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- omnithought, on 06/02/2008, -87/+728Aside from god being an atheist, Dawkins probably has the best description I know of:
"The God of the Old Testament is arguably the most unpleasant character in all fiction: jealous and proud of it; a petty, unjust, unforgiving control-freak; a vindictive, bloodthirsty ethnic cleanser; a misogynistic, homophobic, racist, infanticidal, genocidal, filicidal, pestilential, megalomaniacal, sadomasochistic, capriciously malevolent bully."
....and if you don't believe him...read your Bible! - chewbacca77, on 06/02/2008, -80/+620That doesn't quite make sense because God doesn't have to have faith in himself...
- rhbama13, on 06/02/2008, -28/+320Are you saying God is Emo
- diskit, on 06/02/2008, -54/+266Debating over religion is like arguing who has the best imaginary friend.
- inactive, on 06/02/2008, -42/+193Time for some midget porn!
- bmystry, on 06/02/2008, -14/+158Yea but in part 2 he's a really cool guy.
- inactive, on 06/02/2008, -8/+146Well does that not seem like a likely creator when you look at the world?
- Starshope, on 06/02/2008, -11/+139That felt very Douglas Adam's like.
- exp3000, on 06/02/2008, -26/+145Interesting. Well, if atheism is good enough for god, its good enough for me.
- WestonP, on 06/02/2008, -75/+194I see that it's time for Digg's daily preachings from the evangelical atheists.
The funniest thing is that the message of the anti-religious extremists is the same as that of the religious extremists... "we're right, and everyone else is wrong and stupid, but we have no hard evidence to support our views". Both extremes are equally intolerant, arrogant, close minded, and unsupported by our current understanding of science. Arguing about it isn't going to change anything; it will just breed hostility between the two groups.
As a reasonable and open-minded person, neither extreme appeals to me. Fortunately, most religion has very little in common with the views of the "religious" extremists that you see in the media. And like many people, I do have my own actual reasons to believe in something, not just a blind "hope" that something is out there. - Syugo, on 06/02/2008, -3/+95I like how you capitalized the E in Emo, as if they were a ethnicity.
- Slimem88, on 06/02/2008, -5/+69Let's show some love to Shannon for his TMCM. http://www.tmcm.com/ Instead of just linking to a separate site. I'm sure he'd appreciate it. :)
- Comus, on 06/02/2008, -35/+94Remember, it is just a CARTOON. Good for a laugh? If it fits your taste. For deep philosophical thought? Not so much.
I happen to not believe in atheists. Or God for that matter. - jjensenii, on 06/02/2008, -9/+65Cue the ridiculous atheist/theist flamefest. Have fun guys.
- Kreigster, on 06/02/2008, -5/+59My God has a bigger dick than your God's.
- bushout, on 06/02/2008, -2/+53Several focus groups and surveys after the original "The Bible" indicated that God was skewing too far towards evil - the execs realised they needed a softer, kinder God with less bile, more love and also decided to rastify him by 10%.
- borez, on 06/02/2008, -22/+71Maybe God's Agnostic?
/a joke - adent1066, on 06/02/2008, -7/+55Was much funnier when I read it in Hitchhiker's guide to the Galaxy back in the 1980s.
“Now it is such a bizarrely improbable coincidence that anything so mind boggglingly useful (as a babelfish) could have evolved purely by chance that some thinkers have chosen to see it as the final and clinching proof of the non-existence of God.
The argument goes something like this: `I refuse to prove that I exist,' says God, `for proof denies faith, and without faith I am nothing.'
`But,' says Man, `The Babel fish is a dead giveaway, isn't it? It could not have evolved by chance. It proves you exist, and so therefore, by your own arguments, you don't. QED.'
`Oh dear,' says God, `I hadn't thought of that,' and promptly vanished in a puff of logic.
`Oh, that was easy,' says Man, and for an encore goes on to prove that black is white and gets
himself killed on the next zebra crossing.” - NoCt1, on 06/02/2008, -2/+44eh.. I tend to be more for the You do whatever the hell you want. As long as you dont impose on me im cool with it. You can pray to whatever you want. Just dont impose onto others.
- AtheismFTW, on 06/02/2008, -3/+45"Would I be a bad messiah with my low self esteem? If I don't believe in myself would that be blasphemy?"
- ezran, on 06/02/2008, -4/+43What's wrong with God believing in God?
It's called self-confidence :) - directedition, on 06/02/2008, -3/+42Indeed. It's faith for us because his existence can't be proved or disproved.
Schroedinger's cat knows full well if it's still alive. - Buddhaismybuddy, on 06/02/2008, -19/+57This comic is stupid.
"faith is "belief in things that aren't based in fact""
um....actually, from the American heritage dictionary:
faith is "Confident belief in the truth, value, or trustworthiness of a person, idea, or thing."
This comic is almost just as bad as a lot of the evangelical propaganda *****. - ConceptualTrap, on 06/02/2008, -15/+53The thing is that not all definitions of atheism hinge on the proof that there IS no God. Simply, that a lack of proof of his existence provides no reason to believe in God.
Or, to put it another way.
Have you ever seen a chimp expound the teachings of Socrates, using a British accent?
For all intents and purposes, most people can accept that such a thing doesn't exist. What I don't understand is that those same people will defend a belief in God, which when you get right down to it, has about as much evidence to support his existence as does the philosophical monkey. - Murple, on 06/02/2008, -7/+44True faith requires some lack of certainty, otherwise it would be completely meaningless. Saying that I have faith the the sun will rise tomorrow is less powerful than saying that I have faith in god. There is a difference between having reasons to believe in something and having reasons to know something. People do believe in things for which some people see no evidence. That may make their argument for truth weaker, but it makes their faith stronger.
- diceau, on 06/02/2008, -6/+37I'm an Atheist but that was lame, and buried as such.
- LastVisibleDog, on 06/02/2008, -0/+29Well put - profound in its brevity
- bigbadgoat, on 06/02/2008, -1/+28What a ***** fallacy.
"God exists because there's no proof he isn't."
Give me a ***** break. It doesn't work that way.
I could just as easily say God told me to order you to send half your income for the next 20 years to me or else, regardless of your actions for the rest of your life you're going to hell for eternity. I mean, who are you to refute God? Prove he never told me that, prove that if you don't send me half your income, you're not going to hell. - booyadude, on 06/02/2008, -17/+441. GRAMMAR
2. wait...what, you don't believe in people who won't believe in god? WTF - billwild, on 06/02/2008, -4/+31"but no one truly believes in something with no proof, no evidence of any kind."
Oh really? Show me proof of a god then 'cause there are a hell of a lo of people who say they believe in god. - ICSU, on 06/02/2008, -1/+28If by battle you mean presentation of logical and rational arguments and skepticism towards *****, then yes.
- suckaPU, on 06/02/2008, -8/+34so god knows he doesn't exist?
- babydick, on 06/02/2008, -10/+36
- twishart, on 06/02/2008, -0/+25Just like the Terminator Movies
- Pigeon, on 06/02/2008, -5/+30How about:
'If you're an educated person and still not open to Unicorns, FAIL'.
'If you're an educated person and still not open to our alien leaders who grow humanity as an experiment, FAIL'.
'If you're an educated person and still not open to Magic, FAIL'.
See how stupid it sounds now? - Comus, on 06/02/2008, -3/+27I am sorry if commenting in a conversational manner is not to your liking. When did "WTF" become grammatically proper by the way?
And, additionally, can I be a little quirky just for my own amusement? Perhaps I am an "atheist" who has a few qualms with the way that label is used to identify me? - ICSU, on 06/02/2008, -2/+26Which one?
- omnithought, on 06/02/2008, -6/+29When you have an explanation, you let us know. So far no one does, and anyone who claims to is lying.
- NSResponder, on 06/02/2008, -7/+30Nope. In part two, you get to burn in hell for all eternity if you don't do what he says.
-jcr - Lanlost, on 06/02/2008, -0/+23"I'll be back.." - Jesus
- Atomic05, on 06/02/2008, -1/+24Ahem. *clears throat*
The argument goes something like this: "I refuse to prove that I exist," says God, "for proof denies faith, and without faith I am nothing."
"But," says man, "the Babel Fish is a dead giveaway isn't it? It could not have evolved by chance. It proves you exist, and so therefore, by your own arguments, you don't. QED."
"Oh dear," says God, "I hadn't thought of that," and promptly disappears in a puff of logic.
"Oh, that was easy," says man, and for an encore goes on to prove that black is white and gets himself killed on the next zebra crossing. - oneoverzero, on 06/02/2008, -4/+26I believe that there is a beautifully ornate china teapot orbiting Mars right now.
- macaddct1984, on 06/02/2008, -2/+24But the thing is, saying "I have faith in the Christian God" and "I have faith that the Sun won't rise tomorrow" are both equally ungrounded statements.
If I said I have faith that the Flying Spaghetti Monster exists, people would think I'm pretty stupid. I fail to see a difference. - poopoo, on 06/02/2008, -0/+21The Babel fish is proof in itself that god exists.
- cesclaveria, on 06/02/2008, -0/+2142 was the answer, not the question.
- Ghiren, on 06/02/2008, -2/+23The problem with that battle is that everyone thinks that they're on the winning side. I'm just glad to be on the side that's based on thought.
- inactive, on 06/02/2008, -0/+20Don't defend your grammar. I found 5 grammatical errors in booyadude's comment.
- lived666, on 06/02/2008, -2/+22"What concrete or compelling evidence is there for no God?"
What concrete or compelling evidence is there for no unicorns, leprechauns or no Flying Spaghetti monster? - rjc5056, on 06/02/2008, -0/+20You're equating true faith to be inherently positive which, I would imagine, comes from a personal bias and hints at logical fallacy. I get that you would want to be proud of your faith based on groundwork you just laid for it, but from my (an atheistic) standpoint, you've just likened your own tenacious belief to that of the gambler putting everything on Horse X because in his words he's just a "sure thing."
Please note, I never insulted you here and I would appreciate a reply (if you choose to leave one) of equal respect. -
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