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Why Are You An Atheist
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Since being on this site it appears that 9 out of 10 are atheists. So just out of curiosity, I wondered why? Have you always been one? If not, what made you reject belief in God? I would love to hear your views.
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Goodlife - "... Since many atheists do things that they know to be wrong and harmful to themselves and others..."
More hyperbolic conjecture from you.
In your little world do you just make up statements and then convince yourself that your invention is the truth? Or is this another one of your copy-n-paste jobs made without citation or reference that you're trying to pass off as your own?
More hyperbolic conjecture from you.
In your little world do you just make up statements and then convince yourself that your invention is the truth? Or is this another one of your copy-n-paste jobs made without citation or reference that you're trying to pass off as your own?
I am not an atheist. I was brought up within a Christian family and attended church regularly.
You know what. Being an atheist is beginning to appeal to me.
I don't recall atheists knocking on my door constantly and asking me to follow their doctrine.
I don't see atheists constantly trying to shove their unsolicited doctrine down the throats of others on this site either.
You know what. Being an atheist is beginning to appeal to me.
I don't recall atheists knocking on my door constantly and asking me to follow their doctrine.
I don't see atheists constantly trying to shove their unsolicited doctrine down the throats of others on this site either.
Mibn2..."and your real purpose in life would be to....annoy atheists?".
I would disagree. Goodlife annoys Christians also,proselyting his peculiar non Christian sect's strange and outlandish views.
Retrocop.....Re your last paragraph. We must be reading different posts here regarding atheists and the "shoving their unsolicited doctrine down our throats". i certainly see many of them here pushing their pretty feeble arguments. I do of course exclude the posts of a few erudite atheists who give cogent arguments for their beliefs (or rather the lack of them). ;-)
I would disagree. Goodlife annoys Christians also,proselyting his peculiar non Christian sect's strange and outlandish views.
Retrocop.....Re your last paragraph. We must be reading different posts here regarding atheists and the "shoving their unsolicited doctrine down our throats". i certainly see many of them here pushing their pretty feeble arguments. I do of course exclude the posts of a few erudite atheists who give cogent arguments for their beliefs (or rather the lack of them). ;-)
Goodlife -
Why do you think the bible is misunderstood?
If it is misunderstood, surely that's God's fault isn't it? As a supreme being, He has the ability to ensure that His creation understands His message in its entirety. If His creation doesn't understand the message, as a supreme being possessed with omnipotence, omnipresence and omniscience, He would be aware of such failings on the part of His creation and could, if He so wished, correct such misunderstandings.
Therein lies the failing of the "God" hypothesis.
Logic dictates that it is incumbent on those communicating a message for it to be unequivocally understood by the receiver. It is a fundamental concept of communication that the giver of a message ensures that the receiver fully understands the meaning of the transmitted message. The blame for any misunderstanding lies entirely at the door of the original communicator. Doubly so if the original communicator is an omnipotent being, meaning that He has the power to do literally anything, even the impossible.
It seems that the God of the bible is capable of creating a universe, multitudes of galaxies, mind-bogglingly numerous planets, countless creatures of which the human race is just one and yet seems incapable of transmitting His relatively simple message to mankind without Why do you think the bible is misunderstood?
If it is misunderstood, surely that's God's fault isn't it? As a supreme being, He has the ability to ensure that His creation understands His message in its entirety. If His creation doesn't understand the message, as a supreme being possessed with omnipotence, omnipresence and omniscience, He would be aware of such failings on the part of His creation and could, if He so wished, correct such misunderstandings.
Therein lies the failing of the "God" hypothesis.
Logic dictates that it is incumbent on those communicating a message for it to be unequivocally understood by the receiver. It is a fundamental concept of communication that the giver of a message ensures that the receiver fully understands the meaning of the transmitted message. The blame for any misunderstanding lies entirely at the door of the original communicator. Doubly so if the original communicator is an omnipotent being, meaning that He has the power to do literally anything, even the 'impossible'.
It seems that the God of the bible is capable of creating a universe, multitudes of galaxies, mind-bogglingly numerous planets, countless creatures of which the human race is just one and yet seems incapable of transmitting His relatively simple message to mankind without equivocation.
Why do you think the bible is misunderstood?
If it is misunderstood, surely that's God's fault isn't it? As a supreme being, He has the ability to ensure that His creation understands His message in its entirety. If His creation doesn't understand the message, as a supreme being possessed with omnipotence, omnipresence and omniscience, He would be aware of such failings on the part of His creation and could, if He so wished, correct such misunderstandings.
Therein lies the failing of the "God" hypothesis.
Logic dictates that it is incumbent on those communicating a message for it to be unequivocally understood by the receiver. It is a fundamental concept of communication that the giver of a message ensures that the receiver fully understands the meaning of the transmitted message. The blame for any misunderstanding lies entirely at the door of the original communicator. Doubly so if the original communicator is an omnipotent being, meaning that He has the power to do literally anything, even the impossible.
It seems that the God of the bible is capable of creating a universe, multitudes of galaxies, mind-bogglingly numerous planets, countless creatures of which the human race is just one and yet seems incapable of transmitting His relatively simple message to mankind without Why do you think the bible is misunderstood?
If it is misunderstood, surely that's God's fault isn't it? As a supreme being, He has the ability to ensure that His creation understands His message in its entirety. If His creation doesn't understand the message, as a supreme being possessed with omnipotence, omnipresence and omniscience, He would be aware of such failings on the part of His creation and could, if He so wished, correct such misunderstandings.
Therein lies the failing of the "God" hypothesis.
Logic dictates that it is incumbent on those communicating a message for it to be unequivocally understood by the receiver. It is a fundamental concept of communication that the giver of a message ensures that the receiver fully understands the meaning of the transmitted message. The blame for any misunderstanding lies entirely at the door of the original communicator. Doubly so if the original communicator is an omnipotent being, meaning that He has the power to do literally anything, even the 'impossible'.
It seems that the God of the bible is capable of creating a universe, multitudes of galaxies, mind-bogglingly numerous planets, countless creatures of which the human race is just one and yet seems incapable of transmitting His relatively simple message to mankind without equivocation.
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Goodlife -
Why do you think the bible is misunderstood?
If it is misunderstood, surely that's God's fault isn't it? As a supreme being, He has the ability to ensure that His creation understands His message in its entirety. If His creation doesn't understand the message, as a supreme being possessed with omnipotence, omnipresence and omniscience, He would be aware of such failings on the part of His creation and could, if He so wished, correct such misunderstandings.
Therein lies the failing of the "God" hypothesis.
Logic dictates that it is incumbent upon those communicating a message for it to be unequivocally understood by the receiver. It is a fundamental concept of communication that the giver of a message ensures that the receiver fully understands the meaning of the transmitted message. The blame for any misunderstanding lies entirely at the door of the original communicator. Doubly so if the original communicator is an omnipotent being; meaning that He has the power to do literally anything, even the impossible.
It seems that the God of the bible is capable of creating a universe, multitudes of galaxies, mind-bogglingly numerous planets, countless creatures of which the human race is just one and yet seems incapable of transmitting His relatively simple message to mankind without equivocation.
Goodlife -
Why do you think the bible is misunderstood?
If it is misunderstood, surely that's God's fault isn't it? As a supreme being, He has the ability to ensure that His creation understands His message in its entirety. If His creation doesn't understand the message, as a supreme being possessed with omnipotence, omnipresence and omniscience, He would be aware of such failings on the part of His creation and could, if He so wished, correct such misunderstandings.
Therein lies the failing of the "God" hypothesis.
Logic dictates that it is incumbent upon those communicating a message for it to be unequivocally understood by the receiver. It is a fundamental concept of communication that the giver of a message ensures that the receiver fully understands the meaning of the transmitted message. The blame for any misunderstanding lies entirely at the door of the original communicator. Doubly so if the original communicator is an omnipotent being; meaning that He has the power to do literally anything, even the impossible.
It seems that the God of the bible is capable of creating a universe, multitudes of galaxies, mind-bogglingly numerous planets, countless creatures of which the human race is just one and yet seems incapable of transmitting His relatively simple message to mankind without equivocation.
Birdie@
You may be an atheist, but from my research on atheism I stand by my previous comments.
I have researched numerous sites, both atheist and religious.
Also having listened to various exponents of the New Atheism, I feel that I have a reasonable understanding of what they represent. So, just as you atheists on this site feel that we who believe are poor misled, unintelligent,
and mindless; I find that the propaganda spouted by such as Fry and Dawkins is just as gibberish rubbish as you think the bible expounds.
You may be an atheist, but from my research on atheism I stand by my previous comments.
I have researched numerous sites, both atheist and religious.
Also having listened to various exponents of the New Atheism, I feel that I have a reasonable understanding of what they represent. So, just as you atheists on this site feel that we who believe are poor misled, unintelligent,
and mindless; I find that the propaganda spouted by such as Fry and Dawkins is just as gibberish rubbish as you think the bible expounds.
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@idiosyncrasy
//I would love to hear your views.//
No you wouldn't. As you proceeded to reveal...
//I have researched numerous sites, both atheist and religious. //
If you researched 5 blogs, you merely have the views of five people.
You actually read __?___ blogs?
If you, additionally, researched 8 forums, read 50 athiest viewpoints on each that's 400 *posts* but if they all fall into one category, like dismissing theists as idiots then that is still only one atheist stance, out of many.
You found ___?___ categories of atheist viewpoints, ranging from _____ (n correspondents) to ______ (n' correspondents).
A statistical breakdown of how other atheists behave would be useful to us, to see how our own views compare. People appear to be arriving at atheism via diverse routes.
Oh and people like yourself do wonders for our cause. Very well done.
//I would love to hear your views.//
No you wouldn't. As you proceeded to reveal...
//I have researched numerous sites, both atheist and religious. //
If you researched 5 blogs, you merely have the views of five people.
You actually read __?___ blogs?
If you, additionally, researched 8 forums, read 50 athiest viewpoints on each that's 400 *posts* but if they all fall into one category, like dismissing theists as idiots then that is still only one atheist stance, out of many.
You found ___?___ categories of atheist viewpoints, ranging from _____ (n correspondents) to ______ (n' correspondents).
A statistical breakdown of how other atheists behave would be useful to us, to see how our own views compare. People appear to be arriving at atheism via diverse routes.
Oh and people like yourself do wonders for our cause. Very well done.
