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Atheists & Agnostics

CrispyQ

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7. I think it's natural that we ask where we come from. How it all started.

Reply to Joe Nation (Original post)

Wed Dec 4, 2024, 01:44 PM

Dec 4

What boggles my mind, though, is how many people can accept that everything needs a creator except the creator. I have lots of other issues with religion too, but that one tops the list.

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I have never felt akin to Atheists nor believers [View all] Joe Nation Dec 4 OP

Atheism is not a religion. Basso8vb Dec 4 #1

This is the AI answer and I tend to agree with it. walkingman Dec 4 #2

You're an Agnostic. Think. Again. Dec 4 #3

It's hard to prove a negative, but the likelihood of a diety seems very low, like infinitesimally low. Blues Heron Dec 4 #4

"single celled organisms got woke" Beartracks Dec 4 #5

I don't completely dismiss the idea of a diety, but... av8rdave Dec 4 #6

I think it's natural that we ask where we come from. How it all started. CrispyQ Dec 4 #7

I am an atheist Americanme Dec 4 #8

Being religious I absolutely agree with this post Stargazer99 Dec 5 #15

I dismiss deities like unicorns. Cartoonist Dec 4 #9

It is correct neither can prove their position. HAB911 Dec 4 #10

It's called agnostic - Nigrum Cattus Dec 4 #11

The world might have embraced a community of non-religious people no_hypocrisy Dec 4 #12

I am an Atheist A HERETIC I AM Dec 4 #13

I would love to have Bertrand Russel's teapot progressoid Dec 4 #14

I am atheist Farmer-Rick Dec 6 #16

I'm not sure what you mean by "an opposition to all the belief systems they reject" muriel_volestrangler Dec 16 #17

What I mean by that.... Joe Nation Dec 17 #18

I can't see why that's "subordinate", though muriel_volestrangler Dec 17 #19

I have seen no compelling evidence for the existence of a god or gods. Iggo Sunday #20