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An Atheist's Creed

Started this discussion. Last reply by Belle Rose 16 hours ago. 12 Replies

Blundered across this in an academic paper, put together by a U.K. professor of philosophy, purporting to be the distilled creed/philosophical arguments for the Dawkins' style New Atheism.I'm curious…Continue

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Belle Rose replied to Professor Robert's discussion 'An Atheist's Creed'
"I do not like the idea of a creed even if there may be some truth to it. It puts a belief system in a box and thoughts in categories which I do not like and I do not believe necessary or desirable. It reminds me of the Nicene Creed which have stated…"
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Rocky john replied to Professor Robert's discussion 'An Atheist's Creed'
"I actually liked the statement "For while that which increases happiness is not always a good, that which increases misery is always an evil." And neither painfull treatments nore vile  tasting medicine are given to increase…"
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Holo Gram replied to Professor Robert's discussion 'An Atheist's Creed'
"With one erratic projectile from outer space, this little ball called Earth could be blasted into cosmic dust in an instant. So much for the Catholic church and their $Trillions. "
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Adam replied to Professor Robert's discussion 'An Atheist's Creed'
"I do believe with the statement that "there is a purpose in life, there is no purpose to life. However as an individual myself, I do not conform to the absolute idea that the cosmos is " all that is or ever was or ever will be".…"
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Reg The Fronkey Farmer replied to Professor Robert's discussion 'An Atheist's Creed'
"Having stumbled upon this “creed” that you blundered upon Professor, have you any thoughts on it yourself of on the thoughts we offered you? I understand you may be busy elsewhere but I was wondering on what parts you might disagree with…"
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RobertPiano replied to Professor Robert's discussion 'An Atheist's Creed'
"Creed? We don't need no stinkin' creed. Or was that badges?"
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Cathy Cooper replied to Professor Robert's discussion 'An Atheist's Creed'
"As a philosopher, I do not claim to know that the cosmos (as we know it) is all that is or ever was, or ever will be.  Why, there could be multiple cosmos' --multiple dimensions to the universe that we have not and cannot experience--but…"
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Ray R. replied to Professor Robert's discussion 'An Atheist's Creed'
"With this creed bobby , you seem to pigeonhole atheists into unproven absolutes ( the cosmos is all there is or eve was . That which increases misery is always evil ) . Absolutist statements are the purview of theists , not atheists ."
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Unseen replied to Professor Robert's discussion 'An Atheist's Creed'
"I believe that the cosmos is all that is or ever was or ever will be. You don't know that. There may be paralel universes in other dimensions. There may have been a universe prior to this one and there might be one after this one. You…"
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Alan C replied to Professor Robert's discussion 'An Atheist's Creed'
"Seems reasonable as a fairly succinct statement though I do agree with Strega somewhat; though levels of misery are subjective, e.g. taking vile medicine to cure a life threatening condition would probably cheer me up after I had finished grimacing…"
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"And what happened to the wealth that all those middle-class jobs created?” The wealth is still there.  Hundreds of millions of people can take and widely share photographs essentially for free, whereas before it was limited and…"
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Reg The Fronkey Farmer replied to Professor Robert's discussion 'An Atheist's Creed'
"I agree with the general sentiment of the post. The purpose of Human life is to propagate itself. IT may seem bleak to some if we ponder Dawkins “The Selfish Gene” concept. Humans are just one species of millions to have evolved. Our…"
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Strega replied to Professor Robert's discussion 'An Atheist's Creed'
"Try Richard Dawkins' site if you are interested in Richard Dawkins' philosophy.  The problem with people paraphrasing, is that the distortions eventually get out of hand as one paraphrasing leads to another.  (I don't…"
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An Atheist's Creed

Blundered across this in an academic paper, put together by a U.K. professor of philosophy, purporting to be the distilled creed/philosophical arguments for the Dawkins' style New Atheism.I'm curious what the group thinks of it.I believe that the cosmos is all that is or ever was or ever will be. I believe that no other reality, divine or otherwise, exists. There is no life after death, no meaning to life apart from life, and no events or experiences, individuals or scriptures by which any…See More
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Professor Robert commented on Professor Robert's blog post 'Religion as Idolatry: A Theist's Perspective'
"LOL!   Good point, @Starky.  I think you win! That would be an amusing way to see theists as well.  Insisting on rigid order, while ordering up chaos and conflict all over the place... all to help the unascended species to…"
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Religion as Idolatry: A Theist's Perspective

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This past week, in a small corner of the news there was information about a bombing of a Church in a small community near Arusha, Tanzania.  Several locals along with a handful of Saudi nationals have been arrested as responsible.  The target apparently was the Archbishop of Arusha, a man whom I know personally and whose installation I attended some years back in Tanzania.  Many innocent people were hurt, who were just gathered as a community to dedicate a new church building they had…

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At 4:11pm on March 16, 2013, Sagacious Hawk said…

It's refreshing to see a believer on these forums approach with civil, polite, and intelligent discourse even when not treated with such. You, sir, have run our virtual gauntlet and gained my respect. I do hope you stick around and continue to contribute. I sometimes worry that without dissenting opinions and viewpoints, we'll just keep reinforcing our own, and while some of us try to keep a level head and an open mind, we can't articulate a different viewpoint as well as if it was actually ours.

That said, I know it can be a daunting task, but I look forward to seeing what you have to say in the future.

 
 
 

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