Ricky Gervais explaining how he became an Atheist

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Kasz216 said:

Rath said:
Some clever stealth trolling there Kasz =P

I also had faith as a child, nobody ever pushed it on me (Dads an atheist and my mum is at most very very weakly religious) but I was given a bible as a little kid and saw no reason not to believe in it, same as Santa and the Tooth Fairy.

I grew up and started thinking and by the age of about eight I just considered it to be a book of fairly interesting stories (specially the walls of Jericho, loved that one).

Also atheism isn't a religion because it lacks dogma (to be an atheist requires no belief in things such as evolution, its just the logical conclusion if you don't believe in god, also in science everything is questionable) and it lacks a belief in the supernatural (some atheists may believe in the supernatural but once again it is certainly not required).

Right... I name 4 postives to being an atheist.  One of them some people see as not a benefit because it's something looked down opon by some people (though still a benefit) and it's steal trolling.

You people really need to give it a rest and stop reading in to shit.

 

actually, i think he has a point, if i went into a thread and said "religous people are more selfish than atheists" id expect to get flamed and probably a warning from a mod

funny, how both online and sometimes in real life, its ok for people to insult atheists, but insulting religous people will mean you get attacked, seems like double standards to me

this isnt a specific attack on you kasz, more over its an attack on the system that seems to exist both online and offline, its ok to insult one group of people but not another, i see at as being wrong either way


an example is this: (not neccesarily happened on this forum, but definetley i have seen this happen on other forums i use)

Person 1: Atheists are scum (no action from a mod)
Person 2: Jews are scum (banned, probably permanantley)

the above is just an example, meaning, i dont hate jews, far from it, but im illistrating a point here

see my point, why can people insult my atheism, when i cant insult there religion?

either both are ok, or both are wrong, imo, its the later.