Over the past seven years, the number of outright atheists has nearly doubled, from 900,000 to 1.6 million, according to the survey.
Such a big increase in VERY recent times. The choir boy buggerings probably had a good bit to do with it, what do you think
Re: rise of non religious people
Posted: Thu Nov 18, 2010 11:05 pm
by AntlionUK
i think people are just less convinced by religion rather then being scared away by pedophile priests.
Re: rise of non religious people
Posted: Thu Nov 18, 2010 11:23 pm
by capo ultra
as the collective human mind increases in knowledge so the need for fairy tales becomes irrelevant
Re: rise of non religious people
Posted: Thu Nov 18, 2010 11:28 pm
by AllNightDayDream
Maybe they're starting to smell the bullshit
I blame the internet
Re: rise of non religious people
Posted: Thu Nov 18, 2010 11:29 pm
by qwaycee_
i think die-hard atheists are just as annoying as die-hard religious people.
Re: rise of non religious people
Posted: Thu Nov 18, 2010 11:35 pm
by 64hz
I find it amusing how Richard Dawkins, as a die-hard atheist, has devoted more of his time to God(albeit the disproving of) than most theists do.
(i think this is post 1234 so i might leave now. i've never got this many posts on a forum before, i waste toooo much time here!)
Re: rise of non religious people
Posted: Thu Nov 18, 2010 11:42 pm
by kidshuffle
AllNightDayDream wrote:
I blame the internet
and
qwaycee_ wrote:i think die-hard atheists are just as annoying as die-hard religious people.
Re: rise of non religious people
Posted: Thu Nov 18, 2010 11:46 pm
by south3rn
i think it's important to separate "religious people" vs "people of faith"
at my core i'm convinced God exists and is active/involved, but have little tolerance for organized religion.
Re: rise of non religious people
Posted: Thu Nov 18, 2010 11:55 pm
by gargantuan
only 1,6 million in 2010??
that's like 0.5% or something bwahahahaha that's embarrassing
happily i live in a former die-hard catholic state where 19% of the population declares itself atheist now. that's a leap i like!
alien pimp
Re: rise of non religious people
Posted: Fri Nov 19, 2010 1:23 am
by jameshk
AllNightDayDream wrote:I blame the internet
I was gona say that
Re: rise of non religious people
Posted: Fri Nov 19, 2010 1:35 am
by christophera
i think religion is tarded and i wouldn't believe in God at all if i hadn't taken so dang much acid
Re: rise of non religious people
Posted: Fri Nov 19, 2010 2:58 am
by gargantuan
christophera wrote:i think religion is tarded and i wouldn't believe in God at all if i hadn't taken so dang much acid
sober parson today?
Re: rise of non religious people
Posted: Fri Nov 19, 2010 2:59 am
by christophera
i'm not saying anything different than i've ever said.
i thought it was bullshit till i took a bunch of acid when i realized the shit is real. religion is still tarded.
Re: rise of non religious people
Posted: Fri Nov 19, 2010 3:00 am
by christophera
religious people are pretty much all doing it wrong
Re: rise of non religious people
Posted: Fri Nov 19, 2010 3:01 am
by gargantuan
christophera wrote:i'm not saying anything different than i've ever said.
i thought it was bullshit till i took a bunch of acid when i realized the shit is real. religion is still tarded.
now i got it right, all safe, go on
alien pimp
Re: rise of non religious people
Posted: Fri Nov 19, 2010 3:04 am
by christophera
Nick Herbert (Physicist-Author): American physicist, best known for his book "Quantum Reality".
After receiving his Ph.D. in Physics from Stanford University, Herbert took on several posts, in both the academia and industry, the most illustrious of which was senior physicist at Memorex Corp., where developed new magnetic materials, as well as magnetic, electrostatic and optical measuring devices, plus theoretical work on Lorenz microscopy. He was also senior physicist at SCM where he deveoped a new theory of xerographic process.
He also held faculty position at Monmouth, Illinois, where he was assistant professor of physics at Monmouth College.
Here, Nick Herbert discusses psychedelics and consciousness in an interview with Andrew Rutajit.
Re: rise of non religious people
Posted: Fri Nov 19, 2010 3:09 am
by gargantuan
why do most spiritual leader wannabees grow long facial hair?
not aimed at parson, he doesnt qualify with that daliesque tache
alien pimp
Re: rise of non religious people
Posted: Fri Nov 19, 2010 3:11 am
by christophera
don't you think you might miss out on some good stuff with such snap judgments as wannabe when discussing individuals like nick herbert
Re: rise of non religious people
Posted: Fri Nov 19, 2010 3:24 am
by gargantuan
christophera wrote:don't you think you might miss out on some good stuff with such snap judgments as wannabe when discussing individuals like nick herbert
nah, he just triggered the comment, i don't know him yet.
he might be cool, my question still stands
Re: rise of non religious people
Posted: Fri Nov 19, 2010 3:35 am
by brent
i believe something is going on that we can't see like parson says. i've come close to dying a couple of times and think there's a reason i didn't die, when most people would have under the same circumstances. i also took too much ket one of my first times, which put me on the ground and drooling on myself by the wall at a warehouse party. everything went black, then i saw something really scary happening to me. however long later, my focus came back and what i saw wasn't really happening. some years later, the shit i saw actually happened and reminded me of the vision. i don't know what it means, but i don't have any desire to take ket again. i'm against all of the organized religions, the hate most of it spreads, and the way they use it to collect money.