About atheism

[Thumpalumpacus]

The idea that life is not eternal is nowhere near the idea that life is an illusion. Life can be, and in my opinion is, both transitory and very real.

[The Grand Nudger]

Some atheists wish even for afterlife magic. "I might be having magical afterlife even without God".

Sure, why not?  

Dunno what I wrote wrong. Tell me please.

Don't be obtuse, it'll clash with your flippancy.

[Thumpalumpacus]

@Purple.

Speaking only for myself, I -love- the idea of some gods.  There are alot of them...and for every crapgod I don't care for like Yahweh there are dozens of comic, tragic, or just downright awesome gods that I thoroughly enjoy.  Doesn't help me to believe in any of them, and I've never understood why people think it's relevant to belief in either direction.

Is that how belief works? If, for example...I hate the idea of people starving.....does that mean that I will somehow not believe that people are starving? If I really love the idea of peppered bacon, does that mean that I will begin to believe that by feeding a sow jalepenos I can make that happen?

Is that how belief works for you..in your experience?

Yes. For example agnostic position is a default. You add religious fate and a person is sure like its a fact that God exists. You add "Atheistic" fate and person says "I decided that God doesn't exist".

You would do well to stick to speaking for yourself, and letting others speak for themselves. Imputing a position wrongfully to another person is simply rude, not to mention unwise.

If you want to know about my atheism, feel free to ask. It doesn't comport with your overly-narrow, stereotypical portrayal, so if you are going to ask, be ready to listen.

[Redbeard The Pink]

Redbread. Its funny how our egoism works. Magical afterlife and magical supernatural - no comment(I don't object). Creator of magic you say?(Game master).I refuse to believe in such magic! LoL

Oh no, you misunderstand me. I do object to the supernatural. I think it's bullshit. That, however, has literally nothing to do with my atheism because that's not what atheism is.


Atheists do not believe in gods. Pure and simple. Without additional descriptors (strong, hard, gnostic, etc.), that is all the word means. An atheist might believe in the supernatural, or he might not. An atheist could believe in ghosts, wizards, unicorns, AND the afterlife and still be an atheist. Atheism only pertains to whether a person believes in any gods.


But yeah, in general, I don't believe in magic, and that is because I am a skeptic. My atheism is also the result of my skepticism, and it is a separate position of belief from whether I believe in fairies or werewolves (which I don't).

[Thumpalumpacus]

The funny thing is that all atheists who think "anything beyond science is bullshit" and often "death is the end of consciousness" ironically argue for a complete death(death of consciousness) and a good lifetime on earth not bothered by religion. If religion is silly. Atheism is sad.

Pathetic, resorting to personal insults.

Better get your karma squared away, kid ... you wanna come back as a cockroach?

[Jackalope]

But yeah, in general, I don't believe in magic, and that is because I am a skeptic. My atheism is also the result of my skepticism, and it is a separate position of belief from whether I believe in fairies or werewolves (which I don't).

This is not even a difficult concept to grasp. One has to wonder whether the ignorance is willful.

[Alex K]

The funny thing is that all atheists who think "anything beyond science is bullshit" and often "death is the end of consciousness" ironically argue for a complete death(death of consciousness) and a good lifetime on earth not bothered by religion. If religion is silly. Atheism is sad.

What in the what who? That doesn't make any sense insofar it is even grammatical. Someone "ironically argues for complete death and a good lifetime on earth"?

[Ravenshire]

You can find many short and long vidoes of top scientists and other famous people like Christopher Hitchens make atheistic statement - there isn't a proof for a soul and unicorns and therefore it doesn't exist. But its a stupid statement because maybe souls and magical unicorns exist if your agnostic.

Look it up on YouTube I wont bother copy pasting, sorry.

I think atheistic position is stupid when you have agnosticism.

Wow. Someone who understands neither atheism or agnosticism wants to tell us how were doing it wrong. Whodathunkit?!?

Seriously, don't you have something better to do that spewing ignorance all over the place like a poorly house trained Chihuahua spewing shit after stealing a truck stop burrito?!?

[Ravenshire]

Dunno what I wrote wrong. Tell me please.

Let's start with everything you wrote. Then, we can probably continue with everything else you will write.

[robvalue]

PP seems to feel sorry for God, that we're neglecting his feelings or something. Like he's an old man no one wants to visit anymore, because he's out of touch with us kids.

I've never understood the obsession with trying to protect God. If anyone doesn't need it, you'd think it would be him.