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Originally Posted by Minnie
I'm not spiritual, nor a believer. I don't particularly care if someone wants to claim a belief in a higher power/god/whatever they want to call it. If it makes them happy, cool.
I'm not a proselytizing atheist either. I don't care to try and make anyone an atheist. *shrug* Maybe it's laziness, maybe it's being raised a Pentecostal preacher's kid, or maybe it's just that I got my fill of fundie drama of that persuasion (must win people to christ at all costs!!eleventy!! be healed in Jeeeesus' name, speak in tongues, be filled with the holy spigot!!!) when I was still a believer but I haven't the slightest inkling of wanting to persuade someone to atheism. Again, whatever flips your skirt up (general you, not specific you). So long as one is happy with their decision. If that makes me not atheist enough for another atheist, well whatever - that amuses me also.
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If that's your opinion you're in the minority among Atheists. It also doesn't change my point of the most damaging parts of any religion is the direct result of religion being practiced by humanity. Remove humanity from religion, and you have a book of stories about love and salvation. However, remove religion from humanity, and you have the same greed/territorialism/hatred/envy/racism/deviancy that has existed since we were monkeys in trees throwing our crap at each other. I guess my main complaint is with anyone who wants to tie all our flaws as a species too religion. It's an ignorant cop-out.