Douchebag Thread for Politics & Religion Spill Over

I understand why it's scary to answer that question. But you're not having an honest conversation if that's not on your list of possibilities.

What if there isn't a god?

 
knapplc said:
I understand why it's scary to answer that question. But you're not having an honest conversation if that's not on your list of possibilities.What if there isn't a god?
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I'm not answering your questiom because you have yet to actually finish the question. You have yet to finish the question because you can't finish the question.

I'll assume what you mean is "what if there isn't a god and there is only nothing, science explains everything, no afterlife, Atheism has it right".

If that is your question then I would say I'm surprised humanity actually figured out the right ism since I believe no ism is correct. And if one were to be correct, I'm surprised it happened this early in our evolution.

 
knapplc said:
Don't throw up a straw man. Don't presume. Just answer the question.What if there is no god?
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Guess you missed it above:

I would say I'm surprised humanity actually figured out the right ism since I believe no ism is correct. And if one were to be correct, I'm surprised it happened this early in our evolution.

If you would like me to expand on "then what", I would add...then nothing. If god doesn't exist and there is no afterlife, then nothing. It's not like Atheists are going to get gloating rights over Christians in the afterlife since there won't be one. If there is not God and no afterlife, then nothing.

I'm not Christian by the way if that's what you are assuming by this persistance of asking an open ended question over and over.

 
1995 Redux said:
I'm fine with dropping it, I never had any intention of trying to convince you of anything. Nobody in their right mind should attempt such a feat.
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You're again saying something to the effect of "you're the one being unreasonable", which is incredible given that your position can be summed up as "using reason and ignoring reason are equally/similarly reasonable".
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This isn't a blanket dismissal of religion, or ghosts, or Santa Claus, or whatever. It's just pointing out that the important distinctions in their respective bases shouldn't be reduced to "hey, they're all just -isms".

 
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zoogs said:
1995 Redux said:
I'm fine with dropping it, I never had any intention of trying to convince you of anything. Nobody in their right mind should attempt such a feat.
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You're again saying something to the effect of "you're the one being unreasonable", which is incredible given that your position can be summed up as "using reason and ignoring reason are equally/similarly reasonable". :PThis isn't a blanket dismissal of religion, or ghosts, or Santa Claus, or whatever. It's just pointing out that the important distinctions in their respective bases shouldn't be reduced to "hey, they're all just -isms".
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Understood reasoning you mean.

And they are all just isms. It's just Atheism thinks god is a mythos and science is the creator.

 
1995 Redux said:
knapplc said:
Don't throw up a straw man. Don't presume. Just answer the question.What if there is no god?
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Guess you missed it above:

I would say I'm surprised humanity actually figured out the right ism since I believe no ism is correct. And if one were to be correct, I'm surprised it happened this early in our evolution.

If you would like me to expand on "then what", I would add...then nothing. If god doesn't exist and there is no afterlife, then nothing. It's not like Atheists are going to get gloating rights over Christians in the afterlife since there won't be one. If there is not God and no afterlife, then nothing.

I'm not Christian by the way if that's what you are assuming by this persistance of asking an open ended question over and over.
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I think it's taking an extraordinarily long time in humanity's existence to get over the concept of gods.

Why would you care if Atheists gloat over Christians?

 
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Understood reasoning you mean.
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Versus non-understood reasoning?

I'm unfamiliar with the branch of atheism that regards science as the 'creator'. Is this what scientology is? Somewhat serious question.

 
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knapplc said:
1995 Redux said:
knapplc said:
Don't throw up a straw man. Don't presume. Just answer the question.What if there is no god?
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Guess you missed it above:I would say I'm surprised humanity actually figured out the right ism since I believe no ism is correct. And if one were to be correct, I'm surprised it happened this early in our evolution.If you would like me to expand on "then what", I would add...then nothing. If god doesn't exist and there is no afterlife, then nothing. It's not like Atheists are going to get gloating rights over Christians in the afterlife since there won't be one. If there is not God and no afterlife, then nothing.I'm not Christian by the way if that's what you are assuming by this persistance of asking an open ended question over and over.
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I think it's taking an extraordinarily long time in humanity's existence to get over the concept of gods.Why would you care if Atheists gloat over Christians?
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I wouldn't care, mostly because they won't be able to. Now tell me, how am I supposed to answer your vague question without knowing what you're actually asking me.

 
zoogs said:
/throws hands up in the air

Understood reasoning you mean.
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Versus non-understood reasoning?I'm unfamiliar with the branch of atheism that regards science as the 'creator'. Is this what scientology is? Somewhat serious question.
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Yes, nom-understood reasoning AKA things we have yet to underatand in our evolutionary process. As we evolve we come to better understand our origins. But we will never have the answer unless there actually is an afterlife and we somehow become capable of communicating with it.

 
1995 Redux said:
Now tell me, how am I supposed to answer your vague question without knowing what you're actually asking me.
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"What if there is no god" is a pretty straightforward question. There's no "gotcha" in there anywhere. I started off being curious about the statement, "If there is a God, us understanding the concept fully is unlikely." I became curiouser when you wouldn't answer what was a simple question.

 
knapplc said:
1995 Redux said:
Now tell me, how am I supposed to answer your vague question without knowing what you're actually asking me.
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"What if there is no god" is a pretty straightforward question. There's no "gotcha" in there anywhere. I started off being curious about the statement, "If there is a God, us understanding the concept fully is unlikely." I became curiouser when you wouldn't answer what was a simple question.
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It's not a simple question at all because it isn't there is or there isn't a god.

 
Again, I want to point out that you're arguing that it is reasonable to say "what if we can use any arbitrary logic we want and still pass this off as equally reasonable as anything else".

 
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