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    Quote Originally Posted by FindersKeepers View Post
    I've noticed new atheists are most likely to turn anti-theist, and I've always assumed they were angry because they felt "tricked" in their younger years.

    Plus, there's that very human-nature thing that makes us want others to agree with us in order to make us feel justified in our beliefs.
    I've never turned 'against' organized religion, it just wasn't for me. Primarily, one of the initial things was being told I would burn in hell (or their definition of it) if I didn't follow a prescribed set of rules. I don't deal well with threats.

    As I said, if someone else feels it fills something for them, and it harms no one, then have at it.
    "I believe there are more instances of the abridgement of freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments by those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations." -- James Madison

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    Quote Originally Posted by Collateral Damage View Post
    I've never turned 'against' organized religion, it just wasn't for me. Primarily, one of the initial things was being told I would burn in hell (or their definition of it) if I didn't follow a prescribed set of rules. I don't deal well with threats.

    As I said, if someone else feels it fills something for them, and it harms no one, then have at it.

    I guess I would measure a-theism vs anti-theism by whether the person talks for atheism or against theism.
    Tradition is not the worship of ashes, but the preservation of fire. ― Gustav Mahler

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    Quote Originally Posted by Chris View Post
    I guess I would measure a-theism vs anti-theism by whether the person talks for atheism or against theism.
    It's not something I've sat down and analyzed, to be honest. Organized religion doesn't work for me, but it might for others. I guess that makes me 'atheist', though I don't deny the possibility of the existence of higher power. I just don't fear it, nor will I kotow to it.
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    Protestant, non-denominational. It was given to me by my parents.
    Call your state legislators and insist they approve the Article V convention of States to propose amendments.


    I pledge allegiance to the Constitution as written and understood by this nation's founders, and to the Republic it created, an indivisible union of sovereign States, with liberty and justice for all.

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