Website Project

[John_Silver]

Shalom everyone.

I am working on a project for my website. Having grown up in church with a pastor for a father, I knew very few non-theists on a personal level as I am sure you can readily imagine. I knew atheists as opponents rather than people. Having spent the last 12 years unlearning and rediscovering my Faith, there are a few walls I would like to break down. That said, back to the matter at hand. The project! As most of you know preeminently, a great deal of Christians understand very little about how atheists are as people. To my chagrin, I count myself among that number. The ultimate aspiration for my visit is to procure input for a series of articles I will be writing in March (upon my return from Israel) which deal specifically with the most personal aspects of Atheism.

I also wanted to iterate that I am not here to debate. We all know the arguments (many of them verbatim). Most debates into which I have ventured begin with one side or the other vying for intellectual supremacy. I will be happy to stand aside and play the part of the village idiot in those instances. You will come to know what I am after once I put forth the questions orbiting feverishly around this small mass of gray matter in my skull.

Well, that's me. I suppose the next step is to put some questions to the board. Pleasure to meet you all.

[Whitney]

Hi, welcome to HAF.

I would suggest approaching your articles by first pointing out that atheist isn't a belief set and therefore atheists don't necessarily share common views besides not having a belief in deities.  You could then point out that many atheists consider themselves secular humanists then proceed by focusing the articles to better familiarize people with secular humanism.

[LARA]

That was refreshing.     Welcome, John_Silver.

[John_Silver]

Hi, welcome to HAF.

I would suggest approaching your articles by first pointing out that atheist isn't a belief set and therefore atheists don't necessarily share common views besides not having a belief in deities.  You could then point out that many atheists consider themselves secular humanists then proceed by focusing the articles to better familiarize people with secular humanism.

Absolutely. Those points were near the top of my list. The relationships between atheists will be my first question which I will post shortly. Thanks for the welcome.

John

[John_Silver]

That was refreshing.  

John

[John_Silver]

Whitney,

Can you point me to the best forum to post these questions? Would it be in Religion? Thanks!

John

[Whitney]

Whitney,

Can you point me to the best forum to post these questions? Would it be in Religion? Thanks!

John

Either religion or philosophy.

[G-Roll]

welcome  

The ultimate aspiration for my visit is to procure input for a series of articles I will be writing in March (upon my return from Israel) which deal specifically with the most personal aspects of Atheism.

its quite simple really. just take everyone you know, then take god(s) out of the equation.
by any chance will we be able to peek at these articles? it sounds like an insteresting read.

[John_Silver]

by any chance will we be able to peek at these articles? it sounds like an insteresting read.

Absolutely! I hope to use quotes (with permission, of course) from this forum in the articles themselves. You will be able to read them at www.30shekels.com sometime in March. I will also post a draft in this forum beforehand to put-out-to-sail any fears that the statements included would be taken out of context. Thanks for the welcome!

John

[AlP]

Welcome to the forum John.

[John_Silver]

Welcome to the forum John.

Thanks!