Atheists: Fully Human?

Not according to 'Cardinal' Cormack Murphy-O'Connor

Seriously?

Wow

So what am I then?

:rolleyes:

There is no such thing as an Antheist.

People who are not part of an organized religion have gods nonetheless. They just call it something else.

The god of technology, the god of consumerism, the god of the environment, etc.

My father worship all three. When a machine (like a GPS) says something and a human (say, my mother) says something else, he will follow the machine (because its the voice of god for him)... then he will found out that his wife was wrong, the machine was simply badly programmed.

He will buy things and borrow to buy things he doesn't need because advertising tell him he is a nobody if he doesn't give his money to these big companies for their useless crap that everyone else also buys for the same reasons of fear, image, and greed.

He will recycle like crazy and will get upset at people who throw recyclable stuff in the garbage (like I often do by mistake or carelessness) and at people who let their car running while waiting for someone to come out.

All of these thought processes happen at an unconcious level. He is unaware of it (or refuse to face the facts).

These things are fanatism and part of an unorganized religion. Atheist are very human indeed.

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Originally Posted by Goldberg

There is no such thing as an Antheist.

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But there are atheists :D

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Originally Posted by Goldberg

There is no such thing as an Antheist.

People who are not part of an organized religion have gods nonetheless. They just call it something else.

The god of technology, the god of consumerism, the god of the environment, etc.

My father worship all three. When a machine (like a GPS) says something and a human (say, my mother) says something else, he will follow the machine (because its the voice of god for him)... then he will found out that his wife was wrong, the machine was simply badly programmed.

He will buy things and borrow to buy things he doesn't need because advertising tell him he is a nobody if he doesn't give his money to these big companies for their useless crap that everyone else also buys for the same reasons of fear, image, and greed.

He will recycle like crazy and will get upset at people who throw recyclable stuff in the garbage (like I often do by mistake or carelessness) and at people who let their car running while waiting for someone to come out.

All of these thought processes happen at an unconcious level. He is unaware of it (or refuse to face the facts).

These things are fanatism and part of an unorganized religion. Atheist are very human indeed.

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I can't tell if your being humorous, drunk, or are serious

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Originally Posted by Goldberg

There is no such thing as an Antheist.

People who are not part of an organized religion have gods nonetheless. They just call it something else.

The god of technology, the god of consumerism, the god of the environment, etc.

My father worship all three. When a machine (like a GPS) says something and a human (say, my mother) says something else, he will follow the machine (because its the voice of god for him)... then he will found out that his wife was wrong, the machine was simply badly programmed.

He will buy things and borrow to buy things he doesn't need because advertising tell him he is a nobody if he doesn't give his money to these big companies for their useless crap that everyone else also buys for the same reasons of fear, image, and greed.

He will recycle like crazy and will get upset at people who throw recyclable stuff in the garbage (like I often do by mistake or carelessness) and at people who let their car running while waiting for someone to come out.

All of these thought processes happen at an unconcious level. He is unaware of it (or refuse to face the facts).

These things are fanatism and part of an unorganized religion. Atheist are very human indeed.

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1) If joking, Im not sure I get it.

2) If your serious, I still don't get it, consumerism, science, technology, environment and not gods, nor does Fanaticism make it a religion.

3) if your drunk, Im disappointed you didn't share.

I believe that there can be no such thing as an atheist. Whatever the first force in the universe ever way, it had to be created by something. Things can't just start out of nothing.

Funny I feel the same way towards the Cardinal, but it's cool as long as he is 100% powerless he can say what ever he wants.

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Originally Posted by KowboyKoop

I believe that there can be no such thing as an atheist. Whatever the first force in the universe ever way, it had to be created by something. Things can't just start out of nothing.

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Then what would have created the thing that created the universe? :)

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Originally Posted by HoustonGM

Then what would have created the thing that created the universe? :)

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Jerry Springer?

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Originally Posted by HoustonGM

Then what would have created the thing that created the universe? :)

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I agree...but however the very first thing came about, that's what I would consider "god."

I don't even want to pretend to think that I can fathom anymore than that. All I believe is that there had to have been something that was "first" that set everything else in motion. That's god.

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Originally Posted by HoustonGM

Then what would have created the thing that created the universe? :)

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http://www.theworldofgoddess.com/wor...elso_burn2.gif

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Originally Posted by KowboyKoop

I agree...but however the very first thing came about, that's what I would consider "god."

I don't even want to pretend to think that I can fathom anymore than that. All I believe is that there had to have been something that was "first" that set everything else in motion. That's god.

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But something would have had to create god...and something would have had to create that something...so, it's paradoxical (I think that's the word I'm looking for, but I'm not sure).