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Joker25 @Joker25 (30) 10 Jul 10

I am an atheist and I made an educated choice to be one. I believe in science and logic and rational thinking. I believe in evolution and in free will. I also believe that other people have the right to be...

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Joker25 But that assumes that no violence has ever been perpetrated in the name of Christianity - and I think history may prove you badly wrong on that point. Christians have frequently been known to kill those who don't believe.

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Joker25 @Joker25 (30) 10 Jul 10

I am an atheist and I made an educated choice to be one. I believe in science and logic and rational thinking. I believe in evolution and in free will. I also believe that other people have the right to be...

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Joker25 But I neither want nor encourage their love. And it's kind of patronising to tell me that God will convert my heart: he really won't. Also, as far as I'm concerned, I'm not going to hell because it's an invented concept. I'll either be going into the ground...

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Joker25 @Joker25 (30) 10 Jul 10

I am an atheist and I made an educated choice to be one. I believe in science and logic and rational thinking. I believe in evolution and in free will. I also believe that other people have the right to be...

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Joker25 Your answer makes a lot of sense. The best way to get on with everyone, I think, is live and let live. If someone wants your opinion, or to hear information about your chosen religion (or lack thereof), then give it to them. Otherwise, live and let live.

10 Jul 10

Joker25 @Joker25 (30) 10 Jul 10

I am an atheist and I made an educated choice to be one. I believe in science and logic and rational thinking. I believe in evolution and in free will. I also believe that other people have the right to be...

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Joker25 But atheists don't think there is no hope. I'm hopeful for lots of things: a reduction in violence, an improvement in worldwide literacy rates, that medicine will continue to advance etc. I just don't believe in a god. And I don't think I've ever made a...

10 Jul 10

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Joker25 @Joker25 (30) 10 Jul 10

I am an atheist and I made an educated choice to be one. I believe in science and logic and rational thinking. I believe in evolution and in free will. I also believe that other people have the right to be...

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Joker25 Thanks for your answer, and for having such a well-balanced attitude. Re: your friend who became an atheist - is there not a possibility that he wasn't converted; that he simply changed his mind after finding out new information?

10 Jul 10

Joker25 @Joker25 (30) 10 Jul 10

I am an atheist and I made an educated choice to be one. I believe in science and logic and rational thinking. I believe in evolution and in free will. I also believe that other people have the right to be...

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Joker25 Hi Lacieice Thank you for such a considered response. I wish more religious folk were like you; I know many christians whose faith is a deeply personal thing which brings them comfort, reassurance and great happiness. As far as I'm concerned, that's a great...

10 Jul 10

patgalca @patgalca (18366) • Orangeville, Ontario 9 Jul 10

In Canada and the U.S. we have 911 as our emergency number to dial for police, fire or ambulance. I taught my children from a young age this emergency number and I believe they were also taught it in school? When my first daughter...

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Joker25 Oh, I realised your little'un hadn't done it as a prank. I meant that in the UK, people in rough areas will occasionally call out the fire brigade or the police on a prank call, just so they can stone the vehicles and assault the officers. It's pretty...

10 Jul 10

bloo_equinox @bloo_equinox (422) • United States 7 Jul 10

Why? Why did you suddenly see that God was the answer? I converted when my fiance came up for two weeks to see me. I was Neo-Pagan, and even though the Wiccan religion isn't supposed to be evil, it changed me. It got to my head....

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Joker25 Ah,it seems you may be woefully misinformed. Atheism doesn't mean to have no hope. It means to have no belief in the existence of a god. So, ironically, it is you who is plaguing your own discussion with ignorance. What were the chances, eh?

10 Jul 10

dragon54u @dragon54u (31634) • United States 7 Jul 10

The Queen of England is setting a good example. Realizing that everyone has to make sacrifices to get the budget under control, she's consented to have the royal expenditures audited by the same department that audits the British...

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Joker25 Unfortunately not: cousins, aunts, in-laws etc are all included as royalty. Some of them obviously have a sense of 'noblesse oblige'; a lot of them are just scroungers. Thanks for your nice message!

8 Jul 10

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