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Originally Posted by Castout
Atheism is a belief and it's a religion.
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For the billionth time: no, it isn't. Is having no belief in leprechauns a religion? How about unicorns? How about a lack of belief in a celestial teapot?
So you're saying that people who were not indoctrinated in a religion when they were young, and thus have no belief in any god, are actually religious?
If atheism is a religion, then not collecting stamps is a hobby, baldness is a hair style, and health is a disease. Saying it is one makes no sense. So why do you keep doing so?
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Now if I preached God that I know merely from a book or from a friend's story then by all means just ignore it but if I TESTIFY by my own experience they should search, research and ask questions about the testimony to weigh it.
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The problem with testimony is that a lot of people testify to a lot of things. If you're going to make the extraordinary claim that you saw god (or were abducted by aliens, or that you channel beings from another dimension, etc.) then you'll have to give the extraordinary evidence to show that what you say is true.
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But always because they are so frighten by the statement they will throw insults instead. This proved atheism is merely another belief.
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No, that doesn't prove anything of the sort.
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Originally Posted by GoldenRivet
1. few people speak so frequently about God as Atheists do
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If the lunatics are running the asylum, then doesn't that warrant discussion?
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it says No religious test shall ever be required to hold office.
so where do you get that a person has to be a "theist"?
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the·ism [thee-iz-uh m]
---8211;noun 1. the belief in one god as the creator and ruler of the universe, without rejection of revelation ( distinguished from deism).
2. belief in the existence of a god or gods ( opposed to atheism).
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It pretty obviously follows that one must be a theist to be governor (though if you use the more technical definition, then I suppose deists would be ok too - but then that would discriminate against polytheists, etc.).
Apparently, it never crossed their minds that atheists might want to participate in government.
So is this requirement just in your opinion?