In article <Pine.GSO.3.95.iB1.0.990719143222.763D-
100000 at halifax.chebucto.ns.ca>,
"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
>> On Mon, 19 Jul 1999, Malcolm McMahon wrote:
>> > On Sun, 18 Jul 1999 21:46:52 -0300, "M. McLeod"
<mycloud at chebucto.ns.ca>
> > wrote:
> >
> > >I missed that "atheism is a faith" bit the first time I looked.
Can't
> > >agree with you there. To have faith it has to be in something and
an
> > >atheist believes in nothing.
> >
> > Nobody "believes in nothing". Atheist believe in a material universe
> > which is either eternal or arrose through "natural causes" (whatever
> > that means in the context). They believe in Occam's Razor.
> >
> > What is a religion? I'd say a set of beliefs about the origins of
the
> > universe, who's running the show, what happens when we die.
Atheists can
> > make positive statements about all these questions.
> >
> >
> >
Can and do.
Peppermill
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