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Why Atheists Are Starting Their Own Global Church
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| September 23, 2013
| Peter Weber
Posted on 09/23/2013 12:43:28 PM PDT by lbryce
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An atheist "religion or church" seems the ultimate oxymoron. The cohesion that facilitates any organized worship of a deity is one based on a belief system anchored in an eternal existence beyond the here and now, one that transcends life here on Earth in immortal beneficence. How is that going to pan out among those who say with absolute certitude in the denial of any such realm?
As science itself is wont to say, you can not prove that which allegedly does not exist.
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posted on
09/23/2013 12:43:28 PM PDT
by
lbryce
To: lbryce
Next they’ll be evangelizing.
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posted on
09/23/2013 12:45:45 PM PDT
by
E. Pluribus Unum
(When your policy is to rob Peter to pay Paul, you can count on enthusiastic support from Paul.)
To: lbryce
The Unitarians already have that market cornered............
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posted on
09/23/2013 12:47:02 PM PDT
by
Red Badger
(It is dangerous to be right in matters where established men are wrong. .....Voltaire)
To: E. Pluribus Unum
They already are. They are already the established state religion in Marxist controlled countries including, to a large extent, the U.S. of A.
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posted on
09/23/2013 12:47:38 PM PDT
by
Vigilanteman
(Obama: Fake black man. Fake Messiah. Fake American. How many fakes can you fit in one Zer0?)
To: E. Pluribus Unum
They are already doing that. They have the “We are right and you are wrong” evangelism down pat.
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posted on
09/23/2013 12:47:42 PM PDT
by
AppyPappy
(Obama: What did I not know and when did I not know it?)
To: E. Pluribus Unum
Let’s hope so in Saudi Arabia.
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posted on
09/23/2013 12:47:53 PM PDT
by
windcliff
To: lbryce
This is nothing but a big joke if you ask me
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posted on
09/23/2013 12:48:00 PM PDT
by
GeronL
To: Red Badger
Didn’t Scientology already cover this? Or does Scientology qualify because of a belief in superior alien beings that are coming back for us?
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posted on
09/23/2013 12:49:27 PM PDT
by
Tenacious 1
(Waiting for next tagline.)
To: lbryce
Let me be the first to nominate Bishop Spong as their pope.
To: Tenacious 1
I don’t know id Scientology specifically holds there is or isn’t a god.
To: E. Pluribus Unum
How can we distinguish this new “athiest church” from some of the other ones we already got? (Except its more honest about what it stands for)
To: lbryce
If you believe, you get to go to atheist heaven.
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posted on
09/23/2013 12:53:16 PM PDT
by
Zhang Fei
(Let us pray that peace be now restored to the world and that God will preserve it always.)
To: AppyPappy
So they are already the “one true church” are they?
lol
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posted on
09/23/2013 12:55:26 PM PDT
by
GeronL
To: Red Badger
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posted on
09/23/2013 12:56:26 PM PDT
by
C. Edmund Wright
(Tokyo Rove is more than a name, it's a GREAT WEBSITE)
To: E. Pluribus Unum
Next theyll be evangelizing.
I’m all for this, they should start in one of the 57 countries that Obama has mentioned...
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09/23/2013 12:56:46 PM PDT
by
GraceG
To: faithhopecharity
How can we distinguish this new athiest church from some of the other ones we already got? They'll be more pious and judgmental.
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posted on
09/23/2013 12:57:04 PM PDT
by
E. Pluribus Unum
(When your policy is to rob Peter to pay Paul, you can count on enthusiastic support from Paul.)
To: Zhang Fei
... ‘get to their atheist heaven’... that sounds like get into my touche heaven to me.
IT would be a nice drug business front.
To: lbryce; lightman
From the looks of that video, the atheist “services” resemble the cracked “emerging church” services that various protestant denominations run, originally to appeal to Gen X. I think that that FAD is beyond its sell-by date.
If you don’t believe in God, you might as well sleep late on Sunday morning, have brunch, and read the newspaper. No need to clean yourself up, get dressed, and drive somewhere. Phooey!
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posted on
09/23/2013 12:59:30 PM PDT
by
Honorary Serb
(Kosovo is Serbia! Free Srpska! Abolish ICTY!)
To: nickcarraway
I dont know id Scientology specifically holds there is or isnt a god. Me neither. But they are a "non-proffit" religious group none the less.
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posted on
09/23/2013 12:59:31 PM PDT
by
Tenacious 1
(Waiting for next tagline.)
To: lbryce
This is a leftist ideological group. Think about it. To bind people together in a religion requires a doctrine, a core set of beliefs that everyone in the group believes in.
Atheism provides no such framework, since everything is subjective and opinion-driven. So in other words, this will be a left wing advocacy group.
I can see atheists dividing on this. Some considering it to be a brilliant way to fill the void they feel, others considering it patently stupid.
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