RE: An unanswerable question
February 15, 2014 at 12:55 pm
(This post was last modified: February 15, 2014 at 1:01 pm by Whateverist.)
(February 14, 2014 at 10:49 pm)Stimbo Wrote: And how does a "fundamentalist atheist" work? Not only do I not believe in a god, I disbelieve fundamentally? Or is it a term plucked from someone's fundament?
Probably with their own teeth while they were rummaging around with their head up there.
(February 15, 2014 at 6:33 am)fr0d0 Wrote:(February 9, 2014 at 9:02 pm)Shep Wrote: I often ask theists if god told them to, would they jump off a bridge ... or if god told them to, would they kill a baby ...
No
Maybe that shows the weakness of my faith. Maybe I can't imagine how such a strong directive would ever be given. Just interested to answer you though. Don't shoot me
I'd like to think you also wouldn't do it because you recognize that your ability to recognize the difference between a dictate of God and a stray thought or hallucination is imperfect. It is all well and good to believe in gods without constantly looking out to them for directives. Just maybe they've assigned the decisions in your life to you. If I were god I would certainly delegate, delegate, delegate.
