not having a belief is a belief. You are tripping on the word usage and I think for the most part, it is probably just you wish not to affiliated with the religions that you despise (there is a perfect example of an unfounded opinion for which you so love to do, that no1 should defer to as ironclad). You say that because "there is a lack of belief in theism" than it is not a belief. It would be just the same to say, "I beleive there is no God/s." And that is a belief. Just because you flip some words around does not take away from the fact that this is a perception or belief of how the universe operates. You say I was deferring to my own opinion, and when I was almost every time I voiced an opinion I provided links from which they stemmed. To reference your link, Oxford dictionary basically just said the same damn thing Merriam Webster said that is, "a philosophical or religious position characterized by disbelief in the existence of a god or any gods" v.s. "DisBELIEF or lack of BELIEF in the existence of God or Gods." It is saying the same damn thing. Just because you say, "A lack of belief." Does not take away that it remains belief.

If we're going to make it mandatory, I propose we also make it mandatory for people to use protection when having sex, that will prevent a lot of diseases.

Aca wrote::crazy:

I noticed when CA make reference to the historical period of the three kingdoms they have jumped on the SJW bandwagon of confusion by using the phrase CE, something any serious historian would cringe at. Some might not see it as a big deal but I hate when we stoop to the level of the always offended. Use the proper terms BC and AD especially given the fact that BCE and CE are centred on Christ anyway by using an identical calendar. Please stop with this nonsense CA. It's embarrassing when you describe history in such a way

While it is much more commonly used today due to the rise of militant secularism pushing forward a SJW agenda to redefine everything including history in the west I rarely seen it used many years ago. Ironically when I first seen it used as a kid is thought CE referred to Christian Era as the calendar is centred on Christ. If they wanted to secularize the calendar then they should have created a new one. Anyway it's based on Christ so use the proper definition to describe it or use another calendar. It's something that gets on my nerves as it's obviously done out of bitterness in defiance. Just use a different calendar if they wish to do so.

It's an historical game CA, treat it as such

Spearthrower wrote:Chinese Christ! How clueless. Where did you spot that Thomas?

Aca wrote::think:

The American revolution was mostly god focused, the Founding Fathers felt that the king of England had overstepped his bounds as a servant of god. That's why the conflict between the American soldiers and the English soldiers was relatively bloodless. Now, the French revolution on the other hand was not god focused at all. It was lead and supported by the atheists. They started arresting and beheading people simply because they disagreed. Why do I bring this up? When you have conflict in a god centred situation, people act more civilised even-though they might shoot each other. When you have a non-god centred situation, anything justifies the means. Even killing people who disagree with you. We saw this in the French revolution with the atheists, Robespierre, the Russsian revolution, the communist revolution in Vietnam etcetera.

scott1328 wrote:Thousands petition Netflix to cancel Neil Gaiman’s series Good Omens. One of their chief complaints is that God is voiced by a woman, Frances McDormand.

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/ ... -pratchett

God works in wonderous ways, his miracles to achieve... Netflix does not stream the show now. It never did. Amazon Prime streams it.

Hey @netflix, we'll cancel Stranger Things if you cancel Good Omens.

Newmark wrote:

scott1328 wrote:Thousands petition Netflix to cancel Neil Gaiman’s series Good Omens. One of their chief complaints is that God is voiced by a woman, Frances McDormand.

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/ ... -pratchett

God works in wonderous ways, his miracles to achieve... Netflix does not stream the show now. It never did. Amazon Prime streams it.

Neil Gaiman: I love that they are going to write to Netflix to try and get #GoodOmens cancelled. Says it all really.
Netflix: ok we promise not to make any more
Amazon : Hey @netflix, we'll cancel Stranger Things if you cancel Good Omens.

Thomas Eshuis wrote:Paraphrasing Darth Dawkins, aka Gary Milne who tries to compare the French and American revolutions in an attempt to discredit atheism:

The American revolution was mostly god focused, the Founding Fathers felt that the king of England had overstepped his bounds as a servant of god. That's why the conflict between the American soldiers and the English soldiers was relatively bloodless. Now, the French revolution on the other hand was not god focused at all. It was lead and supported by the atheists. They started arresting and beheading people simply because they disagreed. Why do I bring this up? When you have conflict in a god centred situation, people act more civilised even-though they might shoot each other. When you have a non-god centred situation, anything justifies the means. Even killing people who disagree with you. We saw this in the French revolution with the atheists, Robespierre, the Russsian revolution, the communist revolution in Vietnam etcetera.

Now, the French revolution on the other hand was not god focused at all. It was lead and supported by the atheists. They started arresting and beheading people simply because they disagreed.