(October 15, 2021 at 1:45 pm)Ahriman Wrote:But you said yourself that you do not believe in the Christian god. Is that not just another way of saying you reject it as real or true? Or did you just get tired of the Catholic rituals?Quote:Do you also reject the Hindu gods? What about the Chinese religions? Japanese? Wicca? Jewish god? Mazda? Do you accept all those gods as real or do you have just one that you prefer?
I don't reject any of those gods. They could be real, and they are as good as real to those who believe in them.
My point is this, you are trying to paint atheists as something odd and unusual and for some whacky reason lazy when you clearly have no real understanding of atheists. But then you admit to rejecting a religion based on intellectual disagreement. This is no different than what an atheist does. We merely continue the endeavor to all gods. This doesn't come on a whim but rather after serious consideration and learning. Your assertion of laziness is based on ignorance.
Quote: I just have my own idea of God that doesn't come (directly) from any other known god.
I understand this but you're not being honest here. The Christian god is a jealous one. If you put others before him, he doesn't like that and will send you to hell. That is the classic Christian understanding of god. Others are equally jealous. So you are knowingly flouting that, which makes you more atheistic than you care to admit. It also makes you "different" because what you are describing is akin to new age spirituality, which is certainly in the minority of religious modalities. Again, 99% atheist.
Why is it so?
~Julius Sumner Miller
~Julius Sumner Miller