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RE: Why are you an atheist?
May 11, 2012 at 6:25 am
(May 10, 2012 at 12:56 am)el_presidente Wrote: The world makes sense without a god. Once you start trying to shoehorn in an omniscient benevolent all-powerful deity, that's when nothing makes sense.
Indeed. In
deedlydeed. Much like evolution theory after disposing of the erroneous Piltdown Man, reality makes a lot more sense once you remove the god fossil. It's an unnecessary encumbrance, an albatross around society's neck. It's like driving about with the handbrake on and wondering why you're not really making much progress. Remove that brake and who knows where we could end up?
At the age of five, Skagra decided emphatically that God did not exist. This revelation tends to make most people in the universe who have it react in one of two ways - with relief or with despair. Only Skagra responded to it by thinking, 'Wait a second. That means there's a situation vacant.'
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RE: Why are you an atheist?
August 30, 2015 at 12:14 am
I am an atheist because living a harsh life of reality is better than living one of comfort drenched in fantasy.
"Never trust a fox. Looks like a dog, behaves like a cat."
~ Erin Hunter
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RE: Why are you an atheist?
August 30, 2015 at 12:16 am
(August 30, 2015 at 12:08 am)Whateverist the White Wrote: I would like to make a citizen's arrest. Note that in this post one Napoleon -if that is really even his name- did make the first post to this thread in three years. And with this post I have at least tied you. Hah!
How bored are you?
"The fact that a believer is happier than a skeptic is no more to the point than the fact that a drunken man is happier than a sober one." - George Bernard Shaw
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RE: Why are you an atheist?
August 30, 2015 at 2:53 am
Tsk tsk, bad corpse thumper >:c
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RE: Why are you an atheist?
August 30, 2015 at 4:45 am
(This post was last modified: August 30, 2015 at 4:46 am by Alex K.)
Lol.
Ok, so I'm an atheist because I hate God because my mom gave me ten year old highland scotch instead of 18 year old Islay. Stupid bitch!!! I want my old single malt!!11!!
The fool hath said in his heart, There is a God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.
Psalm 14, KJV revised edition
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RE: Why are you an atheist?
August 30, 2015 at 4:57 am
Funny how I never saw this thread...
The real question should be:
Why would I not be an atheist?
Which ties up nearly with other questions like
- why would I not be an afaerist?
- why would i not be an a-"Russell teapot"-ist?
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RE: Why are you an atheist?
August 30, 2015 at 5:04 am
(August 30, 2015 at 4:45 am)Alex K Wrote: Lol.
Ok, so I'm an atheist because I hate God because my mom gave me ten year old highland scotch instead of 18 year old Islay. Stupid bitch!!! I want my old single malt!!11!!
Meanwhile, at the Necrophilia World Championship...
"Every luxury has a deep price. Every indulgence, a cosmic cost. Each fiber of pleasure you experience causes equivalent pain somewhere else. This is the first law of emodynamics [sic]. Joy can be neither created nor destroyed. The balance of happiness is constant.
Fact: Every time you eat a bite of cake, someone gets horsewhipped.
Facter: Every time two people kiss, an orphanage collapses.
Factest: Every time a baby is born, an innocent animal is severely mocked for its physical appearance. Don't be a pleasure hog. Your every smile is a dagger. Happiness is murder.
Vote "yes" on Proposition 1321. Think of some kids. Some kids."
