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Re: Is lgbt dead in the water?
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Fri, 15 Oct 2004 01:29:19 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, David Laswell wrote:
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Since noone has been able to successfully prove,
beyond the shadow of a doubt, that one particular religion/denomination is
the One True Religion (and that includes Atheism),
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Many people view atheism as a belief system rather than a religion. Your points
still stand, nonetheless, but I did want to point it out.
I’ll go farther, and state that I feel that people who consistently call atheism
a religion are, in my view, exhibiting a false understanding of the nature of
religion. I suspect (without proof) that you were shortcutting rather than that
you actually hold that belief.
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| (...) What is a religion, if not a "belief system"? Just because atheism is not an organized religion doesn't mean it's not a religion at all. (...) You must have missed my lengthy discussion with Mr. Schuler regarding the fundamental differences (...) (20 years ago, 15-Oct-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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| (...) That's true, if viewed in a certain light. Murder is always wrong, but societies define "murder" according to their own sense of morality. Many people would consider executing criminals to be murder. Texans do not. Many people would consider (...) (20 years ago, 14-Oct-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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