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Is there any common ground between Atheists and the Religious Community?

Surely there must be something common to both points of view.

Update:

@ Hal Roach You're trying to say that we sometimes read the same newspapers, duh. What prompted the question was the stance of some christians on capital punishment. Nothing wrong with music, beer and pizza, but i'm not planning a poker night with the pope, any time soon.

Update 2:

@ Your Friendly Neighborhood Atheist: Agreed! George Colony was truly awful.

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  • 10 years ago
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    I think the majority of both atheists and religious people try to be moral and decent human beings, just for very different reasons.

  • 10 years ago

    What "religious community"? Do you mean theists? Because there are non-theistic religions out there, which means "atheists" and "the religious community" aren't mutually exclusive. Never mind the fact that hardly all "religious people" agree with each other.

    There are plenty of things an atheist might have in common with a theist: hobbies, favorite foods, favorite sports teams, certain political views, etc. The only thing you can say for sure that isn't on the list, is a common stance on the issue of deity.

  • Anonymous
    10 years ago

    Theism and atheism are our rational approaches to life, influenced by society which acts as a living organism...

  • Anonymous
    10 years ago

    Yes. Yes, there is. I think that we can ALL agree on one thing:

    George Clooney made a terrible Batman.

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  • Anonymous
    10 years ago

    Both us atheist and christians are humans... um actually wait, no, forget what I just said.

  • ?
    Lv 7
    10 years ago

    Hatred of report monkeys.

  • Anonymous
    10 years ago

    We both like pizza!!!

  • 10 years ago

    They both rigidly believe whatever it is they believe.

    True story.

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