Why do atheists post on the Religion forum?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Because religion infringes on the rights of atheist in the US, and all over the world.

What are the "rights of atheists" and how does posting here help?

What the atheist wants is the right to not be judged for their sins, especially homosexuality and adultery which carried a death sentence in Israel until Rome demolished their temple and thrashed their nation, dispersing its people.

The atheist wants “No God” so as to do what is right in their own eyes, such as changing the grammar to apply pronouns for their sinful and perverse actions.

In the end, the atheist is going to get his wish: no God. The books will be opened, deeds judged, and all those who were not found in the Book of Life will be cast into the Lake of Fire to perish.

You avoid this Lake by believing upon the name of the only begotten son of God: Jesus. There is no other name by which you can be saved, not Moses, Buddha, Allah, or any Hindu deity nor amy other name.

What happened to all the people who lived the thousands and thousands of years before Jesus? Your speech above is crazy.

Former Catholic, here. I don't remember it ever coming up in church what happened to people who died before Jesus came around. We just never thought about them.

I was raised Catholic — I am still a Christian but not a Catholic anymore. I agree with this comment — I never remember a single Catholic priest ever addressing this extremely basic question.

The Christian answer is that people in the Old Testament were saved the same way that people in the New Testament were — through faith in God. It’s not really that complicated but the Catholic Church does a good job of not even explaining the basics to its members.

The explanations are especially difficult when delivered in Latin.

My husband was raised Catholic. I was raised without religion but beat him every time with old testament questions on Jeopardy. He tells me they never studied the old testament.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Because religion infringes on the rights of atheist in the US, and all over the world.

What are the "rights of atheists" and how does posting here help?

What the atheist wants is the right to not be judged for their sins, especially homosexuality and adultery which carried a death sentence in Israel until Rome demolished their temple and thrashed their nation, dispersing its people.

The atheist wants “No God” so as to do what is right in their own eyes, such as changing the grammar to apply pronouns for their sinful and perverse actions.

In the end, the atheist is going to get his wish: no God. The books will be opened, deeds judged, and all those who were not found in the Book of Life will be cast into the Lake of Fire to perish.

You avoid this Lake by believing upon the name of the only begotten son of God: Jesus. There is no other name by which you can be saved, not Moses, Buddha, Allah, or any Hindu deity nor amy other name.

What happened to all the people who lived the thousands and thousands of years before Jesus? Your speech above is crazy.

Former Catholic, here. I don't remember it ever coming up in church what happened to people who died before Jesus came around. We just never thought about them.

I was raised Catholic — I am still a Christian but not a Catholic anymore. I agree with this comment — I never remember a single Catholic priest ever addressing this extremely basic question.

The Christian answer is that people in the Old Testament were saved the same way that people in the New Testament were — through faith in God. It’s not really that complicated but the Catholic Church does a good job of not even explaining the basics to its members.

The explanations are especially difficult when delivered in Latin.

My husband was raised Catholic. I was raised without religion but beat him every time with old testament questions on Jeopardy. He tells me they never studied the old testament.

I literally didn’t even know that the Bible is a single book and that everything in the Old Testament looks forward to the New Testament and Jesus until very recently. It’s astounding how little Catholics teach about the Old Testament and it makes religion very confusing because you don’t understand or appreciate the full story.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I want to talk with similarly-minded people and I want religious people to think more about their beliefs.

I wish I had known about this forum when I was first questioning religion. It would have been very helpful to know that there are seemingly intelligent, good-humored and logical people who have rejected religion.

This is one of the few places that I feel free to discuss atheism. Being religious is the default position in the US, even though recent studies indicate that fewer people these days are religious.

Atheism is a religion too, they are as protective of their beliefs as any other religion and more skeptic of authenticity of other religions as any other religion.

This is 100 percent right. Just look at the comments on this thread. Name-calling, open condescension, contempt, intolerance, a lack of basic respect and civility — and it’s not from the “religious” posters.

You must be new here.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I want to talk with similarly-minded people and I want religious people to think more about their beliefs.

I wish I had known about this forum when I was first questioning religion. It would have been very helpful to know that there are seemingly intelligent, good-humored and logical people who have rejected religion.

This is one of the few places that I feel free to discuss atheism. Being religious is the default position in the US, even though recent studies indicate that fewer people these days are religious.

Atheism is a religion too, they are as protective of their beliefs as any other religion and more skeptic of authenticity of other religions as any other religion.

Atheism is NOT a religion.

Bald is not a hair color.

Off is not a tv channel.

Not collecting stamps is not a hobby.

Atheism is not a religion. That is a nonsensical idea.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I want to talk with similarly-minded people and I want religious people to think more about their beliefs.

I wish I had known about this forum when I was first questioning religion. It would have been very helpful to know that there are seemingly intelligent, good-humored and logical people who have rejected religion.

This is one of the few places that I feel free to discuss atheism. Being religious is the default position in the US, even though recent studies indicate that fewer people these days are religious.

Atheism is a religion too, they are as protective of their beliefs as any other religion and more skeptic of authenticity of other religions as any other religion.

This is 100 percent right. Just look at the comments on this thread. Name-calling, open condescension, contempt, intolerance, a lack of basic respect and civility — and it’s not from the “religious” posters.

Respect is earned. Religion has shown it does not deserve any. Bronze age myth BS is harming people.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I want to talk with similarly-minded people and I want religious people to think more about their beliefs.

I wish I had known about this forum when I was first questioning religion. It would have been very helpful to know that there are seemingly intelligent, good-humored and logical people who have rejected religion.

This is one of the few places that I feel free to discuss atheism. Being religious is the default position in the US, even though recent studies indicate that fewer people these days are religious.

Atheism is a religion too, they are as protective of their beliefs as any other religion and more skeptic of authenticity of other religions as any other religion.

Atheism is NOT a religion.

Bald is not a hair color.

Off is not a tv channel.

Not collecting stamps is not a hobby.

Atheism is not a religion. That is a nonsensical idea.

Atheism is certainly not a religion (there are no priests or rites) but it is a belief based upon faith that God does not exist and evolution resulted in humans appearing on earth descended from an ape-like ancestor.

The bible says, “The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God.”

The evidence for God is all around us. Consider a hen. Who taught the hen to build a nest and sit on its eggs until hatched?

Hens do not teach other hens to sit on eggs so we know the information to do this has programmed into the hen to this; otherwise the hen would think it pooped and go on its way.

The same question can be asked of spiders: who taught the spider with its tiny brain how to spin a web? And how would it know it could catch food that way? And how is it the spider “just so happens” —how convenient! to have spinnerets and silk glands and oil glands on its feet to not get caught in its own web?

At some point the rational mind has to conclude that all of these amazing things could not have arisen except by purposeful design.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I want to talk with similarly-minded people and I want religious people to think more about their beliefs.

I wish I had known about this forum when I was first questioning religion. It would have been very helpful to know that there are seemingly intelligent, good-humored and logical people who have rejected religion.

This is one of the few places that I feel free to discuss atheism. Being religious is the default position in the US, even though recent studies indicate that fewer people these days are religious.

Atheism is a religion too, they are as protective of their beliefs as any other religion and more skeptic of authenticity of other religions as any other religion.

Atheism is NOT a religion.

Bald is not a hair color.

Off is not a tv channel.

Not collecting stamps is not a hobby.

Atheism is not a religion. That is a nonsensical idea.

Atheism is certainly not a religion (there are no priests or rites) but it is a belief based upon faith that God does not exist and evolution resulted in humans appearing on earth descended from an ape-like ancestor.

The bible says, “The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God.”

The evidence for God is all around us. Consider a hen. Who taught the hen to build a nest and sit on its eggs until hatched?

Hens do not teach other hens to sit on eggs so we know the information to do this has programmed into the hen to this; otherwise the hen would think it pooped and go on its way.

The same question can be asked of spiders: who taught the spider with its tiny brain how to spin a web? And how would it know it could catch food that way? And how is it the spider “just so happens” —how convenient! to have spinnerets and silk glands and oil glands on its feet to not get caught in its own web?

At some point the rational mind has to conclude that all of these amazing things could not have arisen except by purposeful design.

Atheism is certainly not a religion (there are no priests or rites) but it is a belief based upon faith that God does not exist and evolution resulted in humans appearing on earth descended from an ape-like ancestor.

No, wrong. An atheist is simply someone who does not believe in a god or gods. Atheism makes no claim on existence of god.

Your stuff about hens is the same kind of thinking they had back when they thought thunder came from Zeus being angry. No difference whatsoever. It’s laughable, actually. There are many explanations to this, but at a minimum you can say “we don’t know yet” and not make some BS up.

At some point the rational mind has to conclude that all of these amazing things could not have arisen except by purposeful design.

At NO POINT does the rational mind insert magic where there is something they don’t understand.

Sorry, you are brainwashed by Bronze Age myth bulls*t. There is no evidence to support your beliefs or your claims.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I want to talk with similarly-minded people and I want religious people to think more about their beliefs.

I wish I had known about this forum when I was first questioning religion. It would have been very helpful to know that there are seemingly intelligent, good-humored and logical people who have rejected religion.

This is one of the few places that I feel free to discuss atheism. Being religious is the default position in the US, even though recent studies indicate that fewer people these days are religious.

Atheism is a religion too, they are as protective of their beliefs as any other religion and more skeptic of authenticity of other religions as any other religion.

Atheism is NOT a religion.

Bald is not a hair color.

Off is not a tv channel.

Not collecting stamps is not a hobby.

Atheism is not a religion. That is a nonsensical idea.

Atheism is certainly not a religion (there are no priests or rites) but it is a belief based upon faith that God does not exist and evolution resulted in humans appearing on earth descended from an ape-like ancestor.

The bible says, “The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God.”

The evidence for God is all around us. Consider a hen. Who taught the hen to build a nest and sit on its eggs until hatched?

Hens do not teach other hens to sit on eggs so we know the information to do this has programmed into the hen to this; otherwise the hen would think it pooped and go on its way.

The same question can be asked of spiders: who taught the spider with its tiny brain how to spin a web? And how would it know it could catch food that way? And how is it the spider “just so happens” —how convenient! to have spinnerets and silk glands and oil glands on its feet to not get caught in its own web?

At some point the rational mind has to conclude that all of these amazing things could not have arisen except by purposeful design.

Atheism is certainly not a religion (there are no priests or rites) but it is a belief based upon faith that God does not exist and evolution resulted in humans appearing on earth descended from an ape-like ancestor.

No, wrong. An atheist is simply someone who does not believe in a god or gods. Atheism makes no claim on existence of god.

Your stuff about hens is the same kind of thinking they had back when they thought thunder came from Zeus being angry. No difference whatsoever. It’s laughable, actually. There are many explanations to this, but at a minimum you can say “we don’t know yet” and not make some BS up.

At some point the rational mind has to conclude that all of these amazing things could not have arisen except by purposeful design.

At NO POINT does the rational mind insert magic where there is something they don’t understand.

Sorry, you are brainwashed by Bronze Age myth bulls*t. There is no evidence to support your beliefs or your claims.

An atheist is like a child with a blanket over its head, “You (God) can’t see me! You don’t exist because I can’t see you!”

This is why God calls the atheist a fool. Christians view the atheist, no matter how high an education such as Carl Sagan had, a stupid person.

Atheists have faith that one day evidence will be found for this mythical ancestor humans supposedly evolved from, or discover where the information came from that tells a spider how to spin a web or a hen how long to sit on an egg and what do do if it hatches.

The answer is in plain sight: In the beginning, God created…”

But the atheist refuses to believe because of reading some books written by smart people so it must be true: God ain’t real.

Well, He is. You can stand on railroad tracks and declare no train is coming but that does not magically suspend reality because you don’t believe.

I urge you, atheist, to ask God for the wisdom to see the truth of his existence, and to lead you to Jesus who will remove the blanket of unbelief from off your head.

While you breathe the air created by God using the muscles and lungs which God also created for you to incorporate oxygen into your body, I implore you to seek the Lord Jesus while you yet live.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I want to talk with similarly-minded people and I want religious people to think more about their beliefs.

I wish I had known about this forum when I was first questioning religion. It would have been very helpful to know that there are seemingly intelligent, good-humored and logical people who have rejected religion.

This is one of the few places that I feel free to discuss atheism. Being religious is the default position in the US, even though recent studies indicate that fewer people these days are religious.

Atheism is a religion too, they are as protective of their beliefs as any other religion and more skeptic of authenticity of other religions as any other religion.

Atheism is NOT a religion.

Bald is not a hair color.

Off is not a tv channel.

Not collecting stamps is not a hobby.

Atheism is not a religion. That is a nonsensical idea.

Atheism is certainly not a religion (there are no priests or rites) but it is a belief based upon faith that God does not exist and evolution resulted in humans appearing on earth descended from an ape-like ancestor.

The bible says, “The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God.”

The evidence for God is all around us. Consider a hen. Who taught the hen to build a nest and sit on its eggs until hatched?

Hens do not teach other hens to sit on eggs so we know the information to do this has programmed into the hen to this; otherwise the hen would think it pooped and go on its way.

The same question can be asked of spiders: who taught the spider with its tiny brain how to spin a web? And how would it know it could catch food that way? And how is it the spider “just so happens” —how convenient! to have spinnerets and silk glands and oil glands on its feet to not get caught in its own web?

At some point the rational mind has to conclude that all of these amazing things could not have arisen except by purposeful design.

Atheism is certainly not a religion (there are no priests or rites) but it is a belief based upon faith that God does not exist and evolution resulted in humans appearing on earth descended from an ape-like ancestor.

No, wrong. An atheist is simply someone who does not believe in a god or gods. Atheism makes no claim on existence of god.

Your stuff about hens is the same kind of thinking they had back when they thought thunder came from Zeus being angry. No difference whatsoever. It’s laughable, actually. There are many explanations to this, but at a minimum you can say “we don’t know yet” and not make some BS up.

At some point the rational mind has to conclude that all of these amazing things could not have arisen except by purposeful design.

At NO POINT does the rational mind insert magic where there is something they don’t understand.

Sorry, you are brainwashed by Bronze Age myth bulls*t. There is no evidence to support your beliefs or your claims.

An atheist is like a child with a blanket over its head, “You (God) can’t see me! You don’t exist because I can’t see you!”

This is why God calls the atheist a fool. Christians view the atheist, no matter how high an education such as Carl Sagan had, a stupid person.

Atheists have faith that one day evidence will be found for this mythical ancestor humans supposedly evolved from, or discover where the information came from that tells a spider how to spin a web or a hen how long to sit on an egg and what do do if it hatches.

The answer is in plain sight: In the beginning, God created…”

But the atheist refuses to believe because of reading some books written by smart people so it must be true: God ain’t real.

Well, He is. You can stand on railroad tracks and declare no train is coming but that does not magically suspend reality because you don’t believe.

I urge you, atheist, to ask God for the wisdom to see the truth of his existence, and to lead you to Jesus who will remove the blanket of unbelief from off your head.

While you breathe the air created by God using the muscles and lungs which God also created for you to incorporate oxygen into your body, I implore you to seek the Lord Jesus while you yet live.

You can stand on the railroad tracks and believe a god will save you, and you will get squished.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I want to talk with similarly-minded people and I want religious people to think more about their beliefs.

I wish I had known about this forum when I was first questioning religion. It would have been very helpful to know that there are seemingly intelligent, good-humored and logical people who have rejected religion.

This is one of the few places that I feel free to discuss atheism. Being religious is the default position in the US, even though recent studies indicate that fewer people these days are religious.

Atheism is a religion too, they are as protective of their beliefs as any other religion and more skeptic of authenticity of other religions as any other religion.

Atheism is NOT a religion.

Bald is not a hair color.

Off is not a tv channel.

Not collecting stamps is not a hobby.

Atheism is not a religion. That is a nonsensical idea.

Atheism is certainly not a religion (there are no priests or rites) but it is a belief based upon faith that God does not exist and evolution resulted in humans appearing on earth descended from an ape-like ancestor.

The bible says, “The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God.”

The evidence for God is all around us. Consider a hen. Who taught the hen to build a nest and sit on its eggs until hatched?

Hens do not teach other hens to sit on eggs so we know the information to do this has programmed into the hen to this; otherwise the hen would think it pooped and go on its way.

The same question can be asked of spiders: who taught the spider with its tiny brain how to spin a web? And how would it know it could catch food that way? And how is it the spider “just so happens” —how convenient! to have spinnerets and silk glands and oil glands on its feet to not get caught in its own web?

At some point the rational mind has to conclude that all of these amazing things could not have arisen except by purposeful design.

Atheism is certainly not a religion (there are no priests or rites) but it is a belief based upon faith that God does not exist and evolution resulted in humans appearing on earth descended from an ape-like ancestor.

No, wrong. An atheist is simply someone who does not believe in a god or gods. Atheism makes no claim on existence of god.

Your stuff about hens is the same kind of thinking they had back when they thought thunder came from Zeus being angry. No difference whatsoever. It’s laughable, actually. There are many explanations to this, but at a minimum you can say “we don’t know yet” and not make some BS up.

At some point the rational mind has to conclude that all of these amazing things could not have arisen except by purposeful design.

At NO POINT does the rational mind insert magic where there is something they don’t understand.

Sorry, you are brainwashed by Bronze Age myth bulls*t. There is no evidence to support your beliefs or your claims.

An atheist is like a child with a blanket over its head, “You (God) can’t see me! You don’t exist because I can’t see you!”

This is why God calls the atheist a fool. Christians view the atheist, no matter how high an education such as Carl Sagan had, a stupid person.

Atheists have faith that one day evidence will be found for this mythical ancestor humans supposedly evolved from, or discover where the information came from that tells a spider how to spin a web or a hen how long to sit on an egg and what do do if it hatches.

The answer is in plain sight: In the beginning, God created…”

But the atheist refuses to believe because of reading some books written by smart people so it must be true: God ain’t real.

Well, He is. You can stand on railroad tracks and declare no train is coming but that does not magically suspend reality because you don’t believe.

I urge you, atheist, to ask God for the wisdom to see the truth of his existence, and to lead you to Jesus who will remove the blanket of unbelief from off your head.

While you breathe the air created by God using the muscles and lungs which God also created for you to incorporate oxygen into your body, I implore you to seek the Lord Jesus while you yet live.

Not calling god a fool, or anything else. Don’t believe in one, so that would be stupid to do.

All I am calling foolish is what you believe in.

The reason is your unfounded, evidence-less adherence to Bronze Age myths is negatively affecting people’s lives every day. That is both unconstitutional and morally wrong.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I want to talk with similarly-minded people and I want religious people to think more about their beliefs.

I wish I had known about this forum when I was first questioning religion. It would have been very helpful to know that there are seemingly intelligent, good-humored and logical people who have rejected religion.

This is one of the few places that I feel free to discuss atheism. Being religious is the default position in the US, even though recent studies indicate that fewer people these days are religious.

Atheism is a religion too, they are as protective of their beliefs as any other religion and more skeptic of authenticity of other religions as any other religion.

Atheism is NOT a religion.

Bald is not a hair color.

Off is not a tv channel.

Not collecting stamps is not a hobby.

Atheism is not a religion. That is a nonsensical idea.

Atheism is certainly not a religion (there are no priests or rites) but it is a belief based upon faith that God does not exist and evolution resulted in humans appearing on earth descended from an ape-like ancestor.

The bible says, “The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God.”

The evidence for God is all around us. Consider a hen. Who taught the hen to build a nest and sit on its eggs until hatched?

Hens do not teach other hens to sit on eggs so we know the information to do this has programmed into the hen to this; otherwise the hen would think it pooped and go on its way.

The same question can be asked of spiders: who taught the spider with its tiny brain how to spin a web? And how would it know it could catch food that way? And how is it the spider “just so happens” —how convenient! to have spinnerets and silk glands and oil glands on its feet to not get caught in its own web?

At some point the rational mind has to conclude that all of these amazing things could not have arisen except by purposeful design.

Huh? That’s not a rational conclusion.

That’s classic: “I don’t understand something so the god(s) must have done it.”

[Anonymous]

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Actually, almost all civil cases are based on a standard of a preponderance of evidence which means 50.1. And, yes, after looking at all of the objective evidence, my belief in God absolutely exceeds that standard. It actually goes higher than that — but it is not 100 percent. I freely admit that. But it doesn’t need to be.

DP. I’m curious what you mean by “objective evidence”.

Still waiting on this…

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I want to talk with similarly-minded people and I want religious people to think more about their beliefs.

I wish I had known about this forum when I was first questioning religion. It would have been very helpful to know that there are seemingly intelligent, good-humored and logical people who have rejected religion.

This is one of the few places that I feel free to discuss atheism. Being religious is the default position in the US, even though recent studies indicate that fewer people these days are religious.

Atheism is a religion too, they are as protective of their beliefs as any other religion and more skeptic of authenticity of other religions as any other religion.

Atheism is NOT a religion.

Bald is not a hair color.

Off is not a tv channel.

Not collecting stamps is not a hobby.

Atheism is not a religion. That is a nonsensical idea.

Atheism is certainly not a religion (there are no priests or rites) but it is a belief based upon faith that God does not exist and evolution resulted in humans appearing on earth descended from an ape-like ancestor.

The bible says, “The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God.”

The evidence for God is all around us. Consider a hen. Who taught the hen to build a nest and sit on its eggs until hatched?

Hens do not teach other hens to sit on eggs so we know the information to do this has programmed into the hen to this; otherwise the hen would think it pooped and go on its way.

The same question can be asked of spiders: who taught the spider with its tiny brain how to spin a web? And how would it know it could catch food that way? And how is it the spider “just so happens” —how convenient! to have spinnerets and silk glands and oil glands on its feet to not get caught in its own web?

At some point the rational mind has to conclude that all of these amazing things could not have arisen except by purposeful design.

Atheism is certainly not a religion (there are no priests or rites) but it is a belief based upon faith that God does not exist and evolution resulted in humans appearing on earth descended from an ape-like ancestor.

No, wrong. An atheist is simply someone who does not believe in a god or gods. Atheism makes no claim on existence of god.

Your stuff about hens is the same kind of thinking they had back when they thought thunder came from Zeus being angry. No difference whatsoever. It’s laughable, actually. There are many explanations to this, but at a minimum you can say “we don’t know yet” and not make some BS up.

At some point the rational mind has to conclude that all of these amazing things could not have arisen except by purposeful design.

At NO POINT does the rational mind insert magic where there is something they don’t understand.

Sorry, you are brainwashed by Bronze Age myth bulls*t. There is no evidence to support your beliefs or your claims.

An atheist is like a child with a blanket over its head, “You (God) can’t see me! You don’t exist because I can’t see you!”

This is why God calls the atheist a fool. Christians view the atheist, no matter how high an education such as Carl Sagan had, a stupid person.

Atheists have faith that one day evidence will be found for this mythical ancestor humans supposedly evolved from, or discover where the information came from that tells a spider how to spin a web or a hen how long to sit on an egg and what do do if it hatches.

The answer is in plain sight: In the beginning, God created…”

But the atheist refuses to believe because of reading some books written by smart people so it must be true: God ain’t real.

Well, He is. You can stand on railroad tracks and declare no train is coming but that does not magically suspend reality because you don’t believe.

I urge you, atheist, to ask God for the wisdom to see the truth of his existence, and to lead you to Jesus who will remove the blanket of unbelief from off your head.

While you breathe the air created by God using the muscles and lungs which God also created for you to incorporate oxygen into your body, I implore you to seek the Lord Jesus while you yet live.

Does a hen go to heaven if it cannot accept Jesus Christ into its life? What will you do without eggs in heaven? Or are there Christian hens who make it in, while Buddhist and atheist ones go to the lake of fire and become fried chicken?

Who taught you to go to church? Did you make that decision after an in depth analysis or do you believe because your parents made you go?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Because religion infringes on the rights of atheist in the US, and all over the world.

What are the "rights of atheists" and how does posting here help?

What the atheist wants is the right to not be judged for their sins, especially homosexuality and adultery which carried a death sentence in Israel until Rome demolished their temple and thrashed their nation, dispersing its people.

The atheist wants “No God” so as to do what is right in their own eyes, such as changing the grammar to apply pronouns for their sinful and perverse actions.

In the end, the atheist is going to get his wish: no God. The books will be opened, deeds judged, and all those who were not found in the Book of Life will be cast into the Lake of Fire to perish.

You avoid this Lake by believing upon the name of the only begotten son of God: Jesus. There is no other name by which you can be saved, not Moses, Buddha, Allah, or any Hindu deity nor amy other name.

What happened to all the people who lived the thousands and thousands of years before Jesus? Your speech above is crazy.

Former Catholic, here. I don't remember it ever coming up in church what happened to people who died before Jesus came around. We just never thought about them.

And you don't think that's odd? You don't think about genealogy or genetics? I'm descended from people of 6 or 7 different religions (or no religion) just in the past 200 years.

Now that I think of it, I do think it's odd. All my family came from the same small village as long as anyone can remember - more than 200 years, for sure.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I want to talk with similarly-minded people and I want religious people to think more about their beliefs.

I wish I had known about this forum when I was first questioning religion. It would have been very helpful to know that there are seemingly intelligent, good-humored and logical people who have rejected religion.

This is one of the few places that I feel free to discuss atheism. Being religious is the default position in the US, even though recent studies indicate that fewer people these days are religious.

Atheism is a religion too, they are as protective of their beliefs as any other religion and more skeptic of authenticity of other religions as any other religion.

Atheism is NOT a religion.

Bald is not a hair color.

Off is not a tv channel.

Not collecting stamps is not a hobby.

Atheism is not a religion. That is a nonsensical idea.

Atheism is certainly not a religion (there are no priests or rites) but it is a belief based upon faith that God does not exist and evolution resulted in humans appearing on earth descended from an ape-like ancestor.

The bible says, “The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God.”

The evidence for God is all around us. Consider a hen. Who taught the hen to build a nest and sit on its eggs until hatched?

Hens do not teach other hens to sit on eggs so we know the information to do this has programmed into the hen to this; otherwise the hen would think it pooped and go on its way.

The same question can be asked of spiders: who taught the spider with its tiny brain how to spin a web? And how would it know it could catch food that way? And how is it the spider “just so happens” —how convenient! to have spinnerets and silk glands and oil glands on its feet to not get caught in its own web?

At some point the rational mind has to conclude that all of these amazing things could not have arisen except by purposeful design.

Atheism is certainly not a religion (there are no priests or rites) but it is a belief based upon faith that God does not exist and evolution resulted in humans appearing on earth descended from an ape-like ancestor.

No, wrong. An atheist is simply someone who does not believe in a god or gods. Atheism makes no claim on existence of god.

Your stuff about hens is the same kind of thinking they had back when they thought thunder came from Zeus being angry. No difference whatsoever. It’s laughable, actually. There are many explanations to this, but at a minimum you can say “we don’t know yet” and not make some BS up.

At some point the rational mind has to conclude that all of these amazing things could not have arisen except by purposeful design.

At NO POINT does the rational mind insert magic where there is something they don’t understand.

Sorry, you are brainwashed by Bronze Age myth bulls*t. There is no evidence to support your beliefs or your claims.

An atheist is like a child with a blanket over its head, “You (God) can’t see me! You don’t exist because I can’t see you!”

This is why God calls the atheist a fool. Christians view the atheist, no matter how high an education such as Carl Sagan had, a stupid person.

Atheists have faith that one day evidence will be found for this mythical ancestor humans supposedly evolved from, or discover where the information came from that tells a spider how to spin a web or a hen how long to sit on an egg and what do do if it hatches.

The answer is in plain sight: In the beginning, God created…”

But the atheist refuses to believe because of reading some books written by smart people so it must be true: God ain’t real.

Well, He is. You can stand on railroad tracks and declare no train is coming but that does not magically suspend reality because you don’t believe.

I urge you, atheist, to ask God for the wisdom to see the truth of his existence, and to lead you to Jesus who will remove the blanket of unbelief from off your head.

While you breathe the air created by God using the muscles and lungs which God also created for you to incorporate oxygen into your body, I implore you to seek the Lord Jesus while you yet live.

Does a hen go to heaven if it cannot accept Jesus Christ into its life? What will you do without eggs in heaven? Or are there Christian hens who make it in, while Buddhist and atheist ones go to the lake of fire and become fried chicken?

Who taught you to go to church? Did you make that decision after an in depth analysis or do you believe because your parents made you go?

haha -- good one - and true and quite a relief and a contrast from what you responded to