(October 16, 2013 at 8:23 pm)ronedee Wrote: Back to the subject at hand! Given the natural cynicism and nastiness of Atheists [here] in general... is there any reason to live a "Moral" life?
You wonder why atheists have a go at you? Really? With a statement like that is impossible not to have a go at you.
See the problem with theists, is that they come on here, onto our forum. Most of the time, they are incredibly ignorant of the things they talk about, particularly science in general. Despite being told that they do not understand the particular scientific theory (mainly evolution and abiogenesis) they carry on and ignore us. Thats one of the things that pisses us off. We can take the ignorance but the arrogance to claim you know what you are talking about when you clearly don't....
Even when we provide scientific, peer reviewed papers, they don't listen. And then they send back a link for some ridiculous creationist website which is neither peer-reviewed or scientific in any way.
Also theists like you ronedee, come on here and sometimes don't even realize that what you say is offensive. Other times you do.
One more thing, theists (particularly christians) come onto this forum with a severe persecution complex. It is incredibly aggravating to witness this as christianity is the dominant religion in western cultures and they are always trying to impose their beliefs on other people. And even then, theists create ridiculous strawmen of what we believe and what we are like. Apparently we have no morals, we eat babies, we are evil, we serve satan, we hate god.
Please guys, add to this if you think i've missed anything out (which I surely have)
'The more I learn about people the more I like my dog'- Mark Twain
'You can have all the faith you want in spirits, and the afterlife, and heaven and hell, but when it comes to this world, don't be an idiot. Cause you can tell me you put your faith in God to put you through the day, but when it comes time to cross the road, I know you look both ways.' - Dr House
“Young earth creationism is essentially the position that all of modern science, 90% of living scientists and 98% of living biologists, all major university biology departments, every major science journal, the American Academy of Sciences, and every major science organization in the world, are all wrong regarding the origins and development of life….but one particular tribe of uneducated, bronze aged, goat herders got it exactly right.” - Chuck Easttom
"If my good friend Doctor Gasparri speaks badly of my mother, he can expect to get punched.....You cannot provoke. You cannot insult the faith of others. You cannot make fun of the faith of others. There is a limit." - Pope Francis on freedom of speech
'You can have all the faith you want in spirits, and the afterlife, and heaven and hell, but when it comes to this world, don't be an idiot. Cause you can tell me you put your faith in God to put you through the day, but when it comes time to cross the road, I know you look both ways.' - Dr House
“Young earth creationism is essentially the position that all of modern science, 90% of living scientists and 98% of living biologists, all major university biology departments, every major science journal, the American Academy of Sciences, and every major science organization in the world, are all wrong regarding the origins and development of life….but one particular tribe of uneducated, bronze aged, goat herders got it exactly right.” - Chuck Easttom
"If my good friend Doctor Gasparri speaks badly of my mother, he can expect to get punched.....You cannot provoke. You cannot insult the faith of others. You cannot make fun of the faith of others. There is a limit." - Pope Francis on freedom of speech