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RE: Atheists... why do you believe that God doesn't exist?
April 11, 2014 at 4:38 am
What Chas said.
Also the poll's worded really badly and doesn't represent the discussion we were having on the other thread.
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RE: Atheists... why do you believe that God doesn't exist?
April 11, 2014 at 4:56 am
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RE: Atheists... why do you believe that God doesn't exist?
April 11, 2014 at 6:27 am
(This post was last modified: April 11, 2014 at 6:27 am by Bob Kelso.)
I picked 2 because it was the closest to the correct answer, really I should have picked 'other' since I'm an anti-theist as well. I don't have any beliefs in any gods or supernatural beings and I'm of the opinion that such unfounded beliefs are fucking corrosive to progress and conducive to violence. Modern religion, in my opinion, needs to either pony up the evidence or go the way of ancient mythology and be a concept we like to study and laugh about.
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RE: Atheists... why do you believe that God doesn't exist?
April 11, 2014 at 12:11 pm
This is a terribly worded poll. The inclusion of the word "doctrine" really kills the first option. And "disbelief" makes me think you're talking about actively disbelieving, rather than just lack of belief, which are two different things, but I think you intended that as the lack of belief option.
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RE: Atheists... why do you believe that God doesn't exist?
April 11, 2014 at 12:51 pm
Good grief. When you tell a joke and everyone in the room laughs, that means it was funny. If you tell a joke and you're the only one laughing...well, you know the rest.
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RE: Atheists... why do you believe that God doesn't exist?
April 11, 2014 at 1:03 pm
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I was commenting on the thread title.
I believe that God doesn't exist because the old testament is too bizarre, violent, and ignorant to be divinely inspired.
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RE: Atheists... why do you believe that God doesn't exist?
April 11, 2014 at 1:15 pm
Humanity: So Many Gods....So Little Evidence.
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RE: Atheists... why do you believe that God doesn't exist?
April 11, 2014 at 1:24 pm
(April 11, 2014 at 12:51 pm)Bad Writer Wrote: Good grief. When you tell a joke and everyone in the room laughs, that means it was funny. If you tell a joke and you're the only one laughing...well, you know the rest.
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RE: Atheists... why do you believe that God doesn't exist?
April 11, 2014 at 1:24 pm
There are stories that are similar to the Jesus story, and I don't feel like worshiping all the other mythological people that were born of virgins or resurrected after dying, and all that. Also it's not like Judaism is the only religion with a creation story. I need some concrete evidence before I know which creator god that had a son who was born of a virgin I'm supposed to worship.