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Group prayer on Skype on behalf of our Christian members
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RE: Group prayer on Skype on behalf of our Christian members
(May 20, 2018 at 6:10 am)Mathilda Wrote: I'm wondering if people would be interested in a group Skype chat where we pray to Satan, the God of critical thinking?

Being atheists most of us know that prayer doesn't do anything. But this is not for our sake, but to let our Christian brethren know that we are thinking about them, and care about their intellectual development. Satan, being a Christian deity, would therefore be the ideal choice to pray to.

Of course most atheists are agnostic atheists so it would be like a form of Pascal's wager. If Satan really does exist then it might have some effect. But if he doesn't then no harm done.

Is a minute of my time worth the 10e-12 probability that a Christian will actually undergo evolution?

Even if I am willing to devote my one life to saving a Christian soul there just aren’t 10e12 seconds in my life and very little chance there will be in my afterlife either to make the odds work out, you know.
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RE: Group prayer on Skype on behalf of our Christian members
(May 21, 2018 at 11:08 am)Anomalocaris Wrote: Is a minute of my time worth the 10e-12 probability that a Christian will actually undergo evolution?

Even if I am willing to devote my one life to saving a Christian soul there just aren’t 10e12 seconds in my life and very little chance there will be in my afterlife either to make the odds work out, you know.

Humans evolved to be altruistic because being seen to give to others meant that people were more willing to give to them (morality comes from evolution). So showing us that you care about the intellectual development of Christians means that we will be more likely to see you as a respected member of our flock.
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RE: Group prayer on Skype on behalf of our Christian members
(May 21, 2018 at 11:01 am)Huggy74 Wrote: Do you boo boo...

This sentence doesn't seem to make any sense.
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RE: Group prayer on Skype on behalf of our Christian members
(May 21, 2018 at 11:08 am)Mathilda Wrote:
(May 21, 2018 at 11:08 am)Anomalocaris Wrote: Is a minute of my time worth the 10e-12 probability that a Christian will actually undergo evolution?

Even if I am willing to devote my one life to saving a Christian soul there just aren’t 10e12 seconds in my life and very little chance there will be in my afterlife either to make the odds work out, you know.

Humans evolved to be altruistic because being seen to give to others meant that people were more willing to give to them (morality comes from evolution). So showing us that you care about the intellectual development of Christians means that we will be more likely to see you as a respected member of our flock.


Although my faith in the doctrine of reciprocity of intellectual openness is not yet complete, I will strive to be a good atheist and pray to the devil for Christian souls.
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RE: Group prayer on Skype on behalf of our Christian members
(May 21, 2018 at 12:08 pm)Hammy Wrote:
(May 21, 2018 at 11:01 am)Huggy74 Wrote: Do you boo boo...

This sentence doesn't seem to make any sense.



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RE: Group prayer on Skype on behalf of our Christian members
We could use this one-

Prayer to Satan for Protection

O Mighty Lord Satan, by whom all things are set free, I cast myself utterly into thine arms and place myself unreservedly under thy all powerful protection. Comfort me and deliver me from all of the hindrances and snares of those who wish to harm me, both seen and unseen.
Visit justice and vengeance upon those who seek my destruction. Render them powerless and devastated. Direct their malice to return upon them tenfold and to destroy them who would resent my being.
Fill my soul with thy invincible power, strengthen me, that I may persevere in my service, and act as an agent of thy works and a vessel of thy will.
This I ask in your name, almighty and ineffable Lord Satan who liveth and reigneth forevermore.
Ave Satanas



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RE: Group prayer on Skype on behalf of our Christian members
(May 21, 2018 at 11:08 am)Mathilda Wrote:
(May 21, 2018 at 11:08 am)Anomalocaris Wrote: Is a minute of my time worth the 10e-12 probability that a Christian will actually undergo evolution?

Even if I am willing to devote my one life to saving a Christian soul there just aren’t 10e12 seconds in my life and very little chance there will be in my afterlife either to make the odds work out, you know.

Humans evolved to be altruistic because being seen to give to others meant that people were more willing to give to them (morality comes from evolution). So showing us that you care about the intellectual development of Christians means that we will be more likely to see you as a respected member of our flock.


If morality comes from evolution, why is morality only a human concept?
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RE: Group prayer on Skype on behalf of our Christian members
(May 21, 2018 at 12:56 pm)Huggy74 Wrote:
(May 21, 2018 at 11:08 am)Mathilda Wrote: Humans evolved to be altruistic because being seen to give to others meant that people were more willing to give to them (morality comes from evolution). So showing us that you care about the intellectual development of Christians means that we will be more likely to see you as a respected member of our flock.


If morality comes from evolution, why is morality only a human concept?

It is not.  Humans are the only ones to call it by a word which humans can understand.

Actions humans would attribute to morality is easy to identify in most social animals.
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RE: Group prayer on Skype on behalf of our Christian members
(May 21, 2018 at 11:01 am)Huggy74 Wrote:
(May 20, 2018 at 6:10 am)Mathilda Wrote: I'm wondering if people would be interested in a group Skype chat where we pray to Satan, the God of critical thinking?

Being atheists most of us know that prayer doesn't do anything. But this is not for our sake, but to let our Christian brethren know that we are thinking about them, and care about their intellectual development. Satan, being a Christian deity, would therefore be the ideal choice to pray to.

Of course most atheists are agnostic atheists so it would be like a form of Pascal's wager. If Satan really does exist then it might have some effect. But if he doesn't then no harm done.

Do you boo boo...
If I don't boo boo for more than a day, I get gurgly and painful.
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If evolution comes from monkeys, why are there still dinosaurs?
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