How positive are you that atheism is incorrect?  That Christianity is incorrect?  That Islam is incorrect?
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0%, no one religion holds the entire truth...
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I think your viewpoints are very healthy.  What I believe is very similar to you.  I think we should question everything and use our God given free will to logically find the truth.  Never fall for what someone else tells you to believe simply because they claim to have the one true word of God.\n\nGay people-  I'm Gay.  I have control over my actions, but not my emotions.  I've never been romantically attracted to any females, and can't understand how I could be.  If there is a God, He/She/it made me this way, just like God made me male, white, brown hair, brown eyes, etc.\n\nMuslims- I think of Muslims the same way I think of Christians.  Most are alright, but when they become extremists no good can come from it.\n\nAtheists- Well, there is no proof of God, but there is no lack of proof either.  You can believe what you want to.  I believe in something, but many would not call it God.\n\nPremarital sex- Well, I can't get "married" so, I'm fine with it, however, I think that there should be some sort of commitment going along with sex.  I don't think Promiscuity is a good idea, but those practicing it have their own free will.\n\nAbortion- I'm divided on this issue.  In one respect it's taking a life, but a life in terrible conditions is no life at all.  I'm not really sure.\n\nPeople not of your religion- I'm fine with it.  I have friends of all sorts of persuasions, Wiccan, Sikh, Buddhist, Christian.  Never met a Muslim though... I'd like to.\n\nPeople dating out of their religion- I'm fine with it.  As long as the two are in love, and get along on a basic personal level, religious issues shouldn't become a major part of choosing a partner.
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I dont think we should have a definitive opinion on something we have not lived.\n\nThats why it feels wrong when an athiest judges a born again for believeing.  \n\nI am ok to comment on athiesm, catholic and fundy.\n\nI dont caomment on wicca, islam or hindi because I have never lived them.  Lets try to see things from another perspective than just our own shoes.  Makes the world a bigger place.\n\nI like how u think.\nBlessings\nDavid
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What is the correct religion? Are they a correct one?
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Good Atheist. Religion is vague. Being a genuine good person is for real.
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i'm glad you feel so strongly about your beliefs. i'malso glad to see something of the quran, thank you.
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It is my belief that many Atheist have doubts about their belief and therefore have to bash religions in order to bolster their own weak belief in Atheism. Then some just find bashing religion fun as religious people find it fun to bash us. What difference does that make we are all just having fun. I am an Atheist but I am a strong believer in the US Constitution which gives freedom of religion. I think everyone should be free to practice their religion and believe as they please as long as it doesn't prevent others from practicing theirs. God bless kisses Betty.
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As an Atheist I completely 100% agree with you.  This is beyond ridiculous.  I think that free speach should apply to all religions.  Depictions of Mohammad included.\n\nI would also like to state that I am glad we have Christians in the US.  While we may disagree on several topics, we do not end up trying to kill one another.
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Sounds good, an atheist is someone that doesn't believe in God, has nothing to do with religion. Your outlook on God is a refreshing change from the usual dyed-in-the-wool pew sitter.
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Well, if by "negative", you mean subjective and maybe even erroneous criticism, most people would be offended by that.  If you mean a strongly-built argument that's difficult to answer or even just a plain statement of disagreement, that's another matter.\n\nEssentially, Islam is a very fundamentalist religion.  By that I mean it takes its teachings literally and very seriously:  it considers itself to the be the last word in divine revelation, respecting what came before it (Judaism and Christianity) as steps on the way but believing itself to be the ultimate revelation.\n\nIf you believe your religion is the last word and are not brought up to put it to the test and see how others may disagree with it, you are unlikely to remain calm and composed when faced with criticism, be it constructive or not, because you have not been taught how to defend what you believe and simply don't know how to discuss.  This phenomenon has been observed not just in Islam down the centuries.
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PROVING THE EXISTENCE OF ALLAH (SWT)TO AN ATHEIST\n\nby \n\nDr. Zakir Naik\n\n \nCONGRATULATING AN ATHEIST \n\nNormally, when I meet an atheist, the first thing I like to do is to congratulate him and say, " My special congratulations to you", because most of the people who believe in God are doing blind belief - he is a Christian, because his father is a Christian; he is a Hindu, because his father is a Hindu; the majority of the people in the world are blindly following the religion of their fathers. An atheist, on the other hand, even though he may belong to a religious family, uses his intellect to deny the existence of God; what ever concept or qualities of God he may have learnt in his religion may not seem to be logical to him. \n\nMy Muslim brothers may question me, "Zakir, why are you congratulating an atheist?" The reason that I am congratulating an atheist is because he agrees with the first part of the Shahada i.e. the Islamic Creed, ‘La ilaaha’ - meaning ‘there is no God’. So half my job is already done; now the only part left is ‘il lallah’ i.e. ‘BUT ALLAH’ which I shall do Insha Allah. With others (who are not atheists) I have to first remove from their minds the wrong concept of God they may have and then put the correct concept of one true God.\n \nLOGICAL CONCEPT OF GOD \n\nMy first question to the atheist will be: "What is the definition of God?" For a person to say there is no God, he should know what is the meaning of God. If I hold a book and say that ‘this is a pen’, for the opposite person to say, ‘it is not a pen’, he should know what is the definition of a pen, even if he does not know nor is able to recognise or identify the object I am holding in my hand. For him to say this is not a pen, he should at least know what a pen means. Similarly for an atheist to say ‘there is no God’, he should at least know the concept of God. His concept of God would be derived from the surroundings in which he lives. The god that a large number of people worship has got human qualities - therefore he does not believe in such a god. Similarly a Muslim too does not and should not believe in such false gods.\n\nIf a non-Muslim believes that Islam is a merciless religion with something to do with terrorism; a religion which does not give rights to women; a religion which contradicts science; in his limited sense that non-Muslim is correct to reject such Islam. The problem is he has a wrong picture of Islam. Even I reject such a false picture of Islam, but at the same time, it becomes my duty as a Muslim to present the correct picture of Islam to that non-Muslim i.e. Islam is a merciful religion, it gives equal rights to the women, it is not incompatible with logic, reason and science; if I present the correct facts about Islam, that non-Muslim may Inshallah accept Islam.\n\nSimilarly the atheist rejects the false gods and the duty of every Muslim is to present the correct concept of God which he shall Insha Allah not refuse. \n\n(You may refer to my article, ‘Concept of God in Islam’, for more details)\n \n\nQUR’AN AND MODERN SCIENCE \n\nThe methods of proving the existence of God with usage of the material provided in the ‘Concept of God in Islam’ to an atheist may satisfy some but not all. \n\nMany atheists demand a scientific proof for the existence of God. I agree that today is the age of science and technology. Let us use scientific knowledge to kill two birds with one stone, i.e. to prove the existence of God and simultaneously prove that the Qur’an is a revelation of God.\n\nIf a new object or a machine, which no one in the world has ever seen or heard of before, is shown to an atheist or any person and then a question is asked, " Who is the first person who will be able to provide details of the mechanism of this unknown object? After little bit of thinking, he will reply, ‘the creator of that object.’ Some may say ‘the producer’ wh
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What makes you think that you are right? Doesn't the person who believes in another religion or none at all have the same proof or deep beliefs in their faith?  What makes you think that they aren't all the same or that your way is the only right way?
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for believers, the answer is yes and for atheists, the answer is no
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I'm not a christian, but I always defended the islamic faith saying it was peaceful and good, etc. This was because I thought however misguided religions were still inherently good.\n\nWhile on this site I kept seeing questions and quotes from the quran that I thought seemed a bit strange and out of line with my previous thoughts, that religions were based on books that were inherently good.  So I thought Ok, I better read this one and check it out for myself, I have the read the bible so its only fair, (although I didn't believe the bible either).\n\nTo be honest, I won't go into detail so don't worry, I was absolutely horrified by what I found.  I do not like the quran, and did not find it to be the revealed word of a 'god'.\n\nEqually I found parts of the bible (spefically the OT) equally horrific.  I do like parts of the bible stories as myths though, and some of the teachings are good, but were already known about in philosophy without the need for religion anyway.
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I'm a muslim. I believe in GOD, the creator of everything, and that there is only one GOD. And I believe in all the great prophets; Mohammad, Jesus, Moses, Abraham, and all the others. And I respect all human beings, and wish them well.
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Islam is complete.People say bad stuff about it because they are incomplete.
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Atheists are wonderful people. Most Christians seem to like me.( As far as I know.) Some Christians are real dickholes but I would put feelings aside and help anyone in need. Some Christians are very nonjudgmental. You will find good and bad in all people and races. I know Islamic people that are appalled with terrorism. I abuse everyone equally. People that know me  in person know I'm harmless.Sometimes people don't get my humor on answers. Thank you for the thoughtful question.