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Is it fair to say?
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 Is it fair to say?
December 19, 2016 at 10:17 am
(This post was last modified: December 19, 2016 at 10:19 am by purplepurpose.)
Is it fair to say, that many nonbelievers are simply afraid of Gods idea, preached by peaceful religions? The popular motto "serve or burn", which you can see around the world is indeed depressing.
Not for me. I don't believe because I don't believe never have, I'm not afraid of any ideas about god just slightly bemused by them.
You can fix ignorance, you can't fix stupid. Tinkety Tonk and down with the Nazis.  RE: Is it fair to say?
December 19, 2016 at 10:21 am
(This post was last modified: December 19, 2016 at 10:21 am by paulpablo.)
I don't know what you're talking about. Not in an insulting way, I just don't know what that paragraph means.
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December 19, 2016 at 10:22 am
(This post was last modified: December 19, 2016 at 10:23 am by robvalue.)
No. What are you talking about? Are you afraid of being force-choked by Darth Vader?
I'm afraid of what some believers are prepared to. I'm not afraid of their imaginary friends. Feel free to send me a private message.
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Afraid of what again?
The fool hath said in his heart, There is a God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.
Psalm 14, KJV revised edition
Not at all. I find the whole package anything from childish to repugnant, depending on how it's wrapped. I've never fallen for the scam, neither back in the day nor am I likely to now.
Note that I am separating the concept of gods from that of religion. It's a vital distinction and one often conflated for all manner of reasons.
At the age of five, Skagra decided emphatically that God did not exist. This revelation tends to make most people in the universe who have it react in one of two ways - with relief or with despair. Only Skagra responded to it by thinking, 'Wait a second. That means there's a situation vacant.'
abusurd I no more fear the concept of god then I do the concept of invisible man eating gym socks
Seek strength, not to be greater than my brother, but to fight my greatest enemy -- myself.
Inuit Proverb  RE: Is it fair to say?
December 19, 2016 at 10:43 am
(This post was last modified: December 19, 2016 at 10:47 am by TheRealJoeFish.)
(December 19, 2016 at 10:17 am)purplepurpose Wrote: Is it fair to say, that many nonbelievers are simply afraid of Gods idea, preached by peaceful religions? The popular motto "serve or burn", which you can see around the world is indeed depressing. No, I don't think that's fair to say. I think what you're asking is if "many nonbelievers" think "although religion X is peaceful, their god does reserve the right to torture someone forever, and this is an idea of which I am afraid/which is repugnant to me/which is morally reprehensible/which is damaging psychologically," and if that's the reason many nonbelievers don't believe. I do think the first part of that is true - that a ton of nonbelievers find that idea fearful/repugnant/immoral/damaging. But, in wondering if "many nonbelievers are simply afraid of" that, implying that's the reason, or a substantial reason, that they don't believe, no, I don't think that's true. Edit: Essentially, I think you're asking if a large part of the non-believing community is making a fallacious appeal to consequences. I think the answer is "no."
How will we know, when the morning comes, we are still human? - 2D
Don't worry, my friend. If this be the end, then so shall it be. 
"Simply afraid of Gods [sic] idea"?
I have no idea what that is supposed to mean, but my being a nonbeliever has absolutely nothing to do with being afraid of anything.
Even if the open windows of science at first make us shiver after the cozy indoor warmth of traditional humanizing myths, in the end the fresh air brings vigor, and the great spaces have a splendor of their own - Bertrand Russell
 (December 19, 2016 at 10:42 am)Orochi Wrote: abusurd I no more fear the concept of god then I do the concept of invisible man eating gym socksWas that an invisible man, who eats gym socks, or invisible gym socks, who eat men? Or even visible gym socks, who eat invisible men? [emoji52] They all sound scary to me [emoji14] Sent from my ALE-L21 using Tapatalk |
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