Do you know any Athiest people that believes in ghosts or Karma?

[kyrax12]

Or do only religious people believe in those supernatural concepts.

 

[Ns1]

I believe in karma.


because if you fuck me over I will kill you.



/internetbadass

 

[Jimzz]

I can see the ghost part kinda but how is Karma a religious thing?

 

[kyrax12]

I can see the ghost part kinda but how is Karma a religious thing?

From Wikipedia:

Karma in Indian religions is the concept of "action" or "deed", understood as that which causes the entire cycle of cause and effect

 

[KeithTalent]

Ex-girlfriend of mine was an atheist but she was adamant that ghosts existed and that she'd had supernatural experiences. She also believed in ESPN and stuff like that. Strange girl.

KT

 

[lxskllr]

I'm undecided on ghosts. I don't think they're dead people, but I think there may be /something/ there. I give lip service to karma, and use the word, but I don't believe in it as a supernatural phenomenon. Karma's just a convenient philosophy for not fucking people over, and propagating good through the world.

 

[Mr. Pedantic]

Yes.

It's called Newton's Third Law of Motion.

Ex-girlfriend of mine was an atheist but she was adamant that ghosts existed and that she'd had supernatural experiences. She also believed in ESPN and stuff like that. Strange girl.

KT

I think everybody believes in ESPN.

 

[Phanuel]

Ex-girlfriend of mine was an atheist but she was adamant that ghosts existed and that she'd had supernatural experiences. She also believed in ESPN and stuff like that. Strange girl.

KT

Well, if I didn't believe in ESPN, how else would I get irrelevant talking heads about sports for 23 hours a day?

 

[GagHalfrunt]

She also believed in ESPN and stuff like that. Strange girl.

KT

I believe in ESPN. It's channel 36.

 

[KeithTalent]

I believe in ESPN. It's channel 36.

Yeah but she was Canadian.

KT

 

[anxi80]

Well, if I didn't believe in ESPN, how else would I get irrelevant talking heads about A-Rod, Tebow, Favre for 23 hours a day?

FTFY

 

[Mixolydian]

I believe in karma.

 

[GagHalfrunt]

Yeah but she was Canadian.

KT

Extremely Silly Pointless Nation?

 

[Phanuel]

Their money is the Looney. That acronym seems apt.

 

[zerocool84]

I believe in karma in the way that negative people attract negative things in their life.

 

[jupiter57]

Silly boy.

There is no such things as "atheists" IRL.

 

[KeithTalent]

Extremely Silly Pointless Nation?

But Canadian only has eight letters. Silly American.

KT

 

[Printer Bandit]

downside to being athiest is that when you die your next life will most likely be shitty, like an ant or tree.

 

[SlitheryDee]

It would seem to be inconsistent to be an atheist and yet believe in other unverifiable supernatural phenomena. While only explicitly a statement regarding religion, being an atheist is also an indicator that a person has certain exacting criteria that needs to be met before they will believe something. If religion fails the test, then things like ghosts and karma probably would as well.

 

[justoh]

Nah. It's not possible. Why would any sensible person reject gods and religion but accept some mundane nonsense like ghosts and shit? Surely not someone with any principled basis for his or her rejection of gods.

 

[Murloc]

Nah. It's not possible. Why would any sensible person reject gods and religion but accept some mundane nonsense like ghosts and shit? Surely not someone with any principled basis for his or her rejection of gods.

yeah this.

A monotheist god as portrayed in abrahamitic religions is actually much more believable than ghosts or other paranormal stuff because it doesn't imply a direct effect on the physical world.

 

[Jeff7]

Silly boy.

There is no such things as "atheists" IRL.

:hmm:

 

[Dr. Zaus]

I do NOT believe in ESPN, there's no scientific proof it exists, it's only a theory. I know this is true because I turned on my TV and I did NOT see ESPN.

 

[DaveSimmons]

There's the religious definition of karma, where it affects your future lives.

There's a looser, more secular definition of karma of "as you sow, so shall ye reap" which (without invoking fate or gods) can just mean that your actions may eventually have indirect long-term consequences.

 

[Mixolydian]

:hmm:

You'll have to excuse my dad. he's kind of old and senile.