Question for the God Bashers

[Amill]

What do you do to satisfy your spiritual needs?

Simple... Look up at the night sky.

 

[Luminous]

What do I do to satisfy my spiritual needs?

Something to contemplate that goes beyond the hopeless world conditions we live in.
Do you have such thoughts?

Hope. I have hope that one day the truth of Agnosticism will be spread far and wide in the form of Illumination. With this, the hearts of people will open to the better understanding of one another thus allowing peace to spread across the lands and bettering world conditions. Faith is a lie, Hope is a virtue. Therefore, having the hope that there is no such thing as "hopeless" is what allows us to shed from lies and misunderstandings.

 

[Smoke]

All I was asking was "how do you atheists satisfy your spiritual need?"
Look at the responses. What I'm seeing is when such a person is confronted with such a question, it seems to make them look inside themselves and they are at a loss for words or feeling on the matter, and that is what is so upsetting.
Just my observations, nothing more.

Do you mean the people responding are upset? I'm not seeing that. A couple of people didn't care for your tone, but nobody seems to be upset about lacking spiritual needs. What's the point of asking questions if you're not going to pay attention to the answers?

 

[Duck]

I have found the responses here very interesting. I say thanks to one and all.
And to the staff member who responded; I just threw that question out there to see what kind of reactions I would get. There were no violations as seen by me.

I find it interesting that here we have a non believer percentage of about 98% and that these seem to be concerned about something, that to them, doesn't exist.
As you all know, I don't post much in this forum, and the only things that seem to be of interest is when I post somewhat quirky things. The deeper things I have posted, though they be few, go virtually unnoticed. Of the few personal responses to my posts on this forum, at least two to my recollection have been personal snipes at my personality, hence the reason for this thread. I thank you again for your responses.

So by "God bashing" you really mean "MurphtheSurf" bashing then? Wow. ummm, I don't really know how to respond to this that won't feed your delusions of grandeur.

 

[Duck]

All I was asking was "how do you atheists satisfy your spiritual need?"
Look at the responses. What I'm seeing is when such a person is confronted with such a question, it seems to make them look inside themselves and they are at a loss for words or feeling on the matter, and that is what is so upsetting.
Just my observations, nothing more.

Well, then, perhaps you should have titled your thread "How do atheists satisfy their spiritual needs?" Perhaps you would have gotten more introspective replies vice the responses that you feel are justifying the use of the "god bashing" pejorative.

 

[dogsgod]

What do you do to satisfy your spiritual needs?

Bash God.

 

[Misty]

I think bashing the God of Christian fundamentalism is a cathartic exercise for all those damaged by that unpleasant dogma.

 

[Magic Man]

All I was asking was "how do you atheists satisfy your spiritual need?"

Then maybe you should just ask "Atheists - do you have any spiritual needs, and if so, how do you satisfy them?".

Look at the responses. What I'm seeing is when such a person is confronted with such a question, it seems to make them look inside themselves and they are at a loss for words or feeling on the matter, and that is what is so upsetting.
Just my observations, nothing more.

Yes, we know it's just your biased observations and nothing more. I'm not seeing anything close to what you're seeing, but then I'm looking at it from an objective point of view.

First, not all atheists "bash God", so you don't exactly start off well generalizing there. Second, I haven't seen anyone at a loss for words here. I've seen many people say they are not God-bashers, but I've seen even more people say that they have no spiritual needs. How do you get "I'm at a loss for words" from "I have no spiritual needs"?

The real question is whether or not you're actually interested in an honest conversation. So far, it seems the answer is "no".

 

[Autodidact]

All I was asking was "how do you atheists satisfy your spiritual need?"
Look at the responses. What I'm seeing is when such a person is confronted with such a question, it seems to make them look inside themselves and they are at a loss for words or feeling on the matter, and that is what is so upsetting.
Just my observations, nothing more.

That's an odd conclusion from six pages of responses varying from "I don't have such a need," to "reality" and many other choices. Maybe you should re-read the thread.

 

[Autodidact]

Bash God.

Wins the thread.

 

[MurphtheSurf]

Simple... Look up at the night sky.

Excellent!

 

[Revoltingest]

A re-work of a prior post....

With me every day is for blasphemy.
Mocking your God is a blast for me.
But I fear on my porch
mobs with pitchfork & torch.
Each day just might end up the last for me.

 

[Jeremiah]

What do you do to satisfy your spiritual needs?

By eating live babies. Yum! So satisfying and spiritually fulfilling.

 

[Autodidact]

By eating live babies. Yum! So satisfying and spiritually fulfilling.

On toast!

 

[Kilgore Trout]

What do you do to satisfy your spiritual needs?

Avoid answering nonsensical questions.

 

[DoctorAnswerMan]

Nice to hear from you. I'll take that as the second answer.
BTW, Doc is standing at the precipice of exile as we speak.

Yes, but I am on good terms here as are you all. It is interesting to note that when the ones who (intentionally) stir up the antagonism on other forums (and seek to blame you or I) come here to this forum, it is they who are soon banned, I see that as vindication of what I have long said - as you have long said - that it has been these ones all along causing the dissension. (...and that there exists collusion from 'above').

 

[justbehappy]

What do you do to satisfy your spiritual needs?

The title was a little rude. Some people who believe in God may bash people who don't, but it's also a vise versa thing.
I guess I don't have spiritual needs, but I don't know exactly what you're referring to. I'm content with the fact that there might be something out there greater than us (a God, etc.) or there might not be, and I'm content with the fact that it's probably something we'll never know.

 

[tumbleweed41]

To all the God Bashers, What do you do to satisfy your spiritual needs?

What do you mean by God Bashers?

All I was asking was "how do you atheists satisfy your spiritual need?"

Ah, I see....

I "think" the real question is if you believe there is nothing after you die, what do you do to keep yourself uplifted or not to just plain don't care about anything and act accordingly.

Personally, I find needing a carrot stick of rewards in the afterlife in order to find meaning in life to be pathetic.

 

[it's_sam]

Personally, I find needing a carrot stick of rewards in the afterlife in order to find meaning in life to be pathetic.

what meaning have you found if nothing is remembered or paid forward in death? im seriousely curious what deep meaning you found in a life where your born, you die, thats it.

 

[darkendless]

what meaning have you found if nothing is remembered or paid forward in death? im seriousely curious what deep meaning you found in a life where your born, you die, thats it.

Your mistake is assuming your life is purposeful. Logically you're a statistic, you live and die and thats it.

If you want to believe that you're more important than just a temporary statistic than by all means do.