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- hello2usir, on 03/06/2008, -66/+627"Is God willing to prevent evil, but not able? Then he is not omnipotent.
Is he able, but not willing? Then he is malevolent.
Is he both able, and willing? Then whence cometh evil?
Is he neither able nor willing? Then why call him God?"
- Epicurus - inactive, on 03/06/2008, -31/+370Atheism - Don't do dumb ***** religious people do to each other... in the men's room?
There is a subliminal message in that image. - SHv2, on 03/06/2008, -36/+300Thank god for atheism...
- FutureisDubious, on 04/04/2008, -12/+265Everybody shut up and go outside
- fictionalOne, on 03/06/2008, -14/+223Yeah, those stupid PHd's. If it wasn't for them, "questioning" things, the sun would still be revolving around our flat earth.
- inactive, on 03/06/2008, -45/+212Actually, one of the main reasons I denounced my Christian faith is because I can't find one single shred of evidence for the Jesus of the Bible. Not one artifact or eyewitness account. Not even in the Bible
After confronting a few Church members with this new knowledge for lack of evidence, it became painfully obvious that these people seems to have NO interest whatsoever in scientific debate. It seems all they care about is re-affirming their superstitious beliefs of disturbing stories of hell and damnation and devils and eternal suffering and ramming them down the throats of unsuspecting children.
I'd be happy to be proven wrong about this. But so far I haven't been. - geomon, on 03/06/2008, -3/+156"Atheists, I just want to say don't go crying to God when you're burning in hell."
I don't believe in hell. No problem. - JigoroKano, on 03/06/2008, -10/+130I'd rather have my head firmly *grounded* in reality.
There is no real research to be done. There is no reason to believe in Zeus or Yahweh any more than the Flying Spaghetti Monster. They are mythical characters that exist solely within the confines of books and the minds of believers. There is no evidence to the contrary. There is no objective criteria that could select Yahweh as real and Zeus as not. - inactive, on 03/06/2008, -50/+166LMAO! Awesome. I'm going to print that out and hang it up.
- ColonelJessup, on 03/06/2008, -23/+128How about "Live and let live"? What I mean is that many athiests I encounter are intensely condescending, and think that since they don't believe in a "silly little man in the sky", that they are somehow BETTER than anyone who does. If you don't like people trying to shove religion down your throat, then why turn around and shove non-religion down everyone else's throat? I don't believe in god, or religion, but I sure as hell don't think I am better than anyone who does. Live and let live, tha'ts the golden rule.
Stop being just like vegans. Why do they have a disgusting "holier than thou" attitude, and why take it so far? I know not all athiests and vegans behave this way, but why do the most vocal ones act like they are among the most inteligent people on Earth?
I think people should find religion their own way. But your faith, or non-faith, should never be a barometer of how much better you are than someone else. Stop with the condescending shenanigans. Life is too short to be worrying about everyone else. Go about your own life, your own way, and stop caring so much about what your neighbor is doing. - minnymoo, on 03/06/2008, -4/+99you forgot the "/sarcasm," right?
- hello2usir, on 03/06/2008, -6/+94It's sort of frightening to know that the only thing that's keeping you from being a pedophile serial killer rapist is a fictional book of fables.
- Darkhacker, on 03/06/2008, -6/+93Let me fix that for you...
Christians, I just want to say don't go crying to Allah when you're burning in hell. forever. And us Islamic people will be hanging out with Mohammad and will be happy. forever.
Do you get my point? Christianity isn't the only religion. There are just as many people who think you are wrong too. (note: I'm not Muslim, that was just an example) - 0ddity, on 03/06/2008, -2/+87Surefire way to become an atheist:
read the bible.
Start with Deuteronomy and Joshua. Absolutely barbaric. - makkaveli19, on 03/06/2008, -1/+81it's funny how you said religious people and then jesus. as only christians will go to heaven. but wait, that's what you believe right?
- johnsaulrubio, on 03/06/2008, -3/+79"don't do any research or digging or questioning into any sort of religion for yourself"
I did. On a lot of of separate sets of beliefs, including several sects of christianity. And yes, I read their books too. I did this when I was questioning my own faith. None of them contained any more sense than the other. They're all barking mad. - Rezzy, on 03/06/2008, -22/+93I think the Golden Rule is more along the lines of keep thy religion (or lack thereof) to thyself!
- makkaveli19, on 03/06/2008, -3/+69funny that you mention slavery as if it wasn't the religious south with slaves....
- miseleigh, on 03/06/2008, -1/+65My backup plan when I die is... oh, wait. I'll be dead.
- ApokalypseNow, on 03/06/2008, -2/+65You forget, atheism is non-prophet.
- latova, on 03/06/2008, -0/+63And... because you believe in it, it exists?
- chez17, on 03/06/2008, -0/+61Believe it or not, I created that image. It was a response to another image that showed 13 different religions interpretations of the golden rule. I photoshoped that one to create the one you see here. The image of the man comes in the standard set of shapes in Photoshop. I'm not that artistic and I couldn't create my own, so I picked the shape of a human. I didn't realize until afterwards that it was the men's room symbol. I think it makes the image funnier to be honest.
- 10goto10, on 03/06/2008, -0/+61I hope there is a God. And I hope it turns out some obscure, strange voodoo-God worshipped only by one single little tribe, deep in the Amazon jungle, and no-one of the outside world has ever heard of him.
Every day, thousands of people in the western world die, expecting to see a bearded old white guy sitting on a cloud, welcoming them to a heaven which exactly fits the image they had in their head. Would they be dissapointed if instead they're greeted by a tree with a lion's head, seven arms holding the Holy Blowpipes Of Hunting Beasts and an army of a thousand screaming monkeys behind it, ready to carve the sacred symbols of Eternal One-ness With Nature in their chest with a sharpened bone of the Elephant Of Afterlife? And for now on, they will aways hit any antilope with their spears and are immune to venomous spiders for all eternity?
I think heaven would pretty much suck for most of us if that was the case. - tidu, on 03/06/2008, -4/+54Description kinda ruined it
- geomon, on 03/06/2008, -2/+50"This is, of course, the sin that Satan tempted Eve with way back in the beginning."
We, of course, don't share that view so continues to be irrelevant. - geomon, on 03/06/2008, -5/+51"Yeah, but its nice to have a backup plan when you die"
Okay, I'll bite. What if your wrong and Christianity is the wrong religion?
What's your backup plan? - avgbody, on 03/06/2008, -6/+50Unlike religious people who need the bible to tell them how they should think and feel toward others, Athiest look toward ethics. We try to put ourself in the other person's shoes and see his/her point of view. We try not to be judgemental, until we have the facts first. If athism was stronger back during the founding fathers, I'm sure that slavery would have not exisited, since athiest believe that every man's life is special and he/she deserves a right to presude the "American Dream".
Now lets face it, if the radical muslims didn't share this same view that many conservative evanglist christians have, the world would be a better safer place and their would be no Jihad or Infadel belief. - slabdigger, on 03/06/2008, -1/+44"[Slavery] was established by decree of Almighty God...it is sanctioned in the Bible, in both Testaments, from Genesis to Revelation...it has existed in all ages, has been found among the people of the highest civilization, and in nations of the highest proficiency in the arts." Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederate States of America.
- TheHamBeast, on 03/06/2008, -26/+67Buried, for arrogance. (Isn't that a fault of the religious?)
- SHv2, on 03/06/2008, -19/+59I recommend the book "The Gospel of the Flying Spaghetti Monster" by The Flying Spaghetti Monster as a starting point. While I haven't read anything attempting to disprove what he says, the book makes a convincing argument. Anyways, it's worth a look.
- inactive, on 03/06/2008, -1/+41ramen, brother. ramen
- Darkhacker, on 03/06/2008, -2/+40What's even more frightening is that many of those pedophile serial killer rapists use their fictional book of fables as justification for these actions.
- iucraigmc, on 03/06/2008, -9/+46I am religous... and I treat others with respect, even those who do not share my beliefs. I suppose this message is rather self-defining.
- hello2usir, on 03/06/2008, -6/+42Hanging out with Jesus for eternity sounds like torture to me. Are you sure you know which way is up and which way is down?
- orangeLemon, on 03/06/2008, -1/+37How dare you insult the Flying Spaghetti Monster! For your sins you shall burn forever in a lake of pasta.
- inactive, on 03/06/2008, -14/+49We need a "Messiah" for this atheist movement!
Oh..... - inactive, on 03/06/2008, -21/+56Believing in science doesn't mean discrediting religion.
Where did the spark come from? - avgbody, on 03/06/2008, -3/+38If you want to spend a lot of your time and money fake believing in something, then go ahead. While you're at it, start believing in other crazy 5-year old ideas like Santa Claus, Tooth Fairy, and Stepping on a crack will break your mother's back.
- Snakekiller, on 03/06/2008, -13/+46If I'm allowed to generalise too, then this poster should just say "Don't do anything."
In my area, there are Christians and these guys do entertainment for old people, give food and provide shelter to homeless people, and often times put on activities for kids in the summer to help the children whose parents just throw them on the street. They are trying to make a difference, and not once do they force people to listen to their preachings or anything. They believe it's all through their actions.
Meanwhile there is a rather locally infamous group of atheists who terrify the kids at the gate causing them to go back to the street, break the windows and throw rubbish at homeless. Can I judge all atheists like this? Because I know at the end of this life, regardless of where I believe I'm going, I'd rather hang around with those Christian guys.
I'm sure that atheist "gang" are taking a break from bullying on Facebook to Digg Up this poster. - Daz3, on 03/06/2008, -26/+59Theists will claim that evil is a product of our freewill, but cannot account for natural disasters; nor can they account for the fact that God could have created beings that would have freewill and yet not make evil decisions. They also can not answer the fact that even if evil is a byproduct of human freewill, God must have created us knowing that we would commit evil and therefore god, essentially, created evil knowingly.
Either he is not omnipotent - could not create beings with freewill that would not do evil.
Not omniscient - created beings knowing nothing about the consequences.
Not omnibenevolent - knowingly created beings that would make evil decisions.
Your argument, beautifully concise, has stood the test of time and still stands as the defining proof of the non-existence of God. - Hangly, on 03/06/2008, -2/+32I get why you dislike Christianity. Most of the Bible is ***** brutal.
How can you dislike Jesus though, seriously? I'm not religious at all, and I thought he was pretty badass. Every time he opens his mouth he totally owns somebody. - 0ddity, on 03/06/2008, -0/+27FSM isn't a Dawkins construct. True he does use it, but he also uses the Teapot argument, does that make it less valid?
- dasbush, on 03/06/2008, -10/+37It seems to me that the atheists greatest problem with religion is that we, the religious, are all terrible examples of it. I'm humbled by this and apologize for all of Christianity's errors in living our faith in the past, the present, and the inevitable future. Please forgive us.
- GeekyGerge, on 03/06/2008, -0/+26Wait... Santa isn't real???
- inactive, on 03/06/2008, -0/+25Gullibility:
The term gullibility refers to the state of being easily deceived. Someone who fits into this category is said to be gullible. There are several causes of gullibility. The person may be naive, have some form of learning difficulty or may display gullibility as a result of wishful thinking. - Daz3, on 03/06/2008, -2/+26It is natural human behavior to be ethical and empathetic, we have evolved these traits as they are essential to survival in a species that lives as a society.
Look at ants, I am fairly certain ants do not believe in the Christian God or follow the Christian code of conduct; yet ants show an amazingly high level of selfless co-operation. Traits like empathy, co-operation and the golden rule are naturally occurring phenomena - had we not evolved these traits it is likely that we would not have survived as long as we have.
If you feel like the only thing that is holding you to a moral code is a fictional book written 2000 years ago perhaps you should seek psychiatric help, seriously; the lack of a natural code of ethics is a classic sign of someone who is psychopathic. - BrewBeau, on 03/06/2008, -0/+23There's this guy who has a degree in Truthology from Christian Tech who says evolution is a hoax.
- JoeVet, on 03/06/2008, -0/+23I have no plan for dying, just a plan for living.
- bigbadgoat, on 03/06/2008, -7/+29No, there are references to "Christ" or "Christus" which means something along the lines of "prophet", or "enlightened" in ancient times, which could be anyone.
And then there's the Book of Jospehus, which is a forgery.
So, whats your historical references to a guy named "Jesus Christ" or whatever his name would be in Greek, or Latin, or Aramaic?. - inactive, on 03/06/2008, -2/+24There are many vocal idiots on both sides of the fence.
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