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theist riddle (psst, mcap!)
Posted on: July 5, 2009 - 10:21am
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theist riddle (psst, mcap!)
"There seems to be some theistic people on this web-site, I am hoping somebody can answer this question: Show proof of a message of any kind that came from God." Fixed. -Triften Bookmark/Search this post with: |
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Atheism isn't a lot like religion at all. Unless by "religion" you mean "not religion". --Ciarin
http://hambydammit.wordpress.com/
Miracles and messages come in the form of burn marks on toast these days.
Didn't you hear? Hey, at least it beats reading them from entrails.
Theism is why we can't have nice things.
I think I must of surely seen a woman with a Jesus-shaped tumour on her neck the other day.
Is that good enough?
Theism is why we can't have nice things.
Is being ignored by god proof of a message from god?
Me: God, please cure my woes.
God: *ignores you*
Me: C'mon god, don't be a douche
God: *ignores you, s'more*
I think that's a pretty clear message.
Well, did goldenpalace.com buy it on ebay for a million dollars? If not then no that was not good enough.
I've been trying for a few weeks now to think of a way to express just how bizarre the whole theist "communication" argument is. I mean... if everything goes fine, nothing out of the ordinary is happening, and nothing extraordinary happens, then God is communicating with you. If something really bad happens, God is communicating with you. If you have a dream, God is communicating with you. If something really out of the ordinary -- whether good or bad -- happens, God is communicating with you. Sick? Communication. Healthy? Communication. See a waterfall? Communication. Contemplate bumble bee wings? Communication.
In short, there's really nothing left over in the human experience that can't be interpreted as communication.
Atheism isn't a lot like religion at all. Unless by "religion" you mean "not religion". --Ciarin
http://hambydammit.wordpress.com/
This is neither a riddle nor a question.
Ladies and Gentlemen, we have a Reverse Poe Winner!
Atheism isn't a lot like religion at all. Unless by "religion" you mean "not religion". --Ciarin
http://hambydammit.wordpress.com/
LOL
I've been working on a corrolary to Poe's Law for some time, and I haven't quite figured it out yet, but I suspect it may be something like this:
It is impossible for a theist to tell when an atheist is parodying the theist position without the addition of smileys.
Atheism isn't a lot like religion at all. Unless by "religion" you mean "not religion". --Ciarin
http://hambydammit.wordpress.com/
Hi Ciarin. Nice to see you're still around....
Interestingly enough, atheists always notice when a theist is trying to parody atheists because it'll be a strawman.
Live a good life. If there are gods and they are just, then they will not care how devout you have been, but will welcome you based on the virtues you have lived by. If there are gods, but unjust, then you should not want to worship them. If there are no gods, then you will be gone, but will have lived a noble life that will live on in the memories of your loved ones. - Marcus Aurelius
When I do good, I feel good; when I do bad, I feel bad. That's my religion. - Abraham Lincoln
I've always put it this way. Maybe this can be Hambydammit's Law or something like that...
"Theists pretending to be atheists will always be caught by atheists. If they understood atheism well enough to imitate it, they'd be atheists."
Atheism isn't a lot like religion at all. Unless by "religion" you mean "not religion". --Ciarin
http://hambydammit.wordpress.com/
I thought most laws assumed the universe works the same backwards as well as forwards, as long as you account for electrical charge.
Religion is a virus.
Fight the infection.
Not really. I've been mistaken for atheist in chat rooms alot.
ciarin.com
PLEASE don't mistake me for a christian. Not all Theists are christian!
Were you trying to pretend to be atheist?
If not, the law doesn't apply to you. I also can't imagine why you would want to do so. The only theists I know of who would be interested in doing so are the ones who don't understand it well enough to imitate it. That's how the law works
Atheism isn't a lot like religion at all. Unless by "religion" you mean "not religion". --Ciarin
http://hambydammit.wordpress.com/
No, I was just being me. Since I side with atheists on many topics, it's assumed I'm an atheist.
ciarin.com
PLEASE don't mistake me for a christian. Not all Theists are christian!