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It's time to stop pretending God exists!

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It's time to stop pretending God exists!
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RE: It's time to stop pretending God exists!
May 18, 2014 at 12:37 pm (This post was last modified: May 18, 2014 at 12:38 pm by Cinjin.)
(May 18, 2014 at 11:41 am)MysticKnight Wrote: The way Atheists talk to the Theists here give me the impression, they believe we are be dishonest to reality and don't want to face reality. That tells me that we are pretending God exists, that we know we have no reason to believe he exists but still insist on it, because it makes us happier as opposed to truly sincerely believing it to be true.


WHAT?!

Look man, believe whatever you want, but putting that argument in the mouths of atheists isn't remotely fair.
Furthermore, this idea that belief in God offers me happiness is absurd. I have deistic beliefs and I don't maintain them because I glean some sort of happiness from them. To be clear, I don't get one tiny ounce of happiness from my own belief structures. In fact, I'd say that I'd be a lot god damn happier if I never ever thought about this horse shit again. If I could shut the existential crap off in my mind - believe me, I would.
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It's time to stop pretending God exists!

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RE: It's time to stop pretending God exists! - by Cinjin - May 18, 2014 at 12:37 pm
RE: It's time to stop pretending God exists! - by Lek - May 18, 2014 at 10:26 pm
RE: It's time to stop pretending God exists! - by sven - May 25, 2014 at 5:43 am

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