Dear Atheists..

[ChicagoBlue]

Is this thread worth reading through?

Do you believe your view of “God or no God?” is going to be changed by the same old arguments on both sides?

1) Yes
2) Maybe
3) No

If you answered (3) above, then move along with your life knowing you didn’t waste any time on (basically) one man’s continuous word salads of “belief.”

If you answered (1) or (2) above, get a grip of yourself, man!

:-)

 

[Damocles]

Not really.
It’s largely one lunatic evangelist spouting bullshit.

You lot mock and deride his religion, his religious beliefs and then his God then call him a lunatic evangelical for replying in defence of it.

 

[johnny crossan]

You lot mock and deride his religion, his religious beliefs and then his God then call him a lunatic evangelical for replying in defence of it.

The thread wasn't addressed to me so I suppose they resent my intrusion.

 

[tonea2003]

You lot mock and deride his religion, his religious beliefs and then his God then call him a lunatic evangelical for replying in defence of it.

think you'll find he's thrown out quite a lot of abuse himself over the years

 

[tonea2003]

The thread wasn't addressed to me so I suppose they resent my intrusion.

i don't

 

[Big Joe Corrigan]

The problem of evil has proved intractable for as long as Christianity has existed. I find Plantinga's free will defence is helpful in trying to understand the contradiction.

Theodicy - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Ok I’ll have a read.

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

To be totally sure that there isn’t a god is as arrogant an opinion as being totally sure that there is.

It’s a futile debate as neither opinion can be dispelled with total certainty.

I’m very much in the don’t care either way camp as it will never fill my time thinking about it.

We’ll find out one way or other after we die. Or maybe we won’t.

 

[tonea2003]

To be totally sure that there isn’t a god is as arrogant an opinion as being totally sure that there is.

It’s a futile debate as neither opinion can be dispelled with total certainty.

I’m very much in the don’t care either way camp as it will never fill my time thinking about it.

We’ll find out one way or other after we die. Or maybe we won’t.

you should do mate

as religious belief is afforded certain privileges

Our Secular Charter

Our campaigning and policy objectives are guided by our Secular Charter.

www.secularism.org.uk

 

[MellowJoe]

To be totally sure that there isn’t a god is as arrogant an opinion as being totally sure that there is.

It’s a futile debate as neither opinion can be dispelled with total certainty.

I’m very much in the don’t care either way camp as it will never fill my time thinking about it.

We’ll find out one way or other after we die. Or maybe we won’t.

You'd care a lot more if you thought you might enter the fiery pits where all manner of torture takes place.

Anyway, debate over? No fucker knows if there's god or not. I hope there is and so does everyone else who has his head screwed on

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

you should do mate

as religious belief is afforded certain privileges

Our Secular Charter

Our campaigning and policy objectives are guided by our Secular Charter.

www.secularism.org.uk

It’s not a rabbit hole I need to go down. I don’t feel I need any more privileges.

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

You'd care a lot more if you thought you might enter the fiery pits where all manner of torture takes place.

Anyway, debate over? No fucker knows if there's god or not. I hope there is and so does everyone else who has his head screwed on

Maybe I would, but I don’t.

The debate isn’t over for those who wish to fill their time going back and forwards perpetually.

Whether there is a god or not is irrelevant. To me.

 

[Damocles]

you should do mate

as religious belief is afforded certain privileges

Our Secular Charter

Our campaigning and policy objectives are guided by our Secular Charter.

www.secularism.org.uk

Outside of the archaic House of Lords Lords Temporal, what privileges? Do Anglicans get served first in the NHS?

I'd also like to point out that a key tenet of secularism is to not seek to challenge others religious beliefs. Secularism isn't atheism.

 

[johnny crossan]

Maybe I would, but I don’t.

The debate isn’t over for those who wish to fill their time going back and forwards perpetually.

Whether there is a god or not is irrelevant. To me.

 

[tonea2003]

Outside of the archaic House of Lords Lords Temporal, what privileges? Do Anglicans get served first in the NHS?

I'd also like to point out that a key tenet of secularism is to not seek to challenge others religious beliefs. Secularism isn't atheism.

never said it was
why are you singling out Anglicans, i said religious belief

you really need to stop putting words in my mouth

jess phillips(no idea of her denomination), i'll just leave that name out there

i'd suggest you do some mining and read their campaigns to understand some of the privileges afforded to religious belief

 

[Grassland Blue]

There is a story in a big book, called the bauble or something, about Horos, sorry Krishna, I mean Oddyseus, or is it Romulus, or Dionysus, or possibly Heracles, or Hermes, maybe Serapis, or Zeus, or could it be Adonis, or Asclepius, sorry Glycon, or Zoroaster, or was it Attis, or Mythra, I mean Buddha, or Tammuz, or was it Yeshua, oh yeah that’s him Yeshua of Nazareth who nobody at the time of his supposed existence ever recorded a single thing about, despite all the amazing stuff Horos, Krishna, Oddyseus, Romulus, Dionysus, Heracles, Hermes, Serapis, Zeus, Adonis, Asclepius, Glycon, Zoroaster, Attis, Mythra, Buddha, Tammuz, sorry I mean Yeshua was supposed to have done, apart from a few supposed mates who just happened to have told identical plagiarised copies of Yeshua’s supposed life from older stories of Horos, Krishna, Oddyseus, Romulus, Dionysus, Heracles, Hermes, Serapis, Zeus, Adonis, Asclepius, Glycon, Zoroaster, Attis, Mythra, Buddha, Tammuz from other older mythologies, after he’d supposedly died of course.

But it’s hardly reliable.

Ye gods!
;- ))

 

[MellowJoe]

Maybe I would, but I don’t.

The debate isn’t over for those who wish to fill their time going back and forwards perpetually.

Whether there is a god or not is irrelevant. To me.

Nah all men think about God, and judgement it's natural. We've all done wrongs, let's see eh

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

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I’ll get in anyway. I have friends in high places. :-)

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

Nah all men think about God, and judgement it's natural. We've all done wrongs, let's see eh

We will see, whether we’ve used our lives thinking about it or not. Hence me thinking it’s irrelevant.

 

[Damocles]

never said it was
why are you singling out Anglicans, i said religious belief

Because its the official state religion of the UK? Did you mean some non-Anglicans have privileges? Who?

you really need to stop putting words in my mouth

jess phillips(no idea of her denomination), i'll just leave that name out there

i'd suggest you do some mining and read their campaigns to understand some of the privileges afforded to religious belief

Can't you just tell me?

 

[johnny crossan]

We will see, whether we’ve used our lives thinking about it or not. Hence me thinking it’s irrelevant.

Becoming a religious believer is like becoming a City fan, the scales fall from your eyes and your faith is unshakeable thereafter.