That is what I keep trying to tell Carl. An agnostic is just an atheist
who either hasn't figured it out yet or is too cowardly to admit to
being an atheist. And that applied to me when I was calling myself an
agnostic too. Remember that I told that story about how when I was
twelve years old I was flat out asked if I was an atheist. Of course I
was, but until then I had never thought of the word in connection with
myself and had only heard it in contexts in which it represented an
incredible evil. I did not start calling myself an atheist until I was
eighteen and that was when someone challenged my label for myself by
pointing out that I kept making atheist arguments while calling myself
an agnostic.
On 7/19/2015 9:50 AM, Miriam Vieni wrote:
Carl, You are an atheist, but too chicken too call yourself one. All of us
who do not believe that the world is operated by a God to whom we can pray
for special favors, all of us who say that we do not have the answers to why
things are as they are, we are atheists. Agnostics are people who are not
sure whether or not there is the kind of God that the religions worship. My
husband would never take a stand on the question because, he said, he wanted
to "hedge his bets". He didn't want to be kept out of heaven just in case
there might be one.
Miriam
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Subject: [blind-democracy] Re: Demon Possessed?
Ah, those Atheists. Without Demons would indicate blamelessness.
Purity of heart. Strong and able to defend their Being from the corruption
of Demons.
As an Agnostic, I just can't say if I'm possessed or not.
Years ago I was at a gathering with my dad. A fellow came up to him and
they began talking. At some point the fellow asked dad if he knew the phone
number for a mutual friend. Dad pulled out his little spiral notebook that
he carried in his shirt pocket at all times. He patted the book as he drew
it out. "My brain," he told the man.
And so it is, in my humble opinion, with those who carry their Bible
everywhere they go. That book is their brain. If it isn't in that book, or
if they can't figure out how to "interpret" its words in a way to prove
their point, then it simply does not exist. You see, Roger, the Bible
thumpers will miss the point because they have already concluded that
Atheists themselves, are the Demons and Devils.
Carl Jarvis
On 7/18/15, Roger Loran Bailey <dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I just ran across this comment on Facebook. The bible thumpers will
without doubt miss the implications. The comment is, "Have you ever
noticed that if there is one group of people who are never possessed
by demons it is atheists?"
