How much religion gets into your Christmas?

[Stubby]

Well I was only referring to belief in God. Any parent who thinks they are a good person should seek to pass on good values to their kids.

 

If you think you arrived at religious belief through reason, logic and rational thought then you either don't understand what they mean or you are just kidding yourself. It's called "faith" for a reason. Try expressing your reasons for your belief in the existence of God and we'll see the characteristics of faith not objective evidence.

 

As for "world view" all I've said is that I don't believe in God. Does that qualify as a world view?

 

para 1. So I should pass on my values to my children, including my belief in the existence of God. OK.

 

para 2. (a)To quote norwaysaint, "One common mistake seems to be that atheism is a lack of belief and faith. The dawn of my own atheism was the beginning of my own beliefs and faiths". If norwaysaint is right, atheists should not be too quick to describe all faith as irrational (b) expressing my reasons for believing in God would take rather more space than would be appreciated by users of this sort of forum © Are you an agnostic (one who claims not to know if God exists or not) or are you an atheist (one who believes God does not exist)? The non-existence of God is not provable, and therefore atheism cannot be established through "reason, logic and rational thought ".

 

para 3. If you have absolutely no ideas about life except for your belief in the non-existence of God, your world-view is a very empty one.

 

Anyway, goodbye (for this thread) and Merry Christmas!