My critics are all over the bloody map.
Some of them think I am out to bash Christianity.
Some think I am a bible thumping holy roller.
Some think I have no beliefs of any kind.
The Christian Agnostic
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Some of them think I am out to bash Christianity.
Some think I am a bible thumping holy roller.
Some think I have no beliefs of any kind.
Atheism is really just the wholesale rejection of religious belief, whether or not it involves a monotheistic god.
What's the point of saying you don't believe in god, but you do believe in religious practices, rituals, beliefs?
The Confucian and Daoist traditions don't have a Creator god in the same way Judaism and Christianity do, but they believe in a moral and natural order that is a reflection of the will of Heaven, the Li, or the Tao.
Tinkerpeach
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Isn't that what I said?
You said someone from the Confucian tradition is an atheist.
Saint Guinefort
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I think it is the vehemence with which you attack atheists that might give people the sense you are a "roller". You seem like a "militant agnostic" of sorts.
Tinkerpeach
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I said they could be.
That would require willfully ignoring the dozens of threads I have made bashing evangelicalism, creation science, and biblical literalism.I think it is the vehemence with which you attack atheists that might give people the sense you are a "roller".
Saint Guinefort
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Oh, no, not at all. I've seen your points about religious fundamentalists. But you also lost your shit when I pointed out some theological difficulties with the Old Testament God so it sounded a LOT like you were being a defender of the faith.
I'm sure you are agnostic. No doubt. But I'm so curious why you seem to have a bug in your bonnet about atheists and why you reserve similar language you use for fundies when denigrating atheists as well.
Is it the strong-voiced new atheists that rankle you? Or is it atheism qua atheism?
Sitting on a couch and reading the Analects for it's insights about human nature and morality really doesn't amount to being an active participant in a Confucian tradition.
It's hard to see how atheists and strict scientific materialists could be active believers in the way of Heaven, the essential life force Qi, or the essential organizing principle Li.
So its sounds like you have been posting on this board a lot longer than your join date of September 2022 for this user name.
What other user names have you posted under in years past?
BidenPresident
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Just in the past month that person has had about 5 different names.
Saint Guinefort
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Saint Guinefort
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And it will change again. I suggest you gird your loins for the eventuality
Dutch Uncle
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Why do you keep running from your own identity, Perry?
Tinkerpeach
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You don't have to be an active participant in the Confusian tradition to partake in it's wisdom in some degree.
Basically you don't need to be a follower of it to gain from the wisdom the tradition holds.
Dutch Uncle
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Saint Guinefort
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I am not. I like changing my name. I like words. Interesting words and phrases. Like "Detached Products". I might have to use that one next time.
I guess I'm most curious why this upsets you SO MUCH.
Saint Guinefort
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So you consider reading posts "stalking"? Interesting.
Dutch Uncle
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Smells like paranoia to me.
It doesn't upset me, Perry. Abbie Normals pique my curiosity.
Dutch Uncle
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No, Perry, but yesterday you thought it was stalking. Today, you've flip-flopped and say it's not. Just another abnormality with you.