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@freemo @ryan I believe the goal posts are moving here. Your original assertion was that atheism is faith-based and therefore a religion. My argument is that atheism is neither. You can apply different shades of agnosticism to atheism all you want, it still is not faith-based. Nor is it a religion. Also, have you ever heard of the concept that one can not prove a negative? I can not prove there isn't a teapot orbiting the sun. In fact, no one can.

@freemo @bonifartius @louis OMG we could go so much deeper on the objective morality, but I get your gist, and am on board with the alleviation of suffering. Thank you for your thoughtful responses and giving me a run for my money 😊 For now, I bid you good night sir.

@freemo @bonifartius @louis I think we're in agreement about capitalism. It has the capacity to being a thriving economic system; however, it must be governed to avoid where we're at now- a guilded era where economic injustice is proving Dr. King to have been spot on over a half century ago. Just wondering, your statement about morality and law enforcement, do you mean laws should be enforced morally, or that laws should legislate morality itself?

@freemo @bonifartius @louis I am a she 😊

@bonifartius @louis @freemo I found I enjoy debating freemo because the debate is cordial, and it gets my brain juices flowing. We've not attacked each other. I'm sorry, but dismissing class warfare is ignoring millenia of human history. And your enforcing bans with violence comment made me a bit sick in my tummy.

@freemo @bonifartius @louis A wealthy woman would simply call her personal physician for the procedure or go to "visit the Blarneystone" in Ireland. The wealthy do what they want. Middle class and poor girls pay the price economically, socially, and physically.

@bonifartius @louis @freemo Abortion is never illegal for the wealthy. Abortion bans are class warfare.

@freemo @ryan I assure you, I'm not undecided about the existence of Thor et al. I didn't assert his/their existence. It is not my job to refute an assertion; it's the job of the claimant to provide evidence, which I then can consider and accept or reject. There is no credible evidence of deities; therefore, I live my life with No God/ess beliefs. The literal definition of atheist.

@freemo @ryan I'm not sure if you're understanding the role of evidence in this discussion. "That which is asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence." -Aronra. There's no faith required. "If you can't show it, you don't know it." Aronra again.

@freemo @ryan Every atheist I know is open to any possibility WITH EVIDENCE. Do you think Thor is also a viable diety? Because if any god puts up evidence for existence, I'm hoping him!!!

@freemo @ryan Faith= belief without evidence. Atheists require evidence to believe (most prefer the term "accept the evidence). These are polar opposites. Your math isn't adding up sir.

@freemo @ryan Nope, atheists are not participating or following any religious anythings. We simply say that, since no credible evidence has been presented for gods or goddesses, we don't worship or follow any. Very few atheists claim there is no god. If you have credible evidence for gods or goddesses, please present it. Thanks!

@WarnerCrocker YES! DO IT KAMALA!!

@EndIsraeliApartheid I wish I could put my tax $ in escrow so as to not fund Isreal's atrocities, and then pay the IRS when someone has the fortitude to stop them. But alas, they'd probably haul me away in chains because I can not murder people on 5th Avenue and get away with it.

@WarnerCrocker @StillIRise1963 They should have meetings with these people and tell them if they play their game, Biden will enact his immunity status and order the vice president to certify herself. Then she'll have immunity.

Abortion is never illegal for the wealthy. Abortion bans are class warfare.

@br00t4c They got Cheeto powder on their lips.

Rich people- destroying humanity since the beginning of time.

Americans withstand crushing debt; we tolertate the mega-rich who laugh at us from their yachts; we put up with wages that haven't increased in decades; we survive economic crashes caused by rich brats; we work 80 hours weeks, multiple jobs, and go decades without paid vacations. Our schools collapse and 40,000 die each year due to the healthcare insurance pyramid scheme. But when the christo-fascists come around trying to force their religion on us, then they will get their coveted bloodbath.

@br00t4c Perhaps more bombs and American $$$ would solve the mystery?