This prevents the idol worshiping of the immoral gods, that the mainstream religions are prone to follow. This makes Gnostic Christianity a superior ideology. — Gnostic Christian Bishop
Let’s chat about the atheist religion.
Believers in the mainstream god religions often denigrate and discriminate against atheists, non-believers and rival religions on moral grounds. Godless mean without a moral sense to them.
I seek a solution to this problem, as the godless, statistically speaking, seem more moral, law abiding and peaceful than traditional mainstream religious believers who, ironically, claim a superior moral position, while having an inferior one. Statistics are quite clear on this. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VdtwTeBPYQA
As a Gnostic Christian, I get it from both sides. From believers who see me as an atheist and from atheists who see me as a believer. Both sides are wrong, given that Gnostic Christians are esoteric ecumenist and free-thinking naturalist, --- who hold no supernatural beliefs, --- regardless of the lies put into history by the inquisitors who decimated us, --- but never annihilated us. We are a religion of perpetual seekers of knowledge and wisdom, who raise the bar of excellence whenever we think we have the best ideological position.
This prevents the idol worshiping of the immoral gods, that the mainstream religions are prone to follow. This makes Gnostic Christianity a superior ideology. Perhaps this open-mindedness explains the hate towards us from god believers, as well as towards atheists and other non-believers that believers target.
Solutions to this endless denigration and discrimination are hard to come by, given that governments are not promoting any kind of dialog between the various religions and non-believers and allow religions to continue promoting vile homophobic and misogynous teachings.
To my way of thinking, be you following a theology and named god, a philosophy of a named philosopher, a religion that puts man above god and focuses on knowledge and wisdom like mine, a political tribe like Democrats and Republican, statism or any other thinking system, --- all groups named are following an ideology, --- and can thus be seem and described as a religion.
It is thus proper English to call atheism a religion. In fact, given the stats, atheism is a more moral religion than most. I am thinking that if all atheist proudly took on the religion label, --- as their atheist churches are doing, --- more god believing religionist would likely opt for atheism as their religion so as to improve their moral sense.
Take your deserved bow my atheist friends. You are now second only to my own Gnostic Christianity. We Gnostic Christian did what I advise here before the inquisitors got to us and that may be why we were known as the only good Christians.
Regards
DL — Gnostic Christian Bishop
I've never heard someone say Gnostic Christians are the good christians. — christian2017
I've never heard someone say Gnostic Christians are the good christians.
— christian2017
Certainly the Gnostic Christians themselves say that, otherwise they wouldn't stay Gnostic Christians.
Everyone thinks they are of the correct opinion and those who disagree are wrong, otherwise they would change their opinion to the one they think is correct. — Pfhorrest
i disagree. Why do you always post videos to back up what you say instead of articles? Do you have an article to back up your claim. I've never heard someone say Gnostic Christians are the good christians. — christian2017
Everyone thinks they are of the correct opinion — Pfhorrest
...and here was me thinking this might be a thread about atheism... — Banno
i disagree. Why do you always post videos to back up what you say instead of articles? Do you have an article to back up your claim. I've never heard someone say Gnostic Christians are the good christians.
— christian2017
I do not know what part s you disagree with and to your last, it is not my fault that you have not gotten around enough to hear that.
Why do you think the inquisitions were used if not because we had an ideology that evil Christians could not argue against?
Regards
DL — Gnostic Christian Bishop
We also shouldn't assume everyone executed during the iquisition was relatively innocent. — christian2017
The idea essential to religion is moral providence. Even Buddhism which does not believe in God believes in moral providence because it believes in the law of karma. So is atheism a religion or not? I'd say it depends. — Vaibhav Narula
Since following an ideology is a prerequisite of religion, atheism can be considered a religion — Gnostic Christian Bishop
That is why atheist churches are called atheist churches. — Gnostic Christian Bishop
I’ve never heard of such things. Link? — Pfhorrest
Necessary conditions are not sufficient conditions. — Pfhorrest
What else do atheists follow if not their ideology? What would or could be added? — Gnostic Christian Bishop
But why don’t you clarify where your atheism is? — matt
The point is that ideology is necessary for religion, but not sufficient for religion, so not everyone who follows some ideology is therefore religious, even though all religion is ideological. — Pfhorrest
What would or could be added? — Gnostic Christian Bishop
We're supposed to buy the oxymoron? This approach is akin to that approach of one TPFer some will recognize who claimed that because no one could prove the existence of God, it was thereby a 50-50 proposition that God existed. Why don't you start by telling us what you think religion is, what you think atheism is, and what you think they have to do with each other.Let’s chat about the atheist religion. — Gnostic Christian Bishop
There are many. Here is one.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qRtJPSmI9pY — Gnostic Christian Bishop
What else do atheists follow if not their ideology? — Gnostic Christian Bishop
Why don't you start by telling us what you think religion is, what you think atheism is, and what you think they have to do with each other. — tim wood
Frank Apisa — Frank Apisa
Baden
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but it most assuredly is a "belief system".
— Frank Apisa
No, it's not. See above. — Baden
That's a Christian church with a controversial minister. Don't spread bullshit. — Baden
Atheism is the lack of a (religious) ideology — Baden
I mentioned that it is one of many. — Gnostic Christian Bishop
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