http://www.atheistbus.org.uk/what-do-we-seem-to-be-saying/ Sat, 06 Mar 2010 10:22:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.atheistbus.org.uk/what-do-we-seem-to-be-saying/comment-page-1/#comment-3402 Oliver R Wed, 18 Nov 2009 23:25:17 +0000 http://www.atheistbus.org.uk/?p=831#comment-3402 That's rather sneaky, they way he snuck in the bit about living in harmony and respecting others, as though that is just as exclusive to Christianity (or at least theism) as believing in God (and the rest of the content of the creeds) is... Perhaps it would be news to this person that Humanists actually believe in living in harmony too, and it doesn't take a God breathing down your neck to know it is a good idea. In fact it is probably easier to live in harmony with others if you don't for example, believe they are going to Hell due to not sharing your beliefs, but just treat them as being on an equal level with you, just another human, with similar joys and sorrows and needs. That’s rather sneaky, they way he snuck in the bit about living in harmony and respecting others, as though that is just as exclusive to Christianity (or at least theism) as believing in God (and the rest of the content of the creeds) is… Perhaps it would be news to this person that Humanists actually believe in living in harmony too, and it doesn’t take a God breathing down your neck to know it is a good idea. In fact it is probably easier to live in harmony with others if you don’t for example, believe they are going to Hell due to not sharing your beliefs, but just treat them as being on an equal level with you, just another human, with similar joys and sorrows and needs.

]]> http://www.atheistbus.org.uk/what-do-we-seem-to-be-saying/comment-page-1/#comment-3400 Guillaume Wed, 18 Nov 2009 21:23:12 +0000 http://www.atheistbus.org.uk/?p=831#comment-3400 Religious people often fail to see, or do not want to see, that there is a difference between religious belief and ethics. If the new campaign can raise public awareness over that distinction, it will have done one thing good. If it shatters the privileges of the faith schools, that would be a bonus. Religious people often fail to see, or do not want to see, that there is a difference between religious belief and ethics. If the new campaign can raise public awareness over that distinction, it will have done one thing good. If it shatters the privileges of the faith schools, that would be a bonus.

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