A good point. Atheism by definition means not having a theology. I don't consider myself an atheist, mostly because many people associate it with a type of certainty about the question of the nature of our universe, and often objectivism, which in my opinion puts too much weight on the strength of human perception. Typically I describe myself as non-religious. Like atheism, it is defined as a negative, but I have found that religious people tend to be accepting of that answer. I was raised Catholic, but I don't practice, obviously. Recently my cousin told me that Catholics can baptize others in situations where a priest isn't available. We were standing by Lake Superior, and I told her that she could baptize our 17 mo daughter right there. She did. My other cousin who was there couldn't understand why I would do that since I am not religious. Honestly, I have come to care less about contradictions of that nature.
I started doing this recently, mostly because that is all that really matters to me. If someone believes in some form of deism or something like that, I don't really care. We don't need to discuss it. We can discuss something more important. It is really only difficult to have meaningful intellectual discussions with religious fundamentalists because their entire world is clouded by the God meme. I always knew you were a Pagan devil. Ya, I know what you mean. This is the stance held by most Jews I think. Their culture is still largely religious in nature, so it is important to the social group and the family unit. But this can be easily reconciled by embracing and enjoying the cultural aspects, without taking the scripture literally.I describe myself as non-religious
I was raised Catholic, but I don't practice, obviously.
We were standing by Lake Superior, and I told her that she could baptize our 17 mo daughter right there. She did. My other cousin who was there couldn't understand why I would do that since I am not religious. Honestly, I have come to care less about contradictions of that nature.
I too, was raised Catholic and I also don't practice. For me, Catholicism is more of a cultural element than one of belief. I think that people are sometimes poorer for not having any sort of religious element in their lives, because belief systems have shaped secular cultures so deeply, especially in terms of thought and art. I don't get fundamentalism on either side of the issue. If there is a god or whatever, I doubt it would care how many Hail Maries people say. If there isn't a god, then big whoop. Going out of your way to make people feel bad for their beliefs is shitty and small.
I would hope that no matter what we believe, we could at least agree on this!If there is a god or whatever, I doubt it would care how many Hail Maries people say. If there isn't a god, then big whoop. Going out of your way to make people feel bad for their beliefs is shitty and small.
Would you go far as saying that we can "blur" those lines :)
By his Holiness, Bazooka Joe, I should hope so! By the way, after watching that video (more times than I want to admit) I have learned that the brunette model's name is Emily Ratajkowski and that she has taken her clothes off for photographs on many occasions. I think I have most of them now. A much more pleasant way to spend my time than filling out job applications to be sure, but, y'know. :)