RE: Prayer?
August 21, 2012 at 6:16 pm
(This post was last modified: August 21, 2012 at 6:17 pm by Cyberman.)
(August 19, 2012 at 2:06 pm)Lion IRC Wrote: I actually think it is atheism which lacks depth.
The "drippy theist" thinks something.
The atheist thinks nothing.
Others have beaten me to it but I'll have a crack at it.
I see from this (presumably) pithy phrase that Lion is claiming one of two positions here. Intellectual superiority for the theist position - such as it is - since they "think something" whereas atheists do not think anything and are thus mindlessly following the herd (which is especially and tragically ironic since the phrase bears all the hallmarks of something some random preacher came out with and is being trotted out parrot-fashion for oue entertainment). Either that, or that atheism is an impossible position since it is impossible to think of nothing - though theists come closest when praying. Either way I wish he would just come right out and say what his position on this issue actually is, rather than fucking dance around it as though a pretty phrase has some deeper meaning on its own by virtue of it being said.
In fact, here's one for you, much more honest and to the point than yours:
Atheist: I'll believe it when I see it.
Theist: I'll see it when I believe it.
At the age of five, Skagra decided emphatically that God did not exist. This revelation tends to make most people in the universe who have it react in one of two ways - with relief or with despair. Only Skagra responded to it by thinking, 'Wait a second. That means there's a situation vacant.'