(April 19, 2016 at 8:07 pm)Stimbo Wrote: Clearly it's not practical to list every single thing for which there's no evidence. That's why the word 'sceptic' (or 'skeptic' if you really must) exists, an umbrella term encompassing all those things. Atheism is simply a specialised subset of that, dedicated to one subject.
Why specialize though? Why emphasis on "God"?
(April 19, 2016 at 8:07 pm)Faith No More Wrote: Of course, people don't kill, discriminate and dictate how other people should live their lives based upon a belief in leprechauns, now do they?
People kill, discriminate, and dictate on how other people should live their lives based on many things. But this is the core issue, you are right.
It's all because God if he exists can dictate and should dictate on how to live. If people didn't take the idea that God would say anything to humanity seriously, they wouldn't care about if a God exists or not.
This is why Quran says "And have you seen who disputed with Abraham regarding his Lord due to God giving him (Abraham) the authority..."
It all comes down to that. Nimrod was just disputing Abraham with meaningless things to not submit to God through Abraham. He doesn't want Abraham dictating him on how to live and what to do.
The idea of God is powerful. Indeed it is. But people would not care where it not for religion. I found myself slowly realizing this when I was a Deist. I was lost. I believe the philosopher King who sees wisdom and justice as is, sees the light as is, of plato made sense, but was realizing without revelation from God, without proof from God and without designation from God, none of this would ever take place. Plato's ideal is an ideal, but God doesn't care.
And people would of easily dismissed all religions long time ago if people didn't believe the divine has anything to do with humanity.
Of course there is all sorts of corruptions in religion, no one is disputing that, but the central thing, is you don't want to be dictated on how to live.
So let's cut to the chase. Is it accurate to say people gather to support one another of Atheism to avoid submitting to any person claiming to represent God?
