Non-belief is the fastest growing category of belief; Islamists are worried

[mentalfloss]

Don't stop
belieeeeevin'

 

[AnnaG]

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Non-belief is a crime against self. The search for God is complementry to self awareness.

haha

 

[Tecumsehsbones]

To not be religious is a crime in most Islamic countries or to be religious in another faith than Islam. Those crimes are punishable by death.

What a load. There is exactly one Islamic country, Saudi Arabia, where it is arguably a crime to not be a Muslim, and even there private worship in other faiths is permitted, it is public expression that is forbidden. That's out of 47 majority-Islamic countries, which I suppose would be "most," if you're bad at math.

According to the U.S. State Department, of the eight worst countries for religious freedom, four are majority Islamic. Two are officially atheist, one is majority Buddhist, and one is majority Christian.

https://www.indexoncensorship.org/2014/01/worst-countries-religious-freedom/

Is it a sign of fear or a method of keeping a hold of power over the masses?

There's a difference?

 

[darkbeaver]

The search for a gawd is a sign of lack of belief in self.

Hey that's a great point, see when you lay off the bottle for a while you get smarter.

The self is not a self contained thing though, the self is completly at the mercy of the whole. The self that cannot acknowlege it's dependence on the whole is not with us long. The self is a fraction of that whole and not the whole itself. To be only centered on self is to be lost.

 

[taxslave]

I don't do bottles. Straight from the nipple buddy.

 

[AnnaG]

US State Department? Is that not related to the Nervous Schizoid Agency (AKA Navel Studying Academy, etc.) and the Completely Imbecilic Agency?

 

[Tecumsehsbones]

US State Department? Is that not related to the Nervous Schizoid Agency (AKA Navel Studying Academy, etc.) and the Completely Imbecilic Agency?

Um. . . no. But thanks for playing.

 

[taxslave]

Um. . . no. But thanks for playing.

Good thing otherwise it would be an incestuous relationship.

 

[AnnaG]

haha

Um. . . no. But thanks for playing.

Oh, right. They are DoD outfits, not State Dept. Sorry
lol

 

[Tecumsehsbones]

haha

Oh, right. They are DoD outfits, not State Dept. Sorry
lol

Um. . . no, but thanks for playing.

 

[Cannuck]

The religious hypocrites are particularly grumpy lately

 

[tay]

I may start praying soon for Mentalfloss and Boomer to start threads in the proper categories as designed by CC.......

 

[Ludlow]

Wouldn't it be a more accurate statement to say that monotheistic beliefs are diminishing?

 

[mentalfloss]

I may start praying soon for Mentalfloss and Boomer to start threads in the proper categories as designed by CC.......

:lol:

I think it is relevant to us but yes I will be more mindful moving forward.

Wouldn't it be a more accurate statement to say that monotheistic beliefs are diminishing?

Probably.

I think I agree with people who are questioning the characterization of atheism as a belief or at least the double-meaning of non-belief as a belief.


Makes me think of proof is a proof is a proof or that Donald rumsfeld quote.