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Defining faith
In response again to Saul (or Paul) Harmon Gritz once again... "Oxymoronic": Dear Mr. Gritz, I rather enjoyed writing my "ridiculous speech-making" response to your very mixed-up letter about atheists. I rather enjoyed reading ot too! Quite enjoyable. Now you are back with more gobbly-wobbly about atheism. First off, You are aware that I would tend to agree with the also gobbly-wobbly writer Dorothy Casey that you are no atheist. Secondly, as I have explained plain and simple with logic and fact, and now must make clear to you...how wrong all of you christian theists are... and you all know it; though will not admit it; *Atheists...by definition and by their lives do not have any theistic beliefs!* Finally Saul or Paul; there are so many topics and issues and events and persons to have regular discussions and articles about in any public media regarding secularism, free-thought, atheism, agnosticism that interest so many people that the San Diego Reader could have a great and long-term column based upon these things... just look how long this weekly magazine has been filled with kind of this discussion so far! ...and by the way I never did see any letter by your in response to my response to your letter anywhere via SDReader at all.— May 23, 2014 9:28 p.m.
Nothing else makes any sense for me
So these people propose some type of wonderful being that is full of love, grace, generosity, kind and caring; and it creates all of humanity born sinful? And then this being employs humans to tell us myriad stories out of their human minds how we must join their church and give them our money in order for that human to be make us un-sinful? And if we don't do what this person tells us then we get punished? And this wonderful being never shows its face? (*His* face mind you). ... and this wonderful being is supposed to be with americans who invade another's poor country with weapons and begin killing and torturing the people of this poor country, who live thousands of miles away from america.... and they don't even have a cell phone let alone a gun; bashing open their poor homes built into hillsides, terrorizing the children and all of the people of these little homes, pulling them outside and shooting some of them in front of their family? These americans think they will see this wonderful being there while they are murdering and torturing and breaking up families forever? Really? Gullible people really believe all of this horseshit?— May 21, 2014 9:53 p.m.
Believers and unbelievers
To respond to Dr. Miano if I may: From "The Oxford Dictionaries": Definition of atheist in English: Atheist; noun, "A person who disbelieves or lacks belief in the existence of God or gods". Exactly where would I be "mistaken" Dr.? Atheism is the absence of religious/god belief based upon reason, rationality, logic, and reality so far as we know it. Atheism is from early Greek comes from "a"...not; and "theos"... god. The view that there are no gods. Commonly, not believing in god; or more strictly, there is no god. (Cambridge Dictionary of Philosophy). A rejection of religious belief and the existence of a god or many gods. (Webster's new world dictionary). All of the above is based in and upon the ontological arguments, reason, factual evidence, paleontological and archeological evidence and the predominance of the *lack* of historical, geographical, and physical evidence of artifacts and location; DNA evidence, and todays scientifically advanced knowledge of the world, universe and cosmos...*and* based in rationality and logic. Lack of beliefs are based upon many things Dr. Miano. And atheism *is* a knowledge. Atheism is not a belief nor a belief system nor dogma. A knowledge of the facts in many cases involved herein. The extraordinary claims made by theists of thousands of stripes around the world lack the extraordinary evidence and any extraordinary proof at all of and for their religious and spiritual and gods/goddesses claims being real. *You* are mistaken Dr., and your *logic* is very much incorrect...convoluted, circular; as is all of the religious' argumentation.— May 21, 2014 8:02 p.m.
Believers and unbelievers
In reply to Dorothy Casey regarding her letter of response to my "Equal Time" letter to the San Diego Reader of April 24: I don't know where these religious believers come up with such erroneous ideas and claims as she cites. Anything I suppose, in attempts to protect their religions which intrinsically have no evidence nor proof. Dorothy Casey herself awash in her own "self-wrongness": "Some people, called atheists, believe that there is not even one god in the universe....atheists are not unbelievers — they believe strongly that no god exists". Dorothy, you are perfectly wrong in these, your statements. Atheism *is not* a belief. Atheism is not belief. Atheism is the absense of religious/god belief based upon reason, rationality, logic, and reality so far as we know it. No agnostic or atheist accepts nor adopts any of the common beliefs regarding the existence of any gods, nor do atheists hold their own beliefs in these regards. Dorothy, atheists and agnostics do not believe, they *understand* facts. They know facts, *real* facts. Athiesm is a knowledge, not a belief. For example: If tomorrow some proper authority offered up evidence or proof based upon real facts that one or some of the hundreds of gods some people believe in actually exited, then any intelligent atheist would entertain this evidence or proof and appropriately research the information. If found to be accurate/factual, then atheists and agnostics would know this information as probable or true to some extent (still not *believing* in anything). Atheists can give evidence and proof in real and factual probability, very significant probability, that there are no gods nor intelligent designer(s) of nor to this life and this world that we *know*. Finally, It appears only the theists disagree with the San Diego Reader running a bimonthly column devoted to humanism, secularism, agnosticism, atheism, free-thinking, evolution and science and the personalities, political, social, medical/health implications of these subjects; In and for an equal and fair opportunity for all 'San Deigo Readers' education, enhanced knowledge, and understanding of said subject matter.— May 14, 2014 11:45 a.m.