Atheist church? lmfao

[rushyrulz]

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the church of people against having an atheist church

You mean normal church?

[Mollocephalus]

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So it seems people still need some kind of comfort, but i'm glad it is a secular one this time around. Dogmas are basically what made religious organizations dangerous no matter their positive effects on the society. If the same positive effects can be achieved with a dogma-free godless church i'm all for it. It might actually be a nice critical hit to the already declining religious demographics.

[benguino]

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I usually have a bug to pick with most threads based on religion but I usually refrain from posting due to the controversial nature of the subject in general and how it might be possible for my postings to backfire against me and possibly make me lose any credit or respect I still have in this community. But I have a fair deal to say about this subject and I can't help but at least say a few words.

First of all, atheism =/= non-religious! This common misconception that's been thrown around in this thread a million times is what really grinds my gears. By definition, atheism is simply the belief that no gods or supreme beings exist. This is in contrast with theism which is the belief that at least one god or supreme being exists. (Notice how the word "atheism" is simply the word "theism" with the prefix "a-" meaning "not" attached to it.)

However, theism is only one facet of religion. Even though a large percentage of religions are centered around one supreme being, you still have a good amount of both theistic and atheistic religions. In other words, yes, you can be both atheistic and religious. The most easiest example to understand is Buddhism. Like all major religions Buddhism contains an explantion of the origin of existence, a morality, and a specific set of rituals and behavior. However,they do not believe in any all-sentient creator or supreme being. And many Buddhists "meet" regularly in an organized fashion in a common building that was built for the sole purpose of their religion, the analogous version of what you could call a "church" so atheists have already been meeting in "churches" for a long time already :P

So like I was saying before, atheism =/= irreligious. Perhaps there are atheists out there that know that they don't believe in any god, however, they would like some spiritual satisfaction still. Some moral code to live by, some point in life. Whether they have a church or not, I don't know, but Christian atheists (link leads to wikipedia article), are those that only agree with the moral teachings of Jesus but not in the ideology of the belief in the God of Christianity.

Perhaps a non-denominational religious atheist church would do people a lot of good. They could meet regularly and share with each other moral values and religious, yet non-theistic ideas and perhaps everyone can at least take a little something home with them and have a more positive and brighter outlook on life. One of the main functions of religion in society is a sense of community and it wouldn't be fair to deny atheists that right.

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On a completely unrelated note, I just hope this doesn't become like a church of "active atheists" or in other words, atheists that go out of the ****ing way to shove their lack of religiontheism down people's throats. Although, I find the thought of an organized group of people meeting regularly and then later going door-to-door to preach to people the lack of good news and handing out pamphlets to be kinda funny.
Note: No offense to the Jehovah Witnesses

[Spenner]

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How about they just change the name to something that's not something directly contradictory? I think they just wanted to start a shitstorm tbh.

Also a buddhist temple is surely not a church by definition, but I see what you're getting at. However the definition of church restricts the possibility of having the contradicting names like "atheistic church" or "Christian atheistic society".

[benguino]

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That's why I put church in quotes, I and I'm sure many other people use the word church to refer to the analogous of the Christian church sometimes. I don't know about elsewhere , but here many Buddhists use the term church to refer to the temple for ease of conversation I suppose.

[adlp]

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So it seems people still need some kind of comfort, but i'm glad it is a secular one this time around. Dogmas are basically what made religious organizations dangerous no matter their positive effects on the society. If the same positive effects can be achieved with a dogma-free godless church i'm all for it. It might actually be a nice critical hit to the already declining religious demographics.

lol are you one of those atheists that are blame all wars on religion or what

[Nullifidian]

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First of all, atheism =/= non-religious! This common misconception that's been thrown around in this thread a million times is what really grinds my gears. By definition, atheism is simply the belief that no gods or supreme beings exist. This is in contrast with theism which is the belief that at least one god or supreme being exists. (Notice how the word "atheism" is simply the word "theism" with the prefix "a-" meaning "not" attached to it.)

What you just said is also a big common misconception. Atheism is the lack of belief in a god, not believing there is no god. There's a difference between no belief and believing there is not. Also, while some forms of buddhism are atheistic, other forms do have deities.

[UserNameGoesHere]

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What you just said is also a big common misconception. Atheism is the lack of belief in a god, not believing there is no god. There's a difference between no belief and believing there is not. Also, while some forms of buddhism are atheistic, other forms do have deities.

To be fair, even people such as Neil deGrasse Tyson identify as Agnostic rather than Atheist to avoid the confusion.

[ninjaKIWI]

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Something everyone needs to see and understand.

[gnr61]

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Necros and adlp should have a sitcom. I mean, I wouldn't watch it, but the premise is there

[Syhto]

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this is such an ffr mod thread ....

[benguino]

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To be fair, even people such as Neil deGrasse Tyson identify as Agnostic rather than Atheist to avoid the confusion.

I'm askiest and agolfist too.

[Choofers]

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lol if there was an atheist church here in vegas I definitely would not attend unless penn jillette was speaking

otherwise it'd be filled with a bunch of edgy fedora-core teenagers

[Izzy]

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fedora-core

The.. operating system?

[Choofers]

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oh I drunkenly used a 4chan buzzword, my bad lol

I'm talking about the kind of people that take these pictures