tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5721082653718997788.post7348220084323078171..comments2023-11-27T23:30:40.341-05:00Comments on Anything But Theist: The Delusion vs. The DelusionalAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02504734487692109101noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5721082653718997788.post-29778760522146042242010-06-04T07:24:43.847-04:002010-06-04T07:24:43.847-04:00Great post Ginx. It reminds me of the quote "...Great post Ginx. It reminds me of the quote "If you can understand why you reject all other gods, you can understand why I reject yours"<br /><br /> <i>Any religious person who does something wrong is merely seen as having “lost his way.”</i>. You often hear Christians aren't perfect but are forgiven. Want to smack them for it. So smug.<br /><br />Michael, that is cool what your Dad did. I would have never thought one could learn to become a critical thinker watching the tube, but it really makes sense.ex-minister1https://www.blogger.com/profile/17018356792881679541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5721082653718997788.post-91216722576778709032010-06-02T07:17:48.127-04:002010-06-02T07:17:48.127-04:00And here I am, an atheist who just never got an an...And here I am, an atheist who just never got an answer when praying...Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02504734487692109101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5721082653718997788.post-70458391093608464992010-06-02T01:50:55.093-04:002010-06-02T01:50:55.093-04:00Speaking only for myself, the biggest reason I'...Speaking only for myself, the biggest reason I'm (whatever-I-am-precisely-but-we'll-go-with) an unbeliever is a fairly direct result of two things:<br />1. Having a background in Anthropology; and<br />2. Television commercials.<br /><br />The Anthropology background has a lot to do with my perspective. Basically, wherever you find people, you find some sort of art - and some sort of religion. ("Religion" in this case can be defined as "belief in the unseen forces that govern our lives".) However, no two of those religions have anything in common, except where they've been in contact with each other.<br /><br />If there's a tribe of natural atheists out there, I have yet to hear or read about them.<br /><br />Anyway, when I was very young, and in the habit of watching a bit more television than was good for me, my father would occasionally wander past during commercial breaks. He would take that opportunity to ask questions: "Wow. Do you think that blonde comes with the minivan?" "Okay, the toy looks neat, but what does it actually do?" "If we bought one of those jet skis, do you suppose we'd actually use it?" And like that.<br /><br />He put me in the habit of asking cynical questions about the narratives that people, in their various ways, offered me. <br /><br />I don't know if exposure to that sort of thinking-and-background would help. My... disaffection... with religion is somewhat atypical, and tied in with several things that may just be, well, me. But religion is a very individual thing, and there are probably individuals who would react the way I did.Michael Mockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06233321050691782148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5721082653718997788.post-35967856360525607492010-05-31T13:42:06.739-04:002010-05-31T13:42:06.739-04:00Right on, Ginx. My wife paid me a compliment yest...Right on, Ginx. My wife paid me a compliment yesterday, saying that I was very "christian" in the way I live my life. I reminded her to use a small "c", thank you very much. Keep up the good work.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com