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19 Jun 2010, 9:29 am

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I suppose that on Sunday mornings, we will be listening to a Biologist read verses from Charles Darwin's Origin of Species, and then listening to sermons based loosely around the verses.

I wonder what our hymns will be like?


Science is not religion.

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And equally, religion is not science.



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19 Jun 2010, 2:11 pm

Sand wrote:
ruveyn wrote:
pandabear wrote:
I suppose that on Sunday mornings, we will be listening to a Biologist read verses from Charles Darwin's Origin of Species, and then listening to sermons based loosely around the verses.

I wonder what our hymns will be like?


Science is not religion.

ruveyn


And equally, religion is not science.


And the cake is a lie.


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04 Jul 2010, 6:01 pm

Please sign me up as a card-carrying WP Strident Atheist! I am so glad there is such a group on WP. The first few posts I stumbled upon people mentioned their strong faith and I thought this place really is not for me. But I saw a link to this thread in someone's signature so all is well!

I have always been an atheist and ready to argue with any superstitious person at any time. I consider myself a radical atheist as defined by Douglas Adams (he and Richard Dawkins and Kurt Vonnegut are my heroes). I don't respect anyone's beliefs and I will dispute anyone's beliefs in God or gods just as quickly as they would dispute someone's belief in Odin or praying to Santa.

I am so glad you guys are here. Please count me in your numbers!



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07 Jul 2010, 10:09 pm

Sorry for being late. I added you, manifoldrob.

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08 Jul 2010, 12:59 am

manifoldrob wrote:
Please sign me up as a card-carrying WP Strident Atheist! I am so glad there is such a group on WP. The first few posts I stumbled upon people mentioned their strong faith and I thought this place really is not for me. But I saw a link to this thread in someone's signature so all is well!

I have always been an atheist and ready to argue with any superstitious person at any time. I consider myself a radical atheist as defined by Douglas Adams (he and Richard Dawkins and Kurt Vonnegut are my heroes). I don't respect anyone's beliefs and I will dispute anyone's beliefs in God or gods just as quickly as they would dispute someone's belief in Odin or praying to Santa.

I am so glad you guys are here. Please count me in your numbers!


Hi! Welcome here. You'll learn more about evolution and the bible more than anything here as an active strident atheist. Occasionally there's geopolitics but that tends to go on certain topics. Israel tends to be a focus since there are strident Zionists on the board and a lot of the lack of geopolitical stability ends up going back to Israel.


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08 Jul 2010, 3:05 pm

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Please sign me up as a card-carrying WP Strident Atheist!


Welcome newest member.


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11 Jul 2010, 10:07 pm

Sign me up as a Strident Atheist too! I am willing to whip out my rationality and reason to combat superstition any day of the week!



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11 Jul 2010, 10:11 pm

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Sign me up as a Strident Atheist too! I am willing to whip out my rationality and reason to combat superstition any day of the week!


As an atheist who has wandered these threads for a reasonable time I can assure you that rationality and reason is useless against people who are confirmed believers in much of the nonsense of religion. Very bright people here believe in a superpower and reason has no effect whatsoever on them.



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11 Jul 2010, 11:43 pm

Basically, I sign up anybody who asks, unless it is obvious that they are faking.



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12 Jul 2010, 1:47 am

Awesomelyglorious wrote:
Basically, I sign up anybody who asks, unless it is obvious that they are faking.


ooh. Character background checks.


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12 Jul 2010, 8:08 pm

Can I join you??
I consider myself to have strong atheist (lack of) beliefs. And creationism annoys me.

Also @LKL, jesus and mo ftw


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30 Jul 2010, 11:20 am

I'm in.

And for your entertainment, a quote:

"Debating creationists on the topic of evolution is rather like trying to play chess with a pigeon; it knocks the pieces over, craps on the board, and flies back to its flock to claim victory."


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30 Jul 2010, 12:49 pm

Ok, updating again:

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30 Jul 2010, 8:31 pm

Am I qualified to be a Strident Atheist? :)



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30 Jul 2010, 10:43 pm

01001011 wrote:
Am I qualified to be a Strident Atheist? :)

Are you strident? Are you an atheist?