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Big_Bird

Most of my life, I have wavered between calling myself atheist and agnostic. Lately, I have had to accept that I am basically an atheist who would like to be an agnostic. My mother is a smug atheist, quite secure in her disbelief. My father was agnostic, and I was grateful for this when he died. At least he wasn't sure that it was going to be the end of him, and I took some comfort in that. Some of my friends are secure in their faith, and I rather envy them. But, faith is something I just don't have. I'd like to believe, but I don't.

VanIslander · Posted: Sat Jun 02, 2007 4:43 am Post subject:

'faith status' ... interesting term

for the status-conscious

in search of labels

Big_Bird · Posted: Sat Jun 02, 2007 4:49 am Post subject:

itaewonguy · Joined: 25 Mar 2003

what I want to know is, what happens at an athiests funeral?
or a non believer.

Satori · Joined: 09 Dec 2005 Location: Above it all

Bibbitybop · Joined: 22 Feb 2006 Location: Seoul

It'd be a better world if we could all be content with our beliefs and stop scouring over everyone elses. There'd be less war, less hate and less of these threads on Dave's.

RACETRAITOR · Joined: 24 Oct 2005 Location: Seoul, South Korea

I'm an atheist who makes fun of religious people a little too much, but remain terrified of the nature of the universe. I wish I could be religious because it's horrible but I just can't fool myself.

happeningthang · Joined: 26 Apr 2003

I'm an avowed atheist, who is very comfortable with the idea that there is no god in the religious sense.

I'm sure there are "higher powers" at work and humans aren't able to concieve of them, and I'm just grateful to whatever's at work to make the universe, that it allows me to live in this world.

The religious conceptions of god are arbitrary and simplistic. In any case I don't think people should accept mediums in their relationship with life, god whatever. That includes other people's ideas of that.

Xian · Joined: 08 Jan 2006

mindmetoo · Joined: 02 Feb 2004

I personally break atheism down into two camps:

1) I don't believe in that which I have no evidence for. So I don't believe in god just as I don't believe in Santa.

2) I know in my heart there is no god.

I'm the type 1 atheist.

happeningthang · Joined: 26 Apr 2003

RACETRAITOR · Joined: 24 Oct 2005 Location: Seoul, South Korea

JMO · Joined: 18 Jul 2006 Location: Daegu

I'm an athiest and am content in my disbelief. I used to admire people who had faith but then realised that I admired those people(i have many relations who are devout catholics) not because they had faith but because they are basically good people.

RACETRAITOR · Joined: 24 Oct 2005 Location: Seoul, South Korea

Vicissitude · Joined: 27 Feb 2007 Location: Chef School

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I am not an atheist, nor agnostic, nor a fundamental believer in any religion. I am, however, convinced that there is a spiritual force in this universe and there is some sort of spiritual energy BEFORE a physical life as well as AFTER the physical body is no longer living.

Our very existence is based on energy that must come from somewhere and it doesn't just disappear when we die. From ashes to ashes and dust to dust. We return to where we came from whether in the physical or spiritual sense. Some of us come from better spiritual energy than others. We are NOT all created equal.