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Maybe you trolls could give up postin in religion threads, for Lent.

Trolls? Just because some don't happen to agree with your beliefs doesn't make them trolls. That accusation is designed to discourage questioning. Healthy scepticism and questioning is a good thing, a positive thing.

Atheism is nothing more to me than a lack of conviction in the the existence of a God or gods.

and still empty handed.

The point was, that rather than it being religious thinking that brought on the enlightenment, it was free thought and rationalism that brought progress, enlightened minds.

Newton, at al, were theists because belief in a higher power was a part of their culture, but it was their inquiring minds that made discoveries outside of the box of religious faith, not because of it.....as I already said, which was apparently misconstrued.

Progress was made not because of religious belief, but in spite of it...think of the trouble Darwin had with evolution in a time when special creation was taken as gospel.

This is history.

For example?

Ringman mentions prejudice.

Your answer assumes you speak for alla the trolls.

Atheism has nothing to do with politics. A capitalist can be an atheist, as can a socialist, communist or someone with an aversion to politics. It is simply a matter of not being convinced in the existence of a God or gods.

I am no longer prejudice. I am informed. When I was twenty-five my favorite evolutionist was proven wrong by another evolutionist who had facts instead of prejudice. I read a lot of books and discovered ALL evolutionists are discredited by other evolutionists. Very sad state of affairs for a devout evolutionist. I was convinced religious people had warped minds and didn't want any of the neighbors taking my kids to Sunday School.

If you actually did serious investigation you would become a creationist.

. I read a lot of books and discovered ALL evolutionists are discredited by other evolutionists.
...Very sad state of affairs for a devout evolutionist. I was convinced religious people had warped minds

Read Ben Carson's biography.

I think you stated that incorrectly. A true atheist is convinced there is no God. Someone not convinced is more agnostic.

You assume that I have not done a 'serious' investigation because you don't agree with what I say. If you looked at religion and its foundations objectively, you would become an atheist or an agnostic.

lol
It is clearly WAY more to you than ‘just’ that. You can’t stand it that other folks believe in God when you don’t WANT them to, and it eats you up. Fubarski...in all of his posts on this thread directed at you...has you pegged to a tee. He is deadly accurate regarding his posts to you.

Like I said, If you actually did serious investigation you would become a creationist. It took years before I became a Christian after I became a creationist. So I did the work and have read many books since. You might do well to read the book "Jesus and Mohamad". The guy was an Islam IMAM by age twenty or so. He was second in a class of 6,000 from Cairo University. He now has a Ph.D. in world religions and became a Christian. I don't think you could convince him he needs to do more study. He and I are more convinced than you.

Would you become a Muslim if you studied the Quran? Would you become a Hindu if you studied the Gita?

Re: Ben Carson became a christian at 14, after stabbing a dude then finding a Bible in the room
and reading proverbs for 3 hrs...."true story".

nows he is a double-baptised Seventh Day Adventist that believes most denominations serve the devil.