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Atheist, Militant.

Atheist.

Atheist with slight agnosticism. No evidence to support the burden of proof or claims made by any Religion. If such a creator or god exists, I have massive doubts that he is correctly described in any human writing or would be concerned for humanity at all. Also the number of known Religions is over 5000.

I also, have no idea why anyone would refer to themselves as a Militant Atheist. It's a way of degrading any form of public secularist activity by adding a word that would indicate some form of violent action on the part of the group, but it's really just my opinion.

 kronk wrote:
Militant Agnostic

Fight for your right to say maybe!


Universalist unitarian here! Though I personally happen to roll with a general form of Ásatrú

I swing between open minded agnostic, to full blown self destructive atheist. Lately I've been leaning toward the latter.

Born and raised as a catholic, "changed my mind" shortly after reaching the age of legal culpability. Now looking forward to inevitably becoming th black smoke shrouded bull of the family f I manag to make it that long.

Agnostey atheist.

Buddhism isn't really a religious view or spiritual belief, rather a way of living that produces better life. Enlightenment is only really important because by being attainable in one lifetime (as Guatama Buddha once did) merely shows the power and flexibility of the human mind and subsequently the body. It's a lesson, not a goal. The goal of Buddhism is the reduction of suffering in the world by following the Eightfold Path.

Just... The more you know, you don't have to take it off cause some people (read:me) like being able to answer and add a post that teaches other individuals about something amazing

As for actual spiritual beliefs, I suppose you could call me a deist. I believe there is a creator (I like that word because I believe that's pretty much all he/she/it did that affects us) and is so powerful that it can't be bothered to worry about us here on Earth. It's up to us to take care of ourselves and each other and the planet as well as any other planets we eventually move to.

Atheist, Humanist here! Human rights, science, reason.. Is a priority! yay

 KalashnikovMarine wrote:

 kronk wrote:
Militant Agnostic

Fight for your right to say maybe!

Those damn filthy neutrals. You never know where you stand with them...

Personally I am Atheist.

Protestant Christian, born and raised.
As I've gotten older, I have bothered to try to reason through what I believe and why. Best I can come up with is that the universe/existence can't explain itself. Some outside force has to be acting on it to cause it to be. Why couldn't that force be sentient in some manner? Why wouldn't that force, if sentient, enjoy interacting with its little creations? The Jewish God has been known to people for quite some time, does not surround Himself with overly fanciful tales (like killing a dragon and ripping out its heart to create the world), and has a good set of core values (when actually followed) that mostly make sense.
I am aware that my belief in something does not cause it to actually be true. I figure I'll follow what looks like the best path and find out if I was right or not when I die. Or not. If there really is nothing after death, at least I won't be around to be dissappointed

Atheist, because I'm a grown up.

I know it is probably impossible in this thread, but if everyone could refrain from insulting other people's beliefs, well, not only will it be appreciated by all, but it will also mean you're following the rules of this site.

Thanks!

I'm a very informed Atheist

Christian

My god is the emperor!!

Atheist. The type that aren't dicks like my friends.

 bocatt wrote:
Buddhism isn't really a religious view or spiritual belief, rather a way of living that produces better life. Enlightenment is only really important because by being attainable in one lifetime (as Guatama Buddha once did) merely shows the power and flexibility of the human mind and subsequently the body. It's a lesson, not a goal. The goal of Buddhism is the reduction of suffering in the world by following the Eightfold Path.

Just... The more you know, you don't have to take it off cause some people (read:me) like being able to answer and add a post that teaches other individuals about something amazing

As for actual spiritual beliefs, I suppose you could call me a deist. I believe there is a creator (I like that word because I believe that's pretty much all he/she/it did that affects us) and is so powerful that it can't be bothered to worry about us here on Earth. It's up to us to take care of ourselves and each other and the planet as well as any other planets we eventually move to.

I was about to say the same thing when I realized the same is true of Islam and Christianity, making the point moot. ( about the way of life thing) It's just.... People are not very good at following the path laid before them.......

I'm more surprised Wicca isn't n the list

 aosol wrote:
Atheist, because I'm a grown up.

Yup.

Humanist/Atheist, and pretty serious about it.

This is merely a belief in what we can observe and prove, with the caveat that we might be wrong, since we might discover something new tomorrow.

Most atheists would happily accept a god who could be proven scientifically, since then it wouldn't be a theology/belief system, but a scientific fact. I'd argue that a lot of 'agnostics' in this thread would be better represented by the word 'Atheist', based on their actual beliefs.

Christian, to be specific, Roman Catholic.

Militant Atheist.

I was raised in various forms of Protestantism until I got to high school. When I got to high school I began to consider myself Agnostic, though looking back I was really more of a Deist.

I converted to Christianity (non denominational) about 6 years later (when I was 20) after a great deal of Historical and Scientific research on both ends of the spectrum. Being raised in public school, I had a very narrow view of most things concerning the origin of man, evolution, and generally all things anthropological. I now very much know what I believe but enjoy reading studies and articles from both ends. I genuinely wish that logic did not dictate to me that Christianity be true and correct...life was so much easier when I could do whatever I wanted

That last bit is light hearted but with an element of truth to it. I am happy to have arrived at what I can best determine as the Truth, and the Truth is actually some very good news...it would just be nice if I didn't have to deal with the whole "fallen human" thing.

How exactly is one a "Militant" atheist?

 Shadowbrand wrote:
How exactly is one a "Militant" atheist?

By spending just as much time and effort as militant [religion] when pointing out that some people are wrong and trying to get them to change their mind and make them believe the same thing about [religion|lack of] as you while also being a complete and utter jerk about it. Every faith group is capable of it, it's not just something that some atheists do.

Basically:

[religion] here is what I believe
evangelical (for lack of a better word) [religion] here is what I believe and why you should agree with me
militant [religion] here is what I believe, here is what you are wrong about, and here is why it makes you are an idiot for believing [other religion]

Don't be a dick and you won't be labeled militant anything

Yeah. I'll stick to my mellow "Eh. I'm just not convinced it's real" Apathiest ways rather then being an argumentative tool. We've enough of those as it is.

 d-usa wrote:

 Shadowbrand wrote:
How exactly is one a "Militant" atheist?

By spending just as much time and effort as militant [religion] when pointing out that some people are wrong and trying to get them to change their mind and make them believe the same thing about [religion|lack of] as you while also being a complete and utter jerk about it. Every faith group is capable of it, it's not just something that some atheists do.

Basically:

[religion] here is what I believe
evangelical (for lack of a better word) [religion] here is what I believe and why you should agree with me
militant [religion] here is what I believe, here is what you are wrong about, and here is why it makes you are an idiot for believing [other religion]

Don't be a dick and you won't be labeled militant anything

My 2 cents? Or should I say bits....

Militant Atheisim is on general, a snarl word used to discredit active Atheist groups who oppose what they see as the wrongs of Religion. Again, we are intitled to our opinions, and I'd mostly agree with your statement, though I wouldn't say every campaigning Atheist is a dick.

Antitheist. I dislike religion, what it stands for, and the concept in general.

agnositic but spiritual, I believe that regardless if the universe was created or created itself it is only by observation and understanding the universe we can seek to approach the powers that created it.

 blood reaper wrote:

 d-usa wrote:

 Shadowbrand wrote:
How exactly is one a "Militant" atheist?

By spending just as much time and effort as militant [religion] when pointing out that some people are wrong and trying to get them to change their mind and make them believe the same thing about [religion|lack of] as you while also being a complete and utter jerk about it. Every faith group is capable of it, it's not just something that some atheists do.

Basically:

[religion] here is what I believe
evangelical (for lack of a better word) [religion] here is what I believe and why you should agree with me
militant [religion] here is what I believe, here is what you are wrong about, and here is why it makes you are an idiot for believing [other religion]

Don't be a dick and you won't be labeled militant anything

My 2 cents? Or should I say bits....

Militant Atheisim is on general, a snarl word used to discredit active Atheist groups who oppose what they see as the wrongs of Religion. Again, we are intitled to our opinions, and I'd mostly agree with your statement, though I wouldn't say every campaigning Atheist is a dick.

I think what you are describing would be the "evangelical atheist". I know it's a stupid combination of words that doesn't make much sense, but it's just a category label. It's the "being a dick" to people that believe in a deity that pushes somebody towards the "militant atheism" label IMO.

After being raised in a very devout Jehovah's Witness family, I find I'm now very critical and sometimes hostile to certain religious concepts or ideals. By the same token however, I've also had experiences I feel I can describe as "spiritual". What I can never be sure of is how... real, for lack of better term, my beliefs are and how much I'm simply reacting to, or being influenced by my upbringing.

I'd guess I'd say I'm a straddling the non religious agnostic/atheist line.

Zond wrote:
After being raised in a very devout Jehovah's Witness family, I find I'm now very critical and sometimes hostile to certain religious concepts or ideals. By the same token however, I've also had experiences I feel I can describe as "spiritual". What I can never be sure of is how... real, for lack of better term, my beliefs are and how much I'm simply reacting to, or being influenced by my upbringing.

I'd guess I'd say I'm a straddling the non religious agnostic/atheist line.

I think that's similar to the cause behind why I was so hostile to religion for quite a while. I was raised in a Pentecostal family. Though I was only about 7 or 8 before my immediate family stopped going to church, I remember enough of it. Sola scriptura is an uncomfortable thing to deal with for a kid who asks lots of questions.