Reg the Fronkey Farmer

Exodus 20:3 Thou shalt have no other gods before me.

Why would a monotheistic god say that? I mean did “He” know of other gods? Just two verse later He states that he is “a jealous God”. Who is He jealous of? Why, if He is the only god, would He be jealous of anything that He created?

I can only conclude that He must know of other gods and tha…[Read more]

I might still have doubts that standard atheism is true.

Simon, there is no “standard atheism”.  We atheists hold no degree of belief in any god existing. People either believe or they don’t. Our doubts or uncertainty about any belief we do hold can vary in intensity at any particular moment but this is not true of a position of disbelief,…[Read more]

Simon Paynton wrote:

We have to remember, nobody can prove whether or not God exists, either way. So in a sense, the two positions are equivalent.

Simon, that is exactly the misunderstanding that befalls theists.They think it is a 50/50 situation. It is why intellectually bankrupt ideas like “Pascal’s Wager” still persist. Basically it states…

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..and to think if they were to “tithe” 10% of what they saved on property tax they would be able to pay compensation to some of their child abuse victims. Yep, they are most definitely a religion.

Unseen wrote:

By declaring themselves JW’s, they are self-declaring themselves religious.

I would think so too but they don’t. They seem to think that they have found some deep Biblical truths that “religions” have not found. This is what makes them different. They are somehow special in their gods’ eyes and because of this “knowledge” they are a…

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The Jehovah Witnesses seem to have the line “I am not religious but I do have a personal relationship with Jesus” as a standard reply when you tell them you are not religious. I usually reply “So several million people with exactly the same beliefs about God are not members of a religion? Maybe you are all just members of the same cult then?

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I have friends called Mary and Joseph. They are both atheists. I tried my best to convince them to call their first born son “Jesus”, especially as he was “unexpected” (I still blame the Holy Spirit). I told them I would buy them a donkey sanctuary if they did as Mary is a vet. Anyway, Paul is almost 10 now 🙁

However, maybe the religious are saying that it’s a world view, which is true.

It absolutely is not a worldview. Not believing in Bigfoot is not a worldview. Religious worldviews are created upon supernatural objective beliefs while atheists tend to create their worldview based upon an understanding of the natural world.

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It is when theists say “I am not religious, I just have a personal relationship with Jesus” that the fun starts.