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So what is the fundamental difference between those who lack belief in god, and those who lack belief in unicorns? You suggested in your previous post that people being atheist enforce their beliefs on others. But atheism has no doctrine or holy text in which to enforce any beliefs, or even a...

Isn't that just rephrasing what I said? I never claimed that innate morals were solely humanitarian or charitable.

If you are agnostic atheist, you don't need faith to lack belief in dieties as you are not claiming ultimate knowledge and/or denying the existence of deities. Do you know the difference between atheism and science? And how is this relevant to my post? Stop creating strawman logical...

Actually, most morals are based around the fact that they either negatively influence, affect or harm others.

And what specific "beliefs" would they be? That's like saying people with mustaches shouldn't enforce their evil beliefs onto others (Hitler, Stalin, etc). A mustache isn't inherently linked with any particular beliefs, it is a physical trait. Similarly, atheism is just a lack of belief in...

These "political reasons" are probably because the current political stance is in opposition to their religious beliefs.

Yes, the individuals are at fault in cases of terrorism. But at some point you have to admit that religious texts that promote public stoning, mass destruction, bigotry and eternal damnation for unbelievers are hardly the positive influence upon followers.

Any religion which based upon fear (Christianity, Islam, etc) promotes terrorism in an implicit way, at the very least.

Personally, I think nihilistic existentialism is flawed in the sense that proponents of such philosophy are objectively viewing meaning and purpose as some "universal truth". In other words, they think the meaning in life is some definite rule or guideline. And because no such "universal truth"...

It depends on how you define consciousness. Other animals could be described as possessing consciousness, albeit it may be limited.

Yes.

Nihilism does not exist.

Same with my dad. It gets annoying sometimes when you're trying to watch a show, and he's pacing behind the couch or leaning against the wall.

I think if you're going to do a romance short story and do it well, you need to have significant purpose behind it all. In other words, what message do you want to portray to teenagers who are the target audience for your story? And how is your story going to effectively communicate that...

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+1 Those "pray the gay away" people are mentally unstable.

Why not?

I loved Bump In The Night. There were so many intelligent children's television shows in the 1980s and 1990s. None of this Yo Gabba Gabba crap.

+1 Unless he was suggesting that polygyny somehow causes increased fertility for one of the wives, he should have said them, instead of her.

But why do you believe the Bible is the sole authority on legally recognised marriages? Marriage existed long before Christianity or the Bible, and modern marriages are nothing like marriages during the Biblical era. Claiming the Bible has authority on marriages is about as reasonable as...