Shake

No. You obviously only read the part of my post that you objected to most. At the bottom, I clearly state that people are different. My point, which apparently sailed right over your head, was that we shouldn't be grouped like that, but treated as individuals.

As for the second sentence of yours above, I don't know if you were typing too quickly or what, but it's incoherent, and I'm not sure what you're trying to say. I'll try to briefly address what I think it says: atheists (like myself) have in common a lack of belief in god(s). Beyond that, our opinions on everything else vary as much as the next random group of people.

GeoTheo

I'm familiar with what most groups of Christians believe. It can be done. Then if I want to be more clear about waht an individual person believes, the best thing to do is just ask them. I will say this: When I was looking for a new Church after I was asked to leave the Fundamentalist Baptist Church, I visited, a Roman Catholic church, an ELCA Lutheran church, a presbyterian USA church and a nondenominational Bible Church. All were remarkably similar. The only church I have been to that was vastly diferent is a UU church. That would probably shock the fundamentalist Baptists that they are not actuall that unique and that they have much in common with mainline protestant Churches. I would say the Bible church and the Baptist Church are virtually identical in what they believe other than the fact that people dress more casual and don't want to be percieved as judgemental fundies. The doctrine and the way the service is set up is virtually the same.

GeoTheo

Your right I'm sorry. Good points. Yes it is intimate. Glad you said that.

Inconnu

It bugs me personally when christians dont accept that a people created association, such as christianity, will be prone to error, untruth, corruption, bigotry and disorganisation simply because it is run by people, and even try to defend it. Just look at the state of the guidebook! Christianity appears to have lost sight of god, and lets face it, modern christianity is nothing more than a brand name offering cut price salvation, brighter whites and a zesty spring freshness, half price on Sundays!

Biff the unclean

I think by "caustic" he means my annoying habit of pointing out hypocrisy. I mean it's very hard to make your point that all Christians are together in solidarity when some wise-en-highmer has to mention out all the times you've bashed Roman Catholics. Oh well that's what the "ignore" control is all about.
Personally it doesn't bother me to talk about GeoTheo if I can't talk to him. Personal comments deleted

fatherphil

we agree that charlton heston is the greatest actor of our time

Rhea

Only because Jodie Foster didn't get the Pharoah's Daughter role.

(not enough good women's roles in biblical flicks to make this make good sense - but maybe that hints at potential disagreement from the female christians...)

ImGod

What do Christians agree on?

So far the only thing I've found as a common thread between the christian denominations is that at church sponsor dinner functions, Jell-O mixed with marshmallows (and/or whipped cream) is considered a desert and Jell-O mixed with fruit is considered a salad. This was determined by my keen sense of observation about the placement of these food items on the buffet line. Plain Jell-O is an exceedingly rare find.

Opera Nut

Unitarians are usually atheists or agnostics who need to get together and socialize on Sunday morning. They tend to worship the coffeepot.

keyser_soze

You're probably right. I personally think that there is one person behind most of the fundy posts here, just running their posts through various filters. I mean, who actually believes that metacrock can type out so much crap and spell THAT BADLY? Not freaking likely. Some turfing going on if you ask me.