Atheism isn’t an Absence in belief

On 8/23/2010 1:45 PM, Christopher A. Lee wrote:
> On Mon, 23 Aug 2010 10:27:17 -0700 (PDT), Don Martin
> wrote:
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>> On Aug 23, 11:28 am, Beam Me Up Scotty >> Everyth…@Blackhole.NebulaX.com> wrote:
>>> On 8/23/2010 10:15 AM, Jim Yanik wrote:
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>>>> Beam Me Up Scotty wrote in
>>>> news:4c71ee99$0$32705$ec3e2dad @&*$?%unlimited.usenetmonster.com:
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>>>>> On 8/22/2010 2:43 PM, Hachiroku ???? wrote:
>>>>>> On Sun, 22 Aug 2010 13:01:17 -0500, RD Sandman wrote:
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>>>>>>> Beam Me Up Scotty wrote
>>>>>>> innews:4C71600B.4070300 @&*$?%Blackhole.NebulaX.com:
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>>>>>>>> On 8/21/2010 2:11 PM, Jeff Strickland wrote:
>>>>>>>>> “Hachiroku ????” wrote in message
>>>>>>>>> news:i4otll$4nb$2 @&*$?%tioat.net…
>>>>>>>>>> On Sat, 21 Aug 2010 08:28:43 -0700, Jeff Strickland wrote:
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>>>>>>>>>>>> Where in the Constitution does it prohibit religious symbols or
>>>>>>>>>>>> prayer on
>>>>>>>>>>>> government property?
>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> No where.
>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> You can thank the Freedom FROM Religion foundation for that one.
>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> The 1st Amendment guarantees the freedom OF religion, not the
>>>>>>>>>>> freedom FROM
>>>>>>>>>>> religion. Having said that, I’d suppose a Cross on the highway
>>>>>>>>>>> should be bothersom depending upon whom put it there.
>>>
>>>>>>>>>> The other side is the markers they were using were 12 feet! That is
>>>>>>>>>> a bit excessive! If they had gone with something 3 feet high I don’t
>>>>>>>>>> think there would have been much of an issue.
>>>
>>>>>>>>>> But, with atheists with agendas, 6″ would have probably been too
>>>>>>>>>> much.
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>>>>>>>>> I agree.
>>>
>>>>>>>>> For the wife of a fallen officer, or the mother or brother, or
>>>>>>>>> whomever, to place a 12-foot Cross on the side of the highway is a
>>>>>>>>> bit extreme. But the Freedom FROM Religion foundation does not
>>>>>>>>> distinguish between 12 feet and 12 centimeters when it comes to a
>>>>>>>>> religious symbol erected on public property.
>>>
>>>>>>>> How do you know a symbol is religious, and since Atheism is a religion
>>>>>>>> that has faith and believes that NO God exists and they meet and
>>>>>>>> organize to share that belief….. No symbol “is” their symbol.
>>>
>>>>>>>> So anywhere that has no symbol “is a symbol” of Atheism, and the
>>>>>>>> government can’t support one religion over the others.
>>>
>>>>>>>> That means that by adding another symbol to “a spot with
>>>>>>>> NOTHING”(which is the Atheist symbol) that spot is becoming more
>>>>>>>> constitutional by NOT representing just the one Atheist religion.
>>>
>>>>>>> A bit of twisted logic, but then many atheists deal the same way.
>>>
>>>>>> LOL! I was thinking the same thing!
>>>
>>>>> I often take peoples own words, ideas and logic…. and apply it to them.
>>>
>>>>> The main theme is that Atheists are just MORE religious nuts that have
>>>>> NO facts and yet they also come to a conclusion based on faith.
>>>
>>>> erronious assumption.
>>>> the ABSENCE of belief is not a belief in itself.
>>>
>>> Atheism isn’t an Absence in belief, it is a group that are positive in
>>> their belief that NO God exists,
>>
>> Name an atheist here who maintains this.
>
> I’ve never understood these arrogant, stupid individuals who imagine a
> definition of atheists by people who have no idea what one is, think
> they get to determine our POV for us.

So you have never understood sociology, psychology or the Scientific
method where you are supposed to be outside of the study so you let no
bias slip into your conclusions.

Blind and double blind studies can help.

maybe just “NOT thinking you are the last word on a subject” that you
are emotionally invested in is helpful.