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Weak atheist/deist here, hello!
#51
RE: Weak atheist/deist here, hello!
(August 10, 2015 at 9:32 pm)vixene Wrote:



Hahahaha, the scotch might have tipped you slightly over the edge though, I know they're bad people but they don't have to die for being assholes [emoji38]


When you are older, you will see that, in most cases, the only way for an asshole to stop being an asshole is to die.

You should not have to deal with such things.  You really, really, should not have to deal with such things.  And people believe that there is a good god in charge of things!  What could possibly be more ridiculous than that?


Edited to add:

For thinking about this topic, I should drink much more than I have, and much more than I will tonight.  The world is filled with injustice, and yet the world is filled with people who imagine a perfect being is running things.  What could possibly be more stupid and idiotic than that?  It really pisses me off that you have had to deal with this sort of crap in just one year online.  And I don't even really know you.  The world is a fucked up place.

"A wise man ... proportions his belief to the evidence."
— David Hume, An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding, Section X, Part I.
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#52
RE: Weak atheist/deist here, hello!
(August 10, 2015 at 9:44 pm)Pyrrho Wrote:
(August 10, 2015 at 9:32 pm)vixene Wrote:



Hahahaha, the scotch might have tipped you slightly over the edge though, I know they're bad people but they don't have to die for being assholes [emoji38]


When you are older, you will see that, in most cases, the only way for an asshole to stop being an asshole is to die.

You should not have to deal with such things.  You really, really, should not have to deal with such things.  And people believe that there is a good god in charge of things!  What could possibly be more ridiculous than that?

I'll assume you're being sarcastic here, otherwise I'd say this is a tad extreme. On the contrary as I grow older I'd say I'll realise that instead of me wanting bad people dead, I'd just accept that the world isn't always a nice place and bad people will always exist.
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#53
RE: Weak atheist/deist here, hello!
(August 10, 2015 at 9:54 pm)vixene Wrote:
(August 10, 2015 at 9:44 pm)Pyrrho Wrote: When you are older, you will see that, in most cases, the only way for an asshole to stop being an asshole is to die.

You should not have to deal with such things.  You really, really, should not have to deal with such things.  And people believe that there is a good god in charge of things!  What could possibly be more ridiculous than that?

I'll assume you're being sarcastic here, otherwise I'd say this is a tad extreme. On the contrary as I grow older I'd say I'll realise that instead of me wanting bad people dead, I'd just accept that the world isn't always a nice place and bad people will always exist.

By all means, regard me as extreme.  That will not bother me.

You are certainly correct that the world is not always a nice place and, probably as long as people exist, bad people will always exist.  It should not be that way, but it is.

"A wise man ... proportions his belief to the evidence."
— David Hume, An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding, Section X, Part I.
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#54
RE: Weak atheist/deist here, hello!
(August 10, 2015 at 9:58 pm)Pyrrho Wrote:
(August 10, 2015 at 9:54 pm)vixene Wrote: I'll assume you're being sarcastic here, otherwise I'd say this is a tad extreme. On the contrary as I grow older I'd say I'll realise that instead of me wanting bad people dead, I'd just accept that the world isn't always a nice place and bad people will always exist.

By all means, regard me as extreme.  That will not bother me.

You are certainly correct that the world is not always a nice place and, probably as long as people exist, bad people will always exist.  It should not be that way, but it is.

Well you certainly fit the American stereotype, you guys tend to have slightly more extreme views than others. I'm not too surprised lol.
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#55
RE: Weak atheist/deist here, hello!
(August 10, 2015 at 10:02 pm)vixene Wrote:
(August 10, 2015 at 9:58 pm)Pyrrho Wrote: By all means, regard me as extreme.  That will not bother me.

You are certainly correct that the world is not always a nice place and, probably as long as people exist, bad people will always exist.  It should not be that way, but it is.

Well you certainly fit the American stereotype, you guys tend to have slightly more extreme views than others. I'm not too surprised lol.

Good God!  If I totally fit the American stereotype, that is probably the biggest insult you could give!

You, however, will be a rarity in thinking that I do completely fit such an idea, if you do think that.  I have been called many things, but very rarely have I been accused of being like everyone else.

"A wise man ... proportions his belief to the evidence."
— David Hume, An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding, Section X, Part I.
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#56
RE: Weak atheist/deist here, hello!
(August 10, 2015 at 10:10 pm)Pyrrho Wrote:
(August 10, 2015 at 10:02 pm)vixene Wrote: Well you certainly fit the American stereotype, you guys tend to have slightly more extreme views than others. I'm not too surprised lol.

Good God!  If I totally fit the American stereotype, that is probably the biggest insult you could give!

You, however, will be a rarity in thinking that I do completely fit such an idea, if you do think that.  I have been called many things, but very rarely have I been accused of being like everyone else.

I don't think anywhere in my quote I mentioned that you 'totally fit' the American stereotype or that you were 'like everyone else', not sure at all what gave you that idea [emoji53]
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#57
RE: Weak atheist/deist here, hello!
(August 8, 2015 at 4:17 pm)vixene Wrote: Hi I'm Vixene, 20 years old and apparently a weak atheist/deist. I don't believe in a God, but think there is a slight possibility that a higher being exists, who is not involved whatsoever with whatever we do. Been this way for about 4 years but still pretending to be a Christian at home until I move out completely.

I'm also a medical student from the UK! Don't know if this is an AMA or just a thread informing you of my existence. Take it as you please.


Welcome Vixene

I'm still in the questioning phase and the people here have been nice. Much information here
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#58
RE: Weak atheist/deist here, hello!
How have I not responded here?

Welcome potential fellow heathen and fellow medico.

Always good to encounter other medics.
Dying to live, living to die.
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#59
RE: Weak atheist/deist here, hello!
(August 10, 2015 at 10:10 pm)Pyrrho Wrote:
(August 10, 2015 at 10:02 pm)vixene Wrote: Well you certainly fit the American stereotype, you guys tend to have slightly more extreme views than others. I'm not too surprised lol.

Good God!  If I totally fit the American stereotype, that is probably the biggest insult you could give!

Direct hit.  500 points.  Skip two levels.


Seriously, extreme views are all standard when a nation chooses the "exceptionalism package".  Take it or leave it.
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#60
RE: Weak atheist/deist here, hello!
(August 10, 2015 at 11:01 pm)Whateverist the White Wrote:
(August 10, 2015 at 10:10 pm)Pyrrho Wrote: Good God!  If I totally fit the American stereotype, that is probably the biggest insult you could give!

Direct hit.  500 points.  Skip two levels.


Seriously, extreme views are all standard when a nation chooses the "exceptionalism package".  Take it or leave it.

When people select the "exceptionalism package," those doing the selecting are delusional narcissistic idiots.

I should imagine that, heavily depending on one's sources of information, one viewing the US from the outside could give one all sorts of strange ideas.  The fact that Trump is doing well in the Republican primaries does not make the country look good, though none of the other Republican presidential candidates make the country look good either.

I am glad, though, that when I went to Europe, people did not treat me as if I were a vile thing that one might expect from a country that voted in Reagan (who was president when I went to Europe).  The people I met were smart enough to realize that not everyone in the US voted for him or approved of him, and they did not assume that I must be a dumb ass.  (Or maybe they just thought I was English, as someone did ask me if I were English; I do not recall anyone asking me if I were an American.)  I was treated with courtesy and respect, and I likewise treated the people I met with courtesy and respect.  In some ways, visiting Europe was like leaving a mental institution and conversing with sane people for a change.  Of course, like in a real mental institution, not everyone present in America is completely crazy.  That just makes the analogy work even better than one might have expected.

"A wise man ... proportions his belief to the evidence."
— David Hume, An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding, Section X, Part I.
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