Thread: God told me to be an Atheist.

Do you walk into churches and just start blathering on about how the people in the Church are wrong? Do you think that is the appropriate method to communicate your ideas? If you must do this, go through the proper channels when communicating with people or they wont listen to you anyway.

From the other threads I've seen it seems you don't know what the proper channels are. In BD it is a thread made with the intent to talk about the validity of the claim. For God, however, it really belongs in R/S.

Originally Posted by Sandform

Do you walk into churches and just start blathering on about how the people in the Church are wrong? Do you think that is the appropriate method to communicate your ideas? Go through the proper channels when communicating with people or they wont listen to you anyway.

No,
Half the time the Christians come to me... in the high street preaching.
To my doorstep.
To my school as a child.

I'm lucky God saved me from himself.

Yeah well, if God does exist then I hope He has a good excuse.

Originally Posted by DreamQueen

Yeah well, if God does exist then I hope He has a good excuse.

You don't get it DreamQueen.

Basically God created the universe, himself and us... as a giant game of Hide and Seek.

He's doing the hiding.
We've got to find him.

He's bloody good at hiding.

Thats why he appeared to me in my dream... to spread his word of non-existence.

Yeah it's funny how the invisible and the non-existent look so much alike

Originally Posted by DreamQueen

Yeah it's funny how the invisible and the non-existent look so much alike

Are you mocking my belief DreamQueen?
I'm quite offended.

Although... at the same time, you are kind of doing Gods will as he layed it out to me.

God, im in a moral quandry now.
Should I be offended or pat you on the back as a fellow believer?

^

Originally Posted by DreamQueen

^

Oddly enough, that's the name of my Holy Book.

Originally Posted by spaceexplorer

God created the universe, himself and us... as a giant game of Hide and Seek.

He's doing the hiding.
We've got to find him.

He's bloody good at hiding.

You can say that again. Trying to find God is like looking in a dark cellar at midnight for a black cat that isn’t there.

Originally Posted by spaceexplorer

No,
Half the time the Christians come to me... in the high street preaching.
To my doorstep.
To my school as a child.

I'm lucky God saved me from himself.

Well that is cool, you have every right to speak to them if they come to you, Space, but just remember to have proper netiquette. In the normal world proper etiquette would be not to enter a church(or organization like it) or any other building even though you have the physical capability to do so. In this forum threads in BD can be thought of as a church or other buildings like it. If it is obvious you weren't the type of person invited try not to cause too much trouble. Just like a church you can come and ask questions, but don't berate or insult people. If they tell you, or it is obvious, that they don't want to argue about it then respect their desires since they are in a place that is supposed to be a safe area for them to speak with like minded individuals, and not be attacked.

For example "does this exist?" would be open grounds.
"Tell me about this" would not be.

It is my understanding that you can make a thread in BD about these things. If you find something in a thread disagreeable then, unless it is clear the person wants to debate, you should make a thread counter to it rather than trying to obstruct the other person's thread.

Try to remember the OP has a goal in mind when he or she creates a thread. If the goal isn't to hear opposition to the claim, then don't make a post in opposition to it. BD isn't made to cater to the people who want to be argumentative, it is made for those who want to express their opinions without hearing something like "gravity biotches." Or some other statement pointless to that particular person's desire. If a post you want to make is in opposition to the OP's goal just make your own thread.

I think this thread was created by space in an attempt to get banned, after the 'third eye' thread farce.

Originally Posted by Timothy Paradox

I think this thread was created by space in an attempt to get banned, after the 'third eye' thread farce.

I saw that thread as well. I don't know what Space's intent at the moment is.

Something I thought was interesting in that thread though was the exchange between you and Bigfan.

I'm not sure, but I think when he said "Well put, fully agree with this. Also, as he mentioned, the chakras are there regardless of your beliefs" He(or she?) meant your beliefs in God and such.

I'm sure that if they believe chakra exists in a magical capacity then they would have to extend what you thought they were saying as truth anyway, but I'm not sure that is what they meant when they said it. I would need sapient or Big to clarify, but I think all they meant was that your beliefs in other things(like God) don't affect chakra.

HOLY SHIT I watched a show on this last night, about a presist who said "God likes to be questioned" Question Like when noah was like "Dude I cant build an ark" etc..

Originally Posted by Sandform

I saw that thread as well. I don't know what Space's intent at the moment is.

Possibly the same as mine which is to do my bit towards the process of ridding the world of the poison that is religion.

In b4 lock.

OH HI GUISE

Space and DreamQueen are only trying to make you realise something...
You don't need to automatically be on the defensive when someone says "God might not exist"

What? You don't? No way!

God told you not to believe in him?

That's like me saying that I don't exist.

It's a contradiction in itself.

By the way, I never posted this.

Lol, If God told you that he didn't exist, then it's contradictory, because then it means only 2 things: A. He does exist, and He Lied, Or B. a DC who said he was God, told you he doesn't exist. As for the questioning everything, I absolutely agree, I question everything in my life, yet I still believe in God.

Originally Posted by Xyster

Lol, If God told you that he didn't exist, then it's contradictory, because then it means only 2 things: A. He does exist, and He Lied, Or B. a DC who said he was God, told you he doesn't exist. As for the questioning everything, I absolutely agree, I question everything in my life, yet I still believe in God.

I'm with Cpt. Obvious.*

* But mostly, I'm very bored.

Question!


Why do the majority of all atheists only try to refute the Christian God? That's really the only God I ever seen them attack and try to disprove. Why don't they go after other deity's?

I just think it's sort of silly for those silly atheists believing all Gods are exactly the same.

They all think every God hides, what do you tell the people that believe God is everything (i.e. pretty much everything visible)?

Originally Posted by Life

Space and DreamQueen are only trying to make you realise something...
You don't need to automatically be on the defensive when someone says "God might not exist"

If you are talking to me, you don't know who I am. I have spent many threads trying to convince people that religion is pointless and incorrect. The difference is that I try to respect people's wishes. If they make a thread in an area where ridicule and an exchange of opposite opinions are warranted, then I will happily join in, if I feel like it. However, if they go to a place where they want to feel safe to express their ideas I think it is completely rude to jump in and start accusing them and berating them.

For example, if a sign at a church says "Jesus will rise again," it would be completely inappropriate to march into their church and start yelling at them that Jesus will not in fact rise again. There is a time and place for everything and BD is not a place to argue with other people about the validity of the claim unless it is clear they wish to argue about it. In churches if they invite you to come debate with them about God, then it is fine to come in and say things like "God doesn't exist." Just as in church, in BD if you aren't invited to debate the validity of whatever claim they are making then don't come in and start berating and insulting people.

BD is a space for people to come to if they don't want to argue. They aren't shoving their ideas down your throat, yet you come into their thread and shove yours down theirs.

Originally Posted by Justin

Question!


Why do the majority of all atheists only try to refute the Christian God? That's really the only God I ever seen them attack and try to disprove. Why don't they go after other deity's?

I just think it's sort of silly for those silly atheists believing all Gods are exactly the same.

They all think every God hides, what do you tell the people that believe God is everything (i.e. pretty much everything visible)?

When it comes to "why do you only refute the Christian God."

That is a lie, people refute whatever God they feel like refuting. Did you know that it is unnecessary to refute a God that no one cares about? I don't have to convince you that the bogeyman isn't real, nor most of society, but you usually have to convince children that he isn't. If you'll go on youtube various people like that amazing atheist and potheadpundet have discussed much more than just the christian religion.

When Christians make this claim the bogeyman example really is pretty explanatory. The Christian is the kid in the scenario. "Why do adults and other kids always tell me the bogeyman doesn't exist instead of talking about Santa Claus, which I've already stopped believing in or have never believed in in the first place?"

"God is everything" means nothing in terms of theism and atheism. If you call a toaster God that means nothing. To them I would say what a pointless creation of an additional meaningless word. If God is everything then valentines cards are God and so are lumps of coal. God is everything is only valuable as a metaphor, and metaphors mean nothing to theism or atheism.

Originally Posted by Sandform

If you are talking to me, you don't know who I am. I have spent many threads trying to convince people that religion is pointless and incorrect. The difference is that I try to respect people's wishes. If they make a thread in an area where ridicule and an exchange of opposite opinions are warranted, then I will happily join in, if I feel like it. However, if they go to a place where they want to feel safe to express their ideas I think it is completely rude to jump in and start accusing them and berating them.

For example, if a sign at a church says "Jesus will rise again," it would be completely inappropriate to march into their church and start yelling at them that Jesus will not in fact rise again. There is a time and place for everything and BD is not a place to argue with other people about the validity of the claim unless it is clear they wish to argue about it. In churches if they invite you to come debate with them about God, then it is fine to come in and say things like "God doesn't exist." Just as in church, in BD if you aren't invited to debate the validity of whatever claim they are making then don't come in and start berating and insulting people.

BD is a space for people to come to if they don't want to argue. They aren't shoving their ideas down your throat, yet you come into their thread and shove yours down theirs.



When it comes to "why do you only refute the Christian God."

That is a lie, people refute whatever God they feel like refuting. Did you know that it is unnecessary to refute a God that no one cares about? I don't have to convince you that the bogeyman isn't real, nor most of society, but you usually have to convince children that he isn't. If you'll go on youtube various people like that amazing atheist and potheadpundet have discussed much more than just the christian religion.

When Christians make this claim the bogeyman example really is pretty explanatory. The Christian is the kid in the scenario. "Why do adults and other kids always tell me the bogeyman doesn't exist instead of talking about Santa Claus, which I've already stopped believing in or have never believed in in the first place?"

"God is everything" means nothing in terms of theism and atheism. If you call a toaster God that means nothing. To them I would say what a pointless creation of an additional meaningless word. If God is everything then valentines cards are God and so are lumps of coal. God is everything is only valuable as a metaphor, and metaphors mean nothing to theism or atheism.

Well, I'm not Christian. :]

But, most Atheists here only attack the Christian God, which irks me. There's more than one God out there to disprove, Christian God gets old.

There is a religion were people believe God is everything.