Actually we are. But that wasn't the question. What religion should we be? Are religious people tolerant of other religions?
Yes I am, .As I visit them in prison, as a matter of fact I highly respect Muslims and Buddhist because of their devotion.
From here, it looks like something human beings do. I see no evidence of you being anymore tolerant than anyone else.
Well that is easy. Heaven's gate. [video=youtube;AqSZhwu1Rwo]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AqSZhwu1Rwo[/video] (Don't let Mazulu watch this, he might convert.)
I can't answer that for you. You can take it into meditation. You can search for something that gives your life a sense of purpose and meaning. Personally, I'm not asking you to convert to a religion. May you find God on your journey. Not yet.
Did you know Buddhists are atheists? You highly respect atheists. You said it yourself. And did you know I was a Buddhist? So you would respect someone who joins a religion more than an atheist, but you don't care what crazy religion that happens to be?
I know you are an atheist , My visit in China shoved me, they have priests, the put candles, flowers and other offering in the temple to Buda and worship to Buda , So you my friend are a secular Buddhist, same as there are millions of secular Jews and Christians As for me, any religion who believes in the Creator can be compatible with mine. The problem for believer are the leaders interpreters
arauca But the majority of Atheists are not Communists. Almost all white supremacists are white, but most whites are not white supremacists. Communism is a religion that replaces god with the state. Atheism is non-belief in any god(including the state). Communism may not accept your god, but the state fills that space in the religion. Atheism is still nothing but lack of belief in a supernatural being, period. Communism is a philosophy with creedos and precepts, Atheism is more a lack of a specific subset(those that contain deities)of philosophies(or at least the supernatural aspects thereof), it has no precepts. Communism may have technically been atheistic, but it was in the same way as Muslims are atheist when it comes to the Jewish god, or the Christian one. All, including Communism, are religions. Atheism is the lack thereof. Saying all Atheists are Communists is PRECISELY like me saying all Christians are Fascists, because Hitler was a lifelong Catholic. I don't say that because it is an incredibly offensive lie against Christians and I know better. What's your excuse? Stop your offensive lies conflating Atheism and Communism Mazulu Neither of those groups try to convert me to their lifestyle or skin color, nor do they try to impose their lifestyle or color on others by force of law. Nor do they try to put into law their views about how you and your type should behave in your own home. If a gay man hit on me and after being told no started berating me and using all kinds of false attacks on my character(because I didn't agree with his lifestyle), he would receive EXACTLY the same treatment as you are now receiving, for EXACTLY the same reason. You will rarely receive toleration from Atheists if you show yourself to be intolerant and willing to demonize Atheists, as you and arauca seem to think is your right to do. We reserve the right to treat you as you have shown yourself to be. GrumpyPlease Register or Log in to view the hidden image!
As far ARAUCA You are repeating , you said this before . Let's Agree on that : " Not all atheist are communist , nor all communists are atheist ". Your point is State replaces god . If the state replaces god then my god is not acceptable to the state therefore I have a conflict with the state , since the state is more powerful then I will be considered as an enemy of the state , The state will no tolerate enemy within its boundary . Since the state don't don't accept my god , then the state is an atheist state.
It's not about what religion you are, or join or practice or don't practice. I don't have a problem with people practicing their religions or not practicing. I have a problem with the "soul-less" mentality of atheists. Atheists have no souls. For all your promises of ethics and good behaviour, there is something unnatural, empty and compassionless about atheists. It is entirely possible that this is only true of the atheists on this forum. But it is what it is.
IF you believe in God...then, you believe he gave everyone a soul, not only to those who believe in him. Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image! When I was religious, I believed that, which is why I never viewed my friends who are atheists in the way you do. An atheist has the same challenges in life, as you do. You cling to a God...and an atheist doesn't. And that is the only separating factor between you and an atheist. There are so many horrible human beings who claim to be religious, Mazulu, you must know that. You can't be that blinded by your own religious zeal, that you can't see that. Likewise, there are atheists who behave in deplorable ways, as well. I feel like a broken record posting this over and over. lol But, you have to start viewing people as individuals, independent of any religious affiliations. We all have more in common than we think, and we all need each other more than we would like to admit. That is what faith is about, as you know...loving another person whom is not like you. Understanding another person, who doesn't agree with you. That is your faith. It's not about seeing visions, and spirits, and communicating with the dead. Your faith, if it means anything at all to you, will be evident in how you treat atheists...the very people that you dislike. If you can't get past that, then your ''faith'' is somewhat meaningless. I hope you take that in the spirit I intended it...and that is to help you. Don't treat your faith as a weapon; rather, treat it as an olive branch to be extended to those whom you have yet to understand. Just my two cents. Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image!
ARAUCA IT IS A COMMUNIST STATE, not an Atheist one! It behaved according to the precepts of COMMUNISM, not the non-existent precepts of non-belief. That it is atheist is only a technicality as they are still a form of theism, as Muslims being an atheist concerning the Jewish god is a technicality. An Atheist is someone who does not believe in god, not someone who espouses Communism, just lack of belief. It is a description, not an ideology. And all of your arguments are rants against COMMUNISM which has nothing to do with Atheism. A scientist is not talking about his brothers and sisters when he is discussing relativity, either. That Communism was atheistic is only because the state they worshiped was not a supernatural deity, but it was a deity all the same. Communism is just another religion, atheistic to all other religions, just like all other religions are. An Atheist rejects the basis for all religions, including Communism. If you want to bitch about Communists, have at, they were horrible(still are). But blaming Atheists for what Communists did is exactly analogous to blaming Christians for what the Nazis did. It's an insultingly stupid thing to do. Stop it. GrumpyPlease Register or Log in to view the hidden image!
Mazulu, you're behaving like a child. Where do you get the impression that any atheist anywhere is compassionless? All the horrible shit you've said to people and about people on this forum, (this being one of them) and you expect everyone to just swallow your this-ain't-fooling-anyone calls for peace? You flame us simply because we're atheists and then have the nerve to act like the wounded party?