slayer9019 Posted June 13, 2012 Share Posted June 13, 2012 I know this is a touchy subject (mods close if need be), but I thought why not. Who here are atheists? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptCanada Posted June 13, 2012 Share Posted June 13, 2012 Not quite an atheist, but an agnostic. Kev 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hogg Posted June 13, 2012 Share Posted June 13, 2012 (Raises hand.) Reyeslv, ChrisvK and slayer9019 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ian Posted June 13, 2012 Share Posted June 13, 2012 I guess I don't care to the point that I wouldn't even consider myself atheist, agnostic or anything else.... Ursula, hgiles, Petri Aspvik and 5 others 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gregor Posted June 13, 2012 Share Posted June 13, 2012 Athiest and Anti Religion. Reyeslv 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amok Posted June 13, 2012 Share Posted June 13, 2012 Agnostic too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Petri Aspvik Posted June 13, 2012 Share Posted June 13, 2012 I find out if you just ARE, you can get most out of stuff. If sonething makes you change your beliefs or "lack" of them, the you just adapt. I will quote the brilliant late Richard Feynman You see, one thing, is I can live with doubt and uncertainty and not knowing. I think it's much more interesting to live not knowing than to have answers which might be wrong. I have approximate answers and possible beliefs and different degrees of certainty about different things but I'm not absolutely sure of anything and then many things I don't know anything about, such as whether it means anything to ask, "Why we are here?" and what that question might mean. I might think about it a bit and then if I can't figure it out then I go on to something else. But I don't have to know an answer, I don't have to... I don't feel frightened by not knowing things, by being lost in the mysterious universe without having any purpose which is the way it really is as far as I can tell, possibly. It doesn't frighten me." -Richard Feynman- And I have been a HC atheist, but not anymore. sbj619 and hgiles 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Posted June 13, 2012 Share Posted June 13, 2012 God isn't dead, but I'll get that bastard someday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoryQ Posted June 13, 2012 Share Posted June 13, 2012 Another agnostic. I suspect not only do we not have the necessary tools to penetrate to the truth, we lack to mental faculties to actually fully understand it. ThaliaCamille and Kev 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reyeslv Posted June 13, 2012 Share Posted June 13, 2012 i know this is a touchy subject (mods close if need be), but i thought why not. Who here are atheists? right here! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hgiles Posted June 13, 2012 Share Posted June 13, 2012 I believe in God, just not the man-made one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan S Posted June 13, 2012 Share Posted June 13, 2012 Went through the whole cycle...raised hardcore RC, figured out THAT was bullshit at an early age, took a whack at plain-jane bible christianity in the early seventies-man, they had all kindsa chicks in church then! Spent some years following Identity Christianity, couldn't keep my head around that, and got into Wotanism, or Asatru. Then I realized we really don't need any of that stuff. Hey-one creation legend is as good as another. Now, whatever. IF I die and there's someone there wants to even a score with me, bring it on, but personally, I don't think there'll be anyone waiting but worms. David Flores 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CultExciter Posted June 13, 2012 Share Posted June 13, 2012 No gods, no masters. Jake and Jack 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Our Endless Days Posted June 13, 2012 Share Posted June 13, 2012 so glad i no longer believe in religion. my mom is very religious. she once said to me, "i know for a fact that there is a god." to which i asked, "how can you be so sure?" her response was, "if there were no god, how could you explain mountains?" i fucking kid you not. slayer9019, Hands On and hogg 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tight-Lines Posted June 13, 2012 Share Posted June 13, 2012 (Raises hand.) Second the motion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kev Posted June 13, 2012 Share Posted June 13, 2012 so glad i no longer believe in religion. my mom is very religious. she once said to me, "i know for a fact that there is a god." to which i ask, "how can you be so sure?" her response was, "if there were no god, how could you explain mountains." i fucking kid you not. Did you then proceed to explain plate tectonics or was I the only little asshole that used to throw his limited knowledge of science into the religious argument with Mom? Worst mistake she made was getting me a library card. Personally, I know there are forces that are greater than myself like natural forces, the universe, energy and mortality, but if there's some greater plan, I can't understand it outside of my own experience. When I meditate, I use words like "God" and "Jesus to focus my attention outside my day to day crap, because those were the words I learned from childhood to understand 'the spiritual'. I have these mental pictures of what that looks like, because I'm into imagery, but I can't say my idea is is the 'correct' one (although I'm close to positive Jesus didn't look like Kris Kristofferson). So that's my belief system in a nutshell; I'm not totally sure how you'd label that. Androosh and hogg 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Our Endless Days Posted June 13, 2012 Share Posted June 13, 2012 Did you then proceed to explain plate tectonics or was I the only little asshole that used to throw his limited knowledge of science into the religious argument with Mom? Worst mistake she made was getting me a library card.Personally, I know there are forces that are greater than myself like natural forces, the universe, energy and mortality, but if there's some greater plan, I can't understand it outside of my own experience. When I meditate, I use words like "God" and "Jesus to focus my attention outside my day to day crap, because those were the words I learned from childhood to understand 'the spiritual'. I have these mental pictures of what that looks like, because I'm into imagery, but I can't say my idea is is the 'correct' one (although I'm close to positive Jesus didn't look like Kris Kristofferson). So that's my belief system in a nutshell; I'm not totally sure how you'd label that. hahaha i sure did. she still tried refuting what i was telling her. there was no use. she is devout. Kev 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dhopper Posted June 13, 2012 Share Posted June 13, 2012 Agnostic leaning more towards atheist Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunter Morrow Posted June 13, 2012 Share Posted June 13, 2012 So the agnosticism might be a front? :p I kind of go back and forth between Lutheran and Atheist. Haven't made my mind up yet. Got nothing but time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilB Posted June 13, 2012 Share Posted June 13, 2012 Staunch atheist, scientist, and skeptic here. Just Alex 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunter Morrow Posted June 13, 2012 Share Posted June 13, 2012 This is kinda strange. I'm still a kid but when I was a younger one there was stigma put on tattooed people because they were more likely to be atheists. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunter Morrow Posted June 13, 2012 Share Posted June 13, 2012 Shoot, double post. Still, does anybody know of any surveys or studies or anything about that related to tattoos and atheism/religious belief? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shannon Shirley Posted June 13, 2012 Share Posted June 13, 2012 nope Shoot, double post. Still, does anybody know of any surveys or studies or anything about that related to tattoos and atheism/religious belief? JAllen 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
semele Posted June 13, 2012 Share Posted June 13, 2012 I'm an atheist, though my parents tried really hard to get me into religion, any religion. My mom's Southern Baptist and my dad is Jewish--they were hoping I'd go one way or another, but I guess they just canceled each other out. It was a huge pain in the ass to try to get me to go to either Hebrew or Sunday school, so they gave up forcing it on me by... second grade or so. hogg 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan S Posted June 13, 2012 Share Posted June 13, 2012 I think it's more likely that Lutherans are tattooed...rebellious types, ya know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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