ism isn’t an Absence in belief

On 8/28/2010 2:50 AM, Dakota wrote:
> On Fri 8/27/10 19:46, LifeBinge wrote:
>> On Aug 27, 5:22 pm, Beam Me Up Scotty >> Everyth…@Blackhole.NebulaX.com> wrote:
>>> On 8/27/2010 1:56 PM, DanielSan wrote:
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>>>> On 8/27/2010 9:33 AM, Beam Me Up Scotty wrote:
>>>>> On 8/27/2010 12:23 AM, DanielSan wrote:
>>>>>> On 8/26/2010 9:13 AM, SaPeIsMa wrote:
>>>>>>> “Colanth”
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>>>>>>> news:fnnc76p4fg9v6eckko5ouot67he4hu9rph @&*$?%4ax.com…
>>>>>>>> On Wed, 25 Aug 2010 23:31:11 -0500,
>>>>>>>> “SaPeIsMa”
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>>>>>>>>> And yet, atheists BELIEVE there is no god
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>>>>>>>> And Catholic nuns eat ice cream, but eating ice cream isn’t part of
>>>>>>>> being a nun, and believing there is no god isn’t part of being an
>>>>>>>> atheist.
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>>>>>>> What do you think the word “atheist” means, if not that ?
>>>>>>> Don’t you even ken the meaning of the word ?
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>>>>>> Atheism: the lack of belief in a god.
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>>>>>> Atheism is not the belief there is no god.
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>>>>> I’m considering whether I’m an Aunicornist…..
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>>>>> I have a lack of belief in unicorns. And I can’t prove they never
>>>>> existed, don’t exist and can never exist.
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>>>>> Aunicornism is not the belief there is no unicorn
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>>>> Correct.
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>>> Problem…..
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>>> Q: Should I demand all unicorn paraphernalia be banned from government?
>>> Should I demand that NO unicorn mythology be taught in school and ban
>>> any school songs, prayer, Tee Shirts, lunchboxes or writing with
>>> unicorns?
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>>> simply because I choose to believe in pogo-sticks rather than unicorns?
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>> Love the post.. i say if they can ban religion from schools, they
>> should be banning mythological stuff altogether..
>> To be honest, we should be Teaching our children about all about
>> religion, not just christianity or judaism or islam.. They’ve all
>> effected our history just as much as wars and revolutions, more so
>> even.. but yet, no religions are not discussed within school and
>> people left unaware and easily controled by what little they know of
>> them..
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> Public schools are allowed to teach courses about religion if no
> particular religion is favored or denigrated. This is why such courses
> are not seriously considered by elected school board officials.
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So spending money on religious symbols on government property is OK if
they are educational? Ain’t that a twist? What about tattoos of
religious symbols on people that work on government property? Or
Religious head scarfs on government workers on government property?

> Public schools are prohibited from teaching religious beliefs as though
> they were scientific.

Religions are Philosophy, not science. Atheism uses Darwin’s “Origin of
Species” as their Holy book.

Darwin is a Philosophy/Religion since you can’t link it to the beginning
of life to complete the “evolution” picture.

How do Atheists who preach evolution, explain the beginning of LIFE,
was it an accident in a mud puddle?
If so then why hasn’t that same accident happened over and
over creating new DNA life forms with strange alternative DNA? The shear
numbers of random life being created must mean that billions of life
forms were created before one was created that could reproduce(you don’t
create complex reproducing DNA the first time out), so NEW DNA different
from life forms that can reproduce must be created on a daily basis
somewhere on the planet. No one has ever dug up a single one of those
Billions and billions of life forms that can’t reproduce? Why is that?

> If you wish to ban mythological stuff altogether, push for a
> Constitutional Amendment that bans it. Until then, we will have to make
> do with keeping only religious mythology out of the public square.

SO you want to define Religion as you defined man, in the constitution
so that it excluded slaves. Isn’t Scientology a religion?