One can still believe in God and not be part of a religious movement which usually involves rituals and other devotional methods. God can simply be the universal energy that supports all life.
On Jan 10, 3:26 am, "willy minnen" <[email protected]> wrote: > I am 66 and had already several atheist groups on the internet and local. > The only mistake we have to avoid is to take over the methods of the > religiolics. I am convinced of my personal opinion, but I have not to > convince others. If I do the same as they, where's the difference? Where's > the liberty of opinion? Freedom of religion means freedom from religion too. > I am religion-free. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: ornamentalmind > To: "Minds Eye" > Sent: Saturday, January 10, 2009 6:57 AM > Subject: [Mind's Eye] Re: Two questions > > 1. The atheist groups that I am a member of merely talk about, and > some actually do, having similar slogans on busses in their home > towns. Some discuss what would be the best words to use. Overall, > there is no ‘correct’ nor ‘incorrect’ to the issue. > 2. No. > Since I guess people care about ‘reasons’, one of countless ones is > that, in this case, all we have at this time is tabloid rumor and > innuendo. If ‘we’ start using that as a basis for trials, as corrupt > as the system is, it would be entirely doomed. > > On Jan 9, 9:07 am, "Ian Pollard" <[email protected]> wrote: > > Two questions I've been mulling over... > > > 1. The recent atheist bus campaign in London, saw buses with the slogan > > "There is probably no God. Now stop worrying and enjoy your life." > Members > > of Christian Voice -- in attempt to have the adverts removed -- have > > complained to the Advertising Standards Authority about the accuracy of > this > > slogan. Would it be correct for atheists to now complain about the > accuracy > > of the commercial activities of Christian churches (such as the Alpha > > Course)? Or, in reality, are said atheists far too busy arguing on > Internet > > forums about whether the slogan is in fact *agnostic* and what the most > > accurate meaning of the word "probably" is? > > > 2. Should John Travolta be brought to trial for child neglect following > the > > death of his son? Reports are claiming that his son, who suffered from > > autism, was denied prescription drugs and psychiatric counselling for > his > > illness (that could have helped control his seizures) because of his > > father's Scientology beliefs. > > > Happy New Year! > > > Ian --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Minds-Eye?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
