(June 8, 2014 at 1:49 pm)rasetsu Wrote: I just think of the scene with Loki in Germany and how everybody kneels to Loki. One guy has the courage to stand up. In these threads, the atheists are all like, "Well, I'm that one guy." I'm sorry. I don't buy it. I've played enough poker to know the difference between the talk and the action. I just think a lot of the responses to these threads are all talk and no trouser.You raise a good point here. It would depend on the consequences of saying 'No'. If there were no consequences, it might be easy to tell god where to go but that would change if faced with violent consequences. Most (all?) of us would like to think that we'd stand up for our beliefs when faced with that sort of ultimatum but statistics show that the urge for self-preservation would take over for a large proportion.
Having been faced with violent ultimatums many times in my life, I feel that I know what I'd do: I'd tell god to Jeff off. However in the moment, many things might fly through my mind (e.g. family, friends, love for life) that might cause me to capitulate.
Sum ergo sum
