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November 27, 2011 at 7:47 am
(November 27, 2011 at 7:38 am)ThinkingTom Wrote: Would you rather there be some type of afterlife (Reincarnation Ect included) or are you content with none?
Afterlife plays a main role in a lot of religions just a question I ask everyone, personally I would love for there to be one but I can't force myself to believe in one without and credible evidence to back it up. Also, If reincarnation was true and you could pick what you come back as, what would you be? (Been wanting to use that smiley since I joined lol)
I would just like to be immortal on Earth and not have to die. I don't like reincarnation because all our memories are supposedly lost (for the most part). I'd like for heaven to exist. Sure.
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November 27, 2011 at 7:50 am
(November 27, 2011 at 7:47 am)The_Flying_Skeptic Wrote: (November 27, 2011 at 7:38 am)ThinkingTom Wrote: Would you rather there be some type of afterlife (Reincarnation Ect included) or are you content with none?
Afterlife plays a main role in a lot of religions just a question I ask everyone, personally I would love for there to be one but I can't force myself to believe in one without and credible evidence to back it up. Also, If reincarnation was true and you could pick what you come back as, what would you be? (Been wanting to use that smiley since I joined lol)
I would just like to be immortal on Earth and not have to die. I don't like reincarnation because all our memories are supposedly lost (for the most part). I'd like for heaven to exist. Sure. "I would just like to be immortal on earth"
Completely agree, to me heaven sounds rather boring to just praise and worship some god for all eternity.
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November 27, 2011 at 8:29 am
(November 27, 2011 at 4:52 am)The_Flying_Skeptic Wrote: (November 27, 2011 at 4:39 am)Joe Bloe Wrote: Why are you so angry with God ?
That question makes me angry. Might as well be asking me why I'm so angry at flying, pink unicorns.
You are angry because deep down you know God exists, but you are too proud to admit it.
If you die tonight, where will you go ?
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November 27, 2011 at 4:11 pm
(This post was last modified: November 27, 2011 at 4:14 pm by Ratatosk.)
I rather embarrassedly found myself quoting House MD here: why do I not believe in an afterlife: "because I have to believe this [life] is more than a test". That and having a rational mind and a healthy level of skepticism.
There is nothing to fear if there is no afterlife. I can't remember who said it first, but I have been dead, or nonexisting, for billions of years before I was alive, and I will be dead or nonexisting for billions more before this universe ends (if it does, that's a whole nuther question). No diff. There is nothing to fear in oblivion.
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November 27, 2011 at 4:17 pm
(November 27, 2011 at 2:08 am)The_Flying_Skeptic Wrote: Unfortunately, Indeed
(November 27, 2011 at 2:08 am)The_Flying_Skeptic Wrote: I do not believe I will see my loved ones after I die. Some Mormon told me that was in their book. So you're an Amormon.
(November 27, 2011 at 2:08 am)The_Flying_Skeptic Wrote: I do not believe I will live eternally after death... I know. You also have beliefs. That must be a comfort.
(November 27, 2011 at 2:08 am)The_Flying_Skeptic Wrote: I'll make sure my answers are at least just as complicated as Jon Paul's answers. K. Please explain your ontology, teleology and include a thorough exegesis. Thx.
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November 27, 2011 at 4:25 pm
Quote:Unfortunately, I'm an atheist.
That's not unfortunate, your not following anything stupid.
Quote: I do not believe I will see my loved ones after I die.
Why? Don't you believe in Valhalla?
Quote:I do not believe I will live eternally after death... I know. Depressing.
But Valhalla awaits us!
We'll be burning and killing Christians for burning and torturing great thinkers at the stakes. They helped hold mankind back, so we'll be getting our own back when we arrive in Valhalla.
Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence - Carl Sagan
Mankind's intelligence walks hand in hand with it's stupidity.
Being an atheist says nothing about your overall intelligence, it just means you don't believe in god. Atheists can be as bright as any scientist and as stupid as any creationist.
You never really know just how stupid someone is, until you've argued with them.
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November 27, 2011 at 4:31 pm
Question: do you expect anything to come from this thread?
I know I don't.
Please give me a home where cloud buffalo roam
Where the dear and the strangers can play
Where sometimes is heard a discouraging word
But the skies are not stormy all day
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November 28, 2011 at 4:34 am
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(November 27, 2011 at 4:31 pm)Vaeolet Lilly Blossom Wrote: Question: do you expect anything to come from this thread?
I know I don't.
Thanks for the support fellow atheist. Did you say this on Jon Paul's thread too?
(November 27, 2011 at 4:17 pm)fr0d0 Wrote: (November 27, 2011 at 2:08 am)The_Flying_Skeptic Wrote: Unfortunately, Indeed
(November 27, 2011 at 2:08 am)The_Flying_Skeptic Wrote: I do not believe I will see my loved ones after I die. Some Mormon told me that was in their book. So you're an Amormon.
You'd be surprised how many Christians that are not Mormons are actually Mormons, if what you say is a true generalization of all non-Mormon Christians.
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RE: I'm an atheist. Ask me a question.
November 28, 2011 at 6:28 am
What, is the air-speed velocity of an unladen swallow?
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RE: I'm an atheist. Ask me a question.
November 28, 2011 at 11:09 am
TheFlyingSkeptic Wrote:Thanks for the support fellow atheist. Did you say this on Jon Paul's thread too?
No.
Because I didn't bother getting into it.
Because he was even less sane than I am.
But I sure as hell thought it.
Please give me a home where cloud buffalo roam
Where the dear and the strangers can play
Where sometimes is heard a discouraging word
But the skies are not stormy all day
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