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I'm an atheist, and most of the other atheists I know shun or ridicule all things that can't be proven. Ghosts, Bigfoot, god, satan, heaven, hell, angels, demons, a soul, reincarnation, etc.
As an atheist, I do believe in karma, but not as a magical power. I just believe if you do bad things, bad things are more likely to happen to you either out of retaliation, or even because psychologically you do destructive things because you know you deserve them.
I personally feel like going to church is a waste of time and know that you don't need spiritual or religious beliefs to have strong ethics and an accurate sense of what is right and wrong.
Many of my religious friends always act surprised that atheists are some of the most ethical and kind-hearted people they know. I feel that way about most of the Mormon friends I grew up going to Mormon church with. I feel that they are very nice people who try to help others, but they are skewed in a strange way. I feel like yes....I agree with that....yes...that makes sense.....I can see where you're coming from......wtf? Where did that come from?
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"I'm completely in favor of the separation of Church and State. My idea is that these two institutions screw us up enough on their own, so both of them together is certain death."
- George Carlin
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