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- Subject: Alt.Atheism FAQ: Quick Index of FAQ Topics
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- Archive-name: atheism/quick-index
- Alt-atheism-archive-name: quick-index
- Last-modified: 6 July 1994
- Version: 2.1
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- ALT.ATHEISM FAQ QUICK INDEX
-
- Before posting to alt.atheism, please browse this list of frequent
- topics. If your posting resembles any of the statements or questions
- below, then there's an answer in the FAQ documents for the newsgroup.
- Please take a look at the appropriate answer before posting.
-
- To find the answer, look at the code in brackets. If the letter is
- "i", look in the "Introduction to Atheism" document. If it's "f", look
- in the "Frequently Asked Questions" document. Then once you've found
- the right article, search it for the code number.
-
- For example, to find reference [f23], read the document "Alt.Atheism
- Frequently Asked Questions", and search for the string "[f23]". In
- trn, you would type g[f23] and press return.
-
- If you have access to the World Wide Web, you can read the FAQ files
- as hypertext and navigate without all this hassle. The URLs are:
- * http://www.mantis.co.uk/atheism/
- * http://bigdipper.umd.edu/atheism/
-
- All sites should contain the same documents; pick whichever is
- nearest.
-
- FREQUENT TOPICS
-
- * What is the definition of atheism? [i01]
- * The definition of atheism is... [i01]
- * Disbelieving in God is the same thing as believing he doesn't
- exist. [i02]
- * What is agnosticism? [i03]
- * Agnosticism is... [i03]
- * What is the philosophical justification or basis for atheism?
- [i04]
- * It is impossible to prove the non-existence of something. [i05]
- * What if God is essentially non-detectable? [i06]
- * What if I managed to logically prove that God exists? [i07]
- * Atheism is still just a religious belief. [i08]
- * Belief in atheism (or science) is still just an act of faith.
- [i09]
- * Atheism is anti-religious. [i10]
- * Why do you want to impose state atheism? [i11]
- * Why do you care if people pray? [i12]
- * Do atheists give to charity? [i13]
- * Isn't atheism just a backlash against your upbringing? A way of
- rebelling? [i14]
- * How do atheists differ from religious people? [i15]
- * Atheists are less moral than religious people. [i16]
- * Is there such a thing as atheist morality? [i17]
- * Atheists are just theists who are denying God. [i18]
- * Don't you want to believe in God? [i19]
- * Of course you see no evidence -- you are unwilling in your heart
- to see! [i20]
- * Isn't the whole of life completely pointless to an atheist? [i21]
- * So how do you find comfort in time of danger? [i22]
- * Don't you worry that you might suddenly be shown to be wrong?
- [i23]
- * So why should theists question their beliefs? [i24]
- * What harm does it do to believe in God? [i25]
- * Those weren't real believers... [i26]
- * There's no proof God doesn't exist, so why question it? [i27]
- * If atheism's so great, why are there so many theists? [i28]
- * So many cultures have developed religions. That must say
- something. [i29]
- * Many famous scientists and philosophers have concluded that God
- exists. [i30]
- * Are you saying that widespread belief in religion indicates
- nothing? [i31]
- * What are memes? [i31]
- * What are the fundamental messages of atheism? [i32]
- * What is the purpose of the alt.atheism newsgroup? [f01]
- * Adolf Hitler was an atheist, and look at what he did! [f02]
- * The Bible proves that this is true... [f03]
- * If you believe in God, you lose nothing and could gain everything,
- so... [f04]
- * Jesus must have been the Lord, a Liar or a Lunatic... [f05]
- * What is Occam's Razor? [f06]
- * It's good to believe in Jesus, because... [f07]
- * I know that God exists because I have personal evidence... [f08]
- * Einstein said "God does not play dice", so he believed in God...
- [f09]
- * Everyone worships something... [f10]
- * Everything has a cause, so there must be a causeless cause...
- [f11]
- * The universe is so complex it must have been designed... [f12]
- * There is much independent evidence that the Bible is true... [f13]
- * Gödel's Incompleteness Theorem says... [f14]
- * Did George Bush make some comment about atheists not being
- citizens? [f15]
- * I know where hell is! [f16]
- * Does anyone have a list of Biblical contradictions? [f17]
- * The USA was founded as a Christian nation! [f18]
- * The USA was not founded as a Christian nation! [f19]
- * How come nobody has answered this point? [f20]
- * What's a kill file? [f20]
- * The Bible says 'Thou Shalt Not Kill', but Christians kill all the
- time... [f21]
- * What does 'xian' mean? [f22]
- * The Bible says that pi is 3, so... [f23]
-
- mathew
- <meta@harlequin.co.uk>
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