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View Poll Results: Would you be very likely to play in this Aussie Style KOTKP? | |||
Yes - and Im close to Aussies timezone | 5 | 33.33% | |
Yes - but Im American or Canadian and I might be drunk | 3 | 20.00% | |
Yes - but I live in a place that lets me use the other Yes answers | 0 | 0% | |
Maybe - I live on the planet earth | 7 | 46.67% | |
No | 0 | 0% | |
Voters: 15. You may not vote on this poll |
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Re: Is Neo-Atheism The Way to Go? [Poll]
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There are very important issues at stake (stem-cell research comes to mind, as does abortion and birth control), where our leaders cannot admit to being guided by rational reasoning. A politician cannot say for example, "It is ridiculous to think that a blastocyst has a soul, because for one thing, there are no such things as souls!". [/ QUOTE ] And yet plenty of politicians who are ostensibly religious are in favor of legal access to abortion, over-the-counter emergency contraception, and embryonic stem cell research. I'd imagine you could find a decent number of atheists who are against abortion and embryonic stem cell research, too, as the soul is obviously a red herring for that discussion. (EDIT: That is, I'm pretty sure you could find non-theists who still think it is murder to kill an embryo because it is in some sense a living human, soul or no.) |
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Re: Is Neo-Atheism The Way to Go? [Poll]
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[ QUOTE ] There are very important issues at stake (stem-cell research comes to mind, as does abortion and birth control), where our leaders cannot admit to being guided by rational reasoning. A politician cannot say for example, "It is ridiculous to think that a blastocyst has a soul, because for one thing, there are no such things as souls!". [/ QUOTE ] And yet plenty of politicians who are ostensibly religious are in favor of legal access to abortion, over-the-counter emergency contraception, and embryonic stem cell research. I'd imagine you could find a decent number of atheists who are against abortion and embryonic stem cell research, too, as the soul is obviously a red herring for that discussion. (EDIT: That is, I'm pretty sure you could find non-theists who still think it is murder to kill an embryo because it is in some sense a living human, soul or no.) [/ QUOTE ] I'll concede you have a point about there being reasons other than religious ones to be against things like stem-cell research and contraception. But there's no denying that religious tenets make up the bulk of the opposition. So it is anything but a red herring. |
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