For whom you are lighting a candle, then verily it shall be bloweth out by me. "I didn't ask for a candle to be lit for me, I don't want it, I don't need it. Have your Candle back. Thank you very much. For as long as you insist on believing in the supernatural, we cannot meet in the middle, and we cannot agree to disagree."
For whom you are lighting a candle, then verily it shall be bloweth out by me. "I didn't ask for a candle to be lit for me, I don't want it, I don't need it. Have your Candle back. Thank you very much. For as long as you insist on believing in the supernatural, we cannot meet in the middle, and we cannot agree to disagree."
It's impossible to argue from logic when your opponent basically claims 'MAGIC.' “Did Jesus resurrect?” “Yep!” “Is he still alive?” “Yep!” “Cool, then can I see him?” “We’ll, it’s complicated…”
Jesus is like Nylon. Man made. The invisible and the non-existent look very much alike.
The believer says NO AMOUNT of evidence could change his mind, the non-believer says ANY amount of evidence could change his mind.
Where did my morality derive from? Frankly I don’t care, it could be derived from tribal utility borne of generations of human evolution, but what I do know is that I see the lack of morality in the actions of professed religious people and movements every day on my TV. Like in Gaza.
In what way is a morality dictated by God "objective". It is the opposite of objective. It begs the question: Is something true or moral because God says it, or does God say it because it is true or moral? In the first case, that makes morality subjective. God could say anything, and it would be true or moral because of his "authority". Thus, truth or morality is subjective to God's position.
In the second case, truth or morality is objective, but independent from God's thinking. If God only says something if it is true or moral, then the truth of that statement must exist prior to God's thinking on it. Therefore, truth or morality has an objective basis outside of God. There is some objective reality greater than God. This is the great dilemma of morality in Religion.
If you concede that only GOD stops you from doing bad things, then you are a bad person who is only kept in check by your own cowardice.
Who is the last atheist that sawed the head off an infidel, or strapped explosives to his belt to kill hundreds in a public square, or publicly hung a homosexual, or drove planes into buildings where people were at work, or committed genocide in the name of a GOD?
Religion - People killing each other trying to decide who has the best imaginary friend. The divided states of delusion, hubris, arrogance, ignorance, hypocrisy and stupidity.
Atheism is the only true default position when it comes to the question of “God”. The only way to prove Atheism wrong is by proving that a “God” exist. The brightest minds in history have never been able to do that, Clyde.
Keep you imaginary Sky Daddy in your head, and in your Church please. Much appreciated! That "voice" in your head is not God. It is you pretending to be God. It is your "Ideal" self. Freud called it your "super-ego".
There's no arrogance like Christian humility. There's no ignorance like Christian knowledge, and there's no hate like Christian Love. Religious folk prove every day that arrogance and ignorance go hand in hand.
"Take the risk of thinking for yourself. Much more happiness, truth, beauty and wisdom will come to you that way."
RIP Christopher Hitchens, much of this World misses your words of wisdom.
For whom you are lighting a candle, then verily it shall be bloweth out by me. "I didn't ask for a candle to be lit for me, I don't want it, I don't need it. Have your Candle back. Thank you very much. For as long as you insist on believing in the supernatural, we cannot meet in the middle, and we cannot agree to disagree."
It's impossible to argue from logic when your opponent basically claims 'MAGIC.' “Did Jesus resurrect?” “Yep!” “Is he still alive?” “Yep!” “Cool, then can I see him?” “We’ll, it’s complicated…”
Jesus is like Nylon. Man made. The invisible and the non-existent look very much alike.
The believer says NO AMOUNT of evidence could change his mind, the non-believer says ANY amount of evidence could change his mind.
Where did my morality derive from? Frankly I don’t care, it could be derived from tribal utility borne of generations of human evolution, but what I do know is that I see the lack of morality in the actions of professed religious people and movements every day on my TV. Like in Gaza.
In what way is a morality dictated by God "objective". It is the opposite of objective. It begs the question: Is something true or moral because God says it, or does God say it because it is true or moral? In the first case, that makes morality subjective. God could say anything, and it would be true or moral because of his "authority". Thus, truth or morality is subjective to God's position.
In the second case, truth or morality is objective, but independent from God's thinking. If God only says something if it is true or moral, then the truth of that statement must exist prior to God's thinking on it. Therefore, truth or morality has an objective basis outside of God. There is some objective reality greater than God. This is the great dilemma of morality in Religion.
If you concede that only GOD stops you from doing bad things, then you are a bad person who is only kept in check by your own cowardice.
Who is the last atheist that sawed the head off an infidel, or strapped explosives to his belt to kill hundreds in a public square, or publicly hung a homosexual, or drove planes into buildings where people were at work, or committed genocide in the name of a GOD?
Religion - People killing each other trying to decide who has the best imaginary friend. The divided states of delusion, hubris, arrogance, ignorance, hypocrisy and stupidity.
Atheism is the only true default position when it comes to the question of “God”. The only way to prove Atheism wrong is by proving that a “God” exist. The brightest minds in history have never been able to do that, Clyde.
Keep you imaginary Sky Daddy in your head, and in your Church please. Much appreciated! That "voice" in your head is not God. It is you pretending to be God. It is your "Ideal" self. Freud called it your "super-ego".
There's no arrogance like Christian humility. There's no ignorance like Christian knowledge, and there's no hate like Christian Love. Religious folk prove every day that arrogance and ignorance go hand in hand.
"Take the risk of thinking for yourself. Much more happiness, truth, beauty and wisdom will come to you that way."
RIP Christopher Hitchens, much of this World misses your words of wisdom.