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RE: One thing I find encouraging on here!
August 21, 2014 at 4:34 pm
(August 21, 2014 at 4:30 pm)Statler Waldorf Wrote: (August 21, 2014 at 4:11 pm)Fidel_Castronaut Wrote: There's nothing to hate.
That’s the entire point in my signature! “The two tenets of atheism: God does not exist…..and I hate Him.” Atheists love to claim that they know God does not exist but then they proceed to spend countless hours and posts talking about how much they hate him and how he’s a big meanie face. It’s really quite amusing. Nobody else behaves that way with anything else they “know” does not exist.
(August 21, 2014 at 4:18 pm)PhiloTech Wrote: The issue is that it is so true. I am not a mental gymnast and cannot jump over obvious obstacles. I cannot reconcile genocide and nobody should as this only shows a person as having an undeveloped character .
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If all that exists is matter, and we’re all just organized matter then why is it morally wrong for one group of organized matter to destroy (disorganize really) another group of organized matter? Atheism renders such moral statements meaningless.
My bold. That is just about the most stupid thing I've ever heard.
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RE: One thing I find encouraging on here!
August 21, 2014 at 4:46 pm
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(August 21, 2014 at 4:17 pm)Diablo Wrote: (August 21, 2014 at 4:11 pm)Fidel_Castronaut Wrote: There's nothing to hate.
But that could be shorthand for hating the idea of god, which pollutes people's brains. God doesn't have to exist to exert a malign influence upon weak minds.
Some people might hate the idea of god I guess. But I'm not of them. I'd actually be non-plussed if there was a god or gods, but it would depend on what kind of god they were. The imaginary death cult god of the bible vis, say, a god that gave out free coconuts. Again, I'm not really sure what a god even is.
You're right, though. Concepts can have a malign influence just as much as reality can. That's pretty self evident. 
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RE: One thing I find encouraging on here!
August 21, 2014 at 4:48 pm
What if you hate god for not existing???
"Well, evolution is a theory. It is also a fact. And facts and theories are different things, not rungs in a hierarchy of increasing certainty. Facts are the world's data. Theories are structures of ideas that explain and interpret facts. Facts don't go away when scientists debate rival theories to explain them. Einstein's theory of gravitation replaced Newton's in this century, but apples didn't suspend themselves in midair, pending the outcome. And humans evolved from ape- like ancestors whether they did so by Darwin's proposed mechanism or by some other yet to be discovered."
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RE: One thing I find encouraging on here!
August 21, 2014 at 4:53 pm
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(August 21, 2014 at 4:48 pm)Tonus Wrote: What if you hate god for not existing???
Even worse would be figuring out which gods to hate for not existing.
Do you split your nonexistent hate quota up? Perhaps a grading scale of most to least hate worthy?
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RE: One thing I find encouraging on here!
August 21, 2014 at 4:54 pm
(August 21, 2014 at 4:34 pm)Diablo Wrote: My bold. That is just about the most stupid thing I've ever heard.
…and yet you cannot answer it. I suspected as much.
(August 21, 2014 at 4:48 pm)Tonus Wrote: What if you hate god for not existing???
Why hate something for not existing? Do you hate square circles and married bachelors for not existing as well? 
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RE: One thing I find encouraging on here!
August 21, 2014 at 4:58 pm
(August 21, 2014 at 4:54 pm)Statler Waldorf Wrote: (August 21, 2014 at 4:34 pm)Diablo Wrote: My bold. That is just about the most stupid thing I've ever heard.
…and yet you cannot answer it. I suspected as much.
You're absolutely right. It's impossible to answer rubbish. You just dump it in the trash.
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RE: One thing I find encouraging on here!
August 21, 2014 at 5:09 pm
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(August 21, 2014 at 3:48 pm)Statler Waldorf Wrote: (August 21, 2014 at 3:19 pm)Losty Wrote: I don't hate god and I'm an atheist. I guess you're wrong.
Or you’re the exception that proves the rule.
Well then maybe you should amend your assertion to say most, many, or some atheists hate god.
Then after that maybe you could provide some proof or evidence to back up your assertion.
(August 21, 2014 at 4:30 pm)Statler Waldorf Wrote: (August 21, 2014 at 4:11 pm)Fidel_Castronaut Wrote: There's nothing to hate.
That’s the entire point in my signature! “The two tenets of atheism: God does not exist…..and I hate Him.” Atheists love to claim that they know God does not exist but then they proceed to spend countless hours and posts talking about how much they hate him and how he’s a big meanie face. It’s really quite amusing. Nobody else behaves that way with anything else they “know” does not exist.
Really? Really?? Really???
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RE: One thing I find encouraging on here!
August 21, 2014 at 7:46 pm
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I'm just glad that Jesus attitude toward homosexuality is fashionable again.
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RE: One thing I find encouraging on here!
August 21, 2014 at 9:00 pm
(August 21, 2014 at 4:54 pm)Statler Waldorf Wrote: Why hate something for not existing? I was feeling paradoxical.
"Well, evolution is a theory. It is also a fact. And facts and theories are different things, not rungs in a hierarchy of increasing certainty. Facts are the world's data. Theories are structures of ideas that explain and interpret facts. Facts don't go away when scientists debate rival theories to explain them. Einstein's theory of gravitation replaced Newton's in this century, but apples didn't suspend themselves in midair, pending the outcome. And humans evolved from ape- like ancestors whether they did so by Darwin's proposed mechanism or by some other yet to be discovered."
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RE: One thing I find encouraging on here!
August 21, 2014 at 9:26 pm
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(August 21, 2014 at 3:48 pm)Statler Waldorf Wrote: (August 21, 2014 at 3:19 pm)Losty Wrote: I don't hate god and I'm an atheist. I guess you're wrong.
Or you’re the exception that proves the rule.
I don't think atheists hate God any more than they hate magic space monkeys. They mock the idea of God, and hate that there exist in this world people stupid enough to read the Bible, think for a second, and say, "Yeah. . . that makes sense."
They may also hate people who knock on their door early in the morning asking if they've "heard the good news." Does anyone, EVER, say, "Hmmm. . . Who's this Jesus guy? Never heard of him-- tell me more." No. The correct response is something like: "Fuckhead, get off my porch and start running, because I have an assfull of birdshot with your name on it."
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