Should atheism be outlawed?

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Should atheism be outlawed?

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  1. RickDeckard

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    Everything should be outlawed.
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  2. Amaris

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    But if we outlaw everything, only everything will have outlaws!
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    Outlawing things should be outlawed.
    There, I've created an infinite recursive loop. The universe is doomed. Everybody happy now?
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  4. tafkats

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    Didn't they used to say that about Catholics?
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  6. gturner

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    You can't really outlaw atheism, since it's a personal belief that can be kept private. What you could outlaw is advocacy of atheism, which used to be punished (and still is in many Muslim countries) as blasphemy or apostasy. It's easy for an atheist to dodge questioning about their beliefs because they can refuse to answer, saying that their beliefs are strictly private and are between them and their creator. Or you could get clever and claim to believe in an atheist god, saying something like "I believe in God, but he doesn't believe himself to be a god. You see, he's only God from our perspective. From his perspective, he's pretty ordinary, just doing what he does because that's the way he rolls. So if he doesn't think he's a god, who am I to argue?"
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    Yeah, I know it is a troll, but how could you ban nothing ? Technically atheism is a lack of belief in religion. So how can you ban it ? At best you could force compliant behavior. But you cannot ban someone into a behavior.

    If you are going to troll do it right and ask if we should force atheists to go to church.
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    I bow to your master troll-fu. :rolleyes:
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    ATHEISM IS NUTHING BUT FULL OF HELLBOUND FAGGOTS!!

    FUCK ATHEISM!!! FUCK IT UP THE ARSE MUTHERFUCKERS!!


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    Quincunx anti-anti Staff Member Administrator

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    At first glance, it may seem like the only way out is to admit atheism is a religion, which many atheists are loath to do. But atheism could be considered an attitude toward religion, without itself being a religion, and as such would qualify as an exercise of religion. After all, there are such things as atheistic religions, for example some forms of Buddhism.
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    Rightly so, because it's lying.
    Bald isn't a hair color, and a turned off TV isn't a show.
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    Tell that to the Romans and their lack of zero.
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    I'm trying to help you out here. Atheism isn't a religion, but it's still protected, because it's an exercise of religion.

    It's possible to be both an atheist and a Buddhist, an atheist and a Jew, and maybe even an atheist and a Christian, although I admit most Christians would strongly disagree. Of course, any organized group of atheists who consider themselves a movement have taken a couple steps closer to forming their own religion. :?:
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    Meh, atheists that wanna ape religion have Pastafarianism and/or Church Of The Subgenius.
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    Mostly the atheists who want to ape religion have Ayn Rand. Her followers are insufferable fundies, devoid of reason, devoted beyond the possibility of doubt to religious faith in the "principles" she espoused.
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    The funniest thread I've ever watched on the Internet was a pair of Randians who had been trying to convert right-wing conservatives to her philosophy, working as a pair as is common in cults, but they accidentally focused on an ultra-liberal troll without realizing it. They would try to make philosophical points and he'd counter with things like "But what if I want to put a big picture of Ron Jeremy in my yard?" "Why would you want to do that?" "Because he's my hero!" "Well, I suppose if..." He kept them hooked for several hours, and after that their shame was so great that they left us alone.
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    If Atheism gets banned, then all non-Christian religions, beliefs, and/or ideas will be banned. Christianity will be the only thing allowed, and we all know h how that will turn out. I mean, look at the crusades, the dark ages and the many witch hunts/trials. Christians will impose, forcefully, their beliefs on everyone else, and those who refuse will be executed.
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    Yeah, the way Christianity has been fucking this planet since it's (Christianity's) invention.
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    SHUT THE FUCK UP YOU COCKSUCKING FAGGOT!!

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    Of the ass? :soma:
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    CHRISTIANITY IS WHY AMERICA WAS INVENTED!!
    AMERICANS INVENTED CARS, AIRPLANES, SPACESHIPS AND SPACEPROBES!
    AMERICA SENT MEN TO THE MOON!!!

    FUCK YOU ATHEIST FAGGOTS!!


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