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[Serious] When God isn't the answer to the question, then what is?
#21
RE: When God isn't the answer to the question, then what is?
(March 14, 2019 at 10:13 am)Gae Bolga Wrote: You too, man.  I look forward to hearing your takeaway from the answers to the questions you asked whenever you make it back round.

There's not much I can say about it.

Just about the daddy/mommy love, who or what made love the first time?
I figure this discussion is endless and it's up to each of us to believe whatever they want to when it comes to it.
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#22
RE: When God isn't the answer to the question, then what is?
(March 14, 2019 at 4:32 am)Catharsis Wrote: - Howcome we are here?

as a species we are here because of evolution
as individuals we are here because our parents didn't use any protection that night


Quote:- Who should we serve?

you can serve whoever you want or seeks to destroy them or anything else for that matter, you are free to choose such things
 
Quote:- Who cares for us?

the people who genuinely love you duh

Quote:My question is;  how do you, as an atheist, answer these questions?

these question are of no significance in anyway and have nothing to do with atheism in any way
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#23
RE: When God isn't the answer to the question, then what is?
(March 14, 2019 at 10:22 am)Catharsis Wrote:
(March 14, 2019 at 10:13 am)Gae Bolga Wrote: You too, man.  I look forward to hearing your takeaway from the answers to the questions you asked whenever you make it back round.

There's not much I can say about it.

Just about the daddy/mommy love, who or what made love the first time?
We don't really know, though we do know that there probably wasn't any love involved and it happened between two much simpler creatures than ourselves, a single celled eukaryote.

Quote:I figure this discussion is endless and it's up to each of us to believe whatever they want to when it comes to it.
Maybe, but that doesn't mean that you can't have opinions on the answers given, what answers you expected, and how the two match up..or how they differ or align with whatever your own answers may be.
I am the Infantry. I am my country’s strength in war, her deterrent in peace. I am the heart of the fight… wherever, whenever. I carry America’s faith and honor against her enemies. I am the Queen of Battle. I am what my country expects me to be, the best trained Soldier in the world. In the race for victory, I am swift, determined, and courageous, armed with a fierce will to win. Never will I fail my country’s trust. Always I fight on…through the foe, to the objective, to triumph overall. If necessary, I will fight to my death. By my steadfast courage, I have won more than 200 years of freedom. I yield not to weakness, to hunger, to cowardice, to fatigue, to superior odds, For I am mentally tough, physically strong, and morally straight. I forsake not, my country, my mission, my comrades, my sacred duty. I am relentless. I am always there, now and forever. I AM THE INFANTRY! FOLLOW ME!
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#24
RE: When God isn't the answer to the question, then what is?
(March 14, 2019 at 10:56 am)Gae Bolga Wrote:
(March 14, 2019 at 10:22 am)Catharsis Wrote: There's not much I can say about it.

Just about the daddy/mommy love, who or what made love the first time?
We don't really know, though we do know that there probably wasn't any love involved and it happened between two much simpler creatures than ourselves, a single celled eukaryote.

Quote:I figure this discussion is endless and it's up to each of us to believe whatever they want to when it comes to it.
Maybe, but that doesn't mean that you can't have opinions on the answers given, what answers you expected, and how the two match up..or how they differ or align with whatever your own answers may be.

I figure originating from single cell species does not disprove a creator though.
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#25
RE: When God isn't the answer to the question, then what is?
It would depend on the fictional "creator".  It rules out any character that's alleged to have made a mud man and a rib woman, lol.

Biology isn't (and isn't meant to be) any disproof of gods, but it does constrain those gods which can be credibly proposed.
I am the Infantry. I am my country’s strength in war, her deterrent in peace. I am the heart of the fight… wherever, whenever. I carry America’s faith and honor against her enemies. I am the Queen of Battle. I am what my country expects me to be, the best trained Soldier in the world. In the race for victory, I am swift, determined, and courageous, armed with a fierce will to win. Never will I fail my country’s trust. Always I fight on…through the foe, to the objective, to triumph overall. If necessary, I will fight to my death. By my steadfast courage, I have won more than 200 years of freedom. I yield not to weakness, to hunger, to cowardice, to fatigue, to superior odds, For I am mentally tough, physically strong, and morally straight. I forsake not, my country, my mission, my comrades, my sacred duty. I am relentless. I am always there, now and forever. I AM THE INFANTRY! FOLLOW ME!
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#26
RE: When God isn't the answer to the question, then what is?
(March 14, 2019 at 11:08 am)Gae Bolga Wrote: It would depend on the fictional "creator".  It rules out any character that's alleged to have made a mud man and a rib woman, lol.

Biology isn't (and isn't meant to be) any disproof of gods, but it does constrain those gods which can be credibly proposed.

There's really no creator at all, isn't there?
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#27
RE: When God isn't the answer to the question, then what is?
Not really, no.  That's a projection of human agency onto the universe at large. We make things, so we look at things -as- made things.
I am the Infantry. I am my country’s strength in war, her deterrent in peace. I am the heart of the fight… wherever, whenever. I carry America’s faith and honor against her enemies. I am the Queen of Battle. I am what my country expects me to be, the best trained Soldier in the world. In the race for victory, I am swift, determined, and courageous, armed with a fierce will to win. Never will I fail my country’s trust. Always I fight on…through the foe, to the objective, to triumph overall. If necessary, I will fight to my death. By my steadfast courage, I have won more than 200 years of freedom. I yield not to weakness, to hunger, to cowardice, to fatigue, to superior odds, For I am mentally tough, physically strong, and morally straight. I forsake not, my country, my mission, my comrades, my sacred duty. I am relentless. I am always there, now and forever. I AM THE INFANTRY! FOLLOW ME!
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#28
RE: When God isn't the answer to the question, then what is?
(March 14, 2019 at 11:24 am)Gae Bolga Wrote: Not really, no.  That's a projection of human agency onto the universe at large.  We make things, so we look at things -as- made things.

I have no problem accepting a creator, it being a Biblical figure or not.
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#29
RE: When God isn't the answer to the question, then what is?
Yeah, sure, plenty of people have no trouble accepting creators, even the more ridiculous ones...but that's not really a comment on whether or not there's a problem with the idea.  

Lot's of people believe in plenty of problematic and untrue things. I'm sure we could find some of my own if we went a-lookin.
I am the Infantry. I am my country’s strength in war, her deterrent in peace. I am the heart of the fight… wherever, whenever. I carry America’s faith and honor against her enemies. I am the Queen of Battle. I am what my country expects me to be, the best trained Soldier in the world. In the race for victory, I am swift, determined, and courageous, armed with a fierce will to win. Never will I fail my country’s trust. Always I fight on…through the foe, to the objective, to triumph overall. If necessary, I will fight to my death. By my steadfast courage, I have won more than 200 years of freedom. I yield not to weakness, to hunger, to cowardice, to fatigue, to superior odds, For I am mentally tough, physically strong, and morally straight. I forsake not, my country, my mission, my comrades, my sacred duty. I am relentless. I am always there, now and forever. I AM THE INFANTRY! FOLLOW ME!
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#30
RE: When God isn't the answer to the question, then what is?
(March 14, 2019 at 4:32 am)Catharsis Wrote: Questions people who believe answer with God.

- How come we are here?  To live the best life we can

- Who should we serve? FSM

- Who cares for us? In general other humans on a grander scale FSM



My question is;  how do you, as an atheist, answer these questions? As a pastafarian I just have, Can't speak for them thou.

Mine in bold. Question to you; How long did you work on these troll questions and how committed are you to your character?

Bless. RAmen
"For the only way to eternal glory is a life lived in service of our Lord, FSM; Verily it is FSM who is the perfect being the name higher than all names, king of all kings and will bestow upon us all, one day, The great reclaiming"  -The Prophet Boiardi-

      Conservative trigger warning.
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