RE: Q about arguments for God's existence.
July 13, 2014 at 11:20 pm
(This post was last modified: July 13, 2014 at 11:20 pm by Cyberman.)
(July 13, 2014 at 10:49 pm)Lek Wrote: I can't agree with that. This forum is full of people who identify themselves as atheists maybe more than anything else. Their comments are highly influenced by their atheist orientation and they make decisions all the time that are influenced by that orientation.
Please tell me what an "atheist orientation" is.
(July 13, 2014 at 10:49 pm)Lek Wrote: If you're "neutral" on the existence of God, why do you hang out on forums and ridicule theists among yourselves and in discussions with them?
Because the theists in question almost invariably present ridiculous arguments and justifications for what they profess to believe and why we have to believe the same; not to mention passive-aggressively hiding behind threatening references from their special books simply for our not agreeing with them, without even attempting to make a case for why the books should be regarded as worthy of serious consideration.
As for being neutral on the existence of your or any god, it's a matter of basic critical thinking which every rational person does automatically every day. I might make some claim to you, to which the rational response is for you to withhold belief until given reason not to - with the razor of ECREE ever at the ready, of course.
(July 13, 2014 at 10:49 pm)Lek Wrote: Stating that all religion should be wiped out doesn't sound neutral to me.
Please show where I said anything approaching that. Also, please note that I saw where you just palmed a card: from neutrality on the god issue to a question on the fate of religion.
(July 13, 2014 at 10:49 pm)Lek Wrote: I really see an agenda in many atheists to rid the world of all religions, which is motivated by their atheist persuasion.
Well, until you can even define an "atheist persuasion", what you see is irrelevant.
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.'