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RE: Democracy... (fwd)
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> From: Matthew James Gering <[email protected]>
> Subject: RE: Democracy... (fwd)
> Date: Wed, 16 Sep 1998 15:07:37 -0700
> > Try pantheism. If one fundamentaly believes that god does not
> > exist, which clearly involves faith, then yes it is a religion.
>
> Then I guess you could say that pantheism is an atheist religion, as
> opposed to a theist religion.
You could, but you'd be wrong.
> My nice definition of atheism is reason over faith, science over
> mysticism, basically an anti-religion. While that may be etymologically
> unjustified, it does accurately reflect the views of the majority of
> people I know who call themselves atheist, myself included.
Atheism means that one believes that there is no God.
> > By your view an agnostic can't be religion
>
> No, and it's not, it's like standing in the doorway of a religion, not
> sure whether to enter or leave, perhaps practicing but not believing.
Ah, so there are personal beliefs that aren't religion and then there are
personal beliefs that are? What a self-rightous, pretentious, egotistical
viewpoint.
Your view is *exactly* why the 1st was put in there.
> Such indecisiveness annoys me, but it accounts for the majority of the
> population.
Actualy not, the vast majority of people believe in God, just not your
particular brand - which after all is what the 1st is all about.
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