Time invested in disbelief

[TruthWorthy]

This thread is inspired by Prabbit's debate on unicorns is debate on unicorns

What is the point of devoting so much time to learning so much about something we all (for the most part) have no belief in? Like arguing is the greatest past time! We come here and (some) recite bible passages, others argue about all the lurks and purks of various argumentitive fallacy, and the philosophical debates that go on and on about how powerful "god" is. And all the time, we've got fr0d0 etc making the least effort in posting proper argument, which is good because the site would be boring without such posters, yet everyone's cut and pasting page after page about details on something no atheist trully believes in and of whom most know cannot be rationalised.

I hate "god" more than the next atheist, I'm just trying to understand how this process isn't frivilous.

[theVOID]

For me it's two things:

1) It's too important not to think about

2) Atheism has it's foundations in the scientific method, something that i am deeply interested in.

[KichigaiNeko]

I like to think (for me) that taking the time to explore opposing theories assists in solidifying my own belief system as to what is and what is not and to gain insights into what just might yet be discovered.

Science has given us the tools and the rules to argue with and that, I am guessing, is why it looks so futile.

Perhaps, it is that scientific method DEMANDS that all options are accounted for when conducting thought experiments.

Perhaps, it is that humans just like to argue?? hock:

It could also be that not enough people are Motorcycle Riders...who knows??

[leo-rcc]

2) Atheism has it's foundations in the scientific method, something that i am deeply interested in.

Atheism was around long before the scientific method. For as long as deities have been made up, there have been people that didn't believe in them. The scientific method has nothing to do with that.

[theVOID]

2) Atheism has it's foundations in the scientific method, something that i am deeply interested in.

Atheism was around long before the scientific method. For as long as deities have been made up, there have been people that didn't believe in them. The scientific method has nothing to do with that.

Sorry, should have said "new atheism" or "modern atheism" as Science is indeed the intellectual foundation of these positions.

[Zen Badger]

I couldn't care less about the existence of God.

Whether he/she/it exists is irrelevent.

What I rebel against is the increasing rise of acceptance of the Bible/Koran as the TRUTH.

When it can be clearly and easily demonstrated to be anything but.

My alltime favorite being that dill who proves the existence of God with a banana.

[leo-rcc]

Ray Comfort has in the mean time backtracked on that video, stating he was misrepresented. Still it is funny as fuck to watch though.

[Zen Badger]

Ray Comfort has in the mean time backtracked on that video, stating he was misrepresented. Still it is funny as fuck to watch though.

Isn't it just.

I'd like to know how he thinks he was misrepresented.

The funniest bit being where he demonstrated the ease of insertion of the banana into the mouth.

Generally people only adopt that expression when they are about to suck a cock.

[theVOID]

Ray Comfort has in the mean time backtracked on that video, stating he was misrepresented. Still it is funny as fuck to watch though.

Isn't it just.

I'd like to know how he thinks he was misrepresented.

The funniest bit being where he demonstrated the ease of insertion of the banana into the mouth.

Generally people only adopt that expression when they are about to suck a cock.

He says it was because nobody paid attention to his accompanying coke can analogy

[Zen Badger]

I'm not surprised

People were waiting for him to blow a banana.