Atheism

In Atheism an obelisk is a tall, pointed monument. They represent a tall, pointed monument.

This would be called "normal" behaviour. The popular thought by theists that atheists go around devoting a fair amount of their time hating god, religion and the religious is not factual. While some people do have unreasonable dislikes of things they have turned away from (bald people hating people with full heads of hair, tea drinkers tied in knots by the sight of a coffee house, etc) most people would see this as aberrant behaviour.

There is no good reason to. Religions that preach "believe in my deity or you will go to hell" have no basis in fact and cannot prove the statement either way. The time required to show your belief and the accompanying rituals and requirements is time that could be better spent tending a vegetable garden, playing a sport, catching up on work or school, and many other productive things.

The question you should be asking yourself is why you feel the need to persuade your friend to abandon her religious beliefs. That is a big step for most religious believers and is sure to create a discomfort in your friendship if your friend hasn't expressed a desire to leave her religious beliefs behind.

Friendly debate about religion between friends can be informative and interesting: it is good for friends to share ideas. Some friends have active and aggressive debates about religion. If there is mutual satisfaction with that debate then it's okay.


Children don't really get to choose their beliefs. In most denominations their parents make that choice for them and indoctrination begins in the cradle. Upon approaching adulthood many people begin to question their religious beliefs. If a friend is having doubts about their commitment to the religion in which they were raised, discussions about the atheistic point of view may be helpful.


However, if your friend has not expressed uncertainty and you are simply trying to get them to abandon their religious beliefs then you are overstepping the boundaries of friendship. In that case, you should question your need to take from your friend a source of comfort and community to which they choose to belong.

Answer:
Consider how you would feel if the shoe were on the other foot.
If one of your friends was a user of hard drugs, a swinger, Pastifarian (worshipping the Flying Spaghetti Monster), a member of the Church of the Subgenius (or any of the more mainline religions like Moslem, Hindu or Buddhist) and asked you to come to meet with him and his friends. Assuming it was pretty obvious that your friend fully expected that you would "see the light" and join up after this introduction. How would you feel?
Most people prefer to find their own way in these matters. Leave your friend alone or you'll have neither a convert or a friend.
You might also ask yourself what a Christian would have to do to convince you that there is a God. An Christian typically will be as strong in his convictions as you are and has the backing of hundreds of years of arguments for his position. What will you do if his arguments are better than yours? Are you ready to convert?

Brennan Manning said the single greatest cause of atheism is Christians. He was referring to the fact that many Christians talk about having faith and so on, but then do not act in a "Christian" fashion. This hypocrisy is said to have turned many away from Christianity and towards atheism.

No, he has stated a very deep belief in god.

That's not what most people mean when they speak of "natural law." They mean laws about behavior that are supposedly so obvious that even the uneducated appreciate them. They concern murder, theft, incest, lying, rape and in some cultures, homosexuality.

I presume you mean, Richard Branson. He is an atheist.

RK Narayan is a highly successful and influential author. Google him. He was not an Indian president!

There is no evidence that he was an atheist, but he was well known as a skeptic and, in Leonardo's day, disbelief in god would have been a heresy and expressing it extremely dangerous.

Humanists place humanity as being of primary importance, so human dignity and concerns are what governs their philosophy. From this it is likely that if justice is done, and seen to be done and, as far as possible, human dignity is respected humanists would respond favourably.

i'm going to assume you mean catholic. if so, then i would assume poorly. the recent scandals, and inhuman acts would probably put the catholic church in a poor light. among them would be the recent pedophilia charges against priests and the popes attempts to stop condom use in africa.

Liz Claiborne was a renown New York fashion designer who died in 2007. Her clothing label lives on. Neither has anything to do with atheism.

In religions there are often traditions and laws about what must not be eaten (or worn). Atheism is not a religion and therefore has no laws or traditions and athiests generally eat what they like. Some are omnivores, others are are vegetarians, or combinations of either. Personally, I will eat most anything that does not try to eat me first.

We are not a collective. We all have our own opinions.

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"The greatest single cause of atheism in the world today is Christians, who acknowledge Jesus with their lips and walk out the door, and deny Him by their lifestyle."

This was said by Brennan Manning, an American priest.

This quote can also be found on the song "Intro" by the Christian metalcore band War of Ages.

The quote can also be found in the intro to the song "What If I Stumble" by DC Talk(a popular 90's Christian rap/rock/alternative band).

Yes it is disrespectful to kiss someones shoe, because due to the training that MOM, DAD, and family has taught you it would be an example to the outer world. it is embarrassing.

she captured a few british soldiers during the american revolution... :) she was very brave. At the time, she was working at an inn with her mother. As well, she manned a cannon when her husband fell down during the war.