Me about 30 minutes.
Actively focus on it? I don't.
Usually, not at all.
Can the question be further defined?
Atheism is an absence. I'm not sure how one focuses on a concept that is defined by nothingness.
But for instance, there are the social implications of being openly atheist and all that sort of thing one could contemplate or discuss.
I don't. To probably misquote Bill Maher, the best thing about atheism is how little of your time it takes.
Rarely. In the past, I have engaged with religious people online. Nowadays, not so much. I have rehashed the same arguments so many times I grew tired of it.
Quote from: MatureMcLeod on October 16, 2016, 04:51:09 PM
Me about 30 minutes.
Cool. Can you give an example of how you spend some of those 30 minutes? What does one do who is focussing on atheism? Do you mean reading atheist writings?
I know you've spent some time studying the Bible with an emphasis on its negative aspects; is that what you're mainly talking about?
I never give it a thought unless someone or some thing about religion is brought to my attention by another person, or written word. I have no compelling need to defend my position so I almost never engage a religious person. I would very much like to set them on a truer course to reality, but that would be an almost fruitless pursuit.
I just mostly listen to podcasts like TheThinkingAtheist and The Atheist Voice.
Also, sometimes I do read the Bible if I get tempted to go back.
Only when people ask questions like this!
Otherwise it is no more in my mind than what colour socks I am wearing.
My humanist tendencies have become habitual and require no "boosting" by constant iteration.
I spend probably an hour a day doing things that as a Christian, I wouldn't have done, and that make me consider life and thoughts through the eyes of atheism. Some of that is milti-tasking: as I'm getting ready for the day, I often will be listening to you tube videos from Richard Dawkins, Jaclyn Glenn, Christopher Hitchens, The Atheist Experience or just plain old Matt Dillahunty, Deter Lucem, and others. I watch (listen) to that stuff mostly for entertainment, and the occasional enlightenment. And often, I will spend a little time here, or other reading sites, which I guess counts as "focusing on atheism".
So now I wonder....
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Also, sometimes I do read the Bible if I get tempted to go back.
What tempts you to "go back"? Fear? Uncertainty? Loneliness? What?
I'm more wondering why "going back" is a problem?
If you believe in God(s), you believe in God(s). Not a big deal. You don't have to be Fundamentalist Christian, agree with or even like Biblical teachings to believe in God(s).
Like others here I rarely think about it unless something brings it to mind.
I deal with a lot of Christians preaching at me where I live.
I also deal with personal temptation and Christians tell me turn or burn
I personally feel if I did become a Christian again, I would have to ignore most of what the Bible actually said.
Quote from: MatureMcLeod on October 17, 2016, 07:16:26 PM
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I personally feel if I did become a Christian again, I would have to ignore most of what the Bible actually said.
Like all the other Christians then :rofl:
Quote from: MatureMcLeod on October 17, 2016, 07:16:26 PM
I deal with a lot of Christians preaching at me where I live.
I also deal with personal temptation and Christians tell me turn or burn
I personally feel if I did become a Christian again, I would have to ignore most of what the Bible actually said.
temptation... :notsure:
Turn, or burn?
Turn, or burn?
Turn, or burn?
Jesus, Christ! Decisions...decisions... :unsure:
...I would just burn.
But I think most of you already knew that about me. :smilenod:
Re: As a nonbeliever, how long do you focus on atheism per day?If I knew exactly how many minutes per day I'm focusing on atheism, then I'm probably focusing too much on it. :-\
Quote from: Magdalena on October 17, 2016, 08:21:30 PM
Quote from: MatureMcLeod on October 17, 2016, 07:16:26 PM
Re: As a nonbeliever, how long do you focus on atheism per day?
If I knew exactly how many minutes per day I'm focusing on atheism, then I'm probably focusing too much on it. :-\
Exactly!
Quote from: Pasta Chick on October 17, 2016, 05:50:51 PM
I'm more wondering why "going back" is a problem?
If you believe in God(s), you believe in God(s). Not a big deal. You don't have to be Fundamentalist Christian, agree with or even like Biblical teachings to believe in God(s).
You don't even need to believe in a god to be a Xtian in the sense of being a Christ follower. Thomas Jefferson did that, tore the NT to bits, taking out the woo, which is available as the Jefferson Bible. Or you could be a "red letter Xtian", which is close to what Jefferson did, taking as gospel only those parts in red, which are supposed to be Jesus' direct quotes from disciples who actually knew him. The big benefit of this is that it eliminates all the gospel of Paul, reducing the NT from a book to a pamphlet. Very convenient. Of course, either way you still have to do some cherry picking but all theists do that, there's no getting around that one.
666 seconds.
Quote from: Magdalena on October 17, 2016, 08:21:30 PM
Quote from: MatureMcLeod on October 17, 2016, 07:16:26 PM
I deal with a lot of Christians preaching at me where I live.
I also deal with personal temptation and Christians tell me turn or burn
I personally feel if I did become a Christian again, I would have to ignore most of what the Bible actually said.
temptation... :notsure:
Turn, or burn?
Turn, or burn?
Turn, or burn?
Jesus, Christ! Decisions...decisions... :unsure:
...I would just burn.
But I think most of you already knew that about me. :smilenod:
Re: As a nonbeliever, how long do you focus on atheism per day?
If I knew exactly how many minutes per day I'm focusing on atheism, then I'm probably focusing too much on it. :-\
Where exactly do witches go when they die?
Quote from: Apathy on October 18, 2016, 02:21:02 AM
Quote from: Magdalena on October 17, 2016, 08:21:30 PM
Quote from: MatureMcLeod on October 17, 2016, 07:16:26 PM
I deal with a lot of Christians preaching at me where I live.
I also deal with personal temptation and Christians tell me turn or burn
I personally feel if I did become a Christian again, I would have to ignore most of what the Bible actually said.
temptation... :notsure:
Turn, or burn?
Turn, or burn?
Turn, or burn?
Jesus, Christ! Decisions...decisions... :unsure:
...I would just burn.
But I think most of you already knew that about me. :smilenod:
Re: As a nonbeliever, how long do you focus on atheism per day?
If I knew exactly how many minutes per day I'm focusing on atheism, then I'm probably focusing too much on it. :-\
Where exactly do witches go when they die?
Wouldn't
you like to know
that!? :grin:
Quote from: No one on October 18, 2016, 01:40:30 AM
666 seconds.
11 minutes and 6 seconds would have had people scratching their heads ;D
Except The Asmo, who hath not the hands with which to scratch. >:(
In fact, He feels discriminated against because of that and is properly morally outraged by the insensitivity of that comment. >:(
Depends on the day.
Quote from: Asmodean on October 18, 2016, 08:12:41 AM
Except The Asmo, who hath not the hands with which to scratch. >:(
In fact, He feels discriminated against because of that and is properly morally outraged by the insensitivity of that comment. >:(
Can't you just roll or flop until the side representing your head is against the ground and wiggle around or something? I mean, bears cant reach their own shoulders but they still know how to scratch their back.
NO! >:( He ith offendest and shall smiteth. >:(
Quote from: Apathy on October 18, 2016, 02:21:02 AM
Where exactly do witches go when they die?
They come here. But they have much more power.