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January 10, 2008 at 3:52 PM #133891January 10, 2008 at 4:14 PM #133617
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ParticipantI knew a family during my childhood that claimed to be ‘Atheists’, yet the mother said that she believed there may be a higher power at work sometimes, but didn’t acknowledge that it was GOD. I guess she wasn’t a traditional Atheist.
People are not born atheists or believers. They become one or the other, usually believer first in this age. When one, through personal growth or life experience or what not becomes atheistic they can become plagued by certain schisms because the early conditioning is very strong. Not to say that one can’t go from atheist to believer and have the same problem. Anyway the atheist bound person may revert to praying and such intermittently or just decide that they can handle both praying or believing on occasion, this would be an intentionally schismatic individual. Eventually they decide the praying part is simply talking to themselves and they drop it, almost completely or completely. Old habits die hard. Agnosticism and deism are different and etiher may apply to the woman in question. I guess I would call my self agnostic but I don’t believe attaching a religious label to myself is really very important. The fact that other people do is a big topic of interest.
Sorry to anyone who already knew this stuff.January 10, 2008 at 4:14 PM #133806ParticipantI knew a family during my childhood that claimed to be ‘Atheists’, yet the mother said that she believed there may be a higher power at work sometimes, but didn’t acknowledge that it was GOD. I guess she wasn’t a traditional Atheist.
People are not born atheists or believers. They become one or the other, usually believer first in this age. When one, through personal growth or life experience or what not becomes atheistic they can become plagued by certain schisms because the early conditioning is very strong. Not to say that one can’t go from atheist to believer and have the same problem. Anyway the atheist bound person may revert to praying and such intermittently or just decide that they can handle both praying or believing on occasion, this would be an intentionally schismatic individual. Eventually they decide the praying part is simply talking to themselves and they drop it, almost completely or completely. Old habits die hard. Agnosticism and deism are different and etiher may apply to the woman in question. I guess I would call my self agnostic but I don’t believe attaching a religious label to myself is really very important. The fact that other people do is a big topic of interest.
Sorry to anyone who already knew this stuff.January 10, 2008 at 4:14 PM #133820ParticipantI knew a family during my childhood that claimed to be ‘Atheists’, yet the mother said that she believed there may be a higher power at work sometimes, but didn’t acknowledge that it was GOD. I guess she wasn’t a traditional Atheist.
People are not born atheists or believers. They become one or the other, usually believer first in this age. When one, through personal growth or life experience or what not becomes atheistic they can become plagued by certain schisms because the early conditioning is very strong. Not to say that one can’t go from atheist to believer and have the same problem. Anyway the atheist bound person may revert to praying and such intermittently or just decide that they can handle both praying or believing on occasion, this would be an intentionally schismatic individual. Eventually they decide the praying part is simply talking to themselves and they drop it, almost completely or completely. Old habits die hard. Agnosticism and deism are different and etiher may apply to the woman in question. I guess I would call my self agnostic but I don’t believe attaching a religious label to myself is really very important. The fact that other people do is a big topic of interest.
Sorry to anyone who already knew this stuff.January 10, 2008 at 4:14 PM #133873ParticipantI knew a family during my childhood that claimed to be ‘Atheists’, yet the mother said that she believed there may be a higher power at work sometimes, but didn’t acknowledge that it was GOD. I guess she wasn’t a traditional Atheist.
People are not born atheists or believers. They become one or the other, usually believer first in this age. When one, through personal growth or life experience or what not becomes atheistic they can become plagued by certain schisms because the early conditioning is very strong. Not to say that one can’t go from atheist to believer and have the same problem. Anyway the atheist bound person may revert to praying and such intermittently or just decide that they can handle both praying or believing on occasion, this would be an intentionally schismatic individual. Eventually they decide the praying part is simply talking to themselves and they drop it, almost completely or completely. Old habits die hard. Agnosticism and deism are different and etiher may apply to the woman in question. I guess I would call my self agnostic but I don’t believe attaching a religious label to myself is really very important. The fact that other people do is a big topic of interest.
Sorry to anyone who already knew this stuff.January 10, 2008 at 4:14 PM #133911ParticipantI knew a family during my childhood that claimed to be ‘Atheists’, yet the mother said that she believed there may be a higher power at work sometimes, but didn’t acknowledge that it was GOD. I guess she wasn’t a traditional Atheist.
People are not born atheists or believers. They become one or the other, usually believer first in this age. When one, through personal growth or life experience or what not becomes atheistic they can become plagued by certain schisms because the early conditioning is very strong. Not to say that one can’t go from atheist to believer and have the same problem. Anyway the atheist bound person may revert to praying and such intermittently or just decide that they can handle both praying or believing on occasion, this would be an intentionally schismatic individual. Eventually they decide the praying part is simply talking to themselves and they drop it, almost completely or completely. Old habits die hard. Agnosticism and deism are different and etiher may apply to the woman in question. I guess I would call my self agnostic but I don’t believe attaching a religious label to myself is really very important. The fact that other people do is a big topic of interest.
Sorry to anyone who already knew this stuff.January 10, 2008 at 4:16 PM #133622Arraya
Participantcalysmeow,
It could happen, but unlikely.
Atheists tend to be anti-religous ESPECIALLY any type of fundamentalism. Basically, Atheist’s think there is an inherent flaw in believing in a higher power. It would be like a black person marrying a kkk member IMO, which also could happen, though unlikely.
Regarding the family from your childhood. They would be more appropriately called agnostic.
January 10, 2008 at 4:16 PM #133814Participantcalysmeow,
It could happen, but unlikely.
Atheists tend to be anti-religous ESPECIALLY any type of fundamentalism. Basically, Atheist’s think there is an inherent flaw in believing in a higher power. It would be like a black person marrying a kkk member IMO, which also could happen, though unlikely.
Regarding the family from your childhood. They would be more appropriately called agnostic.
January 10, 2008 at 4:16 PM #133825Participantcalysmeow,
It could happen, but unlikely.
Atheists tend to be anti-religous ESPECIALLY any type of fundamentalism. Basically, Atheist’s think there is an inherent flaw in believing in a higher power. It would be like a black person marrying a kkk member IMO, which also could happen, though unlikely.
Regarding the family from your childhood. They would be more appropriately called agnostic.
January 10, 2008 at 4:16 PM #133877Participantcalysmeow,
It could happen, but unlikely.
Atheists tend to be anti-religous ESPECIALLY any type of fundamentalism. Basically, Atheist’s think there is an inherent flaw in believing in a higher power. It would be like a black person marrying a kkk member IMO, which also could happen, though unlikely.
Regarding the family from your childhood. They would be more appropriately called agnostic.
January 10, 2008 at 4:16 PM #133916Participantcalysmeow,
It could happen, but unlikely.
Atheists tend to be anti-religous ESPECIALLY any type of fundamentalism. Basically, Atheist’s think there is an inherent flaw in believing in a higher power. It would be like a black person marrying a kkk member IMO, which also could happen, though unlikely.
Regarding the family from your childhood. They would be more appropriately called agnostic.
January 10, 2008 at 4:26 PM #133626Anonymous
GuestSubmitted by calysmeow on January 10, 2008 – 4:52pm.Still,
why wouldn’t an Atheist marry a Muslim?
Caly, that would depend on the personal belief systems of the two individuals involved. Some people are not opposed to marrying outside of their religions, even though their respective religions might be opposed to such a situation.
January 10, 2008 at 4:26 PM #133819GuestSubmitted by calysmeow on January 10, 2008 – 4:52pm.Still,
why wouldn’t an Atheist marry a Muslim?
Caly, that would depend on the personal belief systems of the two individuals involved. Some people are not opposed to marrying outside of their religions, even though their respective religions might be opposed to such a situation.
January 10, 2008 at 4:26 PM #133830GuestSubmitted by calysmeow on January 10, 2008 – 4:52pm.Still,
why wouldn’t an Atheist marry a Muslim?
Caly, that would depend on the personal belief systems of the two individuals involved. Some people are not opposed to marrying outside of their religions, even though their respective religions might be opposed to such a situation.
January 10, 2008 at 4:26 PM #133883GuestSubmitted by calysmeow on January 10, 2008 – 4:52pm.Still,
why wouldn’t an Atheist marry a Muslim?
Caly, that would depend on the personal belief systems of the two individuals involved. Some people are not opposed to marrying outside of their religions, even though their respective religions might be opposed to such a situation.
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