RE: Let's answer CARM's Questions for Atheists
September 14, 2014 at 7:10 pm
(This post was last modified: September 14, 2014 at 7:17 pm by MusicLovingAtheist.)
1. How would you define atheism?
Lack of belief in god or gods.
2. Do you act according to what you believe (there is no God) in or what you don't believe in (lack belief in God)?
I look at all the bullshit that religious people spew. Every argument for god that I have ever seen is either over intellectualize bullshit or rambling nonsense. I don't look at that and just believe that it's not true, often the rambling makes it clear that I can know it's not true. I lack belief in god, as I said before. So I guess I act according to what I don't believe in.
3. Do you think it is inconsistent for someone who "lacks belief" in God to work against God's existence by attempting to show that God doesn't exist?
Religion is like cancer and it needs to be killed. That's how I see it.
4. How sure are you that your atheism properly represents reality?
About as sure as I am that religion is a load of shit
5. How sure are you that your atheism is correct?
Times magic has played a roll in reality - 0%
6. How would you define what truth is?
Proof that is beyond a reasonable doubt.
7. Why do you believe your atheism is a justifiable position to hold?
Because not believing in god isn't a mental illness, it's a lack of mind control
8. Are you a materialist or a physicalist or what?
9. Do you affirm or deny that atheism is a worldview? Why or why not?
No, it's a truth.
10. Not all atheists are antagonistic to Christianity but for those of you who are, why the antagonism?
11. If you were at one time a believer in the Christian God, what caused you to deny his existence?
12. Do you believe the world would be better off without religion?
Absolutely
13. Do you believe the world would be better off without Christianity?
Double absolutely
14. Do you believe that faith in a God or gods is a mental disorder?
No. I dunno who has the blueprints for how a brain is suppose to work and who comes up with all these mental disorders now a days.
15. Must God be known through the scientific method?
Yes.
16. If you answered yes to the previous question, then how do you avoid a category mistake by requiring material evidence for an immaterial God?
Prove to me that there is an immaterial god and then we'll talk.
17. Do we have any purpose as human beings?
No.
18. If we do have purpose, can you as an atheist please explain how that purpose is determined?
19. Where does morality come from?
Nature and nurture. We're partially taught how to behave and we're partially born with innate emotional capacities for emotions.
20. Are there moral absolutes?
No.
21. If there are moral absolutes, could you list a few of them?
22. Do you believe there is such a thing as evil? If so, what is it?
Super badass metal music.
23. If you believe that the God of the Old Testament is morally bad, by what standard do you judge that he is bad?
24. What would it take for you to believe in God?
It would take me observing his existence.
25. What would constitute sufficient evidence for God’s existence?
An event that is observable by everyone including myself.
26. Must this evidence be rationally based, archaeological, testable in a lab, etc., or what?
Testable, observable, all that scientific stuff
27. Do you think that a society that is run by Christians or atheists would be safer? Why?
Atheists, because they're smarter.
28. Do you believe in free will? (free will being the ability to make choices without coercion).
Yeah. I question whether or not it's an illusion though. Whether we're just a result of the laws of nature playing out and governing my every move. It sure as hell seems like I'm responsible for my actions though.
29. If you believe in free will, do you see any problem with defending the idea that the physical brain, which is limited and subject to the neuro-chemical laws of the brain, can still produce free will choices?
Yes I do. As I said before, I have no idea how my brain works. I think it's fascinating that when I type it doesn't come out like ajksdfgakjshdgfajksdfg
30. If you affirm evolution and that the universe will continue to expand forever, then do you think it is probable that given enough time, brains would evolve to the point of exceeding mere physical limitations and become free of the physical and temporal and thereby become "deity" and not be restricted by space and time? If not, why not?
No. You need ground for electricity to travel, which I'm pretty sure is how brains send signals. Electricity doesn't just do it's own thing.
31. If you answered the previous question in the affirmative, then aren't you saying that it is probable that some sort of God exists?
Lack of belief in god or gods.
2. Do you act according to what you believe (there is no God) in or what you don't believe in (lack belief in God)?
I look at all the bullshit that religious people spew. Every argument for god that I have ever seen is either over intellectualize bullshit or rambling nonsense. I don't look at that and just believe that it's not true, often the rambling makes it clear that I can know it's not true. I lack belief in god, as I said before. So I guess I act according to what I don't believe in.
3. Do you think it is inconsistent for someone who "lacks belief" in God to work against God's existence by attempting to show that God doesn't exist?
Religion is like cancer and it needs to be killed. That's how I see it.
4. How sure are you that your atheism properly represents reality?
About as sure as I am that religion is a load of shit
5. How sure are you that your atheism is correct?
Times magic has played a roll in reality - 0%
6. How would you define what truth is?
Proof that is beyond a reasonable doubt.
7. Why do you believe your atheism is a justifiable position to hold?
Because not believing in god isn't a mental illness, it's a lack of mind control
8. Are you a materialist or a physicalist or what?
9. Do you affirm or deny that atheism is a worldview? Why or why not?
No, it's a truth.
10. Not all atheists are antagonistic to Christianity but for those of you who are, why the antagonism?
11. If you were at one time a believer in the Christian God, what caused you to deny his existence?
12. Do you believe the world would be better off without religion?
Absolutely
13. Do you believe the world would be better off without Christianity?
Double absolutely
14. Do you believe that faith in a God or gods is a mental disorder?
No. I dunno who has the blueprints for how a brain is suppose to work and who comes up with all these mental disorders now a days.
15. Must God be known through the scientific method?
Yes.
16. If you answered yes to the previous question, then how do you avoid a category mistake by requiring material evidence for an immaterial God?
Prove to me that there is an immaterial god and then we'll talk.
17. Do we have any purpose as human beings?
No.
18. If we do have purpose, can you as an atheist please explain how that purpose is determined?
19. Where does morality come from?
Nature and nurture. We're partially taught how to behave and we're partially born with innate emotional capacities for emotions.
20. Are there moral absolutes?
No.
21. If there are moral absolutes, could you list a few of them?
22. Do you believe there is such a thing as evil? If so, what is it?
Super badass metal music.
23. If you believe that the God of the Old Testament is morally bad, by what standard do you judge that he is bad?
24. What would it take for you to believe in God?
It would take me observing his existence.
25. What would constitute sufficient evidence for God’s existence?
An event that is observable by everyone including myself.
26. Must this evidence be rationally based, archaeological, testable in a lab, etc., or what?
Testable, observable, all that scientific stuff
27. Do you think that a society that is run by Christians or atheists would be safer? Why?
Atheists, because they're smarter.
28. Do you believe in free will? (free will being the ability to make choices without coercion).
Yeah. I question whether or not it's an illusion though. Whether we're just a result of the laws of nature playing out and governing my every move. It sure as hell seems like I'm responsible for my actions though.
29. If you believe in free will, do you see any problem with defending the idea that the physical brain, which is limited and subject to the neuro-chemical laws of the brain, can still produce free will choices?
Yes I do. As I said before, I have no idea how my brain works. I think it's fascinating that when I type it doesn't come out like ajksdfgakjshdgfajksdfg
30. If you affirm evolution and that the universe will continue to expand forever, then do you think it is probable that given enough time, brains would evolve to the point of exceeding mere physical limitations and become free of the physical and temporal and thereby become "deity" and not be restricted by space and time? If not, why not?
No. You need ground for electricity to travel, which I'm pretty sure is how brains send signals. Electricity doesn't just do it's own thing.
31. If you answered the previous question in the affirmative, then aren't you saying that it is probable that some sort of God exists?
