Atheism and Purpose

[TheDarkestOfAngels]

I was going to say 'brainwashed' in the sense that he's been indoctrinated in such a way as to not apply a reasonable amount of skeptisism and logic to his own beliefs. I mean, we all know the shpeal about questioning god. You simply don't. Just because. Why? Because you'll go to hell, that's why.

It's all a variation on the same concept. Christian or not.

You ask how do I know I'm not believing in the wrong god? How could I be? It's my God.

A bold assertion. I hope you're wiling away your life based on something you can be sure of with no real reason, other than a desire to believe, for a damn good reason.
I wouldn't want to spend my life based on what my delusions and imaginary friends tell me to do, especially if all the popular ones say something different than mine.

Everyone has their own god, even atheists have their own god, they simply don't differentiate between the thing they see in the mirror and God. Other people externalize god, like me. Some people have similar notions of god and build churches in response to that, but even in those churches, everyone forms their own image of god.

I don't think you understand what 'atheist' is if you believe that we have our own god.

I suppose what I'm arguing is that there's something greater than gods.

You can argue that all you want, but like all theists' interpretations of gospel and god, it's all still speculation based on fantasy and imagination.

Is my God make-believe? No, He's real. The same thing that created me created Him by creating me. It's that thing that baffles me. It's what I'm trying to illustrate philosophically and mathematically these days. I don't know if I'll succeed.

I'm sure you believe he is, but neither you nor I have any actual reason to believe he's anything more than your over-active imagination trying to find a reason for things to happen the way they do.

Oh let's be honest here for a minute. A lot of people are atheists because they don't like the moral restrictions placed on them by the Church, especially in regards to abortion and homosexuality. But having said that, a lot of people are atheists because the moral hypocrisy of the church is simply too disgusting for them to endure, especially if they've been a victim of it.

Hypocracy and other ridiculous things the churches do are part and parcel of the amusement I get at their expense, but for the same reason I'm not an atheist because I reject god I'm also not an atheist because I reject the church, its teachings, or its morality.
To think otherwise is folly.