Atheism vs Christianity Google Group

Re: Bill Maher's "atheism" is not complete

2010-03-17T21:37:36Z

Incarnation is the most wonderful and the most important Word in
Christianity. If you believe in the Bible, I can define it with the
verse, John 1:14, "The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among
us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the One and Only, who came
from the Father, full of grace and truth."

Re: Questions for Religious Right Members of This Forum

2010-03-17T21:30:49Z

And thus we have another belief system based on the idea of "I'm
right, and everyone else is wrong." Another form of fundamentalism.
Lincoln

Re: Questions for Religious Right Members of This Forum

2010-03-17T21:29:12Z

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I think that's the essence of all religions, although fundamentalists
(of all religions and non-religions) tend to forget this, and instead
see the main point as "I'm right and you're wrong, and you're going to
be punished for being wrong."
When Hillel was asked to sum up the Torah (what Christians call the

Re: Bill Maher's "atheism" is not complete

2010-03-17T21:27:58Z

Yes, they were strong atheists. To them, "there is no God."

Re: Bill Maher's "atheism" is not complete

2010-03-17T21:26:43Z

Yes, exactly. You confused me for a second.

Re: Bill Maher's "atheism" is not complete

2010-03-17T21:25:28Z

LoL, Isn't that the same banana that Drafterman said, in which I
agreed on?

Re: God is perfection

2010-03-17T21:22:00Z

Why?
Why not?
Or rather, "need" in a human context fails to adequately apply to God.
I disagree, consider the Confession:
"After God had made all other creatures, he created man, male and
female, with reasonable and immortal souls, endued with knowledge,
righteousness, and true holiness after his own image, having the law

Re: Do you hang out with Christians?

2010-03-17T21:15:58Z

I learn now...
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Re: God is love?

2010-03-17T21:16:38Z

LL: Semantically, you're wrong. Atheists simply do not have a belief
in any god. Their position says nothing about whether a god might
exist somewhere, though most would say it is highly unlikely because
there is not a shred of evidence that such a being exists. Others
would say that since there is no objective evidence for a god it is

Re: [AvC] Re: Bill Maher's "atheism" is not complete

2010-03-17T21:13:41Z

to believe in a theory without evidence is plain wrong.
but to shun the questioning of the govt is fascism and I am sorry but Stalin
and Hitler were not atheist warriors. They were gods in their own right.
I am not talking about Bill Maher poking fun at some stupid theory. I am
referring at Bill Maher poking fun at those who choose to question the

Re: The Pope and boys sucking the penises of Priests - Christopher Hitchens

2010-03-17T21:06:27Z

Ah! I was wondering which one from my stack of unread books I should
read next. I think I'll pick that one. Thanks...

Re: [AvC] Re: Religious beliefs of an atheist

2010-03-17T21:10:36Z

One more comment.
Wiki I found specifies that for constitutional protections atheism is
legally considered "equivalent to religion" not a religion. The claim that
the court determined that is, is based on Judges opinions attached to the
original precedent setting case and not part of the actual decision.

Re: Bill Maher's "atheism" is not complete

2010-03-17T21:10:07Z

LL: As I wrote--exactly the same as Drafterman's definition. Without
belief in any god. The word itself gives its definition: a=without;
theism=belief in god. There is nothing more to it than that--no matter
how anyone else misdefines it.
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Re: Questions for Religious Right Members of This Forum

2010-03-17T21:09:53Z

I don't think it's really a matter of Jewish vs. Christian conceptions
of God, although they differ, of course. There are also tremendous
differences within both (and every other large) religion.
My concept of God, and certainly of what God wants from us, is much
closer to Martin Luther King than to Meir Kahane, even though Kahane

Re: Insane Christian child raising advice

2010-03-17T21:08:01Z

Or rather, how to insinuate a position that the article did not
make ...
Regards,
Brock