We don’t know if there are gods, or a God

[Anonymous]

What we call evil is nothing more than when a person or persons put their own wants, needs, desires, interests ahead of anyone else(s).

We live in a society influenced by theology that constantly tells people that "God has a plan" for them and their life has meaning and purpose.

Reality is there is no meaning or pupose.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What we call evil is nothing more than when a person or persons put their own wants, needs, desires, interests ahead of anyone else(s).

We live in a society influenced by theology that constantly tells people that "God has a plan" for them and their life has meaning and purpose.

Reality is there is no meaning or pupose.

There is a word for someone who puts other people’s needs before themselves: putz.

[Anonymous]

Why do people assert that a god wouldn't let kids get cancer. Are they ok with animals eating other animals?
Maybe god just set things up in this universe with the band and lets the pinball game play on. In other universes, maybe something else.

[Anonymous]

I mean bang not band. But play on!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why do people assert that a god wouldn't let kids get cancer. Are they ok with animals eating other animals?
Maybe god just set things up in this universe with the band and lets the pinball game play on. In other universes, maybe something else.

Most people assert that God, and especially his one "form" of Jesus, is all-loving. Your "pinball" analogy actually highlights the problem rather than solving it. If God is just an indifferent observer who set the Big Bang in motion and walked away, then he isn’t the "loving, personal God" most people believe in. He’s just a cosmic engineer who doesn't care where the ball lands.

Comparing animal predation to childhood cancer is a false equivalence. A lion eats to survive. Cancer serves no biological purpose for the child. If an all-powerful Creator designed a system where innocent children must suffer, we have to ask why a perfect being couldn't design a universe that functions without that cruelty.

God can't be both all-loving and an indifferent spectator who let the game break.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why do people assert that a god wouldn't let kids get cancer. Are they ok with animals eating other animals?
Maybe god just set things up in this universe with the band and lets the pinball game play on. In other universes, maybe something else.

With your own logic:

Why would people assert ANYTHING about a god, including knowledge of the existence of one?

Great question.

[Anonymous]

Only on dcum would multiple people pretend they know with certainty there is or isn’t a God or gods.

[Anonymous]

Pinball poster here. Evolution rolls on in this universe. Cancer, but brains to progress science too.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Only on dcum would multiple people pretend they know with certainty there is or isn’t a God or gods.

I asked this question when I was little but never had a good answer: if there is a god, why does s/he come out and show him/herself to us? Why do we have to believe him/her without any good evidence? What purpose does it serve to force anybody to blindly believe in something?

And also, if god is all powerful and creates each and every person, why does s/he give higher critical thinking abilities and skepticism only to a percentage of humankind? Again, what purpose does this serve? If god wanted everybody to believe, s/he could have done that. Why create a child knowing very well they will end up in hell because they won't believe that god exists. One argument against this is those who are not capable of believing because god didn't create them that way won't go to hell, but then why is god pushing this constant fear that non-believers will burn in eternity.

So many holes in this entire mythology.

[Anonymous]

God doesn't push that. People do.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Only on dcum would multiple people pretend they know with certainty there is or isn’t a God or gods.

Then offer up your evidence to prove it.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Every phenomenon we have investigated so far has a natural explanation. There is a complete lack of credible, testable evidence for any specific supernatural claim. Therefore, the most rational conclusion is that a supernatural entity is unnecessary for explaining reality.

+1

The OPs statement does not hold up under logical scrutiny.

You are equating an opinion with a factual claim. If I said, "blue is the best" and you say, "red is the best," both are equally valid because they’re subjective preferences. However, the existence of God is a factual claim about the universe. Either a deity exists or it doesn’t. Since those two things can't both be true at the same time, the two positions are not equally valid.

You are also making a positive claim = there is a God. The burden of proof lies with the positive claimant.

It is also a relativist fallacy. Valid means a conclusion that follows from evidence or sound premises. A belief based on faith (believing without evidence) isn't logically "valid" in the same way a conclusion based on data is.

Truth is not a matter of one’s opinion, as reality doesn't actually change based on what we believe about it.

This is how I know that when I meet someone who is a believer, I know there are deficiencies in their critical thinking abilities.

Not really - It could be that they're not really thinking about it much and that in their mind, believing in God is the reasonable, accepted stance. That was the case with me when I was a believer.

They are definitely NOT thinking about it....religious belief hijacks and lives in the amygdala...quite the opposite of the part of your brain required to think critically and logically. In addition, those two parts of your brain cannot really function well when the other is in charge. So religious indoctrination and belief turn OFF the part of your brain necessary for critical thinking (the prefrontal cortex). How convenient. Also explains A LOT

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Only on dcum would multiple people pretend they know with certainty there is or isn’t a God or gods.

Pssst —- there isn’t a Bigfoot either. I’m sure of it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Only on dcum would multiple people pretend they know with certainty there is or isn’t a God or gods.

Pssst —- there isn’t a Bigfoot either. I’m sure of it.

Or leprechauns, or unicorns, or the flying spaghetti monster. But PPP thinks that person's on DCUM aren't smart enough to figure that out.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Only on dcum would multiple people pretend they know with certainty there is or isn’t a God or gods.

I know with certainly that a pink elephant - or an elephant of any color - did NOT set the world in motion. How about you?