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Permalink Reply by LeaT on July 9, 2008 at 5:14pm

Well, you cherrypick parts like believing a kind god and a heaven when you die so you get a nice afterlife but you refuse to believe in sin and hell because it's not fun. Why being tormented over such things which aren't necessary?
A lot of people in Sweden are like that. They believe in angels or other spiritual forms and they like to go to heaven when they die and they like to think there is a god watching over them but few would acknowledge that there is a hell and that humans are born with sin and we are inherently sinful and are bad people.

That's what I mean with cherrypicking. Still a lot of these people would call themselves Christians although they obviously just believe in a few parts of Christianity when maybe theism or deism would be better defitions.

Permalink Reply by Brian on July 7, 2008 at 3:14pm

Well, I consider myself a god among men... and I believe in myself, so.... :D

Permalink Reply by Ernie on July 7, 2008 at 4:41pm

SO DO I! lol Ummmmmm so are we suppose to get people to kill each other for us know or later? lol

Permalink Reply by LeaT on July 9, 2008 at 5:14pm

So you are Laveyan Satanists? :))

Permalink Reply by Steve Johnson on July 7, 2008 at 4:05pm

Sam Harris has a blog post with accompanying counter-poll that knocks this idiocy to pieces: http://newsweek.washingtonpost.com/onfaith/sam_harris/2008/07/the_b...

Permalink Reply by Jumile on July 7, 2008 at 4:25pm

My understanding of this survey result is that those who answered this question use the term atheism to mean "I believe in a god, but don't go to church." It's a description that fits many non-church-going theists that I know.

I could be wrong, but that's the only logical argument I've heard so far.

Permalink Reply by Ernie on July 7, 2008 at 4:40pm

Wow, thats kinda retarded and makes no sense. I advise you to read the article and post a comment at the end. It asks you if you believe in the god of the bible and if you believe if the bible is the word of god with a 1 thru 5 scale of belief.

Permalink Reply by Flathead on July 10, 2008 at 2:47pm

They should not be considered atheists, nor should they call themselves atheists. Was this research done by some affiliated-with-some-church-agency?

Permalink Reply by STA on July 18, 2008 at 12:40am

Dammit. Did you godless people claim FSM as your god? Don't you know these poll-takers don't understand sarcasm?

Permalink Reply by Roseanne on July 20, 2008 at 11:11am

Since we are speaking English let's look at the dictionary definition of Atheist.
"A person who denies or disbelieves the existence of a supreme being or beings" and Theism
"1. the belief in one God as the creator and ruler of the universe, without rejection of revelation (distinguished from deism).
2. belief in the existence of a god or gods (opposed to atheism)."

Atheist is the antonym of theist, therefore they are mutually exclusive terms and can not coexist. I have found for the most part the majority of people are stupid and do not understand the English language it is like sexual and asexual, can't be both sexual and asexual.

The prefix "a" from virtualsalt.com
Prefix
a, an
Meaning
not, without
Examples
atheist, anarchy, anonymous apathy, aphasia, anemia

Therefore Atheist is Theist with the "not" prefix. So you can not be an Atheist with a belief in God, it is a contradiction in terms.

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