On Sun, 11 May 2008 14:10:11 -0700 (PDT), Jerry Kraus
yahoo.com> wrote:
>On May 11, 4:07Â pm, Free Lunch wrote:
>> On Sun, 11 May 2008 13:54:34 -0700 (PDT), Jerry Kraus
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yahoo.com> wrote:>>>On May 11, 3:44Â pm, Free Lunch wrote:
>>>> On Sun, 11 May 2008 13:28:53 -0700 (PDT), Jerry Kraus
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>>>>>1. Â Christianity:
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>>>>>"We offer a personal relationship with God."
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>>>>>2. Â Islam:
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>>>>>"There is no God but Allah, the all-powerful, the all-merciful, whom
>>>>>we all worship."
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>>>>>3. Â Judaism:
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>>>>>"We are God's Chosen People."
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>>>>>4. Â Hinduism:
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>>>>>"There are many paths to truth, but some are more direct than others."
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>>>>>5. Â Buddhism:
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>>>>>"We can transform life's suffering to the peace of Nirvana."
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>>>>>6. Â Confucianism:
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>>>>>"Family and tradition are the basis of a good life, and we are all
>>>>>children of the Emperor."
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>>>>>7. Â Atheism:
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>>>>>"All religion is superstition, we must seek truth through scientific
>>>>>humanism."
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>>>> The first six were somewhere in the ballpark of correct. The last one is
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>>>Splendid. Â YOU define Atheism, Mr. Atheist.
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>> The lack of belief in gods.- Hide quoted text -
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>Confucianism is Atheistic but is classified as a religion. Buddhism
>is, arguably, atheistic as well, although somewhat more ambiguously.
>It is certainly not theistic in emphasis or in practice.
There are some superstitious elements to Confucianism and Buddhism that
would generally be rejected by those who consider themselves to be
atheists, but there are also atheists at Universalist or Unitarian
services, as well.
