Atheism isn’t an Absence in belief

On 8/23/2010 5:12 PM, JayPee Vee wrote:
> On 23 Aug., 17:28, 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
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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
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>>>>>>> On 8/21/2010 2:11 PM, Jeff Strickland wrote:
>>>>>>>> “Hachiroku ????” wrote in message
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>>>>>>>>> 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?
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>>>>>>>>>> No where.
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>>>>>>>>>> You can thank the Freedom FROM Religion foundation for that one.
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>>>>>>>>>> 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.
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>>>>>>>>> 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.
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>>>>>>>>> But, with atheists with agendas, 6″ would have probably been too
>>>>>>>>> much.
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>>>>>>>> I agree.
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>>>>>>>> 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.
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>>>>>>> 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.
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>>>>>>> So anywhere that has no symbol “is a symbol” of Atheism, and the
>>>>>>> government can’t support one religion over the others.
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>>>>>>> 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.
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>>>>>> A bit of twisted logic, but then many atheists deal the same way.
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>>>>> LOL! I was thinking the same thing!
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>>>> I often take peoples own words, ideas and logic…. and apply it to them.
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>>>> 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.
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>>> erronious assumption.
>>> the ABSENCE of belief is not a belief in itself.
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>> Atheism isn’t an Absence in belief, it is a group that are positive in
>> their belief that NO God exists, they are not just *ambivalent* when
>> they preach that NO God exists. They believe in something, and that
>> they need to show their “faith” by taking a stand and making a Religious
>> statement.
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> So not collecting stamps is a hobby?

Are you starting the club?

As if Alcoholics Anonymous was “a drinking” club or hobby?

Do you go there to drink?