Why atheists and agnostics come to this forum?

[Bob the Unbeliever]

Are you telling me I pee your God all the time?...or maybe he dodged I don't know if He's the kind who likes or not that sort of thing.

Interesting. It would seem their god is the Ultimate Peeping Tom: Voyeuristic God Watches Man Do His Business. 8 billion times a day...

 

[MonkeyFire]

I read fine. You need to learn to write in English, and clearly. It would seem that homeschooling has failed yet another christian.

But that would explain .... much of your mistakes.

I think the common skeptic needs a taste of it's own medicine. I see it as the same as being a hater. "But, I love... even you." Skepticism and dis-belief are the natures of the first and second beast.

 

[Bob the Unbeliever]

I think the common skeptic needs a taste of it's own medicine. I see it as the same as being a hater. "But, I love... even you." Skepticism and dis-belief are the natures of the first and second beast.

Who cares what you think, anyway? You believe in talking donkeys, speaking snakes, flaming shrubbery and in a god who seems to prefer killing to anything else-- just going by the "instruction manual".

 

[Bob the Unbeliever]

"But, I love... even you."

Yeah.... and if we don't "love" him back? We get eternal torture as a "reward".

 

[Mock Turtle]

I think the common skeptic needs a taste of it's own medicine. I see it as the same as being a hater. "But, I love... even you." Skepticism and dis-belief are the natures of the first and second beast.

Hee-haw, Hee-haw …… what is the inclination to accept another's word then?

 

[Darkforbid]

Why atheists and agnostics come to this forum?

Well going on the last few posts: because they like being arses

 

[Mock Turtle]

Why atheists and agnostics come to this forum?

Well going on the last few posts: because they like being arses

I think you mean asses.

 

[Darkforbid]

I think you mean asses.

 

[McBell]

Why atheists and agnostics come to this forum?

Well going on the last few posts: because they like being arses

ROTFLMAO
Gotta love it when theists whine about atheists dropping to the lowest level of the bar set by theists.

 

[Darkforbid]

ROTFLMAO
Gotta love it when theists whine about atheists dropping to the lowest level of the bar set by theists.

Thanks buddy

 

[McBell]

Thanks buddy

You are welcome.

 

[Trailblazer]

I think you mean asses.

Any you are not.

 

[MonkeyFire]

Yeah.... and if we don't "love" him back? We get eternal torture as a "reward".

It's what Rey says to Palpatine in Star Wars. My God doesnt allow torture, and then he cast suffering aside for antagonizing YHWH.

 

[MonkeyFire]

Hee-haw, Hee-haw …… what is the inclination to accept another's word then?

Faith and knowledge.

 

[Brickjectivity]

Isn't it that they are searching for spirituality, religion and God. Maybe,deep inside, they want to believe, or maybe deep inside, they do believe

Maybe they believe with their actions instead of their minds? I have noticed some people who consider themselves to be atheists nevertheless behave as if the world operates upon universal principles. Does it seem strange to you for an atheist to live that way?

Respect and love to my atheist and agnostic brothers and sisters. Why they come to religious forums?

It puts their atheism under suspicion does it not?

Because religion has so much influence in this world of ours. In politics, education, ethics, etc - we non-believers need to understand religions and fight for equal rights and no special treatment for religions.

With respect: I have a personal question. I am surprised that you feel you can make a difference by arguing here about these things. I guess it might be possible, but it seems like there is a low probability. I've seen some of the threads in political discussions, and I've never seen a lot of changed minds. What I see is people digging in and doubling down. Is this not what you see? Actually it seems like its a game to those who enjoy political arguments. Do you enjoy these conversations about politics in the long threads?

 

[SalixIncendium]

Why atheists and agnostics come to this forum?

I can only speak for myself, but I basically come here to ridicule, demean, and otherwise argue with believers purely for the cheap entertainment it provides me with.

I, for one, want to express my gratitude.

It make's the staff's job so much easier when members are so very clear about their intent.

 

[Trailblazer]

I can only speak for myself, but I basically come here to ridicule, demean, and otherwise argue with believers purely for the cheap entertainment it provides me with.

It certainly is cheaper than cable TV.

 

[osgart]

Everyone has their intuitions, and a whole lot of people want to officiate their reasons as the only reasonable way. I don't think that life is that simple. Agnosticism seems to be the most honest response to reality.

Every individual is going to have their unique take on reality and their own unique intuitions. Even facts are subject to amendability, and have their weaknesses.

It's amazing to me that so many disdain general religious patterns of thinking and believing. I don't think people would be religious whatsoever if there wasn't something substantive and effectively worthwhile about some of it.

I have my own unique religious perspectives of my own but I don't subscribe to any of the religions out there.

For me there is power and freedom in a spiritual perspective. And considering that all humans start from scratch and are not all knowing of reality, I find value in exploring spirituality.

I don't think anyone speaks the natural language of reality. We all take our best estimation of it.

Obviously the most effective tool of man's reasoning and observation is science. But there is plenty of unknowns that leave room for philosophical efforts to understand and explain reality. I think philosophy and science are inescapable partners. Everyone does philosophize, and religion to me is apart of philosophy.

Some of the most vehement opposers of philosophy have a lot of philosophy in their facts.

Finally I think explanations are never complete, and everyone falls way short of absolute explanatory power. My convictions lead me to religious philosophical seeking. There will always be things beyond observation, and explanation.

 

[Bob the Unbeliever]

Why atheists and agnostics come to this forum?

Well going on the last few posts: because they like being arses

Irony post is very ironic.

 

[Bob the Unbeliever]

Faith and knowledge.

Those two are mutually exclusive. If you have actual knowledge? You don't need faith.

Meanwhile, with FAITH? You can literally believe in magic: Such as flaming, speaking shrubbery, talking snakes, magic fish-lunches, telepathic wish-granting zombies and other nonsense.