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No Atheists (Still) Need Apply
Washington Post ^ | Susan Jacoby

Posted on 12/28/2006 4:15:11 PM PST by quesney

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To: SamuraiScot
An atheist is someone who seeks to replace God with . . . himself. I think that shows a poor understanding of the qualifications demanded by the job.

I agree fully. Most people, religious or not, like to speak of the ethics or morality of Jesus as an ideal. Often though, I don't think they mean it--as they try to divide ethics from religion. Jesus however said all morality flows from the two great commandments:

Love of God (with heart, mind, soul, and strength)

Love of neighbor as yourself.

Atheists (or agnostics...the lazy atheists) definitely fail on the 1st--and so can't help but be weak on the 2nd; what atheist political regimes have indisputably proven.

41 posted on 12/28/2006 5:42:11 PM PST by AnalogReigns
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To: Gay State Conservative

Why do you give a damn what others believe about the after life as long as they're decent and moral here? Frankly, that's none of your business.


42 posted on 12/28/2006 5:42:42 PM PST by ShadowDancer (No autopsy, no foul.)
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To: ShadowDancer
If someone wants my vote,they had better make it my business.

I'm done here.Have a nice day!

43 posted on 12/28/2006 5:45:14 PM PST by Gay State Conservative ("The meaning of peace is the absence of opposition to socialism."-Karl Marx)
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To: 1000 silverlings

If Huxley coined the word, he borrowed it from the Greeks
Main Entry: 1ag·nos·tic
Pronunciation: ag-'näs-tik, &g-
Function: noun
Etymology: Greek agnOstos unknown, unknowable, from a- + gnOstos known, from gignOskein to know -- more at KNOW
1 : a person who holds the view that any ultimate reality (as God) is unknown and probably unknowable; broadly : one who is not committed to believing in either the existence or the nonexistence of God or a god- Merriam Webster

No-one has a monopoly on the use of a noun or verb.

Keep searching your Wikipedia.


44 posted on 12/28/2006 5:47:35 PM PST by sodpoodle (if you can't handle the truth, try satire.)
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To: sodpoodle

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Agnosticism (from the Greek a, meaning "without" and gnosis, "knowledge", translating to unknowable) is the philosophical view that the truth value of certain claims — particularly theological claims regarding metaphysics, afterlife or the existence of God, god(s), or deities — is unknown or (possibly) inherently unknowable. Some agnostics take a stronger view that the concept of a deity is incoherent, thus meaningless and irrelevant to life. "Agnostic" was introduced by Thomas Henry Huxley in 1869 to describe his philosophy


45 posted on 12/28/2006 5:50:47 PM PST by 1000 silverlings (stand up, stand up for Jesus, ye soldiers of the Cross)
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To: quesney

There is a lot of interest in my "religion" lately. I like it. Being ignored sucks.


46 posted on 12/28/2006 5:52:58 PM PST by Torie
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To: 1000 silverlings

"Some agnostics take a stronger view that the concept of a deity is incoherent, thus meaningless and irrelevant to life." Wikipedia

Some agnostics take a more humble view that the creator's universal intelligent design is beyond human comprehension. - sodpoodle


47 posted on 12/28/2006 5:58:52 PM PST by sodpoodle (if you can't handle the truth, try satire.)
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To: Gay State Conservative
If someone wants my vote,they had better make it my business.

Little narcissistic, are you? Not to mention the fact that you didn't answer my question.

48 posted on 12/28/2006 6:02:00 PM PST by ShadowDancer (No autopsy, no foul.)
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To: Marie2
But, what he or she does on earth has a great deal to do with whether or not he or she believes in God.

Seriously? Bullshit.

49 posted on 12/28/2006 6:03:37 PM PST by ShadowDancer (No autopsy, no foul.)
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To: AnalogReigns

There's a plethora of that neighbor lovin' thingee goin' on here.

I, for one - feel the love.

Have not saved any lives or souls today - must work on that tomorrow.


50 posted on 12/28/2006 6:05:30 PM PST by sodpoodle (if you can't handle the truth, try satire.)
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To: Wormwood
Of course religious tests IN LAW are a bad idea; I'm sure a great majority even of religious fundamentalists here on Free Republic would agree. No one I know of wants the Constitution amended to allow only theists in office.

However, reasons why an INDIVIDUAL will vote, or not, for a candidate are his own business. I won't vote for example for someone--if their office has any impact on the subject--who is not pro-life. Is this a kind of "religious test" on my part? Of course it is.

Is my choice a "religious test" as meant by the Constitution or the Founders? No, of course not--they meant something written into law that says a candidate must be say, Episcopalian, to run for office--THAT is a religious test. If I made a choice, my personal choice, only to vote for Episcopalians though (foolish as that may be--and likely always contradicting my pro-life choice) that does not constitute a "religious test" as meant by the Founders.

So, please don't accuse those of the many of us who won't vote for atheists as somehow being unconstitutional in demanding a religious test....that's just rubbish.

We have an inalienable constitutional right to vote for whomever we wish for whatever reasons we wish--even (or especially) if those reasons are religious.

51 posted on 12/28/2006 6:07:54 PM PST by AnalogReigns
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To: EdJay

"Reading, reflection and time have convinced me that the interests
of society require the observation of those moral precepts ... in
which all religions agree."
Thomas Jefferson

"Of all the dispositions and habits which least to political
prosperity, Religion and morality are indespensable supports.
In vain would that man claim the tribute of Patriotism who should
labor to subvert these great Pilliars of human happiness."
George Washington (Farewell Address, 19 September 1796)

"It is the duty of all Nations to acknowledge the providence of
Almighty God, to obey his will, to be grateful for his benefits,
and humbly to implore his protection and favors."
George
Washington


52 posted on 12/28/2006 6:13:39 PM PST by little jeremiah (Only those who thirst for truth can know truth.)
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To: AnalogReigns
So, please don't accuse those of the many of us who won't vote for atheists as somehow being unconstitutional in demanding a religious test....that's just rubbish.

Here's the rub, though. You can 'hear' whatever you want about a candidates religious affiliation. When it comes down to brass tacks, it doesn't mean crap. What boggles my mind right now is that so many people here would and do blindly follow some fool just because they say they believe in God or Jesus. These are the same idiots (the politicians this time) that don't get one foot out of the church door without saying something immoral. You know people like that, so do I. Why do you base someone's life on a spoken sentence?

53 posted on 12/28/2006 6:16:36 PM PST by ShadowDancer (No autopsy, no foul.)
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To: ShadowDancer

Now Now SD

Clinton had that gret big Bible - he was a Man of God.

Oooooooooops.

I wuz confuzed!


54 posted on 12/28/2006 6:19:52 PM PST by sodpoodle (if you can't handle the truth, try satire.)
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To: sodpoodle
Clinton had that gret big Bible - he was a Man of God.

Damn, you're right. He believes in God so he be moral. Or so the story goes.

55 posted on 12/28/2006 6:21:52 PM PST by ShadowDancer (No autopsy, no foul.)
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To: ShadowDancer
What boggles my mind right now is that so many people here would and do blindly follow some fool just because they say they believe in God or Jesus.

Note that Richard Nixon took his oath of office on, not one, but two Bibles.

Personally, I'm more interested on what a man does than what he professes to believe.

56 posted on 12/28/2006 6:22:31 PM PST by Wormwood (I'm with you in Rockland)
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To: ShadowDancer

I bet he dun red that Bible to Monica.


57 posted on 12/28/2006 6:23:08 PM PST by sodpoodle (if you can't handle the truth, try satire.)
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To: Wormwood
Personally, I'm more interested on what a man does than what he professes to believe.

Well that's just silly.

58 posted on 12/28/2006 6:24:52 PM PST by ShadowDancer (No autopsy, no foul.)
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To: ShadowDancer
What boggles my mind right now is that so many people here would and do blindly follow some fool just because they say they believe in God or Jesus.

What about when more and more of them believe in Allah. Will you feel better then?

59 posted on 12/28/2006 6:25:12 PM PST by 1000 silverlings (stand up, stand up for Jesus, ye soldiers of the Cross)
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To: ShadowDancer

I hate to repeat myself;

There's a plethora of that neighbor lovin' thingee goin' on here.

I, for one - feel the love.

Have not saved any lives or souls today - must work on that tomorrow.


60 posted on 12/28/2006 6:27:15 PM PST by sodpoodle (if you can't handle the truth, try satire.)
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