RE: The End Game of Atheism
June 26, 2013 at 12:50 pm
(This post was last modified: June 26, 2013 at 1:02 pm by Mister Agenda.)
(June 26, 2013 at 12:37 pm)ShadowWolf1986 Wrote: Let's start here, Atheist seem fanatically obsessed with the notion that there is no God.
If you ask around, most of us will say it's possible there is a God, we just don't think there are sufficiently justified reasons to believe it is true. Is that what you mean by 'fanatically obsessed'?
(June 26, 2013 at 11:53 am)ShadowWolf1986 Wrote: They desire a world without "religion" where everyone is an Atheist.
It's possible to have a world with religion where everyone is an atheist. Religion and theism aren't synonyms. Although many of the people who are anti-theist are more anti-religious than anti-theist.
(June 26, 2013 at 11:53 am)ShadowWolf1986 Wrote: The governments that were Atheistic always had a godlike figure in the form of a man, such as Mao.
What is the current godlike figure of the PRC? Mao isn't nearly as revered as he used to be. Cults of personality are common features of totalitarian governments, atheistic or not, but are not universal.
(June 26, 2013 at 11:53 am)ShadowWolf1986 Wrote: Atheists would make good politicians with their ability to deflect almost anything.
Maybe if you could see the similarity in generalizing about theists from what some theist said on a discussion forum with generalizing about atheists the same way, you wouldn't be as wrong. As long as you think we're all alike, you're bound to be wrong. Just like when an atheist says something about Christians without qualifying it with words like 'some' or 'many'.
I don't see much chance to verify your speculation about our political skills given over 40% of Americans state they would never vote for an atheist for president. More would be willing to vote for a Muslim.