Recent content by Elle12

As much as I expected. I suppose if I an any others were truly seeking God, leaving this place would be the best thing to do.

I have been looking for God for several years, and thought this site may help. It hasn't. I have found far more examples of Christ-like individuals in real life than here, and far more examples of Christians that seem nothing like Christ here. I log on once a month or so, in the off chance that...

I didn't intend to offend or attack you. I apologize, as clearly it was interpreted that way. My intention was only to continue a respectful discussion. I'm not talking about post-modernistic identities, or any such liberal motions, but it appears that the word triggered a negative response. I...

Certainly, well-defined terms is important to having a discussion. I'm confused, then; when the author of this thread came in, and defined the terminology that they were using: "Atheism is nothing more than to not believe in any proposed deities." You made a point to insert your own definition...

I'm not sure that was the real point of the thread. But no, I don't think there's anything beyond personal anecdotes to support the idea that atheists collectively hijacked the concept of agnosticism.

So, when you change the working definition of a word to make it means something else, and then try to have discussions about other topics with these shifting functional definitions, people are going to get pretty confused. If we can't agree on defined terms, we can't have any kind of discussion...

I'm not confused. The concept of "weak" and "strong" atheism or the idea that agnosticism is the opposite of theism is not correct. Atheism is a lack of belief in a God or gods, as defined by most every reputable dictionary. Agnosticism and gnosticism is about whether or not something is...

Respectfully, the first definition does amount to a lack of belief. "Disbelief in or denial of the existence of God or gods." Disbelief in the existence of God or gods. Disbelief, or a lack of belief. A lack of belief in the existence of God or gods. And respectfully, most reliable English...

No. The meaning of the word atheism is, "a lack of belief in the existence of God or gods," not "a belief that God or gods do not exist." Please don't try to educate others before you confirm your own understanding is correct.

I think you have a fundamental misunderstanding of what an atheist is. Someone who says, "I have concluded there is no God" is an atheist, but so is someone who says, "I have not concluded that there is a God." While both statements are reflective of an atheist (not a theist), they aren't the...

As an agnostic/atheist, it's an interesting hypothetical, but ultimately the risk of my child uncovering the truth about my lies would probably outweigh any psychological benefit.

Apologies. Just feeling a touch apathetic, I suppose. I don't know what I'm looking for and I don't know how to find it. Truth seems to be too foolish of an answer, and I'm more and more certain it isn't something I can find. I don't feel particularly qualified to answer your question, but my...

After further review of the main article that was cited in the article that you posted, I will agree that it contained some concerning statistics, but that it has marked weaknesses; however, if we are to overlook those weaknesses, the main conclusion that the article draws is as follows: It...

I don't recall presenting that view. The discussion isn't on whether or not US law should be dictated by your religious views, or by anyone's religious views. We don't want to get off-topic. Can you rephrase? I'm not sure if it's been a long day, or if you're missing some syntactic context.

You don't appear to know the meaning of objective. It is not a synonym for static.