On Mon, 19 Jul 1999 14:45:46 -0300, "M. McLeod"
<mycloud at chebucto.ns.ca> wrote:
>I know quite a number of atheists and they believe in nothing. Now you can
>pretend they have motives in their beliefs but you'd simply be wasting
>your brain. Most, whom I know, would say they can't be bothered with that
>foolishness and they really don't care. So do they have religion. I think
>not. I think these are the one and only true atheists. I think any atheist
>who gets into thinking about creation, etc., etc. is not a true atheist.
>Possibly that person would be an agnostic. I firmly think to have an
>atheist ng is silly as what's the point. In an agnostic thread various
>viewpoints can be given and the same would be true for any religious
>thread.
>MM...a reasonable guy
This isn't far from true. Just far enough off to be funny.
What is assumed here is that religious subjects are the only thing to
discuss. Clearly that is not the case.
One of the advantages of an atheist group (and one of the
disappointments of these newsgroups) is that a preliminary sort has
been done of the folks you're going to have a conversation with. You
can discuss free speech or church/state separation issues (very much
on the minds of some now because of the Republican morons trying to
shove their religion down the throats of our children) or the merits
of a recent novel, without having to tolerate the rantings of someone
who's going to drag their superstitious beliefs into it.
Even atheists can long for community. Quite a surprise, isn't it?
Don
BTW -- WE HAVE BEEN ASKED TO NOT POST THESE DISCUSSIONS IN ALT.BRAIN
OR BIONET.NEUROSCIENCE. THIS WILL BE MY LAST POST THAT INCLUDES THOSE
GROUPS AND ONLY FOR THE PURPOSE OF ASKING THAT WE RESPECT THEIR TOPICS
AND RESTRICT THIS DISCUSSION TO THE ATHEIST AND AGNOSTIC NGS.
