The Positively Atheist Thread

[Strontium]

He's an atheist, he doesn't believe in God.

 

Apparently it's arrogant to rationally appraise a situation and come down on the side that says people can't walk on water or rise from the dead.

[AngryOfTuebrook]

Well, as an atheist, I never attended any mass demonstrations to prevent another bunch of people who "see the world differently" from expressing themselves.

 

How about yourself?

Just like billions of Christians, Muslims, Jews, Buddhists, Hindus, Sikhs, etc, have never attended anything like that.

[AngryOfTuebrook]

In the name of atheism? By following a doctrine set down in a book? Very, very lazy.

Very, very lazy of a Tory not to leap on the Mao/Stalin/Pol Pot reference, to point out that this is the inevitable conclusion of voting for a Corbyn Government.

[razor]

Atheists have simply ALL the answers.

 

But they can't dance.

 

And have a troubling sense of urgency to overcompensate for something.  Maybe it's because of their "more developed brains" (copyright Stronts).

 

But they've read some great books.

[Hooch]

You appear to have all the hallmarks of an apathetic agnostic.

 

You don't know, you don't pretend to know, you aren't arrogant enough to think you know and, most importantly, you don't give a fuck.

That's me too.

 

I think we're great.

Ah shit does that make me arrogant? What am I then.

[Jairzinho]

That's me too.

 

I think we're great.

Ah shit does that make me arrogant? What am I then.

 

There is nothing worse than false modesty. 

 

We're better than everyone else.

[Alan Sex]

[Bob]

Atheists have simply ALL the answers.

 

But they can't dance.

 

And have a troubling sense of urgency to overcompensate for something. Maybe it's because of their "more developed brains" (copyright Stronts).

 

But they've read some great books.

I'd considered myself an agnostic, but I'm a terrible dancer so maybe I'm an athiest after all

[razor]

Here to help, Bob.

[Babb'sBurstNad]

He's an atheist, he doesn't believe in God.

 

Not really, he's not engaging with the question, so that puts him more in line with agnosticism.

[Rico1304]

Not really, he's not engaging with the question, so that puts him more in line with agnosticism.

I'm not sure I understand you, unless you believe in god you are an atheist. The end.

[Paulie Dangerously]

They'll always let you know they're an atheist which is handy.

 

[Dr Nowt]

They'll always let you know they're an atheist which is handy.

Hahaha!

[AngryOfTuebrook]

I always wondered what Rico looked like.

[Rico1304]

I always wondered what Rico looked like.

You mean you've never seen me and Louie?

[Babb'sBurstNad]

I'm not sure I understand you, unless you believe in god you are an atheist. The end.

 

It's not that simple.

 

It presumes a binary yes/no answer to the question "Do you believe in god?", and atheists tend to (as seems to have happened in this situation) deduce the lack of a yes answer amongst agnostics equals no. It doesn't. It's like asking Schroedinger whether he believes his cat is alive, and by taking only a yes/no answer, coming to the conclusion that the opposite state must therefore be untrue to him should he have answered yes. The question is flawed and it brings a flawed answer that people either unwittingly - or often willingly in the case of atheists - fail to see the nuances of.

 

An agnostic may not profess any belief in god, but that doesn't equal not believing in its truest sense, it's more of a hinterland where no term really applies. It means they skirt the debate of god's existence due to its unknowable nature and thus don't invest into any state of belief or not. That's not quite the same as a definitive "no", even if the term drawn out of them might match the letters.

 

The way the mind processes such things as beliefs is much more complicated than an on/off switch. It's never the end.

[Rico1304]

Yes it is.

[Babb'sBurstNad]

Maybe it isn't.

[Strontium]

The term atheist is a problematic one. But a person who lives their life without an active belief in any god unquestionably falls under that umbrella, irrespective of whether they have thought about it or are even aware of the concept.

 

It's like how cows are still vegetarians, even though they're not au fait with the moral arguments around eating meat.

[Babb'sBurstNad]

But agnostics are aware of the arguments, but don't ally with either conclusion drawn by the two opposite ends of the spectrum. We don't want to be under anyone's umbrella, we walk between the raindrops, like ninjas.

[Strontium]

You say that but, nevertheless, I am presuming you don't believe in any gods. Well then.

[Babb'sBurstNad]

Your presumption is too simplistic.

[Rico1304]

Do you think there's a god?

Are you sure there is/isn't a god?

 

Isn't the same as;

 

Do you believe in god?

[zigackly]

Atheism made my cat eat my hamster. It's bad. Like, bad aids bad.

 

I'm never smoking any ever again.

[Rotpeter]

You say that but, nevertheless, I am presuming you don't believe in any gods. Well then.

Boolean Dog.