(August 27, 2014 at 4:55 pm)Tobie Wrote: Are you really trotting out the "atheists hate god" nonsense? The definition of atheism is a lack of belief in a god, so an atheist cannot hate god. Atheists can hate the idea of god, but what you are saying is a contradiction in terms.
Exactly, I am pointing out the fact that atheists engage in contradictory behavior. They claim that they know that God does not exist but then exercise hatred for Him. Are you saying it’s not possible for atheists to behave in a manner that is contradictory? Why not?
That’s not the actual philosophical definition of atheism by the way.
(August 27, 2014 at 5:14 pm)Simon Moon Wrote: Seriously, Staler, I thought you were above the old canard that atheists 'hate God'. Not much above it, but still above it.
The evidence speaks for itself.
Quote: I disbelieve in Shiva, Ahura-Mazda, Vishnu, and every other god posited. Do I hate all those also?
Nope, and that’s exactly my point. Atheists know that the Biblical God exists. Hitchens did not write a book called, “Ahura-Mazda Is Not Great” for a reason.
Quote: By the way, you also disbelieve in all those other gods. Why do much hate toward them, Statler?
I do not call those gods names, or create threads dedicated to how horrible and mean they are, I’ve never read a book that disparages them, I’ve never partaken in a “blasphemy challenge” pertaining to them, I’ve never stolen their holy books from hotels, I’ve never desecrated their imagery, nor have I ever ridiculed them. You know why? Because I know they do not exist, so why waste my time? How many atheists can say the same about the Biblical God? Very few.
“The God of the Old Testament is arguably the most unpleasant character in all fiction: jealous and proud of it; a petty, unjust, unforgiving control-freak; a vindictive, bloodthirsty ethnic cleanser; a misogynistic, homophobic, racist, infanticidal, genocidal, filicidal, pestilential, megalomaniacal, sadomasochistic, capriciously malevolent bully.”
― Richard Dawkins, The God Delusion
Sounds like, “God does not exist…and I hate Him” to me.
