I know women who wish their husbands would plan things better. Don't you? We are going on a picnic today! OK? Hell yes!
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Atheists: What if?
- Thread starter savagewind
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Ingledsva
HEATHEN ALASKAN
If everything is planned together - as it should be - then it will always be better.
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Yes it is better when people agree unless it is something bad they agree to.
That's how it is with me (and that goes double for my younger brother), though it doesn't matter to me if the person deciding for me is male or female. All I would ask is that the decision is reasonable and well-informed.
Thief
Rogue Theologian
Your restrictions appear self imposed.
Your fault.
Or is someone twisting your arm and forcing you to make denial of God?
If I ordered my wife to...well...anything...I don't think I'd like the outcome.
Big ticket items (eg. house or car purchase) we make always make together, and if anything she defers very slightly to me (I'm better with numbers, and am kinda a car buff) but most day to day stuff, she's definitely the driver. She's just a more forceful personality than I am, which is something I love about her. Also drives me nuts on occasion. She would say similar things about my laid-backness...(yeah, I know...not a real word...lol)
End of the day you need an effective partnership that works and is agreed by both parties. Different personality types prefer different dynamics I reckon, but gender is a poor way to determine this.
You have quite an imagination.
My husband includes me in every major decision to "always make it together" and in his imagination he believes we ARE making it together. But funnny thing is every time we settle on his choose. You know what I mean?
He doesn't know....so please don't tell. There is a funny scene in My Big Fat Greek Wedding were the mother gets the father to choose the daughter's way without him knowing.
LightTraveler
Member
I have so much respect for agnostics in this world because at least they have the humbleness to say "I really don't know". Many atheists are just as dogmatic as certain religious fundamentalists who say "I know for certain just because I do".
Bunyip
pro scapegoat
Funnily enough few if any of the atheists here ever seem to take a position of certainty.
Bunyip
pro scapegoat
No. Why would I?
LightTraveler
Member
"Funnily enough few if any of the atheists here ever seem to take a position of certainty."
Then I applaud them, but would have to ask them why they don't refer to themselves as agnostic instead.
Then I applaud them, but would have to ask them why they don't refer to themselves as agnostic instead.
Bunyip
pro scapegoat
Because atheism is essentially agnostic. Most I know identify as agnostic atheists, myself included. Why they do not identify as agnostic INSTEAD is simply that atheism and agnosticism are not mutually exclusive.
AutumnWitch
New Member
Can you define "God" better. That's a bit general in nature. What God? From what religion? Needs more context.
AutumnWitch
New Member
Well that was why I was asking for clarification.
Gomeza
Member
What if you witnessed undeniable proof God exists. Would you hide it?
Yes, absolutely I would hide it, as it would be a death sentence. Considering that there are countless versions of God both historically and contemporary, we can assume that if an individual could prove the existence of God, it could only be one specific version of God. Regardless of which version was proven to exist, it would only satisfy a minority of humankind.
It may be unfair to say that all religious persons would react violently to proof that their version of God does not exist but many would. Many more would do all in their power to discredit such proof, while the person providing the proof would have to spend the remainder of their life in hiding.
Yes, absolutely I would hide it, as it would be a death sentence. Considering that there are countless versions of God both historically and contemporary, we can assume that if an individual could prove the existence of God, it could only be one specific version of God. Regardless of which version was proven to exist, it would only satisfy a minority of humankind.
It may be unfair to say that all religious persons would react violently to proof that their version of God does not exist but many would. Many more would do all in their power to discredit such proof, while the person providing the proof would have to spend the remainder of their life in hiding.
Renji
Well-Known Member
Why should I?
But the question is, what kind of 'proof' would that be? And what is the possibility for that?
LightTraveler
Member
Oh ok, I didn't know that. Thanks!