RicOlie_2 said:
I'll just warn you in advance that we already had a thread for asking atheists (in response to my thread which was a response to the Mormon Q&A thread), so your thread may not be very successful.
I don't have expectations about where this thread should go so let's see what happens :P
darth_ender said:
This could be retitled "Ask the Weak Atheist Anything," and then we would have a real good use for it.
Puggo - Jar Jar's Yoda said:
I considered starting a similar thread, but then decided it probably wouldn't be very popular. Plus, there is a wide variety of atheism, and my beliefs are unlikely to match very closely with that of other atheists.
Well, actually the plan is to discuss the lack of beliefs and atheism is just ''disbelief or lack of belief in the existence of God or gods.'' so I don't know how many kind of atheists there could be. I understand that atheist can have different opinions on different subjects but there is no set of rules to be a atheist as far as I know :P
RicOlie_2 said:
I have two questions for you:
What are your reasons for believing that their are no gods? I'll take lack of evidence as an answer, but I'd prefer something more specific.
How much historical credit do you give the (canonical) gospels? Do you think Jesus was crucified and buried, but didn't rise from the dead, or do you not think he was crucified at all, or do you think he didn't exist or was only based on someone historical (historical in this case meaning real)? Do you think he was a healer of some sort, or just a preacher, or none of the above?
1-Lack of evidence is pretty specific :P
2-It could be that some parts of the history of Jesus are true, maybe he existed and was a preacher and kind to the poor an sick, but I don't believe he resurrected or that he was the son of god/god himself. Jesus existence as a historical fact (if we ever reach that point) does not prove the existence of a god outside the bible.
RicOlie_2 said:
BTW, your thread title is grammatically incorrect. It should be "non-member" rather than "no-member", but "Ask no member of all churches" would also be grammatically correct.*
Changed :)