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Anyone else ever wonder what percentage of "religious" people are simply faking it to fit in?

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AgnoLulu 4 38 comments Mar 23

Aside from the obvious similarities between organized crime and organized religion, and the churches money making racket in the US, I thought about how religion also has worked as a filter on progress and innovation. From a theoretical perspective, ...

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BrentMBA2004 4 9 comments Mar 23

The Logic of Indecision: If you say you are agnostic, you are saying that you do not know, but the implication is that you believe there is insufficient evidence and that no one else should claim to know either. If you say that you are ...

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WilliamFleming 7 20 comments Mar 22

SCIENCE, PHILOSOPHY, RELIGION With SCIENCE, assertions not only have to be reasonable, they also have to be supported by empirical evidence. With PHILOSOPHY, assertions only have to be reasonable. With RELIGION, assertions neither have to be ...

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permanwilson 7 5 comments Mar 21

Howdy Folks, I am new and desperately in need of kindred spirits for discussing mutual beliefs. Being as we are smothered in the bible belt surrounded by "believers" its hard to find support outside religion. Is it just me or does anyone else ...

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Coyote1 3 24 comments Mar 21

Some of the most truly nasty people I ever met, and fortunately there were not many, espoused extreme altruistic doctrines like Christianity. Such subcultures become easy feeding grounds for hypocrites and criminals because they rarely call people to...

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Fernapple 7 9 comments Mar 21

Many with religious viewpoints say that religion makes them better as people,so it must be true. That's a fallacy. Yes I have no doubt that people became better morally ,but does that make Mormon ism true or any other superstition true? I could ...

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Dogpound10 2 11 comments Mar 21

Atheist spotlight.. Musician and composer Danny Elfman has been atheist since the age of 12. He was the lead singer and songwriter of the popular band Oingo Boingo that was based out of Los Angeles. He wrote songs challenging socialism and communism,...

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repubatheists 7 10 comments Mar 20

LINK PHILOSOPHICALLY SPEAKING | An Atheist with a Tall Hat On: The Forgotten History of Agnosticism - TheHumanist.com

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zblaze 7 8 comments Mar 20

I don't know about you but when I was quite young, I thought I had failed if I were to change an idea, plan or decision I made. I must have chosen wrong to begin with, right? I'd fight changing my mind, I didn't want to be wrong. But this is ...

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BeeHappy 9 12 comments Mar 20

LINK 151 - Will We Destroy the Future?

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zblaze 7 6 comments Mar 19

What is your idea of a good death?

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MarikaHandakas 3 57 comments Mar 19

Which of the following persons really existed?

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Matias 7 10 comments Mar 19

POLL Was jesus entirely made up

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Shanemonty4 3 17 comments Mar 18

Does the Phrase "Sunday best" (usually applied to clothing and widely used in the UK at least by christians and others) mean anything to you now. What use did it serve within Christianity ? What use could it be to the non religious including you? ...

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Mcflewster 7 13 comments Mar 18

Ok, time to talk about hipocrisy, but this time in our own site. One would think that a site that only has adult people who voluntarily join to be among free thinkers and non believers, who are by now free of the usual hang ups that religion loves to...

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Mofo1953 7 31 comments Mar 18

Illogical atheist requires supernatural proof?

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Antifred 7 10 comments Mar 18

Question for the group. A man walks into a store with a gun and points it at a child. Two men move to stand in the way. A Christian man and an atheist. The Christian man believes if he dies this way he will be rewarded with heaven if he dies. The ...

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Randalltague 4 15 comments Mar 17

LINK Moral Zealotry and the Seductive Nature of Evil - Quillette

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zblaze 7 5 comments Mar 16

Pride. This world would be better without so much pride. I know I'm guilty of it. Often. You don't need religion to be moral. And you don't need commandments to point out what is right or wrong. Pride. Stupid, pig headed, stubborn pride. ...

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James00346 6 12 comments Mar 16

Do we know if Socrates was a historical character or a literary device used by Plato?

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Geoffrey51 7 19 comments Mar 14

I found this idea of classifying moral behavior fascinating so I thought I'd share it to discuss. Reciprocity and social exchange for example, are some of the more interesting behaviors: gift giving, being 'fair', resolving conflicts....it made me ...

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mojo5501 6 9 comments Mar 12

Morality without God

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AaronW 3 12 comments Mar 11

Does the concept of human dignity need to be justified?

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Matias 7 28 comments Mar 10

Be kind. Be relevant.

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Marcel3405 6 13 comments Mar 10

The two lies

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48thRonin 8 12 comments Mar 5

It's not our differences that are th problem, it's our inability to accept and celebrate them. Audre Lorde.

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Jolanta 8 24 comments Mar 4

POLL Which group of people would be more likely to help those in need... theists, agnostics or atheists? Why?

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stillsy 3 45 comments Mar 3

Intuition is a constant. We believe, we heal, we are reborn. You and I are dreamweavers of the totality. We must learn how to lead internal lives in the face of greed. Where there is discontinuity, fulfillment cannot thrive. You must take a ...

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celticagent 7 20 comments Feb 28

“It is our suffering that brings us together. It is not love. Love does not obey the mind, and turns to hate when forced. The bond that binds us is beyond choice. We are brothers. We are brothers in what we share. In pain, which each of us must ...

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KenChang 7 16 comments Feb 24

Darwin Day 2019 Youtube

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ToolGuy 7 5 comments Feb 24

Ignorance is a virus. Once it starts spreading, it can only be cured by reason. For the sake of humanity, we must be that cure. Neil deGrasse Tyson

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ChristophRobin 4 13 comments Feb 23

LINK Salvation by Words: Iris Murdoch on Language as a Vehicle of Truth and Art as a Force of Resistance to Tyranny – Brain Pickings

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tnorman1236 8 4 comments Feb 22

I was raised in a Mormon family and I currently attend a Unitarian Universalist. I feel l can not definitively call myself an atheist because I still question the lack of evidence for or against the notion of the divines exist. I feel ...

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Queerskeptic13 3 27 comments Feb 21

What are your thoughts on transhumanism? Should we try to improve ourselves through technology?

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Metahuman 5 25 comments Feb 21

MOTIVATION AND INSPIRATION “Neither sex, without some fertilization of the complimentary characters of the other, is capable of the highest reaches of human endeavor.” Jean-Paul Sartre MY THEORY: Anyone can self-motivate; but it takes ...

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permanwilson 7 7 comments Feb 18

LINK Death

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JackPedigo 8 6 comments Feb 18

“Revolution is not something fixed in ideology, nor is it something fashioned to a particular decade. It is a perpetual process embedded in the human spirit.” -Abbie Hoffman

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toxdoc 5 7 comments Feb 17

I visited my mother as I have every year on her birthday . It was January 19th, and she was 96 years old ( picture to follow). She was only alert for 10 to 15 minutes at a time, but I brought her a vanilla McDonalds milkshake. She smiled and said it...

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Bigwavedave 7 16 comments Feb 13

Do you find most people too selfish - or much more rarely too giving?

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UrsiMajor 8 12 comments Feb 12

In the Bible where Jesus says "He who is without sin the first stone" Two questions come to mind:Why did she cheat and why didn't the man whom she cheated with get punished?

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PatrickKerr 5 32 comments Feb 7

Magical thinking: the belief that one's ideas, thoughts, actions, words, or use of symbols can influence the course of events in the material world. "Magical thinking can be plotted on a spectrum, with skeptics at one end and schizophrenics at ...

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AwarenessNow 7 7 comments Jan 30

Interesting concept - not sure about its name. EMOCRACY NIALL FERGUSON january 27 2019, 12:01am, the sunday times Feeling beats truth in our indignant ‘emocracy’ niall ferguson Even grand US newspapers ...

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Mcflewster 7 4 comments Jan 27

"For the sight being sent upwards by light and beholding the nature of the stars and their harmonious movement, and the well-ordered revolutions of the fixed stars, and of the planets, some always revolving in the same manner and coming to the same ...

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Ragamuffin 6 6 comments Jan 26

So, today I was called emotionless. I think the person who said it is right. Perhaps I cannot externalize my emotions, with the exception of deaths. Things that some see as "issues" just dont get me fired up. In the grand scheme of things, it is ...

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SoullessHeathen 6 20 comments Jan 23

Hello my beautiful heathen friends. I have a question. What is the scariest part of being an atheist? For me is that nothing comes after death. See I have a daughter who I love dearly, I would love to spends an eternity with her. It scares me that ...

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Infinito_rex 5 41 comments Jan 22

Quote from Douglas Adams

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RhettRogers 3 6 comments Jan 22

Are morality and empathy basically the same?

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Matias 7 27 comments Jan 22

LINK The problem of dogma. – Possumpipesup

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OpposingOpposum 8 11 comments Jan 21

Makes life so much easier !

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evergreen 8 6 comments Jan 20

LINK How Can Someone be an Agnostic and an Atheist at the Same Time? | Courtney Heard

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HippieChick58 9 29 comments Jan 19

Which would be harder to prove...

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micmorgan6 3 14 comments Jan 17

Nobody actually chooses Christanity. They default to it for fear of the alternative. Passive Aggressive Salvation!

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SPRapp 4 7 comments Jan 17

Praise for local libraries; the most powerful engine of democracy and social equality I can think of. My local library celebrates its 5th year in in its new building.

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schmiedeskamp 4 6 comments Jan 17

The night is a well,from which I once drew the courage to face the next day.but now it has become the mirror of all my past mistakes and the regrets of my youth almost blot out the light of the day.oh wisdom,the gift that has arrived almost too late.

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StevenRPrice 3 4 comments Jan 17

Brave? Heroic?

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SoullessHeathen 6 7 comments Jan 17

I have heard people say that the world needs more love, it will save us all for most of my life. I do not believe this even though it sounds good. Love will not save us because people can love all kinds of things usually selfish things. Empathy is ...

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JesseBoren 7 11 comments Jan 17

POLL Why does justice exist?

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Beowulfsfriend 8 6 comments Jan 11

My favorite short description of Humanism. "Humanism is a rational philosophy informed by science inspired by art and motivated by compassion. Free of theism and other supernatural beliefs, Humanists reside in the natural world and thus ...

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rogueflyer 7 4 comments Jan 1

Question: How do humanity and its social structures evolve in history? 1. according to the intentions and plans of human beings, or 2. as self-organizing quasi-natural processes (i.e. determined by nature but not by humans) or 3. according to the ...

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Matias 7 8 comments Dec 27, 2018

What quality(ies) of the opposite sex do you appreciate the most?

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Darius77 6 26 comments Dec 20, 2018

My dog passed away on Friday... wish that ppl around me could undstand that I need comfort. I had her eleven years.

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anonymous 7 69 comments Dec 18, 2018

Which path do you prefer?

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skado 8 16 comments Nov 30, 2018

Is there an afterlife? of any sort

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Albert_Camus 5 25 comments Nov 30, 2018

Hands up all those who have had a discussion with a deeply religious friend, colleague or family member or even a complete stranger (ie the preacher on the street) and actually produced such a compelling argument as why religion is fake and god isn't...

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darien75 7 8 comments Nov 28, 2018

Who do atheists thank on Thanksgiving? Youtube

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CuriousCreature 7 23 comments Nov 22, 2018

What has been your experience with humanist/agnostic/athiest groups that meet in person?

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RationalThinker 4 12 comments Nov 21, 2018

Open minded?

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WeaZ 7 12 comments Nov 20, 2018

What's your belief?

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JosiahHendr 2 15 comments Nov 18, 2018

What is your moral compass?

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Gaiana818 4 56 comments Nov 15, 2018

Submit a haiku

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Dazeypanda 4 20 comments Nov 13, 2018

Is knowledge only probabilistic? Rene Descartes is probably the most famous of philosophers for limiting knowledge, but many others have come to the conclusion that everything and anything we have knowledge of can only considered to be true to a ...

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BeerAndWine 7 6 comments Nov 13, 2018

Agnosticcoms who have lived in multiple US states, what are some cultural differences you weren’t prepared for?

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celticagent 7 4 comments Nov 13, 2018

Illegality against morality

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Paddypereira 6 6 comments Nov 12, 2018

POLL Do you display any symbols of your humanist philosophy?

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Diogenes1972 6 20 comments Nov 9, 2018

LINK Believing without evidence is always morally wrong | Aeon Ideas

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tnorman1236 8 11 comments Nov 7, 2018

What is your ideal self? What does it mean to be your highest self?

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Zackalberto 5 34 comments Oct 31, 2018

LINK Neuroscientist Sam Harris on Our Misconceptions About Free Will and How Acknowledging Its Illusoriness Liberates Us Rather Than Taking Away Our Freedom – Brain Pickings

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tnorman1236 8 10 comments Oct 31, 2018

LINK How a Jellyfish and a Sea Slug Illuminate the Mystery of the Self – Brain Pickings

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tnorman1236 8 5 comments Oct 31, 2018

Is there anyone here that values the teachings of the bible, but rejects it's supernatural elements?

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Wrain62 4 85 comments Oct 30, 2018

There will be a few times in your life when all your instincts will tell you to do something, something that defies logic, upsets your plans, and may seem crazy to others. When that happens, you do it. Listen to your instincts and ignore everything ...

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Markwilliams 3 31 comments Oct 27, 2018

Who's a person who inspires you? I don't just mean politicians - I mean activists, writers, organizers, communicators, media figures - everybody in every field. Who gives you hope?

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Flettie 7 58 comments Oct 26, 2018

LINK Philosophers Name the Best Philosophy Books: From Stoicism and Existentialism, to Metaphysics & Ethics for Artificial Intelligence | Open Culture

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tnorman1236 8 5 comments Oct 23, 2018

Why is the label African Americans used to describe black Americans

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paul1967 8 33 comments Oct 23, 2018

An interesting way to talk to theists: I'm a probation officer. Part of my job is to meet with lifelong criminals and in meeting that last less then an hour maybe every other week we need to use simple talking to get them to stop commiting crimes....

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Adamhayes_1986 4 13 comments Oct 22, 2018

"Providing people with more and better information is unlikely to improve matters. Most of our views are shaped by communal group-think rather than individual rationality, and we hold on to these views out of group loyalty. Bombarding people with...

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Matias 7 10 comments Oct 20, 2018

What would you consider "The meaning of life" to be?

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Infomaniac 4 58 comments Oct 19, 2018

Outside Time and Space?

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paul1967 8 45 comments Oct 15, 2018

LINK What Would Happen If Everyone Truly Believed Everything Is One? - Scientific American Blog Network

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tnorman1236 8 17 comments Oct 14, 2018

Validity of a theory

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Williamrj17 4 32 comments Oct 13, 2018

Political correctness was not even the original term it was called Alternate insert target here. It's purpose was the recognition of prejudices that had become so normalised that they had become unnoticeable. It called for an end to social ...

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LenHazell53 8 16 comments Oct 13, 2018

Is the solution to "hate speech" more speech or less speech?

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IamBane 6 53 comments Oct 12, 2018

Whenever you egaged in an angry altercation with someone else, haven't you invariably thought that the other person was absolutely wrong, and you were absolutely right? Why do we think so?

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Noyi 6 26 comments Oct 10, 2018

Are there any special purpose in our life other than eating, drinking, sleeping, making merry, quarrelling, amassing wealth, criticising others and such other silly things?

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Noyi 6 48 comments Oct 9, 2018

What life-altering things should every human ideally get to experience at least once in their lives?

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WeaZ 7 42 comments Oct 8, 2018

I just left Christianity, and they talk a lot about this "darkness" that Jesus delivered them from. I've been wondering, what is this darkness? Is it other religions as well as Satan? When the British tried to colonize the other nations, they ...

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BongoCat 4 20 comments Oct 7, 2018

POLL Does evil exist? As non-believers do we still accept the concept of evil in its pure form?

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273kelvin 8 67 comments Oct 7, 2018

One of the arguments made by the religious, is that religion/scripture is the source of our morality. I haven't seen the argument made against it that, scriptures are written documents, by humans, therefore any (if) morality contained in ...

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