dec 2018 #28