I got news for you, the world is a dull place already with even everyone acting "different."
I just hope that reincarnation thing isn't true, otherwise, I'm in for another dull ride...
Oh, and considering the whole "we are atheists to a large degree" is false. Atheism is the doctrine that there is no deity, I don't see how this could be misconstrued.
Has anyone heard of the asteroid named Apophis by astronomers? Apparently, it is projected to hit the earth in 2029, if it hits the gravitational "keyhole" (as the msn article put it). If not, then in 2036. Unless they use some means of inching it away from that keyhole.
If, and when, it...
If you have "reasoned that it is impossible to answer metaphysical questions" and are open-minded to the issue you are agnostic. Atheism is the strict "disbelief of God(s)," (or, less commonly, the belief that there is no God).
Agnosticism seems to me an extension of Atheism, but IMO they...
I thought it was simply a disbelief in any God. Are you just reading between the lines, or is that a concrete view? (or both?).
EDIT: The definition in the quote is quite literally agnosticism, at the very least the definition is a crossover...
I found this most interesting
http://www.heartmath.org/research/science-of-the-heart/index.html
quote
"Our research and that of others indicate that the heart is far more than a simple pump. The heart is, in fact, a highly complex, self-organized information processing center with its...
*sigh* why do I even enter these debates. Probably the lack of anything better to do.
Anyway, as far as arguing that quote, yes, I suppose you're right. Although *sometimes* I believe going with your conviction is better than simple reasoning. Detective work, for instance, is the only...
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/pyramid/explore/builders.html
http://www.zohery.com/newsletter5.htm
I also read a book that dealt extensively with the subject, and have emailed specialists in the field. I suppose there isn't "ultimate evidence" to that fact, but modern logic seems to dictate...
I never said it was the only way to define it, but I see your reason for posting it. The whole definition also includes "denies" that's why I said "In one sense infants are atheists."
Also, I am (and the link) defining disbelief as an "inability to believe," it kinda makes your question...
According to current research, the Egyptians didn't enslave *anyone* to build the monuments (they had slaves otherwise). I don't care if he was exaggerating. It was still a statement based on not-knowing-the-material. Find me any (relatively current) material stating otherwise and I will...
Pulse, I have the link for both words. They don't lie, but the definitions vary. If you disagree with the definition, fine; but according to the definition I cited, my information is accurate.
Alig, you have a half-point, but are still misunderstanding. In one sense of disbelief infants...
You're utterly missing the point. Read the definition of "disbelief" that I posted. Here, I'll do the work for you. Read the inability part. Infants are atheists in one sense of the definition. Yes, I realize that it doesn't matter. But I'm one for technical-jargon.
WARNING: Before...
I think you are wrong about that fact, and not just me either. (okay, I lied about being done for the day). Ask any eminent egyptogist or archeologist. The notion of egyptians enslaving "whole populations" is ludicrous and based on myth. It was originated by Herodotus (historian), who simply...
Okay, after this, I'm done for the day.
Different sources for the definition of Atheism
http://www.askoxford.com/concise_oed/atheism?view=uk
the belief that God does not exist
http://www.wordsmyth.net/live/home.php?script=search&matchent=atheism&matchtype=exact
the belief that there...