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The Real God
April 2, 2012 at 6:27 pm
Theists watch all of this and Think about it.
"Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by the rulers as useful" - Edward Gibbon (Offen misattributed to Lucius Annaeus Seneca or Seneca the Younger) (Thanks to apophenia for the correction)
'I am driven by two main philosophies:
Know more about the world than I knew yesterday and lessen the suffering of others. You'd be surprised how far that gets you' - Neil deGrasse Tyson
"Sometimes I wonder whether the world is being run by smart people who are putting us on or by imbeciles who really mean it." - Mark Twain
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RE: The Real God
April 2, 2012 at 9:45 pm
Not just nice- very nice. This makes a lot of sense.
What falls away is always, and is near.
Also, I am not pretending to be female, this profile picture is my wonderful girlfriend. XD
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RE: The Real God
April 2, 2012 at 10:42 pm
Rejection vs Skeptism. This should make us atheists more compassionate toward the theist's reaction. We should see the ego-self-god-concept as a sensitive issue which we must deal with carefully. Theists were generally born with this "disease". We are the prognosticators and self helpers. I really like this video except that I think it would have been more realistic if the gender roles were reversed.
You, yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection.
There are only two mistakes one can make along the road to truth; not going all the way, and not starting.
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RE: The Real God
April 2, 2012 at 11:09 pm
Are you kidding me? C'mon! look at the snarky, vulgar, crass, and aggressive language used in these threads. And how many theists have told other members here to piss off and go fuck themselves? Not many. All I saw in that video was anger and arrogance wrapped in psycho-babble.
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RE: The Real God
April 2, 2012 at 11:34 pm
Without any provocation on my part, I have been told by a couple prominent members to fly a kite in not so pleasant terms. I have never, ever had that happen to me on a religious forum, except by atheists contributors. That's been my experience. Your's has apparently been different. Even still look at the Introduction forums. While I agree some of the fundies who come to proselytize get exactly what they deserve, just as often ridicule and contempt are hurled on sincere religious newcomers.
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RE: The Real God
April 3, 2012 at 12:04 am
I sent that video to a friend of mine who has been troubled by theist friends recently. Thanks for sharing.
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RE: The Real God
April 3, 2012 at 6:20 am
I certainly agree with the bit about the theist and the theist's god. They are their god. Which is why there is so many differences and conflicts within the same religion. Their god comes from their imagination and is formed by their personality.
Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence - Carl Sagan
Mankind's intelligence walks hand in hand with it's stupidity.
Being an atheist says nothing about your overall intelligence, it just means you don't believe in god. Atheists can be as bright as any scientist and as stupid as any creationist.
You never really know just how stupid someone is, until you've argued with them.
