I look forward to participating
Hi there
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mythicsushi
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WinePusher
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Post #2Hi!!!!!mythicsushi wrote:Hi there. I found this place on Google some time ago, and I've greatly enjoyed reading debates here.
I look forward to participating
May I ask whether you are a christian or atheist?
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mythicsushi
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Post #4Thanks for the welcomes, and about your question Winepusher, let me just say that it's complicated!
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Zzyzx
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Post #5.
You were presented with a common false dichotomy. Many Christians seem to think that anyone who is not a fellow Christian must be an Atheist. In reality, there are many alternatives (rather than a "black or white choice"). One who is not Christian could be a Buddhist, Hindu, Muslim, Shintoist or any number of other religions -- or they could be Non-Theistic, Agnostic, Ignostic, or Atheist (or anywhere between).
You are wise to avoid being roped into a common "Christian false dichotomy" -- (black and white thinking, "with us or against us", "no shades of gray") etc (which often accompanies fundamentalist / literalist indoctrination).
Welcome Mythicsushi.mythicsushi wrote:Thanks for the welcomes, and about your question Winepusher, let me just say that it's complicated!
You were presented with a common false dichotomy. Many Christians seem to think that anyone who is not a fellow Christian must be an Atheist. In reality, there are many alternatives (rather than a "black or white choice"). One who is not Christian could be a Buddhist, Hindu, Muslim, Shintoist or any number of other religions -- or they could be Non-Theistic, Agnostic, Ignostic, or Atheist (or anywhere between).
You are wise to avoid being roped into a common "Christian false dichotomy" -- (black and white thinking, "with us or against us", "no shades of gray") etc (which often accompanies fundamentalist / literalist indoctrination).
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Non-Theist
ANY of the thousands of "gods" proposed, imagined, worshiped, loved, feared, and/or fought over by humans MAY exist -- awaiting verifiable evidence
Non-Theist
ANY of the thousands of "gods" proposed, imagined, worshiped, loved, feared, and/or fought over by humans MAY exist -- awaiting verifiable evidence
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WinePusher
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Post #6Whoops, perhaps Zzyzx is right. My question probably was to black and white, but it was un-intended. It's a bad habit of mine to assume that a theist automatically is a christian.mythicsushi wrote:Thanks for the welcomes, and about your question Winepusher, let me just say that it's complicated!
My question should have been what are your theological beliefs
