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bdswitch -> RE: religion question (7/27/2009 4:52:30 PM)
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I've been an atheist since about 8 years old. I think most people in the U.S. think of Christianity when speaking of religion because it is the dominant religion here (and not in the good Dom way).
Agnostics who believe in a god that is not involved in his creation are Deists who don't know the correct label.
Anyone who understands the scientific method acknowledges that our knowledge is limited, when they went to split the atom the average person thought it could not be done, when Einstein developed the theory of relativity, the average person thought Newtonian physics were written in stone, in quantum mechanics, they don't always apply. The whole point of science is to keep asking questions, the main point of most religions is to stop asking them. Science says that magic doesn't exist, it seeks explanations, not faith. What appears magical or miraculous can be proven to have rational processes at work, faith is one big "pay no attention to that man behind the curtain" multi-trillion dollar Ponzi scheme. It is not evil inherently, but anytime you absolve people of the responsibility for their own decision making, the primary motivations of humanity -to feel better about themselves at any expense -lie, cheat, steal, murder, seem to surface, and to do it in some God's name while He sits by and allows it has always seemed to me the best evidence against Him existing. (Other than Douglas Adams' theorem.)
I do think atheists are somewhat more represented here than in the general population, as they are with increasing education level. Although I have been discriminated against by a member here, most amusingly. He sent a message stating I would be the perfect Domme if I was not an atheist. I did answer back, asking how his devotion to the Bible fit in with being a sub male. When he answered from the Apocrypha and quoted it as biblical, I left it as that.
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