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Originally Posted by delieterkop
What it sounds to me like you're getting at is you exist. Just like the rest of us.
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The point of that five paragraphs was that I have a higher power that is personal to me and that I use and gain from, and that is my belief. It was certainly not that I exist just like anybody else, although I do, that wasn't the point.
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Originally Posted by noise
belief is a finicky thing, and i think it's getting all twisted up in the title of this thread.
it's certainly possible to believe there is a god. i can't exactly relate to this belief, but i know plenty of people who do believe.
but to believe there is not a god? well that's just a waste of time. i can run around not-believing in flying pigs and all sorts of other oddities, but what's the point?
it's like the label 'atheism'. why should i define myself in terms of what i don't believe? if that's the way we roll, then i'm also an a-flyingpig-ist, along with an infinite number of other such absurd labels...
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That was a great point. I think the word atheist is implying a strong stance against religion. Although on the other hand, with so many religions, non-believers should have something to respond with when asked "What religion are you?"