Our server costs ~$56 per month to run. Please consider donating or becoming a Patron to help keep the site running. Help us gain new members by following us on Twitter and liking our page on Facebook!
Current time: April 18, 2024, 7:44 am
Atheist Forums › Community › Religion v
Maybe you guys are mixing religion with God

Thread Rating:
  • 0 Vote(s) - 0 Average
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
Thread Modes
Maybe you guys are mixing religion with God
Fk789 Offline
Banned
Religious Views: God is also known as good.
Posts: 4
Threads: 2
Joined: November 1, 2016
Reputation: 0
#1
Maybe you guys are mixing religion with God
November 1, 2016 at 4:20 am (This post was last modified: November 1, 2016 at 4:23 am by Fk789.)
Yeah, its not the same. Somthing might have caused you to hate religion however this alos impacted you on hating God. Who is God - the goodness within.
Your promblem is with religion not God.
Find
Reply
Jesster Offline
Your friendly neighborhood heathen
****
Religious Views: I am the creator goddess. Prove me wrong.
Posts: 3064
Threads: 3
Joined: July 10, 2016
Reputation: 37
#2
RE: Maybe you guys are mixing religion with God
November 1, 2016 at 4:59 am (This post was last modified: November 1, 2016 at 5:01 am by Jesster.)
How do you know what my problem is? You've never met me.

You're wrong by the way. My atheism has nothing to do with hate. Do you have any more sweeping statements for us?
I don't believe you. Get over it.
Find
Reply
Excited Penguin Offline
Retired Soap Salesman
Religious Views: Equanimity
Posts: 9479
Threads: 116
Joined: July 5, 2015
Reputation: 23
#3
RE: Maybe you guys are mixing religion with God
November 1, 2016 at 5:01 am
Or maybe everyone here is way more educated than you about those terms.
Find
Reply
I_am_not_mafia Offline
Senior Member
****
Religious Views: Gnostic atheist
Posts: 7392
Threads: 53
Joined: January 15, 2015
Reputation: 88
#4
RE: Maybe you guys are mixing religion with God
November 1, 2016 at 5:06 am
(November 1, 2016 at 4:20 am)Fk789 Wrote: Yeah, its not the same. Somthing might have caused you to hate religion however this alos impacted you on hating God. Who is God - the goodness within.


Or the goodness within could be biological instincts evolved to promote pack harmony. There's far more evidence for that than some nebulous concept of God being goodness within that cannot be defined. You can test for the former, you can't test for the latter. The former has explanatory power and is useful, the latter doesn't and isn't.
Find
Reply
Alex K Offline
Ich fühle Luft von anderem Planeten
*****
Religious Views: Theism is not plausible
Posts: 18510
Threads: 129
Joined: January 19, 2014
Reputation: 91
#5
RE: Maybe you guys are mixing religion with God
November 1, 2016 at 5:13 am
Do you think you are telling us something new?
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

Find
Reply
Homeless Nutter Offline
Senior Member
****
Religious Views: No, thank you.
Posts: 3541
Threads: 0
Joined: January 20, 2015
Reputation: 35
#6
RE: Maybe you guys are mixing religion with God
November 1, 2016 at 5:42 am
(November 1, 2016 at 4:20 am)Fk789 Wrote: [...]Your promblem is with religion not God.

My "promblem" is with stupid people. And stupid people - religious, or not - believe in gods. Organized religion is a whole another problem, but get this - if stupid people didn't believe in gods and other such magical nonsense, there would be no religions.
"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
Find
Reply
BrianSoddingBoru4 Offline
Power-Drunk Administrator
*******
Religious Views: Headology
Posts: 43950
Threads: 528
Joined: July 24, 2013
Reputation: 109
#7
RE: Maybe you guys are mixing religion with God
November 1, 2016 at 5:54 am
I'm not so limited – I have problems with religion AND God.

Boru
‘But it does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are twenty gods or no gods. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg.’ - Thomas Jefferson
Find
Reply
SteelCurtain Offline
Milk Chocolate Bimbo/Swag Master
*****
Religious Views: Atheist (6)
Posts: 15351
Threads: 118
Joined: January 13, 2014
Reputation: 117
#8
RE: Maybe you guys are mixing religion with God
November 1, 2016 at 6:36 am
Lol you guys are like moths to a flame.... Big Grin
"There remain four irreducible objections to religious faith: that it wholly misrepresents the origins of man and the cosmos, that because of this original error it manages to combine the maximum servility with the maximum of solipsism, that it is both the result and the cause of dangerous sexual repression, and that it is ultimately grounded on wish-thinking." ~Christopher Hitchens, god is not Great

PM me your email address to join the Slack chat! I'll give you a taco(or five) if you join! --->There's an app and everything!<---
Find
Reply
robvalue Offline
Chainsaw of logic
*****
Religious Views: Time to wake up
Posts: 29107
Threads: 218
Joined: August 9, 2014
Reputation: 155
#9
RE: Maybe you guys are mixing religion with God
November 1, 2016 at 6:41 am
(November 1, 2016 at 4:20 am)Fk789 Wrote: Yeah, its not the same. Somthing might have caused you to hate religion however this alos impacted you on hating God. Who is God - the goodness within.
Your promblem is with religion not God.

I don't know what a god is, everyone has a different idea and few ever define it in a coherent way.

I don't hate [whatever it is]. I don't care about it. It's of no relevance, whether it exists or not.

Okay, so you define God as "the goodness within". So God is just a part of people who believe in God. I agree. That's what it is. Why would I hate the goodness within people? That makes no sense.
Feel free to send me a private message.
Please visit my website here! It's got lots of information about atheism/theism and support for new atheists.

Index of useful threads and discussions
Index of my best videos
Quickstart guide to the forum
Find
Reply
Sal Offline
The fool
****
Religious Views: agnostic atheist apostate
Posts: 2692
Threads: 11
Joined: May 13, 2013
Reputation: 17
#10
RE: Maybe you guys are mixing religion with God
November 1, 2016 at 7:15 am
This sounds like a Bait & Switch.

"You don't want to hate do you?" "Well of course not, I want to be good!" "Then be good with god, because good is god within us" or some shit.
"The first principle is that you must not fool yourself — and you are the easiest person to fool." - Richard P. Feynman
Find
Reply


Atheist Forums › Community › Religion v
Maybe you guys are mixing religion with God

Possibly Related Threads...
Thread Author Replies Views Last Post
  Explanation Required by the 12 guys? + the secret. Ferrocyanide 26 1751 December 20, 2021 at 12:58 am
Last Post: Ferrocyanide
  How you know religion has done its job in brainwashing you: Foxaèr 19 2745 August 9, 2018 at 12:47 am
Last Post: purplepurpose
  These Guys Could Give Religion A Good Name. Minimalist 2 801 March 15, 2018 at 12:45 am
Last Post: Wyrd of Gawd
  You guys are right. Mystic 54 8075 February 5, 2018 at 10:30 am
Last Post: haig
  Maybe WinterHold 9 2346 July 2, 2017 at 8:14 pm
Last Post: Wyrd of Gawd
  Maybe I'm being crazy... BrokenQuill92 18 1935 November 21, 2016 at 10:14 pm
Last Post: vorlon13
  Even if you choose not to believe in god, you’re actually believing in god Blueyedlion 160 15545 June 5, 2016 at 6:07 am
Last Post: robvalue
  Religion hurts homosexuality but homosexuality kills religion? RozKek 43 10699 March 30, 2016 at 2:46 am
Last Post: robvalue
  Terrorism has no religion but religion brings terrorism. Islam is NOT peaceful. bussta33 13 4893 January 16, 2016 at 8:25 pm
Last Post: The Grand Nudger
  Religion's affect outside of religion Heat 67 19757 September 28, 2015 at 9:45 pm
Last Post: TheRocketSurgeon



Users browsing this thread: 1 Guest(s)