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Old 10-20-2005, 10:17 AM   #35
Troubleshooter
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Originally Posted by johningerslev
The whole argument sortof falls down in my opinion when you consider aetheism as a religion - i.e. set of beliefs just like the other "religions"... admittedly a very free faith, but a set of beliefs that are based around the principle that there is no god just like religions are a set of beliefs based around the principle that there is a god. What we need is people to question everything they do and try to work it out according to this "right" and "wrong" morals we all intrinsically feel - not anger and hate.
i think.
I lump athiests in the same boat as religionists, one asserts an absolute positive in many, many forms, and the other asserts an absolute negative.

Neither (any) of which is provable.
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