Are atheists mentally ill? (United States, ethical, brainwash, solutions)

[Deezus]

Playing with data is fun.

Here's a list of states by average % of people attending church weekly.

Religion in the United States - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

And here's a list of states by life expectancy.

List of U.S. states by life expectancy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Interesting what states are at the top of one list and at the bottom of another list.

Lowest life expectancy in the US:

41 Georgia 77.2
42 South Carolina 77.0
43 District of Columbia 76.5
44 Tennessee 76.3
45 Kentucky 76.0
46 Arkansas 76.0
47 Oklahoma 75.9
48 Louisiana 75.7
49 Alabama 75.4
50 West Virginia 75.4
51 Mississippi 75.0


Highest weekly church attendance in US:

1 Mississippi 63%
2 Alabama 58%
3 Louisiana 56%
3 South Carolina 56%
3 Utah 56%
6 Tennessee 54%
7 Arkansas 53%
7 North Carolina 53%
9 Georgia 51%
10 Texas 50%

[weltschmerz]

Isn't this rich!!! All these people that hate religion, yet are buying into
this Humanist Manifesto goobledygook

It beats biblical gobbledygook.

[415_s2k]

Originally Posted by Jews for Jesus

Very sad for you.....

Don't be I'm much happier admitting that I don't believe in god or Jesus than I was living a lie and pretending to be something that I wasn't.

[weltschmerz]

Council for Secular Humanism


According to the Council for Secular Humanism, within the United States, the term "secular humanism" describes a world view with the following elements and principles:

• Need to test beliefs – A conviction that dogmas, ideologies and traditions, whether religious, political or social, must be weighed and tested by each individual and not simply accepted by faith.
• Reason, evidence, scientific method – A commitment to the use of critical reason, factual evidence and scientific method of inquiry in seeking solutions to human problems and answers to important human questions.
• Fulfillment, growth, creativity – A primary concern with fulfillment, growth and creativity for both the individual and humankind in general.
• Search for truth – A constant search for objective truth, with the understanding that new knowledge and experience constantly alter our imperfect perception of it.
• This life – A concern for this life (as opposed to an afterlife) and a commitment to making it meaningful through better understanding of ourselves, our history, our intellectual and artistic achievements, and the outlooks of those who differ from us.
• Ethics – A search for viable individual, social and political principles of ethical conduct, judging them on their ability to enhance human well-being and individual responsibility.
• Justice and fairness – an interest in securing justice and fairness in society and in eliminating discrimination and intolerance.
• Building a better world – A conviction that with reason, an open exchange of ideas, good will, and tolerance, progress can be made in building a better world for ourselves and our children.

Which bits are you having difficulty with? Confused?

[tulani]

Originally Posted by Lunar Delta

It isn't necessarily redundant, although it does sound a bit awkward. "Secular Humanist" is the term most use.

Why thank you. As for the chants, I have yet to learn them myself, though I hope to be let into the inner circle soon.

Alrighty then, I guess I will just use WASH.
I am not sure if secular is pronounced sec-u-lar or sec-u-lear.

Originally Posted by weltschmerz

We don't have chants. We have secret handshakes and magic decoder rings.

You can't mean that! Someone up thread mentioned we have chants and dang it I want chants.

Barring that, will you please teach me this secret handshake? And where can I order a magic decoder ring? Do they take paypal?

Originally Posted by KUchief25

Again with your decoder rings. I'm starting to think you actually have them.

Seems like some do and some don't.

I'm hoping I can get one soon.

[weltschmerz]

Of course we take Paypal! And we have pie!
I'll have to DM you with the secret handshake. We don't want traitorous infiltrators.

[415_s2k]

Originally Posted by claudhopper

Isn't this rich!!! All these people that hate religion, yet are buying into this Humanist Manifesto goobledygook. I am looking at section 1, and here is states that it is the new religion!!!!! So this is the One World Religion that the NWO is going to replace all others with. This leaves no room for self-determination or free will. You will do as they say, for the greater good.
This is simply throwing out everything tradtional of the last 200+ years, and replacing it with a Communist Manifesto that sounds like paradise on earth. Don't fall for it, it's a trap.

there's plenty more of this crap
Humanist Manifesto I

I didn't see anything about "collectivism" or "communism" in there... do you find doing things for "the greater good" of humanity is bad? I thought that one of the common claims about Christianity was that it was for the "greater good" You're extrapolating so that it fits your views (hatred?) of various things that aren't related by default. I'm an atheist, but I'm not a communist; there are theistic communists, as well.

[k.smith904]

jesus would have been a socialist, or at the very least an anti-capitalist.

[415_s2k]

Originally Posted by k.smith904

jesus would have been a socialist, or at the very least an anti-capitalist.

[seattlenextyear]

That was nice of KUChief to start a thread to bring us atheists together.