RE: Friend deleted me after 2 years because i'm atheist
October 16, 2015 at 8:48 am
(This post was last modified: October 16, 2015 at 8:51 am by Edwardo Piet.)
I don't have any IRL friends either really...
...there are plenty of atheists online for me to find and talk to.
Also there are theists who care about compassion more than their religion. Even if they think their compassion comes from their God they still put love first. There are some lovely theists on these forums for example - and yes there are some moronic ones too.
I like theists who ultimately care about goodness and only like God because they believe he not only exists but also that he is good: I'm not a fan of theists who think goodness is just whatever god wants even if it's something horrible. I like the theists who however strong they believe, would stop believing in a good god if they believed God wasn't good, rather than assume that whatever God says no matter what is automatically good.
Basically I like theists who take the more moral side of this dilemma: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euthyphro_dilemma
I like theists who no matter how strong they believe, ultimately care about goodness. Theists who can see past their religion and treat atheists like people and not just souls to be saved.
Could I be in a relationship with a theist? No I don't think so. I used to think I could but I think it's too deep and personal a matter even for the very moderate theists for me to be in a relationship with a theist.
Some of my best friends could be theists but I always expect my very best closest friend to be atheist.
So basically, just saying, there are good theists out there because we are all ultimately people. But yes the asshole theists who don't even treat atheists like people and equals? They can fuck off.
...there are plenty of atheists online for me to find and talk to.
Also there are theists who care about compassion more than their religion. Even if they think their compassion comes from their God they still put love first. There are some lovely theists on these forums for example - and yes there are some moronic ones too.
I like theists who ultimately care about goodness and only like God because they believe he not only exists but also that he is good: I'm not a fan of theists who think goodness is just whatever god wants even if it's something horrible. I like the theists who however strong they believe, would stop believing in a good god if they believed God wasn't good, rather than assume that whatever God says no matter what is automatically good.
Basically I like theists who take the more moral side of this dilemma: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euthyphro_dilemma
I like theists who no matter how strong they believe, ultimately care about goodness. Theists who can see past their religion and treat atheists like people and not just souls to be saved.
Could I be in a relationship with a theist? No I don't think so. I used to think I could but I think it's too deep and personal a matter even for the very moderate theists for me to be in a relationship with a theist.
Some of my best friends could be theists but I always expect my very best closest friend to be atheist.
So basically, just saying, there are good theists out there because we are all ultimately people. But yes the asshole theists who don't even treat atheists like people and equals? They can fuck off.
