> That's ironic, because of the few athiests that I've met, > they seem the most > trustworthy to me. They're not acting a certain way > because some big guy up > in the sky is telling them how. They act the way they > want to act because > *they* feel like they should act that way. It makes it > easy to figure out > their true personality because if they feel like being a > shithead, they're a > shithead. If they feel like being a nice person, they're > a nice person. > They aren't shitheads acting like nice people who will do > a shithead thing, > then go ask the sky for forgiveness about being a shithead > and then repeat > the process.
Incidentally, Unitarian Universalism also makes the atheist-style behavior likely. Granted that membership in the UU church doesn't require a belief in anything supernatural -- you can be an atheist and also a unitarian. The difference between Unitarianism and Christianity is that unitarians don't believe in satan or hell, and since there is no fear of eternal damnation, therefore no reason for pretense or repentance. Unitarians do however tend to have a significant interest in community, conversation and science, as compared to your garden variety atheist who's probably more likely to stay home and read a book. s. isaac dealey 434.293.6201 new epoch : isn't it time for a change? add features without fixtures with the onTap open source framework http://www.fusiontap.com http://coldfusion.sys-con.com/author/4806Dealey.htm ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:201480 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
