AJ113

Correct. However, your implication is that these activities are typically theistic. Not in my experience.

We should also be able to find docters donating their expertise for free. Correct?

Are you saying that all theistic doctors offer their expertise for free?

Is this not a bad attitude towards life?
Clearly I do not think so, otherwise I would change my attitude. However, please feel free to draw your own conclusions .

sophie

I was waiting for this. I must be expectant of some sort.

Then I must congratulate you on your efforts.

It pleases those of us in the world who have nothing better to do than to help make the world a better place.

sophie

AJ113 : Whether you like it or not, the world today was drawn from an ancient theistic world. There was good and there was bad.

I am interested in what beliefs Athiests have which will help proclaim a new world order. This is the knowledge I am after.

Hopeful Monsters

Boy - that got me AJ113. :notworthy

Dr Rick

Why, indeed? It was you that first used the relative term bad to describe another's attitude.

Huh? Atheists aren't distinguished by their beliefs, but by their lack of god-belief. What one atheist believes may otherwise be completely different from what another believes.

AJ113

Sophie: Whether you like it or not, you are making little sense here. Please clarify.

I am interested in what beliefs Athiests have which will help proclaim a new world order. This is the knowledge I am after.

What makes you think such atheistic beliefs exist?

Dr Rick

The problem is in attempting to ascribe a "worth" to a lack of belief without first quantitating the worth of belief.

It's akin to asking what is the worth of "non-air" or a "non-communist?"

sophie

You need lots of historical lossons to fill that gap. I have not the time nor patience today. You may have to do a little digging for yourself.

sophie

Dr. Rick, let me rephrase that last statement of mine - Atheist beliefs taken into consideration for themselves.

Kruzkal

Atheists do not diss gods so to speak. We do not believe any gods exist. We only diss the concept of gods.

The freedom to think for yourself
Religions often discourage people from thinking about certain issues, or thinking about them outside the context of that particular religion. As an atheist, you often feel a remarkable sense of freedom when you realise that you can think about previously taboo subjects (such as abortion, assisted suicide, birth control etc.) without referring to scripture or a priest for guidance. You are free to decide for yourself. You may even reach the same conclusions -, but you got there through logic and reason, not just unquestioning acceptance of whatever your church dictated.

This is called "freethought" and can lead you down avenues of thought that were previously closed to you. You do not have to follow the teachings of your church, religion or tradition - you can research the subject and decide for yourself. No more must you put up with answers like "God moves in a mysterious way", "Man was not meant to understand such things" or "Because it says so in the Bible, therefore it is true".

Spend money on building a hospital instead of a church.

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