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 Topic: The before and after thread.

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  • Re: The before and after thread.
     Reply #60 - February 02, 2009, 06:36 AM
    Quote from: IsLame on February 01, 2009, 08:16 PM

    I have never quite understood this phrase "agnostic about God" 

    Does this mean the same as agnostic? What else can you be agnostic about?


    =======

    http://dictionary.cambridge.org/define.asp?key=1676&dict=CALD

    I think Iggy and the others clarified that well, the scale thingie is really helpful.





    ~ Edited to fix quote tags ~
    "I'm Agnostic about God."

    Richard Dawkins
    ==
    "If there is a God, it has to be a man; no woman could or would ever fuck things up like this."
     George Carlin == "...The so-called moderates are actually the public relations arm of Al-Qaeda and the Islamic Republic of Iran."  Maryam Namazie
  • Re: The before and after thread.
     Reply #61 - October 16, 2009, 09:29 PM
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    6.00: Very low probability, but short of zero. De facto atheist. 'I cannot know for certain but I think God is very improbable, and I live my life on the assumption that he is not there.'


    That probably sums me up. I went from:-

    Islam->Doubt but stll clinging on->Desperately wanting to be wrong and Islam to be right->Agnostic theist->Agnostic atheist->atheist/ignostic.
  • Re: The before and after thread.
     Reply #62 - October 16, 2009, 11:51 PM
    Reform Judaism > Islam > Alcoholism > Freethinking Humanism
    There will be no white flag above our door
  • Re: The before and after thread.
     Reply #63 - October 17, 2009, 08:31 AM
    You've quit drinking Charles?
    Ha Ha.
  • Re: The before and after thread.
     Reply #64 - October 19, 2009, 10:41 AM
    raised in Shia Islam
    -> secularisation begins in 2007
    -> increasing Religious Skepticism throughout 2008
    -> 'religion makes no sense to me, but I am happy as a Muslim'
    -> First acceptance of my Atheism over New Years 2009
    -> Secular Humanism + Atheism.
    Pakistan Zindabad? ya Pakistan sey Zinda bhaag?

    Long Live Pakistan? Or run with your lives from Pakistan?
  • Re: The before and after thread.
     Reply #65 - October 19, 2009, 11:29 AM
    ~ Islam
    ~ Wicca/Islam (I dunno how it happened but it just did)
    ~ Agnosticism
    ~ Atheism
    ~ Pantheism
    Right now I'm thinking about Pearlism (Physical Evidence And Reasoned Logic) which has been mentioned by Thunderf00t, if anyone watches his youtube channel...
    "Ever notice how people who believe in creationism look really unevolved?
    Their eyes real close together. Eyebrow ridges. Big, furry hands and feet. 'I believe God created me in one day.'
    'Looks like he rushed it." ~ Bill Hicks
  • Re: The before and after thread.
     Reply #66 - October 19, 2009, 04:19 PM
    Quote from: Humra on October 19, 2009, 11:29 AM
    ~ Islam
    ~ Wicca/Islam (I dunno how it happened but it just did)
    ~ Agnosticism
    ~ Atheism
    ~ Pantheism
    Right now I'm thinking about Pearlism (Physical Evidence And Reasoned Logic) which has been mentioned by Thunderf00t, if anyone watches his youtube channel...

    Have you got a link for the Pearlism video you mean?
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  • Re: The before and after thread.
     Reply #67 - October 19, 2009, 04:22 PM
    Quote from: atheist.pk on October 19, 2009, 10:41 AM
    -> Secular Humanism + Atheism.

    Can somone explain to me why humanism is sometimes prefixed with the word secular?  Its just that humanism is secular, so why add this word.  Its like saying a monotheistic muslim?
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  • Re: The before and after thread.
     Reply #68 - October 19, 2009, 04:30 PM
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    The term "secular humanism" was coined in the 20th century, and was adopted by non-religious humanists in order to make a clear distinction from "religious humanism". Secular humanism is also called "scientific humanism". Biologist E. O. Wilson claimed it to be "the only worldview compatible with science's growing knowledge of the real world and the laws of nature"


    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secular_humanism
  • Re: The before and after thread.
     Reply #69 - October 19, 2009, 04:31 PM
    Brought up in Sunni Islam
    17 - 19Start taking religion a bit more seriously, hanging around with deobandi and salafi crowds
    19 Go away from home to university
    20 Am a believer but a very weak believer. Start drinking alcohol and feel very guilty about it for a while
    21 Agnostic
    23 - Present: Move back home and have to spend a lot of time pretending.
    Religion - The hot potato that looked delicious but ended up burning your mouth!

    Knock your head on the ground, don't be miserly in your prayers, listen to your Sidi Sheikh, Allahu Akbar! - Lounes Matoub
  • Re: The before and after thread.
     Reply #70 - October 19, 2009, 04:36 PM
    Quote from: Omaar Khayaam on October 19, 2009, 04:30 PM
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secular_humanism

    thanks for clearing that up for me..
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  • Re: The before and after thread.
     Reply #71 - October 19, 2009, 07:36 PM
    Quote from: IsLame on October 19, 2009, 04:19 PM
    Have you got a link for the Pearlism video you mean?

    There you go:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w0zSCpsOSSw
    Pakistan Zindabad? ya Pakistan sey Zinda bhaag?

    Long Live Pakistan? Or run with your lives from Pakistan?
  • Re: The before and after thread.
     Reply #72 - October 19, 2009, 07:38 PM
    Quote from: aliadiere on October 19, 2009, 04:31 PM
    Brought up in Sunni Islam
    17 - 19Start taking religion a bit more seriously, hanging around with deobandi and salafi crowds
    19 Go away from home to university
    20 Am a believer but a very weak believer. Start drinking alcohol and feel very guilty about it for a while
    21 Agnostic
    23 - Present: Move back home and have to spend a lot of time pretending.


    That's just like me  Cry  But my family knows of my scathing criticism of religion since I returned, my mom is tolerating it but often tries coercing me into doing Namaz again using the same old emotional blackmail.  Roll Eyes It rarely works anyway  Cheesy
    Pakistan Zindabad? ya Pakistan sey Zinda bhaag?

    Long Live Pakistan? Or run with your lives from Pakistan?
  • Re: The before and after thread.
     Reply #73 - October 19, 2009, 08:35 PM
    Non-practicing Muslim--->Doubting Islam---> suppressing my doubts and accepting Islam---> More doubts---> Closet Atheism (open to only immediate family and close friends).
    ...
  • Re: The before and after thread.
     Reply #74 - October 19, 2009, 09:28 PM
    12 - practising but doubting muslim  
    13 - agnostic
    17 to yesterday -  humanist
    Today - secular utlilitarian humanist  Smiley

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  • Re: The before and after thread.
     Reply #75 - October 20, 2009, 07:20 AM
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    Today - secular utlilitarian humanist


    Nice one. I know you are not a big fan of reading, but try to read something by Jeremy Bentham or John Stewart Mill, who are the founding fathers of this philosophy.
  • Re: The before and after thread.
     Reply #76 - October 21, 2009, 11:56 AM
    Quote from: atheist.pk on October 19, 2009, 07:36 PM
    There you go:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w0zSCpsOSSw


    Yep, that is the vid =o)
    "Ever notice how people who believe in creationism look really unevolved?
    Their eyes real close together. Eyebrow ridges. Big, furry hands and feet. 'I believe God created me in one day.'
    'Looks like he rushed it." ~ Bill Hicks
  • Re: The before and after thread.
     Reply #77 - October 21, 2009, 04:26 PM
    Pearlism is just hijacked humanism
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  • Re: The before and after thread.
     Reply #78 - October 25, 2009, 01:57 AM
    Born Muslim
    16 Skeptical about some issues in Islam
    17 Muslim questioning the scripture and whether we should take them at face value
    18 'Fucking Confused'-ism -> Deism -> Agnosticism -> Let's forget about -isms and -ists
    "In every time and culture there are pressures to conform to the prevailing prejudices. But there are also, in every place and epoch, those who value the truth; who record the evidence faithfully. Future generations are in their debt." -Carl Sagan

  • Re: The before and after thread.
     Reply #79 - November 28, 2009, 08:26 PM
    15- I nearly converted to wicca. islam...not really caring  [don't judge me, i belive in witches and magic]
    16-looking into christanity.islam hmm dissappeared
    17- same as above
    18-tried becoming  a muslim again, didn't work out, FREEE now.
  • Re: The before and after thread.
     Reply #80 - January 05, 2010, 01:33 AM
    Muslim> Muslim extremist > Moderate Muslim> Muslim extremist > Skeptical Muslim > Very Skeptical Muslim > Atheist
  • Re: The before and after thread.
     Reply #81 - January 08, 2010, 03:17 AM
    thats quite the rollercoaster there Barayev..


    Quod est inferius est sicut quod est superius,
    et quod est superius est sicut quod est inferius,
    ad perpetranda miracula rei unius.
  • Re: The before and after thread.
     Reply #82 - January 08, 2010, 06:09 AM
    catholic>agnostic>atheist>Islam>agnostic>Islam>agnostic>islam>agnostic>Islam>agnostic>agnostic leaning towards atheism

    I had a fucking hell of a ride. How could I be so deluded? banghead

    I always hoped I was wrong about me being incorrect and hoped for islam to be correct, plus the fear of hell just dragged me into Islam again and again. I tried to block out all things relating to atheism/evolution etc. I just kept repeating to myself that islam is the truth, but deep down I was just fooling myself.
    "The more I study religions the more I am convinced that man never worshiped anything but himself."
    ~Sir Richard Francis Burton

    "I think religion is just like smoking: Both invented by people, addictive, harmful, and kills!"
    ~RIBS
  • Re: The before and after thread.
     Reply #83 - January 08, 2010, 03:44 PM
    I have never known anyone to ping pong like that before  Huh?  How long were each of these rallying periods?
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  • Re: The before and after thread.
     Reply #84 - January 08, 2010, 05:06 PM
    Well I would practice for a month, stop for 2 weeks, practice another month, 1 month etc. The fear of hell dragged me back in. I also said to myself, what if all the kuffar are wrong and Islam is actually correct and if I don't practice I'm fucked in the hereafter mysmilie_977
    "The more I study religions the more I am convinced that man never worshiped anything but himself."
    ~Sir Richard Francis Burton

    "I think religion is just like smoking: Both invented by people, addictive, harmful, and kills!"
    ~RIBS
  • Re: The before and after thread.
     Reply #85 - January 15, 2010, 09:59 AM
    Islam>agnosticsm>atheism.  Now leaning towards Buddhism
    If you're so devout, how come I am not dead?
  • Re: The before and after thread.
     Reply #86 - January 16, 2010, 07:24 AM
    Moderate Islam (later with a strong interest in Sufi mysticism) > Progressive/Reformist Islam > Humanism along with Agnosticism/Atheism (still not sure which of the two I am exactly)

    I've also been dabbling in Unitarian Universalism over the past few months and am seriously considering becoming an official member of my local UU church.

    And before anyone assumes that Unitarian Universalism is a form of Christianity, I'd just like to make clear that it does not have a creed, nor does it endorse any form of theism.
    I am a pagan worshiper of love: the creed of Muslims I do not need

    - Amir Khusro
  • Re: The before and after thread.
     Reply #87 - January 16, 2010, 09:39 AM
    Farhad - have you done an introducory post yet?
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  • Re: The before and after thread.
     Reply #88 - January 16, 2010, 10:36 AM
    Quote from: IsLame on January 16, 2010, 09:39 AM
    Farhad - have you done an introducory post yet?


    Yep, I did one back in November. You can read it here. I still have to do a biography though.
    I am a pagan worshiper of love: the creed of Muslims I do not need

    - Amir Khusro
  • Re: The before and after thread.
     Reply #89 - January 16, 2010, 11:35 PM
    Unitarian Universalism sounds like the best religion on earth. Its like as much a religion as water is a type of juice. Grin
    Quote from: thinkfree on September 28, 2010, 07:58 PM
    Iblis has mad debaterin' skillz. Best not step up unless you're prepared to recieve da pain.

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