Atheist's belief system - Atheism vs Christianity

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From: LL <llp...@aol.com>

Date: Sat, 16 Aug 2008 10:41:51 -0700 (PDT)

Local: Sun, Aug 17 2008 4:41 am

Subject: Re: Atheist's belief system

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On Aug 15, 8:10 pm, "Keith MacNevins" <kmacnev...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Growing up and going to a Methodist church I sensed that most of the
> congregation I was a part of did not believe in Jesus, God, or life after
> death. A person is not a Christian simply because they refer to themselves
> as, or because they go to church, or follow mere religious traditions and
> observances.

LL: That may be true, but you wouldn't know that about anyone unless
they came right out and said they didn't believe in Jesus, God or life
after death, and I can't imagine that many church-goers would admit
it. So you'd still have nothing to go on but what they say or imply
about their Christianity.

> On 8/15/08, evenuscinatus <evenuscina...@yahoo.com> wrote:

> > If Atheists believe only on what is proved through experience.
> > History shows that the chance of
> > current understandings on things changing is 50 percent. Today the
> > primary problem to solve is
> > which 50% of what we think we know is bound to be totally wrong in the
> > future.
> > This belief system is based on very unstable ground indeed!!

> > My belief is that most Christians are Atheists. When all delusions
> > are boiled away what left is
> > a belief in Self preservation and Dominion over others through
> > trickery. I think that a true "Christian"
> > keeps his thoughts to himself and leads a "Live and Let Live", "No
> > Harm No Foul",
> > "Sticks and Stones" philosophy.

> > My $0.02

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