What is your reason for sharing your beliefs and/or findings?
If Oklahoma allows a public display of the 10 commandments (publicly funded no less), then they really have to allow other religious persuasions to put up their stuff too. If you don’t want Satanists, Muslims, Jews, etc to have their say, then the Christians should keep their God to themselves too.
Not true. They are the most persecuted majority in this country! They get to make the rules, because they are God’s rules, and don’t you forget it.
Which is nonsense when Azathoth comes to devour us all anyway.
Which is nonsense when Azathoth comes to devour us all anyway.
The FSM will save us with the power of his noodly appendages.
I’m not going near this subject!
yes we need the Flying Spaghetti Monster made into a statue. Make it as large as the Kraken.
I always raise an eyebrow at people who present their religious beliefs as fact like it was some kind of scientific discovery. The only fact that exists about God is that nobody truly knows, and anyone who claims their beliefs of God to be fact is nothing but pretentious righteousness. No one can see electricity, but we know it exists due to scientific research and experiments using a system built to identify natural phenomenon as fact. Thats why we don’t shut our doors on battery thumping electricians spreading the good word of responsible wire maintenance.
You can see electricity……
You can see electricity……
I suppose… my point is that wether something can be seen or not, it has to be proven before it becomes fact.
Except we’re expected to patronise religious folk because they have faith in things that aren’t real.
That makes them good people; they must be really devoted to believe in something that doesn’t exist.
Except we’re expected to patronise religious folk because they have faith in things that aren’t real.
That makes them good people; they must be really devoted to believe in something that doesn’t exist.
I’ve got no problem with people who have faith, I believe in a creator myself… but I don’t go around telling people that my beliefs are right and theirs are wrong (which has become an epidemic among religious types these days).
Except we’re expected to patronise religious folk because they have faith in things that aren’t real.
That makes them good people; they must be really devoted to believe in something that doesn’t exist.
You patronise Santa Claus every christmas even though you KNOW he’s not real.
That said… if anyone takes a moment to read the “science” on praying. They will note that it does tend to increase positive outcomes!
@rjpeters70:
@Young:
Except we’re expected to patronise religious folk because they have faith in things that aren’t real.
That makes them good people; they must be really devoted to believe in something that doesn’t exist.
I’ve got no problem with people who have faith, I believe in a creator myself… but I don’t go around telling people that my beliefs are right and theirs are wrong (which has become an epidemic among religious types these days).
Atheists, too…
The thing with that is for most believers simply telling them you’re atheist is saying their beliefs are wrong. No other comments are required. An argument is inferred when only a simple statement of non-belief was intended.
I recently came out of the closet as an atheist when I realized that I was claiming agnosticism primarily to ease and shorten the road to agreeing to disagree. It wasn’t what I believed but what I thought would avoid an argument that I wasn’t interested in having. That belief turned out to have been well founded.
@rjpeters70:
@Young:
Except we’re expected to patronise religious folk because they have faith in things that aren’t real.
That makes them good people; they must be really devoted to believe in something that doesn’t exist.
I’ve got no problem with people who have faith, I believe in a creator myself… but I don’t go around telling people that my beliefs are right and theirs are wrong (which has become an epidemic among religious types these days).
Atheists, too…
Atheists don’t come to your door asking you to not believe.
You don’t find flyers on your car, house door, or mailbox advertising Atheist organizations or being a nuisance.
There aren’t centralized Atheist organizations hiding behind a tax shelter promoting its constituents interests (on top of what they do individually) to the detriment of others.
Atheists don’t put up billboards along the highway/interstate saying you are going to hell.
An Atheist that is arguing for their space and ability to opt out of religion is not jamming their beliefs down your throat, but exercising their 1st amendment rights that religious groups can’t seem to understand the concept of.
Now, I don’t mean that this is universal, but as a whole this applies.
Wow! There is a serious amount of God-hating going on here, and the cynicism is unbelievably thick…
You all ought to feel better since you found a nice little atheist support group nest and can vent all your frustrations against Christians who have pestered you so much.
Maybe you will be the ones sitting on Satan’s lap and your kids will be taking the pictures. Seems you all need the comfort of sitting on a lap
Wow! There is a serious amount of God-hating going on here, and the cynicism is unbelievably thick…
You all ought to feel better since you found a nice little atheist support group nest and can vent all your frustrations against Christians who have pestered you so much.
Maybe you will be the ones sitting on Satan’s lap and your kids will be taking the pictures. Seems you all need the comfort of sitting on a lap
I’d much prefer the comfort of receiving a lap dance. :-o
There’s no doubt, that’s better than sitting on solid metal
Wow! There is a serious amount of God-hating going on here, and the cynicism is unbelievably thick…
I don’t believe in flying purple unicorns either, but that doesn’t mean I hate them.
You all ought to feel better since you found a nice little atheist support group nest and can vent all your frustrations against Christians who have pestered you so much.
Or should we take a clue from many fundamentalist and shoot up a church to vent instead with the things we disagree with?
Maybe you will be the ones sitting on Satan’s lap and your kids will be taking the pictures. Seems you all need the comfort of sitting on a lap
Or maybe not. I also don’t believe in Pascal’s wager, so the insult/threat really does nothing for me. I do find the projection rather funny, however.
Although if Satan is associated with vice…where do I sign up for the sexually liberated ladies, whiskey, and devil’s weed? :evil:
Well, first of all foot, you were wrong to assume that my comment was directed only at you. You were just the most recent post. That’s why I used terms like “you all” and other general terms.
You are extremely defensive…
And when I say Christian, why do you respond with “many fundamentalists”? It’s like there’s only one kind of Christian in your mind. And do you really think churches are erected just to vent? That’s extremely shallow.
You’re bitter. Very bitter. I hope you find a solution some day, and I am being sincere.
It is ironic that you detest the judgmentalism you’ve experienced from religious people in your life, and deal with this by judging them.
Gamerman01 you’re making my point from earlier. By trotting out “God-hating” you misunderstand and misrepresent me. I have no interest in “converting” you or forcing things upon you. I do have an interest in not being misunderstood and misrepresented. These are oft not compatible goals.
So you applied my god-hating comment to yourself
Why did you do that? I didn’t point it at you.
Others made god-hating comments.
If the shoe fits, wear it.
Everybody thinks they’re so smart. Including myself. Nobody’s accomplishing anything here except venting. When everyone’s so proud of themselves and what they’ve figured out, nobody’s going to accomplish anything, so - you know - give it up already
