Yes, and on the seventh day an omnipotent being required rest. And on this day all of humankind shall rest, otherwise on Monday you and the rest of the townsfolk are allowed to stone them to death.
I wonder if they’d stone somebody for stoning somebody on a Sunday? XD
Church on Sunday…
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So yes, probably.
Why Sunday? Why not Saturday? Or Friday?
That’s it. We can’t work any day that ends in the letter Y. So saith the Lord!
Basically means that the priest and organist aren’t giving a fuck about the rule.
So say we all
Why are you an Atheist, and not an Agnostic or Apathist? What makes you 100% sure there’s no God?
And do note that I use the term “God” very loosely here. With “God”, I mean an entity that jump started it all and was later used as an example for all kinds of religions. But I don’t mean the actual teachings of certain religions about God(s).
Because there’s no such thing as god or gods or anything supernatural, and the sooner people get this through that thick skull of theirs, the better off we’ll all be.
You don’t know that, I don’t know that, nobody knows that.
I for one don’t give a shit whether there’s something like a God or not. I’ve lived my life so far without following a certain religion to tell me how to do things. And if someone claims to have proof that there is or isn’t a God, my life won’t change for the slightest bit.
However, I don’t feel stuck-up enough to claim for sure that there is -no- God. There’s no scientific proof against a God. All science has, is the advantage of explaing a lot of things that were normally claimed to be God’s work. But you still don’t know for sure that there isn’t some entiry that jump started it all. It might not be God like Christians want him to be, or Muslims, or Jews. But there might be a “God”.
But again, I don’t really care whether there is one or not. Was just curious to see why Atheists claim that there isn’t a God (it’s as interesting as Christians claiming there is one… But I find both groups equally stuckup).
Because you can use that argument for almost anything, and it usually empowers people to do great harm to society.
There are many theories about how we all came to be and what our role in all it is, but the scientific theory is the only one that actually bothers to try and prove it’s point, instead of just believing what someone says willy nilly and then forcing it down our throats.
Is it perfect? No! Is it complete? No! But it’s the best we’ve got and it’ll only get better. At least we’re not afraid to ask tough questions and disregard a particular notion (no matter how deep rooted it may be) if it proves to be lacking in proof.
Russell’s teapot is a similar notion to the flying spaghetti monster, and it just shows how easy it is to believe in something just because there isn’t conclusive evidence that it doesn’t exist.
You could believe in everything that can’t be disproved, but personally I’d rather stick with believing in the few things that can be sufficiently proven.
What convinced me is the idea that the emergence of the idea of a higher power or entity can be completely explained by man’s development of biological and psychological functions and processes.
That and the fact that there are so many fundamentally different religions, many of which have died out completely, really shows, to me, that any sort of religion or “belief” is completely arbitrary and just as plausible as fairies.
And I don’t see how not believing in a god makes anyone “stuck up.”
It’s not like I’m telling believers they’re absolutely wrong and they should stop believing. It’s just what I believe.
I could call you stuck up about considering it possible with the same arguments.
We aren’t 100% sure there’s no supernatural deity of any kind. However, since we don’t actively believe in one (theist) then we are non-theists, or atheists.
If there’s a group of people that collects stamps, what do you call everyone that doesn’t collect stamp?
Most (or all) of us are also agnostic atheists…the terms are not mutually exclusive. Atheism refers to belief and agnosticism refers to knowledge. We don’t believe, therefore we’re atheists. We also realize that we cannot know of sure about our belief, so we’re also agnostic. In fact, everyone is an agnostic since no one can know for sure about anything supernatural by definition. Anyone who calls themselves a Gnostic theist is insane.
Now, I’m not agnostic in regards to specific gods, such as the Christian god described in the Bible, for the same reason I know a square circle cannot exist. But I can’t be sure that nothing exists. However, until evidence is presented, I won’t be believing in one, and that makes me an atheist.
I don’t really know of any atheists who are 100% sure that there is no gods. Being an atheist doesn’t necessarily mean you are sure that there isn’t a god, merely that you don’t believe there is one, and live your life on the assumption that there isn’t.
Take the instance of fairies. We can’t scientifically prove that fairies don’t exist, and it’s possible that they could. But that doesn’t mean we should not make a judgement as to whether we believe in them or not.
Also, for the record, there’s nothing stopping you from being an agnostic and an atheist at the same time. Agnosticism deals with knowledge , and atheism deals with belief. I and all the atheists I know would be agnostic atheists, because we don’t claim to know that there isn’t a god, we just don’t believe in one as it’s very unlikely. Also, most people who describe themselves as agnostic are technically atheist, but don’t call themselves that due to the misconception that atheism is about “knowing” that no god exists, or the social stigma that the word carries.
EDIT: :ninja:
As someone who wishes to make the transition to a posthuman state, I find the idea of becoming a being similar to the human definition of a demi god or full out god to be utterly fascinating.
I don’t believe there is a set number of criteria for specifically defining a god, so obviously the short answer is no, but creating life is certainly among the qualifications of a ‘god-like’ being.
Could god-like beings exist? Of course. Any sufficiently advanced sentient being could appear like a god to us. If we were to travel back in time and drive up to someone in the middle ages in our big suv and blast the epic tunes at them, they would probably mistake us for gods (or witches) :fffuuu:.
If a sentient being came to control the quantum fabric of our reality at will through some as of yet unknown processes, that being could theoretically make anything they wished happen at any time. Or at least lots of cool shit we would think of as magic.
As we as humans “grow up” and define the borders and laws of our reality, we use our imagination to go beyond those limits and this results in a couple things: First, we think that gods must already exist, as if they are possible in our imagination, why wouldn’t they exist somewhere in the universe? (flawed logic, but you can never accuse humans of being 100% objective in their assertions) Second, it helps us to imagine ourselves doing things that previously were thought impossible, leading to the exponential growth of technology.
My personal ‘conviction’, if you could call it that, is that humans are themselves destined to be god-like beings. We have already granted ourselves many traditionally godlike powers, including talking to someone thousands of miles away in an instant, bringing someone back from the dead, and flying in a chair in the sky. Who says we wont grant ourselves more?
This is why I laugh when I hear someone accuse another for attempting to ‘play god’. Of course they are! Its human nature!
'nuff said.
^ Belongs in the “Ask a Pastafarian” thread. 
Related to my previous post, depending on what science reveals to us in the next few centuries, the statistical probability of a being that we would consider to be “god-like” existing somewhere in the universe could be extremely high.
But yes, I am follow the same creed. Specific gods, as defined by humans, are a complete fallacy. Any fiction writer can develop a mythology and religion comparable in complexity to any of the major religions given a months time and microsoft word (see Scientology). Humans are creative and devious, and more than capable of inventing every single god/mythos ever spoken about or worshipped in the history of our species.
It was a very nice answer but your pompous demeanor and your ineptitude with relgion’s belief that “God” created the heavens in seven days shows your lack of intelligence…sad.
This thread is interesting. I have a few questions for an Atheist:
Do you think its okay for someone to believe in God and consider themselves to be intellectual or logical?
Do you respect Christians who don’t go parading around flaunting their beliefs as truth and think that they could be on the same tier as you and not be any less of an individual socially or intellectually?
Because I am a baptized Catholic, and while I don’t believe in many of the policies that the religion entails, I do believe in God and agree with many of the Catholic views on social issues such as abortion, human dignity and all that jazz, but I do have Atheist friends who seem to belittle me just for having a belief in God, and its extremely annoying.