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Ignitionnet · 12-11-2011, 21:02

Following on from http://www.cableforum.co.uk/board/35328600-post55.html

So how would you identify yourself as far as theological beliefs go?

More to the point why do you feel that way? I'm sure we all have our reasons.

I'll start - per my vote in the poll I am an atheist, and to be more exact a Humanist for the very simple reason that while we don't have all the answers I see no reason to believe that there is any kind of deity. I live my life on the belief that it is the one life I have.

I find all sorts of discrepancies about religion and note that religions come and they go - note the myths of Greece and Rome, at one time those temples were alive with worshippers and now they are deserted. Such is I believe the fate of all the current faiths in time as the human race (hopefully!) grows in stature and grows beyond the need for believing we're immortal or using an imaginary figure as someone to lean on, pay penance to and in turn give credit for our achievements to.

I find that so often with the difficult questions in life like 'What happens when I die?' or 'How can I stop myself from dying?' or 'What happened to my family when they died?' we tend to look for answers and take whatever we happen to like the look of rather than reality - see homeopathy and psychics as two cases in point. I can't do that, I can't simply fill in the gaps that science has with whatever is most convenient, so I'm atheistic.

Stephen Fry puts it better than I possibly could.

Brian Cox, another Humanist along with Stephen Fry, makes a very elegant monologue in Wonders of the Universe.

Next please - no need to pick on other people's views, state your case and why and let other people do comparisons in their own minds.

12-11-2011, 21:02	#1
Ignitionnet Inactive Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Leeds, West Yorkshire Age: 48 Posts: 13,995	All Encompassing Are You Religious and Why Thread Following on from http://www.cableforum.co.uk/board/35328600-post55.html So how would you identify yourself as far as theological beliefs go? More to the point why do you feel that way? I'm sure we all have our reasons. I'll start - per my vote in the poll I am an atheist, and to be more exact a Humanist for the very simple reason that while we don't have all the answers I see no reason to believe that there is any kind of deity. I live my life on the belief that it is the one life I have. I find all sorts of discrepancies about religion and note that religions come and they go - note the myths of Greece and Rome, at one time those temples were alive with worshippers and now they are deserted. Such is I believe the fate of all the current faiths in time as the human race (hopefully!) grows in stature and grows beyond the need for believing we're immortal or using an imaginary figure as someone to lean on, pay penance to and in turn give credit for our achievements to. I find that so often with the difficult questions in life like 'What happens when I die?' or 'How can I stop myself from dying?' or 'What happened to my family when they died?' we tend to look for answers and take whatever we happen to like the look of rather than reality - see homeopathy and psychics as two cases in point. I can't do that, I can't simply fill in the gaps that science has with whatever is most convenient, so I'm atheistic. Stephen Fry puts it better than I possibly could. Brian Cox, another Humanist along with Stephen Fry, makes a very elegant monologue in Wonders of the Universe. Next please - no need to pick on other people's views, state your case and why and let other people do comparisons in their own minds.