CosmicHooves

I'm conflicted over a gift I got for Christmas.

It's not really what I wanted, but at the same time, I don't exactly feel entitled to say I don't like or am not satisfied with the gift since my parents did spend allot of money on it.

And they keep asking me if I like my gift and I keep saying yes.

Not sure what to do.

There's more where that came from.

I have an entire arsenal of cute anime gifs I'm willing to rain down upon you kawaii amateurs!

Whatever form of atheism leads to "I can't see him so he obviously doesn't exist and that's as far as I need to think about it".

The agnostic atheist position is to see no solid reason to believe in a god.

It's looking at the natural universe and failing to believe in the claim that there is a god.

Only a gnostic atheist would make the claim that there is no god.

Gnosticism is what is limiting because it makes claims about things that can't be possibly or aren't yet known to science.

To say that their is god is just as limiting as saying there isn't one.

I don't make claims, I'm an agnostic.

Banned for being a brony.

Banned for being smexy.

Banned cause the quote is my signature.

Agnostic atheist, but I prefer the term agnostic to describe myself.
 

Personally I think atheism is the easy way out though

What kind of atheism?
Gnostic or agnostic atheism?
Cause there's a huge difference between claiming that god doesn't exists and failing to believe in his existence.

God, almost by definition, defies the science of man.

Yes, isn't that convenient how god somehow defies the scientific method by not being observable?
Not to come off as snarky, but I've heard this plenty of times before and it still doesn't make sense to me.
The science of man is just science.
And science is based on the observation of the natural universe.
If god is outside the natural universe then that would mean he's unnatural.
And unnatural is another way of saying something doesn't exist.

Both of you are banned for not having a flashy signature like mine.

Both of you are banned because I said so.

Banned for being banned.

Banned for using abbreviations instead of actual words.

Banned for mouthing back.

Banned for criticizing his post.

I got an idea.

Let's see who can post the cutest pics, gifs, or videos.

I'll start.

lol. Banned for banning me

Banned cause I don't play Pokemon.

Going on vacation to Myrtle Beach with my family.

If you could be the opposite sex for a day, what is the first thing you'd do?

Banned for being a forum member.

Interestingly enough, the song stuck in my head right now is also related to why I changed my profile pic to Hatsune Miku.

lol. the thumbnail look like my avatar.

Yep, I'm hooked on vocaloid...

...seriously I listened to this song like a thousand times already, send help.

I was a pure agnostic for about 3 years starting at 13.

Then at 16 I declared myself an agnostic atheist.

I went through sort of an antitheistic phase at 17 and a quarter of my 18th.

In a month I'll be 19, and I've somewhat changed in my attitude towards certain religious concepts.

One in particular being reincarnation.

I like the idea that you could one day be an underprivileged poverty stricken citizen, then die, and come back as someone who grows up to be an astronaut or someone who contributes to society in some other way.

I don't subscribe to any religion and do still call myself an atheist, but I just like little thought experiments like this.

I'm particularly turned off by any religion that has to threaten it's followers to ensure their faith.

Prime Example: You're going to receive eternal punishment if you don't do *blank*.

It's just as ridiculous as the "Heaven's Gate" crowd who poisoned themselves to board a fictional alien ship because they believed a comet was going to destroy earth.

Heaven's Gate had to threaten it's followers into committing an action to escape an invisible threat.

The same with "born-again" Christianity, where you have to ask God for forgiveness to escape Satan's eternal wrath (which can only conveniently be confirmed after you die; which is the same for Heaven's Gate).

Difference is that Heaven's Gate is a cult and Christianity is a religion.

They both use the same tactics of threatening people to gain followers, so they're really no different in that aspect.

The primary reason why I don't take too kindly to any religion that threatens eternal damnation is the improbability of it all.

If you're incorrect, who's hell are you going to?

Some ancient religion's hell that is no longer believed by anybody in the modern day?

I see the concept of eternal punishment as more of tool to spread any religion or cult.

In fact, it's the perfect tool to do so.

Think about it.

If I wanted to start a cult or religion (to make money of course), I would throw out the message that if you didn't subscribe to my specific set of beliefs, you'd be eternally damned and tortured without end in the afterlife.

Anybody who hasn't caught onto the pattern yet would have no choice, but to join my cult and encourage their loved ones and friends to do so as well, to save themselves and others from the invisible threat I've made up in my head.

This is why I see any religion like this as particularly unbelievable, and also why I reject allot the world's major religions.

Anyways that's my little slice of thought for why I'm an atheist.

Not trying to start an argument here, but if I'm going to introduce myself on a thread like this, I might as well give my full rational for being who I am.

I sleep in the city streets, so it looks like you're in trouble.

You know I crank the temperature in my house down to 0 to save on heating bill's right?

That and it doesn't seem like your clothes are anywhere in sight.

Have a nice walk home.

Banned cause you're a brony.

It's alright, I sleep naked too.

Now let's snuggle.

This wouldn't be the first time I got screwed over by a moderator.