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    Thread: Question from an agnostic
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(March 28, 2018 at 9:48 pm)Khemikal Wrote: (March 28, 2018 at 9:30 pm)chrisNub Wrote: Idk man, are you saying that a hypothetical god could be trying to enlighten people through suffering? Sounds ...
chrisNub Atheism 41 9459 March 28, 2018 at 9:49 pm
    Thread: Question from an agnostic
Post: RE: Question from an agnostic

(March 28, 2018 at 9:25 pm)Khemikal Wrote: Ends-justifying-means-god. I don't know about you, but to me, if ebola was somehow a tool to enlighten a couple of people...I wouldn't exactly call that a...
chrisNub Atheism 41 9459 March 28, 2018 at 9:30 pm
    Thread: Question from an agnostic
Post: RE: Question from an agnostic

(March 28, 2018 at 9:01 pm)mh.brewer Wrote: (March 28, 2018 at 8:52 pm)chrisNub Wrote: hmm... then what are the imperfections, from a hypothetical creators perspective, that you were referring to?...
chrisNub Atheism 41 9459 March 28, 2018 at 9:18 pm
    Thread: Question from an agnostic
Post: RE: Question from an agnostic

(March 28, 2018 at 8:44 pm)mh.brewer Wrote: (March 28, 2018 at 6:23 pm)chrisNub Wrote: I don't know what the point would be, maybe as an experiment. I think it's nice that you perceive the world t...
chrisNub Atheism 41 9459 March 28, 2018 at 8:52 pm
    Thread: Question from an agnostic
Post: RE: Question from an agnostic

(March 28, 2018 at 6:57 pm)Khemikal Wrote: Sure, crippling despair through a deep awareness of all the ways that people suffer doesn't help anyone.  The good thing is, that so long as we care for ou...
chrisNub Atheism 41 9459 March 28, 2018 at 7:00 pm
    Thread: Question from an agnostic
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(March 28, 2018 at 6:43 pm)Khemikal Wrote: (March 28, 2018 at 6:38 pm)chrisNub Wrote: hmm.. the idea of a lion eating a gazelle alive asshole first is horrible but then again I can't say I lose an...
chrisNub Atheism 41 9459 March 28, 2018 at 6:55 pm
    Thread: Question from an agnostic
Post: RE: Question from an agnostic

(March 28, 2018 at 6:29 pm)Khemikal Wrote: Doesn't really matter much to me whether a lion likes to eat gazelle alive asshole first, or if the liongod who happens to be our sims programmer doesn't t...
chrisNub Atheism 41 9459 March 28, 2018 at 6:38 pm
    Thread: Question from an agnostic
Post: RE: Question from an agnostic

(March 28, 2018 at 6:14 pm)mh.brewer Wrote: (March 28, 2018 at 6:03 pm)chrisNub Wrote: Oh I don't. I didn't mean to suggest that we are necessarily in one but I thought the idea that humans might ...
chrisNub Atheism 41 9459 March 28, 2018 at 6:23 pm
    Thread: Question from an agnostic
Post: RE: Question from an agnostic

(March 28, 2018 at 5:45 pm)mh.brewer Wrote: Howdy chris. Why do you think that this existence needs a creator? That seems to be what a simulation implies. Oh I don't. I didn't mean to suggest that ...
chrisNub Atheism 41 9459 March 28, 2018 at 6:03 pm
    Thread: Question from an agnostic
Post: RE: Question from an agnostic

(March 28, 2018 at 5:05 pm)Khemikal Wrote: No need to refer to a simulation.  There are other people who are vastly more intelligent than me here on this world, lol.  Though, I have to say..why don;...
chrisNub Atheism 41 9459 March 28, 2018 at 5:12 pm
    Thread: Question from an agnostic
Post: RE: Question from an agnostic

Thanks Khemikal for the reply. I think that you are right, simulation or not, it doesn't really matter or change anything. Thanks for saying that most atheists are agnostic because I didn't know that,...
chrisNub Atheism 41 9459 March 28, 2018 at 5:01 pm
    Thread: Question from an agnostic
Post: Question from an agnostic

Hello everyone, I'm new to the forums. I consider myself agnostic but I also consider myself to be a bit of an idiot (seriously).  It seems to me that quite a lot of athiests are pretty smart and I ha...
chrisNub Atheism 41 9459 March 28, 2018 at 4:37 pm