Lars

Belle Rose wrote:
@davis the reason your examples from the Bible (or similar to it) just don’t cut it for me is because I KNOW you don’t believe in the Bible. So why even use that as an example if you don’t believe it? It doesn’t add anything to my knowledge of what you would accept because you already don’t accept it.

That is a package of redicu…[Read more]

@Belle. Finally…my aswers are noT clichés. Some of them are things that the bible literally claimed happened. They represent characteristics of the God who we’ve read about from cover to cover. Some of the other examples i gave mirror claims that Christians almost everywhere throughout all of Christiandom claim have happened. Well…lets see th…[Read more]

Belle. What kind of evidence would you expect before you accepted that all supernatural events (creation, resurrection, epic events, voices in your head, reincarnation, things appearing and disappearing, things that break the laws of nature) are generated from cosmic-bodies-consciousness…that is, the minds of all stars and planets…which…[Read more]

Your God is a very incredible entity. It breaks the laws of nature. It has very specific qualities and does things in a very specific way. It does certain insanely cosmic things. It does things that thousands of humans experience.

Okay…let’s see some incredible thing that breaks the laws of nature, is experienced by thousands of people, has…[Read more]

Unseen wrote:
Okay, I’ve explained the terrible abuses promoted by religion. What are the terrible abuses promoted by atheists like Dawkins, Harris, et al?

+1 unseen! I hope it is answered.

Belle Rose wrote:@Reg

Have you still not been able to work out what we mean by evidence? Why is it such a problem for you?

Because no one including you has answered my question. What evidence would convince you?

Belle…this fibbing of yours over us not telling you “what kind of evidence do you need” bullshit is becoming a neural-psychosis.…[Read more]

So many of our members reached atheism via ‘fire and brimstone’ – their stories always touch my heart.  I don’t know whether it might have been different for you if you’d been with gentle Christians- and as long as you have found a worldview that suits you, I’m happy for you.

The major thing I like about the atheist communities, is they don’t go…[Read more]

Guilt-driven death cult.  I like it.

Dang, what an upbringing!  I can’t imagine what itt must have been like to plunge into 20th century America’s schooling system without knowing about their religion.  Up until then, how did your parents handle Christmas and Easter?

Physter I don’t think I can imagine what it was like to come from a fundamentalist background and arrive at atheism.  Did things just drift away from reality for you, or was there a radical awakening?

I had categorized God and Santa together, and angels were grown up fairies when I was a child.  When I stopped believing, I stopped believing in a…[Read more]

@bellerose Atheists just want to look like they have elite knowledge?  Wow that’s a weird position to take!  Is that really how you view all atheists?  That’s a bit tragic really.  When you thought you were an atheist, did that make you feel you had elite superiority?

Personally, I think all the god stuff is just bum fluff – I don’t think of it…[Read more]

Oddly, I think fear has a lot to do with the levels of religiosity any community might display.  If you are in America, your first fear is that your health will not be protected.  Many Americans live one accident/illness away from bankruptcy- an insidious fear that permeates everything and having a pal in authority, or praying to a god if you p…[Read more]

Hey Belle, you can cuss if it helps, we don’t redact text.  obviously there needs to be a point in whatever you’re saying, but the odd expletive shouldn’t traumatize any members.

Blasphemy isn’t an atheist problem either 🙂

(personally, I think “Jesus fucking Christ” covers everything beautifully)

Its hard, with a label like “humanist” for anyone to claim they are against it!  Anyone human, that is.  Other than those who seriously believe in social superiority by birthright (racists, bigots, homophobes etc) pretty much everyone would agree on the humanist philosophy.  The discord arises when they fail to bridge the gap between philosophy and action.

When I find out where Unseen is hidden, I’m going to put an inflatable rhino in his closet.

Youd better believe I’m serious!

@Simonpayton you mean because Belle now feels she has a personal relationship with the Creator of the Universe, she can ask him?  She has stated on more than one occasion that she doesn’t subscribe to the normal earthly religions.