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RE: What is your reason for being an atheist?
May 27, 2018 at 4:00 am
I don't believe in any gods, not zeus, thor, odin, ra, quetzalcoatl, yahweh, or jehovah for the same reason I don't believe in pixies, fairies or goblins.
If a god made the universe, (that is everything that exists) where was he before he did it?
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RE: What is your reason for being an atheist?
May 27, 2018 at 4:11 am
Cause that's where the evidence (or more correctly...the lack of evidence) lead me.
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RE: What is your reason for being an atheist?
May 27, 2018 at 4:25 am
(This post was last modified: May 27, 2018 at 4:33 am by surreptitious57.)
God is a non falsifiable concept by definition and so his existence can never be demonstrated
Also I do not believe in anything and especially that for which there is absolutely no evidence
Sometimes theists will claim that the Universe is evidence of God but this is fallacious for two reasons
Firstly because it is a non sequitur and secondly because evidence by definition can never be absolute
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RE: What is your reason for being an atheist?
May 29, 2018 at 12:25 am
I like to believe that I have some sense of agency or autonomy in the grand scheme of things. Numerous verses in the bible describe a system in which sinners are pre-destined to exist and suffer at the hands of God for an eternity. I'd much rather apply value to my own actions and life instead of having my worth defined by a force like God. Also I cannot condone the behaviors and implications of the Judeo-Christian God as a whole.
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RE: What is your reason for being an atheist?
May 29, 2018 at 12:46 am
Depends which gods you're talking about.
Most of them: There's just no evidence of them.
The ones most people believe in (Christianity, Islam, Judaism): They're often logically incoherent or contradictory.
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RE: What is your reason for being an atheist?
May 29, 2018 at 1:02 am
(May 27, 2018 at 4:11 am)unsapien Wrote: Cause that's where the evidence (or more correctly...the lack of evidence) lead me.
Yup; that says it all. It's the same reason why I don't believe there is a phase-shifted, invisible elephant in my room that I cannot interact with.
Do you get it?
When someone makes a claim that doesn't fit with known reality and makes no claim or justifiable evidence to support that claim, well...Do you believe in the Grinch that stole Christmas?
That's where most of us are at. We don't believe in the god-claims of various cultures because none of them are remotely credible.
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RE: What is your reason for being an atheist?
May 29, 2018 at 6:33 am
The best reason for being an atheist I've ever seen: REASON
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RE: What is your reason for being an atheist?
May 29, 2018 at 8:00 am
Reason?... There's no reason to be a theist... So one just remains atheist.
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RE: What is your reason for being an atheist?
May 29, 2018 at 9:23 am
(May 26, 2018 at 8:49 am)dimitrios10 Wrote: My reason is that if God was real, he would not put me through such great suffering
Never read Job then. The god of the bible is a git.
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