Am 02.04.24 um 16:13 schrieb Siri Cruise:

> Do atheists have a 'particular religious orientation'?

Atheismn is a religious orientation like abstinence is a sex practice.

On Tue, 2 Apr 2024 16:44:16 +0200, Gerhard Hoffmann <dk4xp@arcor.de>
wrote:

>Am 02.04.24 um 16:13 schrieb Siri Cruise:
>
>> Do atheists have a 'particular religious orientation'?
>
>Atheismn is a religious orientation like abstinence is a sex practice.
>

Yes.

On 4/2/24 16:44, Gerhard Hoffmann wrote:
> Am 02.04.24 um 16:13 schrieb Siri Cruise:
>
>> Do atheists have a 'particular religious orientation'?
>
> Atheismn is a religious orientation like abstinence is a sex practice.

You make it sound as if atheists deny themselves pleasure. That is
completely and utterly false. Rather, it's religion that preaches
that pleasure is sinful and that abstinence is a condition to attain
salvation and eternal bliss.

Atheists tend to be individualists, making up their own minds, That
makes it hard to organize them into a coherent movement. Most atheists
do not care what other people think.

Jeroen Belleman

On Tue, 2 Apr 2024 21:24:30 +0200, Jeroen Belleman
<jeroen@nospam.please> wrote:

>On 4/2/24 16:44, Gerhard Hoffmann wrote:
>> Am 02.04.24 um 16:13 schrieb Siri Cruise:
>>
>>> Do atheists have a 'particular religious orientation'?
>>
>> Atheismn is a religious orientation like abstinence is a sex practice.
>
>You make it sound as if atheists deny themselves pleasure. That is
>completely and utterly false. Rather, it's religion that preaches
>that pleasure is sinful and that abstinence is a condition to attain
>salvation and eternal bliss.

Religious people have lots of fun. I think that lots of church-goers
are there for the social interaction (and the food!) (and meeting
mates!) as much as for the spiritual part.

One thing that religion preaches is that a lot of messing around leads
to STDs. Antibiotics and birth control are modern inventions. That ole
time religion was protective, so was selected.

>
>Atheists tend to be individualists, making up their own minds,

Not much in my experience. They are mostly nasty.

>That
>makes it hard to organize them into a coherent movement. Most atheists
>do not care what other people think.

Right. Anti-social.

>
>Jeroen Belleman
>

On 4/2/24 21:51, john larkin wrote:
> On Tue, 2 Apr 2024 21:24:30 +0200, Jeroen Belleman
> <jeroen@nospam.please> wrote:
>
>> On 4/2/24 16:44, Gerhard Hoffmann wrote:
>>> Am 02.04.24 um 16:13 schrieb Siri Cruise:
>>>
>>>> Do atheists have a 'particular religious orientation'?
>>>
>>> Atheismn is a religious orientation like abstinence is a sex practice.
>>
>> You make it sound as if atheists deny themselves pleasure. That is
>> completely and utterly false. Rather, it's religion that preaches
>> that pleasure is sinful and that abstinence is a condition to attain
>> salvation and eternal bliss.
>
> Religious people have lots of fun. I think that lots of church-goers
> are there for the social interaction (and the food!) (and meeting
> mates!) as much as for the spiritual part.
>
> One thing that religion preaches is that a lot of messing around leads
> to STDs. Antibiotics and birth control are modern inventions. That ole
> time religion was protective, so was selected.
>
>>
>> Atheists tend to be individualists, making up their own minds,
>
> Not much in my experience. They are mostly nasty.
>
>
>> That
>> makes it hard to organize them into a coherent movement. Most atheists
>> do not care what other people think.
>
> Right. Anti-social.

I am sorry that your experience with atheists is so negative.
In my experience, this is definitely not general. Most often,
unless provoked, atheists will not assert their stance, so you
wouldn't even know.

There are assholes of all sorts, I suppose.

Jeroen Belleman