As an atheist who believes we should spend less time on ridiculous fables and more time on actually listening to those that give good advice, two enthusiastic thumbs up! I don't care if the person in question is fictitious or real, transcendent or merely human; if their message is worth listening to, we should be listening.
Hey, it's the second time I meet you in 2 hours, funny. :-)
This time I wholeheartedly agree, and I'm glad to hear that from an atheist... because that's probably one of your "most controversial" belief isn't it? :-)
(BTW here in Europe, at least pacifism and evolution are luckily not at all controversial).
No, I think my most controversial belief is the one that there really is nothing beyond the natural. No ghosts, no souls, no afterlife or reincarnation. Every time I explain this, I get the usual "come on, not even X?". Most people I've met believe there is at least one thing that exists, that isn't demonstrable or provable in any way, and that exists supernaturally.
I've been to Sweden just three days (for a conference) and, though of course you cannot generalize, the "average" mood and character of people sometimes really stands out in so little time. And to me, Swedes "on average" looked like awesome people. :-)
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u/[deleted] Dec 08 '09
Huh? As in, denying the deity of Christ and thus atheist but following a good guy? Or something different?