RE: Anti-Theism
December 5, 2017 at 12:07 pm
(This post was last modified: December 5, 2017 at 12:19 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
Oh but he is here, to help us, by setting the record straight - part of his good luck is in being made a party to the real deal. The -rest- of those motherfuckers are charlatans. 
As an addendum to my comments above, re jainism. Anti-theism isn't a comment about some specific god concept..the notion that..maybe, if folks came up with a better god it would be better. After all, the gods we have -are- what it looks like when people try to come up with "good gods".
The answer from anti-theism, no matter what theistic god you refer to, even a hypothetical god specifically designed to overcome any hanging objections from real world gods..will always be "it's shit", because theism is shit. It doesn't matter what gods you plug into it. The end result is as predictable as clockwork. People do legitimately believe that they worship the god of peace when they blow themselves to bits...and even a jain will ruthlessly prosecute what they call a "just" war. They've done so, and they used their "un-objectionable" ideology to justify land grab unification and the elimination of political rivals, up to and including killing the children of princes to terminate the competing line.
As an addendum to my comments above, re jainism. Anti-theism isn't a comment about some specific god concept..the notion that..maybe, if folks came up with a better god it would be better. After all, the gods we have -are- what it looks like when people try to come up with "good gods".
The answer from anti-theism, no matter what theistic god you refer to, even a hypothetical god specifically designed to overcome any hanging objections from real world gods..will always be "it's shit", because theism is shit. It doesn't matter what gods you plug into it. The end result is as predictable as clockwork. People do legitimately believe that they worship the god of peace when they blow themselves to bits...and even a jain will ruthlessly prosecute what they call a "just" war. They've done so, and they used their "un-objectionable" ideology to justify land grab unification and the elimination of political rivals, up to and including killing the children of princes to terminate the competing line.
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