Ask an atheist anything! (seriously, anything)

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SomeGuyWithQuestions said:
It was definitely depressing at first, but I’ve gotten over it. I have a different view on life now. I feel like I treasure it even more because my personal belief is that when you’re dead, that’s it. You don’t keep going. I’ve come to terms with the concept of not existing after death. You can’t care about not existing if you don’t exist, haha.
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Very true from a Atheist point of view.
 
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snarflemike said:
BTW, I’ll give you a little friendly advice. Don’t spend a lot of time referring to Richard Dawkins’ writings on the topic of God. Those writings are considered a joke, or worse, by a great many people, both believers and non-believers. There may be good arguments against the existence of God, but Dawkins doesn’t know them.

Critical Reviews of Richard Dawkins' "The God Delusion" – Thinking Matters
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Dawkins doesn’t argue against God per se. In fact, he states that he is agnostic. Only a 7 out of 8 when asked the odds of God existing. If you just go by forum posts and Christian blogs then youre missing what he aims at. Which is fundamentalism. Which I hope we’d all be against.
 
You mentioned that you’ve researched Catholic arguments for the existence of God. Which ones?
 
halogirl said:
Surely to see value in life there has to be some meaning ? The fact you see value at all means you aren’t just a creature like all the others on earth? To see value In life seems incompatible with the atheists idea that life is just a product of evolution, to me.
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Meaning is not feeling? Do you know what is the meaning?
 
casslean said:
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My risk is that they might get hurt, die early, become ill. It’s the same for Christians as well. Same worries. We all have them. But you need to consider the danger of them suffering eternal damnation. I’ll repeat that - eternal damnation.

If that’s a risk you are prepared to take then it I’m bemused by it.
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To be fair, as an atheist, if you’re wrong, you’re basically condemning your children to suffering eternal damnation by teaching them to reject God.

As a Christian, if I’m wrong, my kids are no worse off than they would have been if I didn’t drag them to Mass each Sunday.
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If I’m wrong, then it’s me alone. I haven’t taught my children what to believe. Certainy not to reject God. Why would I? I don’t reject Him. They are free to make up their own minds.

And I had no problem in sending them both to Catholic schools by the way.
 
halogirl said:
I feel this so much. Let’s play ‘atheist on the Internet bingo’. Have you heard the following while dealing with them, for a full house ? ‘Sky daddy, Flying Spaghetti Monster, crutch, Christmas is a pagan appropriation, Of all the thousands of Gods yours is correct? imaginary friend, religion is the cause of all problems in the world. Sheeple’. Etc etc etc . Do you know what I say to them? ‘Why do you need me not to believe in God?’ ‘What is your crutch?’
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There are fundamentalists on both side of the divide.
 
Not necessarily. All it takes to go to Hell is one mortal sin, and one can certainly commit one mortal sin without going against the things you are saying.
 
For me as a Catholic Christian we were created to be in relationship with God: the feeling of the Holy Spirit is a daily personal presence. Literally. And then during the Eucharist in the Mass. one thing I would like Atheists to know is that our belief is not just subscribing to an idea. It is a relationship with the very real presence of God
 
There has to be some eternal sin for a person to end up in hell. A grave sin does not necessarily mean mortal sin, let alone dying in a state of mortal sin. Let’s not forget the mercy of purgatory, although none of us should aim to pass through there. Anyway, this thread is spinning off-topic.
 
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Ok so the meaning of my relationship with God is that I get to be with Him forever. The feeling is as I described. Is that what you mean ?
 
halogirl said:
Ok so the meaning of my relationship with God is that I get to be with Him forever.
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What attaches you to God? You talked about meaning so I was wondering what meaning is from your point of view?
halogirl said:
The feeling is as I described. Is that what you mean ?
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You didn’t described the feeling. Is that like love or something different?
 
Lou2U said:
Anonymity lets people feel more comfortable saying things which are untrue and insulting.
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They use their real names. But yes, I do think that a monitor gives people a feeling of “safety” that they wouldn’t have face to face.
Lou2U said:
If most of the people on this other forum are from traditionally Christian countries, then that tends to be where the snark is directed. That’s probably why you don’t hear it against Hinduism or Buddhism so much.
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Agreed. But my point is that I don’t know of any other ideological demographic that feels so compelled to rant angrily about other beliefs.

At the root of it is anger. But why? Most atheists I know pride themselves on being rational people. But I think that a lot of emotion can go into the decision to abandon religious faith.

It makes sense. Religion can and does hurt people. But it seems disingenuous in those circumstances to put of a facade of being logical, rational, etc.
 
God leads me to Him. It is beyond and greater than human love its a constant knowledge of His presence. It’s like me trying to explain red when you’ve never seen it.
 
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