RE: Blurring the lines.
January 13, 2015 at 9:31 am
(This post was last modified: January 13, 2015 at 9:36 am by Nope.)
I think part of the problem with this entire argument is that some theists don't seem to understand that atheists are being honest when they state that they don't believe in god.
If you are a theist the best way to explain is for you to imagine this scenario. A coworker approaches you and confesses he worships the tooth fairy. You might politely nod but you would feel highly uncomfortable with your coworker's weird insistence that an imaginary being was real. Now imagine that another coworker approaches you about the first one. She informs you that the first guy is not a true lover of the tooth fairy because it is apparent that the tooth fairy has lime green wings and not pink. Further, this woman tries to draw you into the argument about who is and who isn't a true follower of Her Holy Toothiness. You scream at them both, "There is no tooth fairy."
That is how I feel after reading through this thread. There is no god. Discussing who is and who isn't a Christian is as silly as arguing who is and isn't a true follower of the tooth fairy.
Drich, before we can have a serious discussion as to whether Mormons or Catholics are Christian, you have to first convince us your imaginary god exists and which version of Christianity is true.
Also, I thought you were a Calvinists Drich. Do you believe that people who aren't Calvinists are Christian, anyway? Is God's Child/Chadwooters/fr0d0/strawdog a Christian?
Again. ATHEISTS DO NOT BELIEVE IN GOD! Why would we waste our time getting into the minutia of who is and who isn't a follower of a nonexistent deity? Do you worry about who isn't a true Hindu or Buddhist?
If you are a theist the best way to explain is for you to imagine this scenario. A coworker approaches you and confesses he worships the tooth fairy. You might politely nod but you would feel highly uncomfortable with your coworker's weird insistence that an imaginary being was real. Now imagine that another coworker approaches you about the first one. She informs you that the first guy is not a true lover of the tooth fairy because it is apparent that the tooth fairy has lime green wings and not pink. Further, this woman tries to draw you into the argument about who is and who isn't a true follower of Her Holy Toothiness. You scream at them both, "There is no tooth fairy."
That is how I feel after reading through this thread. There is no god. Discussing who is and who isn't a Christian is as silly as arguing who is and isn't a true follower of the tooth fairy.
Drich, before we can have a serious discussion as to whether Mormons or Catholics are Christian, you have to first convince us your imaginary god exists and which version of Christianity is true.
Also, I thought you were a Calvinists Drich. Do you believe that people who aren't Calvinists are Christian, anyway? Is God's Child/Chadwooters/fr0d0/strawdog a Christian?
(January 13, 2015 at 1:58 am)Huggy74 Wrote:(January 12, 2015 at 11:49 am)Fidel_Castronaut Wrote: I don't think any of us really care.
If someone wants to call themselves a Christian I don't see what business it is of mine to doubt or question them.
Really? You doubt and question everything else, why stop there?
As Sionnach so eloquently stated..
(December 7, 2014 at 9:39 pm)Sionnach Wrote: An individual's word is always mere hearsay without the evidence to back up those words.
Again. ATHEISTS DO NOT BELIEVE IN GOD! Why would we waste our time getting into the minutia of who is and who isn't a follower of a nonexistent deity? Do you worry about who isn't a true Hindu or Buddhist?
