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Atheists


Titan Rising

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I don't understand them. Why would anyone choose to not believe in a God, or at the very least an afterlife? You can imagine any afterlife you want, you can come up with your own religion and your own thoughts on what might lie beyond this life, but you choose to believe that we're just an accident and on our way to rot in the ground?

 

Now that I think of it, does being atheist mean you just don't believe in any God or you don't believe in any concept of an afterlife or anything like that?

 

Anyway back to the main point... Even if scientists were to prove that we evolved and that the entire universe was capable of creating itself, that does not rule out the possibility of a God or an afterlife. Science can tell us many things, but you can always keep asking "why". Why is something like gravity a law of the universe? Why does anything even exist? In the end the only answers science will be able to offer to questions like these are "it's just the way it is".

 

Why would anyone accept an answer like that when there's so much more hope in an answer they could even come up with themselves? I dunno, it's pretty depressing to think that way in my opinion

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I belive all religions are meant for people to feel safe. Even though, me myself would never in a thousand years read the Bible/Koran but i do respect those who reads and belives it.

 

Why don't i belive in god?

Simply because he is just like Santa Caluse, its something your parents say exsists when its not. Where is the proof? A book? Yes, ofcourse...

 

Even Aliens sounds more real then a god, there are atleast proof of aliens, and no. Its not an alion formed on a toast.

Jesus? A crazy man. There is a lot of them.

 

 

The worst part about religion is how much chaos it starts. Religion is one of the main reasons there is so much war going on. Don't even dare to deny it.

 

Also, those who think they can communicate with "god".

They look so ridiculous when they stand there with their hands in the air screaming " Oh lord in heaven"

The best part is when they fell down and explains how they got touched by god.

Obviously you know not of sociology. Religion is not the main cause of wars, and I will deny it. The main cause of war and conflict is resources. One country has resources that another country needs. Mainly it is oil, but it is also things like diamonds and gold. Greed is what causes war, not religion. Go take a sociology class or something.

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Obviously you know not of sociology. Religion is not the main cause of wars, and I will deny it. The main cause of war and conflict is resources. One country has resources that another country needs. Mainly it is oil, but it is also things like diamonds and gold. Greed is what causes war, not religion. Go take a sociology class or something.

This is true. Really, religion is an excuse people provide for war. I mean, one could say let's take away the excuse, but we'll find another. *cough*America-Terrorism*cough*.

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There is a lack of evidence that allows me to believe there is a all powerful being that wants to be our friends but lets things happen to us all the time.

 

now, Jesus did say, love thy neighbor... regardless of what path they take... yet I see all these religions that in fact use the bible but never really take the basic teachings to heart. If I really think about it, if IF jesus did exist... he must be the first bucking brony... love and tolerance is pretty much similar to what jesus was trying to do on the outside anyway.

 

I am agnostic or atheist... everything is possible but proof is need to support it. I don't believe there is a god or god doesn't really care of our existance... the bible was written to TRY to get us to all get along because we only have 1 life... do the best with that life because your not getting it back (to what I know.) Just doing something good not because it will give you a better chance at getting to heaven... do it because its the right thing to do and you may not get anything in return other than knowing you did the right thing.

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There is a lack of evidence that allows me to believe there is a all powerful being that wants to be our friends but lets things happen to us all the time.

 

now, Jesus did say, love thy neighbor... regardless of what path they take... yet I see all these religions that in fact use the bible but never really take the basic teachings to heart. If I really think about it, if IF jesus did exist... he must be the first bucking brony... love and tolerance is pretty much similar to what jesus was trying to do on the outside anyway.

 

I am agnostic or atheist... everything is possible but proof is need to support it. I don't believe there is a god or god doesn't really care of our existance... the bible was written to TRY to get us to all get along because we only have 1 life... do the best with that life because your not getting it back (to what I know.) Just doing something good not because it will give you a better chance at getting to heaven... do it because its the right thing to do and you may not get anything in return other than knowing you did the right thing.

Yes, and the bible does adress that too. One is not supposed to do things because they think they will get something in the afterlife. One is supposed to do things because they are the right thing to do. The afterlife you receive in heaven is just a bonus.

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Obviously you know not of sociology. Religion is not the main cause of wars, and I will deny it. The main cause of war and conflict is resources. One country has resources that another country needs. Mainly it is oil, but it is also things like diamonds and gold. Greed is what causes war, not religion. Go take a sociology class or something.

Whao! Hold you bible!

I never said it was the main reason, i said it was ONE of the main reasons. Its an entirely different thing. What you are saying is correct, but you are dumb for denying that religion plays a big role in war.

 

 

That is why they are screaming

"Muslims is the supreme! We will take over everything"

 

Their religion says they are the best and should rule the world, basically.

 

 

A few wars where religion has been involved:

-Crusaders

-WW2

- The Thirty Year's War

- The French Revolution

- Algerian War of Independence and Civil War

- Iranian Revolution

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Whao! Hold you bible!

I never said it was the main reason, i said it was ONE of the main reasons. Its an entirely different thing. What you are saying is correct, but you are dumb for denying that religion plays a big role in war.

 

 

That is why they are screaming

"Muslims is the supreme! We will take over everything"

 

Their religion says they are the best and should rule the world, basically.

 

 

A few wars where religion has been involved:

-Crusaders

-WW2

- The Thirty Year's War

- The French Revolution

- Algerian War of Independence and Civil War

- Iranian Revolution

*Sigh* Religion is more of a fuel than an igniter. What sparks wars is the allocation of resources, what fuels them is the religion of the participants of the war. So for you to say that the CAUSE of war is religion, is completely inaccurate.

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*Sigh* Religion is more of a fuel than an igniter. What sparks wars is the allocation of resources, what fuels them is the religion of the participants of the war. So for you to say that the CAUSE of war is religion, is completely inaccurate.

 

Lookup Crusaders and say that religion is not the cause of the war.

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Lookup Crusaders and say that religion is not the cause of the war.

Which one and mind you, religion was not the cause of those, and a basic google search would tell you the real motives. It may have been the church you fueled it and they may have wanted the land, but that's not religion. That's people.

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Lookup Crusaders and say that religion is not the cause of the war.

Again *sigh* still not the cause. They were started for the same reason I just stated. Greed. The crusades was basically a war for landgrabbing rights. Land being the resource that ignited the war, religion being the justification for taking said land.

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Again *sigh* still not the cause. They were started for the same reason I just stated. Greed. The crusades was basically a war for landgrabbing rights. Land being the resource that ignited the war, religion being the justification for taking said land.

 

Now, did religion do any good? Has it ever done anything good?

Name one that that religion have caused that is good and can be proved.

 

Apart from the big and nice churches.

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Now, did religion do any good? Has it ever done anything good?

Name one that that religion have caused that is good and can be proved.

 

Apart from the big and nice churches.

Um... are you serious? How about the THOUSANDS of religiously funded charities all around the globe? The millions of people given shelter and food by religiously funded homeless shelters? The moral support that is given by churches to people who have just lost everything to fire or flood? Or are you so blind as to not see any benefit from religion?

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Now, did religion do any good? Has it ever done anything good? Name one that that religion have caused that is good and can be proved. Apart from the big and nice churches.

 

Can you please stop saying religion is fundamentally bad? I mean, religion isn't bad. It's just people who abuse it.

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Can you please stop saying religion is fundamentally bad? I mean, religion isn't bad. It's just people who abuse it.

Is religion bad?

Both yes and no i would say.

 

Why is it bad?

Like you said, how people missuses it and abuse it. Some people force other to believe it, some kills for it because their book says so, some people go mad over it, Its a weapon.

 

Why is it good?

Gives people safety believing their god can save them, As Jayten said they do have some charities like most thing do.

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Fire is a weapon. Electricity is a weapon. We shouldn't regulate what's useful. We should regulate those who misuse it.

 

To use a current issue.

 

You don't jail the girl for wearing slutty clothes. You arrest the rapist because he/she raped someone.

 

Edit because women can rape people.

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Do you guys want to know something? When I was in a car crash two years back, I was pretty messed up, broken femur, broken arm, battered and bruised. Do you know who was one of the first people to visit me in the hospital besides my immediate family and best friends? The pastor of a church from my small hometown whom I hardly ever see and only know his name because he drives a school bus. My chemistry teacher whom I am actually friends with and see quite often did not even show up at all. The car was completely totaled and the fact that I lived was a complete miracle. The pastor told me that god must have some amazing plans for me. But no one showed up to tell me "well you see the size of semi truck that the car you were in crashed into and the speed you were going leave a certain percentage of etc, etc.". No one ever came and tried to explain why I was alive with science. Nor should they have. Because right before the impact I said a silent prayer that my friends and I would live through it. And we did. Because hope and faith have power.

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Do you guys want to know something? When I was in a car crash two years back, I was pretty messed up, broken femur, broken arm, battered and bruised. Do you know who was one of the first people to visit me in the hospital besides my immediate family and best friends? The pastor of a church from my small hometown whom I hardly ever see and only know his name because he drives a school bus. My chemistry teacher whom I am actually friends with and see quite often did not even show up at all. The car was completely totaled and the fact that I lived was a complete miracle. The pastor told me that god must have some amazing plans for me. But no one showed up to tell me "well you see the size of semi truck that the car you were in crashed into and the speed you were going leave a certain percentage of etc, etc.". No one ever came and tried to explain why I was alive with science. Nor should they have. Because right before the impact I said a silent prayer that my friends and I would live through it. And we did. Because hope and faith have power.

 

I agree, hope and faith have power. But it cannot save a life. No matter how much you pray you cannot resurrect or bring someone back who recently passed.

 

I guess you were brought to a hospital? I'd say you were more saved by science then religion. Religion don't save lifes, science do.

 

Fire is a weapon. Electricity is a weapon. We shouldn't regulate what's useful. We should regulate those who misuse it.

 

To use a current issue.

 

You don't jail the girl for wearing slutty clothes. You arrest the rapist because he/she raped someone.

 

Edit because women can rape people.

 

Question, what do you think of that Westboro Baptist Church?

They say they are gods only real Christians and everyone else will go to hell. Why are they wrong?

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We don't want to know that because it's pointless (to this argument). Science can explain your situation, given enough information. It's not hard. Hell, given enough information, I could tell you why you survived. Basic physics.

 

Faith had nothing to do with it. I'll let you have your faith for comfort. But please don't try to make it legitimate in any form.

 

Just because you don't have the answers, doesn't mean there aren't any. And it doesn't mean you can make up an answer, without any evidence. Just because you said a prayer, doesn't mean that saved you. I presume that God just doesn't want to help the other Christians who crash (even when they pray)?

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Question, what do you think of that Westboro Baptist Church? They say they are gods only real Christians and everyone else will go to hell. Why are they wrong?

They say they are Gods, because that's something that's in the Bible (may I remind you that they take everything literally).

 

The rest is because they're bigots.

 

They're wrong because they misuse the Bible for their own agendas.

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They say they are Gods, because that's something that's in the Bible (may I remind you that they take everything literally).

 

The rest is because they're bigots.

 

They're wrong because they misuse the Bible for their own agendas.

 

Back from the store xP

 

They don't say they are gods? *Checks latest post of mine*

Oh, what the hell was i trying to say? Oh well.

They say that they are the only real christians out there and that everyone else will go to hell.

 

May i ask, are you christian?

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Faith had nothing to do with it. I'll let you have your faith for comfort. But please don't try to make it legitimate in any form.

 

Again with those absolutes :/. You shouldn't make assumptions guy!

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Again with those absolutes :/. You shouldn't make assumptions guy!

 

Nothing is absolute. Absolutely nothing. But we have to round things off. Otherwise, everytime we say anything, we have to say "Oh, I'll may or may not see you" or if you're going to close the door "I may or may not be able to close the door". We have to round things off, and the probability of "faith" affecting his chance of survival (beyond hope) is negligible.

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Nothing is absolute. Absolutely nothing. But we have to round things off. Otherwise, everytime we say anything, we have to say "Oh, I'll may or may not see you" or if you're going to close the door "I may or may not be able to close the door". We have to round things off, and the probability of "faith" affecting his chance of survival (beyond hope) is negligible.

Whats so wrong with that? Maybe if everyone said stuff like that instead of "I'LL SEE YA T'MOROW" people would take the present a bit more seriously.

 

And among us is in the position to draw probabilities about faith? Hmm? ahh? ahh...

 

Anyway... I wonder what controversial blog I should write today lol

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