Quote:I have faith in logic and reason, my God is the God of reason for we exist only by reason. If I ignore and reject reason then I become a slave to bigotry and I imitate the beast.

Deism is fine but what would be the point of a God who doesn't do anything, never tells us about himself and doesn't have a relationship or care about his creation/creatures in any way? You may as well be an atheist for all the good a deistic God would do you.

(August 3, 2013 at 12:07 pm)old man Wrote: Cannabis can and often does cause short term memory loss, anxiety, fatigue, loss of concentration, delusions, paranoia and much worse besides.

What were we talking about? I need to know right now! I'm so freakin tired. I'm sorry, what were we talking about; TELL ME! I know you're laughing at me - wait....



What were we talking about?

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(August 7, 2013 at 3:02 am)old man Wrote: ...not being able to sense any positive feedback here it does seem like it's time for me to be moving on...

@oldman

Please don't leave! Give it time - There are some good people here.
It is customary to grill newcomers. Heck, I'm atheist and they're
still making sure I'm legit - be patient.

fff

(August 25, 2013 at 5:19 am)old man Wrote:

(August 20, 2013 at 6:12 pm)pocaracas Wrote: Aye, I can...
But not in here.
Create a new thread in the appropriate area of this forum and send me a PM with a link to it.
This is the "Introductions" area. It's dedicated at introductions and the rules make our replying to such themes somewhat restricted.

If you cannot speak freely and fairly on a subject like this in the Introductions area then it really is too bad.


I have faith in logic and reason, my God is the God of reason for we exist only by reason. If I ignore and reject reason then I become a slave to bigotry and I imitate the beast.

https://atheistforums.org/thread-20559.html

"your god"... As if, if any god were to exist, it would conform to your standards, your desires, your wishes...
Reality is independent from what you want.
Reality is a bitch.
Reality means I'm getting a warning or something like that for typing this... maybe.

Ah... a new post, on it! Maybe I'll only reply after lunch. cya there.

old man Wrote:If you cannot speak freely and fairly on a subject like this in the Introductions area then it really is too bad.

The Introductions are is only for new members to let others know a little bit about them and have the forum welcome them in. We have restrictions on this area to prevent new members being greeted with hostility right of the bat and discourage them from posting further. Since discussing religious beliefs, and debates in general, tend to get heated, we want to keep the Introductions area free of them.

You are more than welcome to discuss any topic you like freely, all we ask is that you do so outside of the Introductions.

(August 25, 2013 at 6:53 am)Sword of Christ Wrote: Deism is fine but what would be the point of a God who doesn't do anything, never tells us about himself and doesn't have a relationship or care about his creation/creatures in any way? You may as well be an atheist for all the good a deistic God would do you.

Yet, he still is much more reasonable to accept a deistic god. Yours is nothing but dust, rust and stolen morality.

(August 25, 2013 at 12:02 pm)LastPoet Wrote: Yet, he still is much more reasonable to accept a deistic god. Yours is nothing but dust, rust and stolen morality.

A God who went to all the trouble of creating the universe must have had an interest in it. There isn't a good reason for him to just fuck off somewhere afterwards, seems like a waste of effort. And the moral nature of Christianity is a current up to date and constantly evolving phenomenon nothing old or rusty about it.

(August 25, 2013 at 3:29 pm)Sword of Christ Wrote:

(August 25, 2013 at 12:02 pm)LastPoet Wrote: Yet, he still is much more reasonable to accept a deistic god. Yours is nothing but dust, rust and stolen morality.

A God who went to all the trouble of creating the universe must have had an interest in it. There isn't a good reason for him to just fuck off somewhere afterwards, seems like a waste of effort. And the moral nature of Christianity is a current up to date and constantly evolving phenomenon nothing old or rusty about it.

Must have? There isn't a good reason for...?

You sure know the mind of god with statements like these. My guess? Because he's a figment of your mind.

(August 25, 2013 at 5:55 pm)Captain Colostomy Wrote: Must have? There isn't a good reason for...?

You sure know the mind of god with statements like these. My guess? Because he's a figment of your mind.

We're figments of Gods mind.

(August 25, 2013 at 6:02 pm)Sword of Christ Wrote:

(August 25, 2013 at 5:55 pm)Captain Colostomy Wrote: Must have? There isn't a good reason for...?

You sure know the mind of god with statements like these. My guess? Because he's a figment of your mind.

We're figments of Gods mind.

How Zen. I admire the pithy retort, but it does nothing to diminish the insight of my above quote.