(May 12, 2015 at 2:47 pm)FriendlyNeighborhoodAtheist Wrote: The way I see it is this: There have been thousands of gods that people have believed in throughout human history. What are the odds that whatever god you happen to be raised believing in now or a thousand years from now is the one true god? Take into account your parents, society, and country and you'll likely be believing in whatever god is in fashion at the time. Does being born in a christian dominated society make the hindu gods any less valid? Either one god/religion is true or none of them are. Im not going to bother picking one at random and hoping i get lucky.
Why? Don't you believe in luck? Go to Vegas. They've got an entire pantheon.
The god who allows children to be raped out of respect for the free will choice of the rapist, but punishes gay men for engaging in mutually consensual sex couldn't possibly be responsible for an intelligently designed universe.
I may defend your right to free speech, but i won't help you pass out flyers.
Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities.
--Voltaire
Nietzsche isn't dead. How do I know he lives? He lives in my mind.
I may defend your right to free speech, but i won't help you pass out flyers.
Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities.
--Voltaire
Nietzsche isn't dead. How do I know he lives? He lives in my mind.