Pastor Ian Kirk
@pstr.starlyth.one
Christ-follower, husband, father, pastor, former purchasing manager, geek, nerd.
I started with this handle, but to be consistent across platforms, I've moved to starlyth.bsky.social.
I started with this handle, but to be consistent across platforms, I've moved to starlyth.bsky.social.
As it always should have been. However, as slick as that might appear to be on the surface, the ramifications are far larger than I think he realizes. I'm still for it.
January 23, 2025 at 2:36 PM
As it always should have been. However, as slick as that might appear to be on the surface, the ramifications are far larger than I think he realizes. I'm still for it.
Me, too! Thanks for this!
January 17, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Me, too! Thanks for this!
You've made a series of great points. I even agree that Christianity has been on a pedestal and that there are subjects where religion is best not brought in, though the lines are probably different for us.
January 17, 2025 at 4:03 PM
You've made a series of great points. I even agree that Christianity has been on a pedestal and that there are subjects where religion is best not brought in, though the lines are probably different for us.
though I'm not arguing, particularly, the right or wrong of that. The public spaces are where atheists and non-atheists need to coexist. We won't always agree (the non-atheists don't all agree). We cannot exclude each other in that way.
January 15, 2025 at 6:08 PM
though I'm not arguing, particularly, the right or wrong of that. The public spaces are where atheists and non-atheists need to coexist. We won't always agree (the non-atheists don't all agree). We cannot exclude each other in that way.
Perhaps I should have tried a different starting point with my first post, which was a reply. When it comes the public square, why should atheism be allowed to removed religion? That seemed to be the thrust of the OP. This puts atheism in the power position that religions hold to some degree…
January 15, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Perhaps I should have tried a different starting point with my first post, which was a reply. When it comes the public square, why should atheism be allowed to removed religion? That seemed to be the thrust of the OP. This puts atheism in the power position that religions hold to some degree…
I'm sorry if anyone thought that I presumed all atheists have the same journey. They do not. Just as all theists do not have the same journey.
January 15, 2025 at 6:01 PM
I'm sorry if anyone thought that I presumed all atheists have the same journey. They do not. Just as all theists do not have the same journey.
I don't like Venn diagrams :) They oversimply and often distort the views they supposedly represent. I generally find them more meme-worthy than actual conveyors of truth. This comes from my many years in procurement and manufacturing.
January 15, 2025 at 5:59 PM
I don't like Venn diagrams :) They oversimply and often distort the views they supposedly represent. I generally find them more meme-worthy than actual conveyors of truth. This comes from my many years in procurement and manufacturing.
Respectfully, atheism is a belief structure. You believe that there is no God (or gods). If belief structure as a phrase is too related to religion for you (which I can understand), then worldview works, too (I have my struggles with worldview, hence my use of belief structure).
January 15, 2025 at 4:34 AM
Respectfully, atheism is a belief structure. You believe that there is no God (or gods). If belief structure as a phrase is too related to religion for you (which I can understand), then worldview works, too (I have my struggles with worldview, hence my use of belief structure).
No, babies are not born atheists. They have no belief structure at all. There is cultural training of babies. This would occur even if the entire culture was 100% atheist.
January 14, 2025 at 11:10 PM
No, babies are not born atheists. They have no belief structure at all. There is cultural training of babies. This would occur even if the entire culture was 100% atheist.
That's what I mean
January 14, 2025 at 11:05 PM
That's what I mean
A lack of belief in something does shape your worldview. It may be small. Each thing we believe or don't believe is both part of our worldview and shapes the living out of our worldview.
January 14, 2025 at 10:23 PM
A lack of belief in something does shape your worldview. It may be small. Each thing we believe or don't believe is both part of our worldview and shapes the living out of our worldview.
It is not just you that needs to ask the question. Those of us with religious beliefs also need to ask such questions, too.
January 14, 2025 at 10:20 PM
It is not just you that needs to ask the question. Those of us with religious beliefs also need to ask such questions, too.
Atheism, I concur, does not worship, per se. However, it is a core worldview that shapes and forms a person from the inside out. It bases its beliefs upon certain data points; many of which are actually the same as many religions. Perhaps "belief framework" is a better way of phrasing it.
January 14, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Atheism, I concur, does not worship, per se. However, it is a core worldview that shapes and forms a person from the inside out. It bases its beliefs upon certain data points; many of which are actually the same as many religions. Perhaps "belief framework" is a better way of phrasing it.