Posts: 3145
Threads: 8
Joined: October 7, 2016
Reputation:
40
RE: Islam owns atheism with a single verse
August 4, 2023 at 12:23 am
(This post was last modified: August 4, 2023 at 12:23 am by Astreja.)
(August 3, 2023 at 10:59 pm)The Grand Nudger Wrote: Rightly or wrongly I can "defend" moral realism in a few short sentences...but it's a herculean task to "defend" the idea of the totally obvious lord of all creation? IDK, I feel like that ought to be a big flashing warning signal in any conflict between the two.
Totally Obvious Deity™ is considerably less obvious than the sun in the sky. The CEO of the whole friggin' universe, less believable than a clump of burning hydrogen 150 million kilometres away? Needs its honour defended by mere mortals because some other mortals hurt its divine fee-fees? What a ridiculous way to see Life, the Universe and Everything.
Posts: 67169
Threads: 140
Joined: June 28, 2011
Reputation:
162
RE: Islam owns atheism with a single verse
August 4, 2023 at 12:41 am
(This post was last modified: August 4, 2023 at 12:46 am by The Grand Nudger.)
I feel like "don't rape kids" is even more obvious than the sun being a burning ball of gas way the fuck out there. At least you don't have to head "out there" to figure out the thing about kids. We had to build literal time machines to demonstrate the second thing......the first is never further away than your front door. No fancy lens required. Theistic "morality" however, insists otherwise.
Oh well, fuck em. They're amoral pieces of shit so you can't expect anything else. When atheists say or do fucked up shit I think that's remarkable, for what reason? When theists do fucked up shit it's just a thursday.
I am the Infantry. I am my country’s strength in war, her deterrent in peace. I am the heart of the fight… wherever, whenever. I carry America’s faith and honor against her enemies. I am the Queen of Battle. I am what my country expects me to be, the best trained Soldier in the world. In the race for victory, I am swift, determined, and courageous, armed with a fierce will to win. Never will I fail my country’s trust. Always I fight on…through the foe, to the objective, to triumph overall. If necessary, I will fight to my death. By my steadfast courage, I have won more than 200 years of freedom. I yield not to weakness, to hunger, to cowardice, to fatigue, to superior odds, For I am mentally tough, physically strong, and morally straight. I forsake not, my country, my mission, my comrades, my sacred duty. I am relentless. I am always there, now and forever. I AM THE INFANTRY! FOLLOW ME!
Posts: 67169
Threads: 140
Joined: June 28, 2011
Reputation:
162
RE: Islam owns atheism with a single verse
August 4, 2023 at 1:12 am
(August 3, 2023 at 11:16 pm)The Valkyrie Wrote: (August 3, 2023 at 9:31 pm)Tomato Wrote: Well, he was no fun.
He's off to blow up infidels now...
..only ever one bad plate of shrimp away........
I am the Infantry. I am my country’s strength in war, her deterrent in peace. I am the heart of the fight… wherever, whenever. I carry America’s faith and honor against her enemies. I am the Queen of Battle. I am what my country expects me to be, the best trained Soldier in the world. In the race for victory, I am swift, determined, and courageous, armed with a fierce will to win. Never will I fail my country’s trust. Always I fight on…through the foe, to the objective, to triumph overall. If necessary, I will fight to my death. By my steadfast courage, I have won more than 200 years of freedom. I yield not to weakness, to hunger, to cowardice, to fatigue, to superior odds, For I am mentally tough, physically strong, and morally straight. I forsake not, my country, my mission, my comrades, my sacred duty. I am relentless. I am always there, now and forever. I AM THE INFANTRY! FOLLOW ME!
Posts: 10994
Threads: 29
Joined: December 8, 2019
Reputation:
14
RE: Islam owns atheism with a single verse
August 4, 2023 at 8:41 am
Quote:Again, presupposing that eternal punishment exists means that you should abide by the rules of the religious worldview.
Only a moral coward does or does not do something because they fear punishment
"Change was inevitable"
Nemo sicut deus debet esse!
“No matter what men think, abortion is a fact of life. Women have always had them; they always have and they always will. Are they going to have good ones or bad ones? Will the good ones be reserved for the rich, while the poor women go to quacks?”
–SHIRLEY CHISHOLM
Posts: 10670
Threads: 15
Joined: September 9, 2011
Reputation:
119
RE: Islam owns atheism with a single verse
August 4, 2023 at 12:31 pm
(August 3, 2023 at 6:36 pm)Simon Moon Wrote: All atheism is, is the position of not being convinced that gods exist. Atheism has no: holy books, leaders, doctrine, or dogma.
Atheism does not say anything about any other subject.
That is why there are other, secular frameworks for morality, like Secular Humanism as one example.
When you think about it, there isn't much more to theism, either. Theism is the position of being convinced that at least one god exists. It doesn't say anything about any other subject. That's why there are theistic religions to tell them what's right and wrong.
Sure, Christians are theists, but so were worshipers of Xipe Totec.
I'm not anti-Christian. I'm anti-stupid.
Posts: 67169
Threads: 140
Joined: June 28, 2011
Reputation:
162
RE: Islam owns atheism with a single verse
August 4, 2023 at 1:48 pm
(This post was last modified: August 4, 2023 at 1:50 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
Theism is the belief that a god exists, is personal, and intervenes. Theistic religions moral cues come from their gods personal nature and the character of it's purported interventions. This is why their moral schemas are always subjective. To a theist, that's just the way the world -is-.
I am the Infantry. I am my country’s strength in war, her deterrent in peace. I am the heart of the fight… wherever, whenever. I carry America’s faith and honor against her enemies. I am the Queen of Battle. I am what my country expects me to be, the best trained Soldier in the world. In the race for victory, I am swift, determined, and courageous, armed with a fierce will to win. Never will I fail my country’s trust. Always I fight on…through the foe, to the objective, to triumph overall. If necessary, I will fight to my death. By my steadfast courage, I have won more than 200 years of freedom. I yield not to weakness, to hunger, to cowardice, to fatigue, to superior odds, For I am mentally tough, physically strong, and morally straight. I forsake not, my country, my mission, my comrades, my sacred duty. I am relentless. I am always there, now and forever. I AM THE INFANTRY! FOLLOW ME!
Posts: 3021
Threads: 12
Joined: October 1, 2018
Reputation:
20
RE: Islam owns atheism with a single verse
August 5, 2023 at 7:52 am
@ Loaded dice
Still waiting to see that single verse that owns atheism.
"The world is my country; all of humanity are my brethren; and to do good deeds is my religion." (Thomas Paine)
Posts: 16859
Threads: 461
Joined: March 29, 2015
Reputation:
30
RE: Islam owns atheism with a single verse
August 5, 2023 at 8:09 am
(August 5, 2023 at 7:52 am)Gwaithmir Wrote: @Loaded dice
Still waiting to see that single verse that owns atheism.
From what it seems to me lately is that most theists don't come here for discussion but rather to show you (us) how much of this nonsense stuff they are capable of believing in, with a lot of pride.
teachings of the Bible are so muddled and self-contradictory that it was possible for Christians to happily burn heretics alive for five long centuries. It was even possible for the most venerated patriarchs of the Church, like St. Augustine and St. Thomas Aquinas, to conclude that heretics should be tortured (Augustine) or killed outright (Aquinas). Martin Luther and John Calvin advocated the wholesale murder of heretics, apostates, Jews, and witches. - Sam Harris, "Letter To A Christian Nation"
Posts: 6112
Threads: 53
Joined: September 25, 2018
Reputation:
20
RE: Islam owns atheism with a single verse
August 5, 2023 at 8:54 am
godiboi's puppets do not have any intentions for discussion or open dialogue. Instead, they proudly parade gross ignorance, and shocking incapacity to comprehend.
The inability of these grovelling doormats to formulate even the most rudimentary concepts or ideas of their own violation is absolutely apparent.
They are as arrogant as they are mentally stunted, leading them to the profound conclusion that they, and they alone have all the answers the confused, and empty hearted heathens require.
When their "knowledge" is refuted, their thin skin is ruptured, and the venom begins to spew.
Posts: 1988
Threads: 93
Joined: October 23, 2022
Reputation:
8
RE: Islam owns atheism with a single verse
August 6, 2023 at 1:12 pm
I've read Quran. In one place it says Earth was made before heaven (Sura 2). In other places it says heaven was made before Earth (Sura 41, Sura 79). So figure out which one it is and get back to us.
|