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As for the second part of my post, it was not claiming to know how you think, it was a question based on the evidence, and a data point for your education. I have no problem with the religious, just fundamentalism.
But you have no evidence for any of this. Perhaps if you ask people instead of telling them how special you are?
My Grandfather opened a Greek restaurant when he became a German citizen, I used to work there, and my older brother now owns it. My younger brother has also opened a Greek restaurant.
I like Apfelstrudel, especially my wife's.
I chose Blancmange because I find the word funny. If my brothers ever make it, I will disown them. If my wife does, now that is a moral dilemma.
Baklava beats Apfelstrudel any day. And I make a terrific tray of baklava. But I must say the Greek baklava is no match to the Turkish. Sorry about that.
My Grandfather opened a Greek restaurant when he became a German citizen, I used to work there, and my older brother now owns it. My younger brother has also opened a Greek restaurant.
I like Apfelstrudel, especially my wife's.
I chose Blancmange because I find the word funny. If my brothers ever make it, I will disown them. If my wife does, now that is a moral dilemma.
She didn't backtrack on anything. She simply explained what she said earlier.
True, and I had no trouble understanding what was originally explained, or so she confirmed I was right about gleaning that understanding. Others who instead knee-jerk reacted to her comment, and got it all wrong to the point of FUBAR, can't now simply admit they were wrong about how they interpreted the comment. Instead it's "back tracking." What an embarrassing display!
yes there is a definition for atheist.
the problem that arises is when simplistic sweeping generalizations are made about "believers" or about "atheists."
yes, there are believers. everything else, in words of the post above, is an individual thing.
many atheists like to make generalizations about "believers" or "religionists" but then take issue when generalizations are made about "atheists." that is a double standard.
Perhaps the problem more at work here is the "simplistic sweeping generalizations" that people like you make about comments posted by others? AKA misinterpretations due to a bad case of confirmation bias.
No, I don't think that's true at all. That's a fantasy that you keep coming back to. A christian, a Buddhist, and a Hindu do not believe in the same god. In fact, the typical Buddhist doesn't believe in god, regardless of how many times you personally misstate Buddhist belief. The father of Jesus is not Brahma the Creator, Vishnu the Preserver, and Shiva the Destroyer and reincarnator...and there are christians who would like to damn you to hell for saying so.
Fantasy of fantasies that religious people love to promote as if the history of religion was all somehow the same from one end of the globe to the other, through the ages. I mean what?!? As if this well known history demonstrates any kind of universal faith in love, brotherhood and peace? Oneness? Then we read the actual history and come to appreciate what a fantastic fantasy this truly is...
do you agree that all humans come from the same Source?
or is your belief that humans do not all have the same origin.
do you recognize that whatever system there is (i.e. before we are born, after we die, in between lifetimes, where the soul comes from, what the soul is) then that system applies for all people. for instance reincarnation. do you recognize that if there is reincarnation, then the system of reincarnation is in place for all humans, and that it is not dependent upon whether a person "believes" in it or not.
i'm not asking whether or not you believe in reincarnation. my question is that whatever the "system" turns out to be, do you believe or not that the system applies to all people, regardless of their beliefs.
like gravity works the same for all people, whether or not they believe in it or understand it or can explain how it works.
I suspect you can understand and explain how gravity works and applies to all of us far better than you can how religion does. Sure seems like that so far anyway...
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