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Old 03-26-2003, 02:58 PM   #51
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Default Re: why do I care

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Originally posted by my dog earl
This may seem like a dumb question, but I have started to ask myself why I defend free thinking and why I would want to expose the bible and religion as pure fiction. When asked what my agenda is I stop and scratch my head. Why is it important to make believers see our light? The ones I know aren't blatantly shoving their faith down anyone's throat and yet I feel so strongly opposed to their way of teaching/thinking.

Is anyone else having trouble defining what their own agenda on free thinking is? Why should the "enlightened" deconvert? Why would they be better off without a god?
I figure if someone it worshipping in thier own way, and not infringing on my rights, then everything's cool. We're both living peacefully, and there's no problem.

The desire to expose the Bible as a fraud, at least in my life, is beacuse of the pure idiocy of fundies and their effects on politics. They want to change things that will affect my rights as a human. They are the people that make me so angry at religion.

We feel better without a God because we know there is no one but ourselves (and possibly elected officials) controling out life. We live without fear of eternal pushiment, and therefore we can go through life without some baseless anxiety of "Sinning" to an imaginary being.

As a freethinker, I think one should enjoy life, and do their damndest to aspire to be and acheive what they want, and not be held back by a "sky daddy" who does not exist. That is our agenda.

Or not. The great thing about freethinkers is we make our own agenda, not one prescribed by a moldy old tome.
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