Why are you an atheist?

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Sapporo's picture
Landon: You are all very

Landon: You are all very foolish. You can't even answer my questions without borrowing from my religion. Also /DO YOUR DAMN RESEARCH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Do you believe it is moral to damn those who don't do their research?

By the way, I recommend you read On the Historicity of Jesus: Why We Might Have Reason for Doubt by Richard C. Carrier

CyberLN's picture
Hey, Landon, I see that your

Hey, Landon, I see that your username is whyareyoudecieved. Have you ever heard “i before e, except after c”?

WhyAreYouDecieved's picture
Yeah, I know, I spelled it

Yeah, I know, I spelled it wrong. Get the fuck over it. No sense beating a dead horse...

Sapporo's picture
It would be more moral than

It would be more moral than beating a live horse, and there's always a demand for glue.

Sheldon's picture
"Get the fuck over it."

"Get the fuck over it."

I could say the same to you about atheists, but profanity really? That's fucking inexcusable.

CyberLN's picture
Ok, that’s it, I’m not

Ok, that’s it, I’m not drinking anymore wine while reading your posts. ;)

Tin-Man's picture
Remember, Cyber, the Third

Remember, Cyber, the Third Commandment of AR reading according to Arakish. The penalty for breaking that commandment can be awfully messy.

arakish's picture
O! but beating a dead horse

O! but beating a dead horse is fun. It is practice to prefect the spanking technique.

rmfr

algebe's picture
I've noticed that some of the

I've noticed that some of the theists who come here have started to describe themselves as former atheists who've seen the light and returned to the flock. I wonder if that's a new tactic taught in apologetics classes. I don't know about others, but I find "reformed atheists" more annoying than dyed-in-the-wool god-botherers.

CyberLN's picture
I typically don’t believe

I typically don’t believe they ever were atheist.

David Killens's picture
Of course he is not. What ex

Of course he is not. What ex-atheist does not know that the definition is for a lack of belief in a god?

The dude has serious anger-management issues, though.

CyberLN's picture
Agreed.

Agreed.

Sheldon's picture
"I typically don’t believe

"I typically don’t believe they ever were atheist."

Well for a start you can't help but notice that no sooner do they proudly assert they have renounced atheism, than they prove unequivocally they don't even know what it means, by asserting it is a claim, a belief, and or a world view.

None too bright some of them, and I am straining diplomacy to it's absolute limits there.

Sapporo's picture
I find that the more complex

I find that the more complex a god a theist argues for, the more they weaken their argument. Bringing up dogma only makes things worse.

Sheldon's picture
I agree, the really smart

I agree, the really smart ones just fix you with a smug knowing grin, and give a derisory shake of the head as if they have nothing but pity for you, then say fuck all. Nothing more annoying in my experience. I'd rather face the Spanish Inquisition to be honest.

Nyarlathotep's picture
You'd think I'd have heard it

You'd think I'd have heard it all by now, but these fundies can still produce new material to laugh at:

Landon - You would also know that the writer of the books of the Gospel also wrote the book of Acts...

A fundie who thinks the Gospel's and Acts were written by the same person: that Matthew is Mark is Luke is John!

Randomhero1982's picture
He's defintely been 'touched'

He's defintely been 'touched' by Jesus...

Show us on the doll Landon, show us on the doll where it happened!!!

Sheldon's picture
"He's defintely been 'touched

"He's defintely been 'touched' by Jesus...

Show us on the doll Landon, show us on the doll where it happened!!!"

Damn it, wine spilled again, I'll never learn to put the glass down when reading AR.

Very funny, fair play.

CyberLN's picture
Apparently I’m not the only

Apparently I’m not the only one who is wine challenged while reading posts...

David Killens's picture
This thread may set a record

This thread may set a record for the number of spilled glasses of wine and quantity of milk blown through the nasal cavity. That's why I have a bushy mustache, to filter it going in, and catch any coming out my nose.

Sheldon's picture
"He's defintely been 'touched

"He's defintely been 'touched' by Jesus...

Show us on the doll Landon, show us on the doll where it happened!!!"

He's lucky it was Jesus, that cunts old man did a lot more than touch Mary after all, tubbed her he did, good and proper. Immaculate conception my arse.

algebe's picture
@Landon: Alright. I pray for

@Landon: Alright. I pray for all of you. You are deceived. I leave now.

And yet he's still here.

But I love people who pray for other people.

When General MacArthur left Japan, which he ruled like a shogun during the postwar Occupation, he was considering a run for the White House. On the route of his farewell motorcade to the air base in Tokyo, his Japanese fans hung up a giant banner across the road.
"WE PRAY FOR YOUR ERECTION".

We'll never know if that prayer was answered.

TheBlindWatchmaker's picture
Why am I an atheist?

Why am I an atheist?

Because the bible and religion in of itself is patently absurd to the highest order.

People cannot walk on water, or fly off in to the air, there is no evidence ever of the dead reawakening and roaming the streets,
There is no evidence to support a global flood event.

And as a student of the sciences, there is zero evidence, especially in the universe at a cosmological level, that would lead one to come to such a ridiculous conclusion.

WhyAreYouDecieved's picture
Yet you yourself are part of

Yet you yourself are part of a religion.

CyberLN's picture
Oh, FFS, are you now going to

Oh, FFS, are you now going to posit that atheism is a religion?

David Killens's picture
Why not, he is quickly

Why not, he is quickly running through almost all the worn-out deist points.

CyberLN's picture
Shall we start a pool on

Shall we start a pool on which one will be next?

Tin-Man's picture
@Cyber Re: Which will be

@Cyber Re: Which will be next?

I can't remember, but has he used the, "You just have to believe in your heart before the Lord presents himself to you," argument yet?

Old man shouts at clouds's picture
@ TM

@ TM
or "Belief comes first then evidence"

or "Why did so many people die in the name of Jesus if it wasn't true?"

Old man shouts at clouds's picture
Oh I forgot the biggest "DO

Oh I forgot the biggest "DO SOME RESEARCH dumb nuts"

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