tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28755195.post6340667986218741230..comments2023-09-25T04:26:51.568-06:00Comments on The Barefoot Bum: The atheist community -- or lack thereofLarry Hamelinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08788697573946266404noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28755195.post-74107843664416365632009-02-19T02:16:00.000-07:002009-02-19T02:16:00.000-07:00way12go: Your website is... interesting. While I a...way12go: Your website is... interesting. While I agree with your conclusion that no god exists, your analysis does not seem rigorously scientific and your understanding of transfinite mathematics is simplistic and unsophisticated.<BR/><BR/>You should take care not to draw too-firm conclusions about the world from the details of mathematics or other abstract systems of thought.<BR/><BR/>Your presentation, too, is not as effective as it might be. Italics should be reserved for emphasis and a more traditional paragraph structure would greatly improve readability.Larry Hamelinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08788697573946266404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28755195.post-57170824246669654072009-02-18T21:16:00.000-07:002009-02-18T21:16:00.000-07:00I am glad I found this website and I am here to le...I am glad I found this website and I am here to let you know that I came up with " Fundamental Theory Of Existence " this theory and this theory proves the absence of God.<BR/>Here is a link to my theory.<BR/>http://sagargorijala.blogspot.com/<BR/>I want rest of the World to know the truth and the truth is God can not exist. There is no room for creation and destruction. Please help me with it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28755195.post-49654927762639441042009-02-14T06:26:00.000-07:002009-02-14T06:26:00.000-07:00Comrade PhysioProf: Note that your community would...<B>Comrade PhysioProf</B>: Note that your community would be defined by an interest in drinking Jameson, not by disbelief in leprechauns. ;)<BR/><BR/><B>Skoteinos</B>: I disagree, at least in part. A community is defined not by the uniformity of <I>all</I> interests, but by the commonality of <I>some</I> interest(s); the diversity of the interests <I>not</I> held in common gives that community its vitality.<BR/><BR/>It is definitely the case that there are <I>totalizing</I> ideologies and communities, communities that are defined by the uniformity of <I>all</I> interests. Such communities typically do not outlast their leader or guru.<BR/><BR/>There is, I think, an optimal range of values or interests held in common; too few and the community fractures, too many and the community becomes sterile and static.<BR/><BR/><B>atheist</B>: I think we can organize more effectively as <I>secularists</I>.Larry Hamelinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08788697573946266404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28755195.post-1102527817612951902009-02-13T17:24:00.000-07:002009-02-13T17:24:00.000-07:00It should not be regarded as a 'failure' if atheis...It should not be regarded as a 'failure' if atheists don't have groups. Still, I sometimes think that if we organized as atheists more, we'd have more political pull. <BR/><BR/>You're quite right, though, that we're pretty much one of the least cohesive 'groups' in existence.atheisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17044432505583647262noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28755195.post-7356470718112439642009-02-13T13:58:00.000-07:002009-02-13T13:58:00.000-07:00Perhaps it should also be noted that the mere shar...Perhaps it should also be noted that the mere sharing of one or more interests does in no wise imply that thereby some form of "community" is formed, unless of course one adopts the most attenuated sense of "community" possible: a sort of set-theory of persons, where "communities" are the Venn intersections.<BR/>Actual, living communities, on the other hand, are typically composed of a <I>diversity</I> of interests, opinions, and ways of life. The interplay of these elements are what give them life and promote their development; homogeneity of overlapping interest- or belief-molecules cannot constitute a community and when such is presumed to do so the "community" collapses its thin girders.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28755195.post-85110700011701910762009-02-13T11:43:00.000-07:002009-02-13T11:43:00.000-07:00I'm gonna start a "doesn't believe in leprechauns"...I'm gonna start a "doesn't believe in leprechauns" community. Wanna join? We'll drink motherfucking Jameson at our meetings!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28755195.post-76229604534631897522009-02-13T07:58:00.000-07:002009-02-13T07:58:00.000-07:00I agree TBB. I wrote a closely-related post about ...I agree TBB. I wrote a closely-related post about this very thing back in 2007:<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://www.unscrewingtheinscrutable.com/node/1308" REL="nofollow">UTI - Karl Rove Is An Atheist</A>Brent Rasmussenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08094892018474087261noreply@blogger.com