Monday, May 14, 2007
layaway avilable
My college is giving us free tix to watch spiderman 3..albeit it was two weeks after the premier but it was a nice gesture. the movie is shown at klcc today. it was fun thoguh eventhough i saw it already. i'm disappointed not because of the movie..i wnet to kinokuniya this morning and wanted to buy the public law book,,i thought i'll draw money and go after kunch..after kunch it was sold..so pissed..as u know there were a lot of llb studetns so i think they bought book ahead of me..haih..disappointd la..anyways my bf bought a wireless mouse for me after seeing how i tug n pull the mouse cuz i want to lie on bed to use the pc..how thoughtful of him. luckily my keyboard's wire is long wenough so i'm officially blogging on my bed..i know it's not a big thing blogging on da bed but i dun have laptop ma..now i wanna save moeny to buy a flat screen monitor..smasung preferably very nice..stylish n sleek..i was surfing the net and came across some atheists debating with religion heads about God. atheists are ppl who don't belive in God and therefore have no religion. from my opinion athists are mainly educated ppl who have questions on God that has left unanswered..therefore they can't belive God while they do not understand or believe they unerstand. i'm not saying that ppl like us who have a religion are dumb but atheists considere themselves to some sort of modern man that thinks they do not need God to live life. well i might not be an atheists expert but this is just my opinion. my point is to witness unbelievers you must be knowleadgeabale on what your preaching...you must know why you believing in Jesus for example. i've seen many passionate christians who sometimes dunno how to answer certain ques such as what is the holy spirit? why beleive in jesus and not god? why god just save the world himself rather than sacrificing his son? maybe some of u rading this dont't even know the accurate answer..to harvest a soul you must know all of this..not just following other ppl what they do..it's seldom for me to touch on religion purposes but sometimes is heart wrenching for me to see christians who buta buta go to chruch for various reason but not the main reason..for God..they go to church and be a sunday christian and witness to unbelievers so unconvcingly that sometimes they even confuse themselves. it's heart wrenching for me but what about Jesus..seeing his ppl abusing his name..possibly that's y i stop going to church. cuz i'm living a sin now ..being with an unbeliever. i feel myself finding it hard to fully myself to god when i'm not fully following his words...that's just me and hopefully one day i'll find my way back to Him..i still love jesus very much~ i'm not thinking of being a atheist or any other religion this i'm sure about..here's an article of an atheist i found about..just for general knowledge..
Definition:
Atheism (A'thE-iz"um),-n, is defined as:
1. the doctrine or belief that there is no God.
2. disbelief in the existence of a supreme being or beings.
The term atheism comes from the Greek word atheos, meaning godless. Atheos is derived form a, meaning "without," and theos, meaning "deity".
Atheism is to be distinguished from agnosticism, which leaves open the question whether there is a god or not.
a collection of definitions and translations
Strong and Weak Atheism
Weak Atheism:
Stating that you do not believe in a god or gods.
Strong Atheism:
Asserting that God does not or can not exist.
Statistics
850,000,000 Secularists, Non-Religious, Agnostic and Atheists in the world. That's about 15% or more than 1 out of 10 people, making this the fourth largest religious belief grouping.
The population of non-believers in the USA is about 10% and 10-25% in Europe.
Most studies of the hightly educated and scientists show a higher proportion of atheists and non-believers.
Prison populations appear to have a lower proportion of Atheists and non-believers.
Statistics of Atheists are generaly considered statisticaly low especially in 'self-identification' surveys because many who are technically 'Atheists' shy away from the term, often using 'non-religious', 'agnostic', 'secular' or 'humanist' due to Atheism's negative perception.
more in Statistics Section
History of Atheism
History on http://www.objectivethought.com
False Assumptions About Atheism
There is a lot of false information and social beliefs out there about atheists. This is the cause of the majority of the hate and prejudice felt towards atheists. Below are answers to the most common false assumptions about atheists.
A fair site for Christians by Christians about Atheists
CHRISTIAN APOLOGETICS & RESEARCH MINISTRY: Atheism
Is Atheism a Religion?
"Calling Atheism a religion is like calling bald a hair color."
-Don Hirschberg
Unlike a religion, atheism is not organized under a common doctrine (belief system). The only shared opinion among atheists is the nonexistence of a deity. There are a few common beliefs among atheists such as views regarding morality, religion and spirituality, but these beliefs vary greatly and are outside the definition of atheism and thus are not required to be an atheist.
Largely, atheism remains unorganized and as some would say, "organizing atheists is like trying to heard cats".
Are Atheists immoral?
For the most part, immorality and morality are subjective. Every culture, civilization, belief system, family and individual has their own definition of what being moral means. There are however a few common ideas derived from natural laws that are considered immoral such as deceit, theft, murder any any other kind of caused suffering (see Humanism).
Statistically speaking; atheists make up a smaller percentage of the prison population than the general population and have a lower divorce rate than the major religions.+
There is no evidence that atheists are any less moral according to their society’s cultural beliefs than those of the society who subscribe to a religious doctrine. Most atheists consider themselves moral. Many atheists call themselves Secular Humanists; they adhere to a set of beliefs that promotes human values without specific allusion to religious doctrines.
From: CHRISTIAN APOLOGETICS & RESEARCH MINISTRY
"Can Atheists be ethical?
The answer to this question is a definite, 'Yes.' ...They are subject to the same laws of our country (and other countries). They have a sense of right and wrong. They must work with people and being unethical in society would not serve them very well. It is practical and logical for an atheist to be ethical and work within the norms of social behavior. Atheists, generally, are honest, hardworking people."
+ U.S. population, see statistics page for further information.
Are atheists Satanists?
As stated above (Is Atheism a religion?), atheists do not subscribe to a common doctrine (belief system). Beyond that, Satan is part of the Christian belief system. If an atheist were to believe in the Christian doctrine, he would also most likely have to believe in God and therefor would not be an atheist.
A few atheists do side with Satanists because they believe in the Humanistic and anti-Christian parts of the Satanic doctrine. This however is not common and most Satanists are theists.
Atheists are also commonly accused by Christians and other theists as being the workers of Satan (evil) or of being guided by Satan (evil). As far as I know we are all acting of our own free will.
Atheists don't believe in anything!
This, like much of the information out there about non-believers is pure propaganda intended to make the atheist out to look like he lacks direction and purpose in life without faith (see picture). This is simply not true. Atheists believe in all the same things believers do except for god and religion. Non-believers tend to focus more on what can be observed. See Associated Philosophies below.
Atheists are angry or depressed!
(see picture)
Atheism as a whole is not derived from psychological conditions such as depression. Certainly there are some who act out and turn their back on the church due to depression and some join the church due to depression but those cases are not typical. In general, most non-believers live healthy lives and reject faith based on reason rather than emotional problems.
If believers are in general, happier than non-believers, that says just as much about the psychological effects of religion in numbing the mind. See 'God and the Brain'.
"The fact that a believer is happier than a skeptic is no more to the point than the fact that a drunken man is happier than a sober one." - George Bernard Shaw
Are atheists communists?
Atheism has nothing to do with political beliefs. Atheism is part of the Communist and Socialist doctrines, but atheists are not necessarily Communists or Socialists. Many point to the actions of Communist Russia, China and North Korea as examples of what atheists in political power would do. Communism uses an enforced stance of atheism to squash religious decent and instill it's own supreme dictatorship. Most atheists would not replace God with an all powerful government, that would be hypocritical. There is a strong belief in the values of freedom brought by a secular government.
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