Here's the problem with Athiests. The athiests i've seen look down towards the people who believe that there is more to life than this shithole called earth.
Would you look down on a grown man that still believed in Santa Claus?
Why is it their business what other people believe in?
Because those beliefs are constantly shoved into their lives. How many laws are still based in Religious fundamentals.
Look at a dollar. Why does it say "In God We Trust"
Politicians need to fake religious beliefs or they will be persecuted, so atheists aren't represented in our government.
It has been made their business.
If they choose not to believe in anything higher than them that's their issue, but don't get on me because i believe/feel/know that this can't be it. You give humans too much credit. You need to accept the fact that everything just can't be explained with science and logic as much as you would like to be able to do so.
Actually it can be explained with science and logic.
The issue is not whether we can explain with science and logic, it's if our current explanations are correct or not.
Belief in God leads to the same dilemma.
Using God as explanation doesn't lend to any more logical, plausible, realistic, persuasive or sound solutions than what science offers, and in reality. probably less.
Bet when your mom gets cancer you're the first mother fucker on the ground talkin bout "oh God please don't let my mom die", the fuck outta here with that.
My dad died of cancer and I said no such thing.
There's nothing wrong with having faith in God.
There is when the symptoms of the belief have proven again and again to be both invasive and destructive.
If it makes someone a better person then who are you to tell them anything different.
If it takes belief in a God to make you a better person, than you probably weren't a very good person to begin with.
"A man's ethical behavior should be based effectually on sympathy, education, and social ties and needs; no religious basis is necessary. Man would indeed be in a poor way if he had to be restrained by fear of punishment and hope of reward after death. "
Yes there are the occasional idiots who declare war in God's name, or that tell people to burn in hell, or act all high and mighty because they're Christians, those are the people who obviously havent read the Bible because God doesnt like a show off.
This leads right back into whats wrong with having faith in God.
Why is God the God from the Bible.
Why doesn't God like to show off.
Who are you tell someone that if they believe God is selfish and like to show off that they are wrong anymore than Atheists who would tell you that you are wrong?
For the record, people such as myself are not saying you are wrong because that would be stupid of me. How could I know you are wrong? Shit you could claim to be Jesus and you could be right. However, I am saying that you may not be right.
So if you dont believe thats fine, but dont try to act like you're smarter or better than me because in truth you're only showing how ignorant and selftish you can really be by not accepting the fact that your mind isnt the only one in the world and everyone is not just like you. Thats goes for Athiests and Christians alike.
If you don't want people to think they are smarter than you, you shouldn't make statements like "God doesn't like to show off" when you have absolutely no evidence to back it up.
I've seen and dealt with things that let me know God is real. You can't tell me what the weather is gonna be next week but you sware you know how the universe was created? Fuck outta here.
That is funny because you seem to claim to know how the universe was created (God) while you wouldn't let others maintain the freedom to do the same.
All im sayin is this, you believe what you wanna believe and ill believe what i wanna believe, when our time comes and we meet our maker, i'll have nothin to worry about. If you dont believe the same, then you'll have nothing to worry about either.
I don't see how you can start off a statement with:
"All im sayin is this, you believe what you wanna believe and ill believe what i wanna believe"
and then follow it directly with:
"when
our time comes and we meet
our maker"
and not see hypocrisy and part of the issue atheists have with those that believe in religion.
BTW I am not an Atheist.
