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    Thread: Some Thoughts on the Goodness of God
Post: RE: Some Thoughts on the Goodness of God

(April 2, 2024 at 2:27 pm)God_is_Good Wrote: Hi everyone, I hope this note finds you well.  I just wanted to take a moment to share my thoughts with you. You can take them, or ignore them, but I tr...
Simon Moon Christianity 49 2090 April 9, 2024 at 3:09 pm
    Thread: Lazy Atheism?
Post: RE: Lazy Atheism?

(March 6, 2024 at 7:58 pm)Belacqua Wrote: (March 6, 2024 at 8:45 am)brewer Wrote: The problem arises with the claim of bible inerrancy and god infallibility. You might not claim that but very many...
Simon Moon Atheism 130 4190 March 7, 2024 at 12:13 pm
    Thread: What's everyone up to right now?
Post: RE: What's everyone up to right now?

Sitting in a lab in the basement of Amgen biotech in Thousand Oaks Ca, configuring a computer to control a new Nuclear Magnetic Resonance instrument being delivered in a couple of weeks. It's f'n fr...
Simon Moon Lifestyle & Personal Matters 56451 3541525 February 27, 2024 at 2:03 pm
    Thread: The "God" Part of the Brain, by Matthew Alper
Post: RE: The "God" Part of the Brain, by Matthew Alper

There is no "god part of the brain". Humans are hyper active agency detectors. We evolved in an environment that was out to kill us. A rustle in the bushes could be just the wind, but it could al...
Simon Moon Religion 20 1372 February 9, 2024 at 4:21 pm
    Thread: Dear Atheists: what would convince you God/Christ is Real?
Post: RE: Dear Atheists: what would convince you God/Chr...

(January 19, 2024 at 8:57 pm)Ahriman Wrote: (January 18, 2024 at 2:19 pm)Simon Moon Wrote: Yeah, right, wanting to have good standards of evidence, and valid and sound logic to support one's belie...
Simon Moon Atheism 207 10379 January 21, 2024 at 8:29 pm
    Thread: Dear Atheists: what would convince you God/Christ is Real?
Post: RE: Dear Atheists: what would convince you God/Chr...

(January 18, 2024 at 2:22 pm)Foxaèr Wrote: One of the simplest paths toward atheism is realizing the same reasoning you use to dismiss other gods can also be applied to dismiss yours. Special pleadi...
Simon Moon Atheism 207 10379 January 18, 2024 at 3:58 pm
    Thread: Dear Atheists: what would convince you God/Christ is Real?
Post: RE: Dear Atheists: what would convince you God/Chr...

(January 17, 2024 at 9:52 pm)Ahriman Wrote: (January 17, 2024 at 4:30 pm)Gwaithmir Wrote: I have no objection to believing in a god as long as proof based upon a rational standard of knowledge is ...
Simon Moon Atheism 207 10379 January 18, 2024 at 2:19 pm
    Thread: Dear Atheists: what would convince you God/Christ is Real?
Post: RE: Dear Atheists: what would convince you God/Chr...

(January 8, 2024 at 8:13 pm)JJoseph Wrote: Dear Atheist Friends, what would convince you that the Lord Jesus Christ is real? For e.g. If He appeared in a dream or a vision to you, for e.g. Or if He...
Simon Moon Atheism 207 10379 January 9, 2024 at 12:08 pm
    Thread: The Kalam Cosmological argument.
Post: RE: The Kalam Cosmological argument.

Duplicate post.
Simon Moon Atheism 113 4614 January 8, 2024 at 1:00 pm
    Thread: The Kalam Cosmological argument.
Post: RE: The Kalam Cosmological argument.

I know I am very late to the party, and the OP has been banned, but I will still respond. (January 6, 2024 at 4:23 am)JJoseph Wrote: Hi all. I'm curious if any of you can refute the Kalam cosmologi...
Simon Moon Atheism 113 4614 January 8, 2024 at 12:59 pm
    Thread: Atheists how much do you hate God?
Post: RE: Atheists how much do you hate God?

I hate the Biblical god about as much as I hate Sauron. The god described in the Bible, could be the most evil villains in all of fiction. Even if we ignore all the slaughter he orders (entire town...
Simon Moon Atheism 136 5542 January 8, 2024 at 11:45 am
    Thread: How many of you atheists believe in the Big Bang Theory?
Post: RE: How many of you atheists believe in the Big Ba...

(January 4, 2024 at 6:11 pm)Authari Wrote: (January 4, 2024 at 4:48 pm)The Grand Nudger Wrote: There’s nothing stopping atheists from being religious.   There’s nothing in particular driving athei...
Simon Moon Atheism 95 5235 January 5, 2024 at 11:50 am
    Thread: Do you think Atheists are stupid?
Post: RE: Do you think Atheists are stupid?

(January 3, 2024 at 10:50 am)Ahriman Wrote: (January 3, 2024 at 10:26 am)zebo-the-fat Wrote: they can't reconcile their Faith with Science??   I don't have a faith to reconcile, and never did have...
Simon Moon Atheism 121 5359 January 4, 2024 at 7:29 pm
    Thread: How many of you atheists believe in the Big Bang Theory?
Post: RE: How many of you atheists believe in the Big Ba...

(January 4, 2024 at 11:50 am)Ahriman Wrote: (January 4, 2024 at 11:46 am)zebo-the-fat Wrote: wtf? What are the benefits of not being religious, versus being religious? No dogma, no doctrine, for a...
Simon Moon Atheism 95 5235 January 4, 2024 at 5:21 pm
    Thread: How many of you atheists believe in the Big Bang Theory?
Post: RE: How many of you atheists believe in the Big Ba...

(January 4, 2024 at 6:35 am)Authari Wrote: (January 4, 2024 at 6:32 am)zebo-the-fat Wrote: the big bang theory seems to fit the available evidence so far (if you run the expansion of the universe ...
Simon Moon Atheism 95 5235 January 4, 2024 at 5:17 pm
    Thread: I need a new passport, which country is officially atheist?
Post: RE: I need a new passport, which country is offici...

(December 4, 2023 at 3:16 pm)Thumpalumpacus Wrote: North Korea. Not really. They claim to be atheist, but all they really did was replace an infallible god, with an infallible leader and state. Ki...
Simon Moon Atheism 44 2527 December 20, 2023 at 2:56 pm
    Thread: Do you think God is authoritarian?
Post: RE: Do you think God is authoritarian?

(December 5, 2023 at 8:04 pm)Belacqua Wrote: (December 5, 2023 at 7:42 pm)ShinyCrystals Wrote: Do you think God is more like an authoritarian figure, and absolute monarchy, and a dictatorship; if ...
Simon Moon Atheism 65 3031 December 6, 2023 at 7:20 pm
    Thread: Bizarre things my mind conjures up
Post: RE: Atheist spiritualist mediums

(November 19, 2023 at 7:11 pm)Ahriman Wrote: (November 19, 2023 at 6:54 pm)arewethereyet Wrote: Doesn't believe in an afterlife - talks to dead people.  I thought dead was after life. Something s...
Simon Moon Life Sciences 107 4485 November 21, 2023 at 1:02 pm
    Thread: Ayaan Hirsi Ali now claims to be Christian.
Post: RE: Ayaan Hirsi Ali now claims to be Christian.

I usually couldn't care less, if it is reported that 'famous atheist X' is now a theist. The only way I'd take notice, is if they were able to back up their theism with demonstrable and falsifiable ...
Simon Moon Atheism 26 1669 November 17, 2023 at 5:20 pm
    Thread: Is life more satisfying as an atheist or religionist?
Post: RE: Is life more satisfying as an atheist or relig...

It is more satisfying as an atheist, no contest. And no, it's not because I want to "sin". Partial list of reasons: When I accomplish something, I know it is all me who is responsible, not some god...
Simon Moon Atheism 96 4028 November 8, 2023 at 5:51 pm