Are you an atheist? (2 Viewers)

Are you an atheist?

  • I am 100% atheist, no evidence could convince me there is a god

    Votes: 65 18.5%

  • I am an atheist, but if god appeared before me tomorrow I would change my mind

    Votes: 97 27.6%

  • I am an agnostic, I just don't know!

    Votes: 52 14.8%

  • I am not sure there is a god, but isn't it better to assume there is just in case?

    Votes: 11 3.1%

  • My god is the only god and he definitely exists.

    Votes: 126 35.9%
  • Total voters
    351
Frothy - If we were to clean up pollution (so that the health-related issues that concern me were completely negated) and it had the effect of reversing Global Warming, I would not cry a single tear at being shown to be wrong on that point. It is just that my focus is more on disease effects and less on climate effects that I think cannot be entirely laid at the feet of industrial pollution. I guess we each have our hot button items.
 
The_Doc_Man said:
Frothy - If we were to clean up pollution (so that the health-related issues that concern me were completely negated) and it had the effect of reversing Global Warming, I would not cry a single tear at being shown to be wrong on that point. It is just that my focus is more on disease effects and less on climate effects that I think cannot be entirely laid at the feet of industrial pollution. I guess we each have our hot button items.
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Fair enough, and I would be ecstatic just to see pollution ended, whether it slowed down the overall global warming or not. If nothing else, it would certainly improve folks' health world-wide, not to mention slowing if not outright stopping the current mass extinction.
 
Blade-
Amazing.
So, you worked in the medical field, I gather.
Where did you find the leeches and elephant bile?
Just wondering.
Libre
 
Libre said:
Blade-
Amazing.
So, you worked in the medical field, I gather.
Where did you find the leeches and elephant bile?
Just wondering.
Libre
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Actually, he has always been quite careful to state that he worked at a medical facility, not that he worked in the medical field. There is definitely a difference.
 
Frothingslosh said:
Actually, he has always been quite careful to state that he worked at a medical facility, not that he worked in the medical field. There is definitely a difference.
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Froth, as I'm sure you're aware, a "blade runner" is a replicant hunter.
I wonder what type of medical facility would employ people who are skilled at weeding out and subsequently disabling replicants.

Blade - although you may consider me a Godless bleeding heart libbie, just don't come after me. I'm a full fledged human and I have my original, raised stamp birth certificate from 1951 to prove it!
 
Libre said:
Froth, as I'm sure you're aware, a "blade runner" is a replicant hunter.
I wonder what type of medical facility would employ people who are skilled at weeding out and subsequently disabling replicants.

Blade - although you may consider me a Godless bleeding heart libbie, just don't come after me. I'm a full fledged human and I have my original, raised stamp birth certificate from 1951 to prove it!
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LOL

We actually discussed his name once. I thought for sure he took it from the movie (which is much, MUCH better than the book it's based on, btw), but it turned out it was a nickname given to him by co-workers back in his days driving a bulldozer.

Go figure.

Also, you should check out that link. Preferably not when you've just eaten. The guy espouses a LOT of the same extremist beliefs as Blade.
 
I wouldn't be so sure about the origin of Blade's handle.
A true blade runner takes great pains to conceal the true nature of their profession.
Bulldozer operator indeed.
I'm not fooled for one moment.
 
But it looks like it is working,,,,,Congratulations??????? I Think

Americans are becoming less religious, judging by such markers as church attendance, prayer and belief in God, and the trend is more pronounced among young adults, according to a poll released on Tuesday.
The share of U.S. adults who say they believe in God, while still high compared with other advanced industrial countries, slipped to 89 percent in 2014 from 92 percent in 2007, according to the Pew Research Center's Religious Landscape Study.
The proportion of Americans who say they are "absolutely certain" God exists fell even more, to 63 percent in 2014 from 71 percent in 2007.
The percentage of Americans who pray every day, attend religious services regularly and consider religion important in their lives are down by small, but statistically significant measures, the survey found.
The trend is most pronounced among young adults, with only half of those born from 1990 to 1996 absolutely certain of their belief in God, compared to 71 percent of the "silent generation," or those born from 1928 to 1945.
Younger people also are less likely to pray daily, at 39 percent, compared to "silent generation" adults at 67 percent. Young adults are also much less likely to attend religious services, the survey found.
On the other hand, 77 percent of Americans continue to identify with some religious faith, and those who do are just as committed now as they were in 2007, according to the survey. Two-thirds of religiously affiliated adults say they pray every day and that religion is very important to them, the survey found.
The survey also found religious divides among the political parties, with those who are not religiously affiliated more likely to be Democrats, at 28 percent, compared to 14 percent of Republicans.
About 38 percent of Republicans identify as evangelical Protestants - the largest religious group in the party, the survey found. Catholics make up 21 percent of each major political party.
Orianna O'Neill, 21, a student at Beloit College in Wisconsin who comes from a non-religious household but sometimes prays, said she thinks the anti-science, anti-gay rhetoric of some politicians may be turning some young people away from religion.
"The idea of Republicans not believing in global warming is contributing to the notion that religious people are not intelligent," O'Neill said.
Both the 2007 and 2014 studies surveyed more than 35,000 adults and had margins of error of less than 1 percentage point.
 
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The proportion of Americans who say they are "absolutely certain" God exists has dropped sharply from 71 percent to less than two thirds, the Pew Research Center said Tuesday.

The share of US adults who say they believe in God declined from 92 to 89 percent over the same period, from 2007 to 2014, but is still remarkably high compared to other developed countries.

The percentage of Americans who say they pray every day, attend regular services and consider religion very important have also clocked small, but significant declines, the research center said.

The vast majority of Americans, 77 percent of adults, continue to identify with some religious faith, but a growing number are unaffiliated to a particular group, the study found.

Younger Americans are also less religious than their elders. For example, four in 10 of the youngest Millennials say they pray every day, compared to six in 10 Baby Boomers.

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The survey also showed that nearly all major religious groups have become significantly more accepting of homosexuality in recent years -- even evangelicals and Mormons who traditionally have expressed strong opposition to same-sex relationships.

Changing attitudes about homosexuality are linked to wider acceptance among the younger generation than older adults.

The study also showed that the religiously unaffiliated -- the majority of whom still believe in God -- are now more numerous among Democrats and Democratic-leaning adults than Catholics, evangelicals and Protestants.
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The religiously unaffiliated are growing less quickly within the Republican party, where they are outnumbered by evangelicals, Catholics and mainstream Protestants, Pew said.

The poll was carried out among a representative group of 35,071 adults interviewed by telephone from June to September 2014 and has a margin of error of 0.6 percentage points, Pew said.

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The_Doc_Man said:
Frothy - If we were to clean up pollution (so that the health-related issues that concern me were completely negated) and it had the effect of reversing Global Warming, I would not cry a single tear at being shown to be wrong on that point. It is just that my focus is more on disease effects and less on climate effects that I think cannot be entirely laid at the feet of industrial pollution. I guess we each have our hot button items.
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I would have thought in New Orleans climate change was a big thing? In terms of extraordinary weather events and sea levels?
 
Libre said:
Froth, as I'm sure you're aware, a "blade runner" is a replicant hunter.
I wonder what type of medical facility would employ people who are skilled at weeding out and subsequently disabling replicants.

Blade - although you may consider me a Godless bleeding heart libbie, just don't come after me. I'm a full fledged human and I have my original, raised stamp birth certificate from 1951 to prove it!
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Libre: Why would I come after you. I would be more than likely to come to you if you needed help. You, Frothy and Doc can trash me all you all you want, but it will not change the truth.

Hope you have a great day.

Blade
 
Blade, just to clarify:

I'm the only one here who actively 'trashes' you.

ALC has mocked you a couple times, sure, and Libre was certainly poking fun at you.

The Doc Man, however, while obviously frustrated, has never treated you with less than respect. He thinks your religion is so much unfounded superstition, but he still has always treated your beliefs with more respect than you've shown his.
 
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