That would be ridiculous. Such a person would either not be an atheist or be totally lacking in intelligence. Or, more likely, you have misunderstood something someone said. Look, I don't want to be too dismissive. If you can provide a link to one one of these "atheists", and I agree with your assessment, I'll happily apologize.
Those atheists abound on this forum. Like I said, whenever an atheist invokes God and states what God does or does not do, they are referring to God. There is no get out of jail free card.
People do sometimes state something that they don't think is true then go on to show that it is contradictory. To use the word "God" is not to invoke him, like a magician attempting to summon a demon. Try it. You say "the Flying Spaghetti Monster" and I'll tell you that means you believe that it exists. The rest I agree with.
I guess we will just have to agree to disagree. Atheists want a free pass, they want to be able to say any damn thing about God and then they say no God exists. Tat is logically incoherent because a nonexistent entity cannot be responsible for anything.
Hmmm. That's it? All this is because God wanted cheerleaders? Why?
No, that is not the reason. God needs no cheerleaders because God has no needs at all.
Only humans and other animals have needs.
So someone who planted a land mine is not to blame when it blows someone up?
The person who sets it of is to blame.
I'm sorry to hear that, and hope that some improvement may be possible.
Thanks. My life has been one tragedy after another, and by all rights I should have lost my faith in God long, long ago, but I have sustained my faith with the help of friends like my bff
@Truthseeker.
However, some improvement might be on the way.
I agree that suffering is inevitable in this world. I know nothing about your situation, but I have a close friend who lives with constant pain. If I could cure her with one snap of my fingers I would do so. And yours too. God can. Why doesn't he snap his fingers? That's the argument, and it disturbs me to think this is all to provide a cheer leading squad. There must be something more important than that.
The argument that atheists make -- that God
can eliminate suffering so God
should eliminate suffering -- is logically incoherent.
This is what atheists do not understand. Atheists think omnipotent means that
God can do anything, which really means God should be doing everything they expect Him to do. They do not understand what omnipotence really means.
It means that God can do anything but God only does what God chooses to do.
“Say: O people! Let not this life and its deceits deceive you, for the world and all that is therein is held firmly in the grasp of His Will. He bestoweth His favor on whom He willeth, and from whom He willeth He taketh it away. He doth whatsoever He chooseth.” Gleanings, p. 209
Why should an omnipotent/omniscient God do what humans expect Him to do? How could any human know more than God regarding what is
best for humans?