Religion and Ethics Forum

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Dear Gabriella,

Oh no!! I was an Atheist but I'm alright now The Insanity of Theism, now that's a book Wonder if old Sane will mind me changing my moniker to Nearlysane2 and yes I have huge smile on my face 😀 goodnight Gabriella and may your God go with you

Gonnagle.

I'd be honoured. After all there ain't no sanity clause

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Dear Gabriella,

Presumably atheists gets their morals from ideas that were communicated through books too. 

I can't speak for all theists, but my observation is that all the theists I have encountered seem to spend quite a lot of time determining what they consider to be right or wrong and upholding their personal moral conscience, regardless of what some religious rule book says or someone else says. Sometimes theists disagree with what they think their religious books are saying and sometimes they aren't sure how to interpret their books so they don't make any decisions and just think about it for a while or research the different, often opposing,  viewpoints on an issue when they have time.

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People (both theists and atheists) may often give into their desires because they have expended all their will-power for the day (or the time being) in some other area of their life.

The varied interpretations of religious rules by theists looks very much like personal responsibility to me, though their rule book might have sparked a train of thought. 


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Sometimes my 'authentic' self tells myself to stop worrying about which of my multiple opposing desires is my 'authentic' one and just get on with something a bit more productive.

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That was actually one of the reasons I stopped trying to convince theists to become atheists - when I started hanging around with some very productive theists.

Well I don't know about that one and please remember it is just my personal opinion, but theists seem to me pretty boring ( not you ) whilst Atheists bring out in me the "oh you bloody well think so side of me" and they seem to me to try just that wee bit harder bless their wee cotton socks

Gonnagle.

The stuff coming out of the US government (from Vance the fuckwit) about there being a lack of 'free speech' in the UK seems deranged, with reports today that this has been an issue in trade negotiations.

It seems related to a case in England about someone not adhering to buffer laws around a medical provision centre - reading between the lines, it seems that by 'free speech' they'd like to see more noise arising from Christian organisations, and being taken seriously.

Perhaps the US government don't realise that here, and unlike in the US, abortion isn't such a politically hot potato.