Comments on: Going Godless??

By: George Ricker

George Ricker — Unknown, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

There’s no reason we can’t use both words. I titled my first book “Godless in America: conversations with an atheist” and the web site I started is called “Godless in America.com.”

So I’ve been referring to myself as godless and using both “godless” and “atheist” to describe myself. I’m quite comfortable with either word.

By: tyro

tyro — Unknown, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

It can be tiresome to have even overt atheists like Maher rant about how dogmatic “atheists” are. “Godless” is clearer and less likely to provoke semantic arguments. It’s a bad sign when even supporters don’t understand what the terms mean so by all means, simplify, simplify, simplify.

Godless heathens, unite!

By: godless sodomite

godless sodomite — Unknown, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

I already use godless to refer to myself. See screenname above.

By: UnGodly

UnGodly — Unknown, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

I call myself Ungodly here and on my own heathen forum. That seems logically equivalent to Godless. I do agree that Godless has a nice ring to it, and is certainly unambiguous.

By: karen

karen — Unknown, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

I'm not exactly godless. I just prefer my gods to be ones which can actually be shown to exist, like chocolate, and cats.

I don't mind using either term though when referring to any supernatural beliefs. I'm not sure whether "godless" is any more/less pejorative than "atheist". Godless is pretty straight-forward, while people still don't understand atheist. But who knows? Maybe those who misunderstand atheist also believe that godless means devil-worshiper, baby-eater, hedonist, nihilist, et al.

I'm for whatever makes the biggest impact.

By: The Atheist Jew

The Atheist Jew — Unknown, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

I put down Godless for religion on my Facebook page a couple of weeks ago.
I like it. It works for me.

By: Cynic

Cynic — Unknown, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

It all depends on your goals. My goal is to be seen as perfectly normal and acceptable, to encourgage those on the edge of reason to come over fully into its territory. Branding myself with a label that amounts to a direct taunt of those very people and gives the impression that I'm revelling in some sort of evil glee isn't compatable with that goal.

So no.

The term "atheist" is unfortunate enough, without adding to it. The only reason I don't use the perfectly accurate "agnostic" (since I don't profess to know either way) is because it gives the impression that I also don't have an opinion. But that opinion needn't also be given with a thumb to my nose and a hearty cackle...

By: godless sodomite

godless sodomite — Unknown, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

I just prefer my gods to be ones which can actually be shown to exist, like chocolate, and cats.

Karen, get out of my mind!

By: Augustine

Augustine — Unknown, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/us/2008/11/15/tuchman.mummy.religion.cnn?iref=videosearch

By: Augustine

Augustine — Unknown, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

I know this is a little late from what was being discussed earlier (with public displays of superstition), but to reaffirm the point, I think this video works perfectly.