tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13858095.post114609487390003928..comments2023-06-28T18:30:16.182+10:00Comments on Silent Speaking: See, this is what scares me..Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13858095.post-1146213180055122662006-04-28T18:33:00.000+10:002006-04-28T18:33:00.000+10:00Well I do attract them, Don. And Queensland is su...Well I do attract them, Don. And Queensland is such a quiet, laid-back place - I'm scared of who I'll attract if I move anywhere else.GBEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10134798255280125311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13858095.post-1146184195263410372006-04-28T10:29:00.000+10:002006-04-28T10:29:00.000+10:00I guess you could use the term antitheist. I haven...I guess you could use the term antitheist. I haven't really heard of any militant atheists. Excluding, of course, the radical policies of Stalin, et-al. But they tried to eradicate religion for a reason completely unrelated to atheism. <BR/><BR/>I mean, once you erase belief there doesn't seem to be a platform of fundamentalist doctrine after that point. It would seem to be impossible to develop one seeing as the central tenet of our thinking is "I don't believe."<BR/><BR/>Ps – GBE, you seem to have a surplus of raving nutters – penis displaying bums, ranting bus passengers, militant atheists, etc. Do you think that you’re living in the right state?Don Quixotehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15291358604872256004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13858095.post-1146173496250983592006-04-28T07:31:00.000+10:002006-04-28T07:31:00.000+10:00I guess it's more a case of whether someone is Pas...I guess it's more a case of whether someone is Passive or Active in being an Atheist. The difference between believing there is no god(s), and seeking to destroy the belief in others or the worldly manifestations of that belief.<BR/><BR/>Or should the latter be described as an "Antitheist"?Boysenberryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11885757182576294587noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13858095.post-1146139080497216792006-04-27T21:58:00.000+10:002006-04-27T21:58:00.000+10:00I heard the term "militant athiest".This is a comp...I heard the term "militant athiest".<BR/><BR/>This is a complete bastardisation of the word atheism. Atheism is merely not to believe in gods - but you sure can believe in any other nonsesense you care to.<BR/><BR/>A stone doesn't believe in god, nor does my cat (I assume). They are both atheists.Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13905592870063005287noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13858095.post-1146124199593044172006-04-27T17:49:00.000+10:002006-04-27T17:49:00.000+10:00Strangely enough, a man in tracky dacks and a stra...Strangely enough, a man in tracky dacks and a straw hat accosted me in the middle of the street the other day and tried to give me a leaflet on atheism. He said, 'have you heard of atheism?' and I laughed, because who hands out leaflets on the belief of no belief? And then he started screaming at me and saying 'ARE YOU RELIGIOUS? HMM?'<BR/><BR/>So he was pretty extreme. Or, you know, mental.<BR/><BR/>(I walked past ten minutes later to see him being arrested. And that, my friend, is karma. Or, um, the atheist equivalent.)GBEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10134798255280125311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13858095.post-1146121214296008002006-04-27T17:00:00.000+10:002006-04-27T17:00:00.000+10:00I think that it is possible to be an athiest extre...I think that it is possible to be an athiest extremist. To hold your belief in the lack of a "higher spiritual authority" to such a degree that you will act in such a way as religious extremists would.<BR/><BR/>Either that, or it's another attempt to label people...Boysenberryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11885757182576294587noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13858095.post-1146113955195427312006-04-27T14:59:00.000+10:002006-04-27T14:59:00.000+10:00Can't help you. I'm one of those amoral athiest t...Can't help you. I'm one of those amoral athiest types and you know we have such problems deciding right from wrong without god's divine assistance.Shelleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03417138778733226637noreply@blogger.com