Atheism/Theism thread

[Reincarnate]

Here is a thread for having whatever bullshit discussions you want about this stuff

[RB_Spirit]

I'd rather talk on mic, i can't take you guys' and your keyboard trolling serious, add me if you're able to, skype name is L2eality.

[Reincarnate]

Pop: need a spot to isolate discussion when other religious threads devolve into the same old debates

take it here instead

[ilikexd]

Originally Posted by RB_Spirit

Well i have no reply to that, simply because this has gone too far

What is your reply, now that there is a new thread?
Also, I cannot use Skype at the moment.

[Choofers]

I'm actually pretty curious as to why people still believe in higher powers.

[Reincarnate]

Originally Posted by Choofers

I'm actually pretty curious as to why people still believe in higher powers.

Serious answer: Emotional utility + ignorance

[Choofers]

Originally Posted by Reincarnate

ignorance

[rushyrulz]

I'll start off by saying historically, more bad things have come from religion than good, therefore it is an infectious disease that we seeminly get within the first few years of our lives that lasts until high school/college for most people (nowadays). It does more harm than good, and while the philosophies might be good, we don't need religion to teach us them.

[Poison-]

Originally Posted by choofers

That was actually hilarious

[RB_Spirit]

Originally Posted by ilikexd

What is your reply, now that there is a new thread?
Also, I cannot use Skype at the moment.

Regardless, i'm going to be troll bait, simply because i'm the minority here, ffr is atheist dominant as far as i've seen, just add me on skype sometime and i'll chat with you ~

[Choofers]

RB, if you're a christian I suggest reading the Bible.

[rushyrulz]

Half the shit in the bible doesn't even apply to modern christianity anyway. Most of this is the damning anti-gay crap along with the silly haircut laws etc.

[Choofers]

Reading the Bible will make you an atheist, if you're religion's main book is the Bible, anyway.

[iironiic]

My religious beliefs are pretty... arbitrary. I won't bother mentioning it here though since I have a hard time seeing people here respecting what I truly believe. I have only mentioned it to two people, whom are my closest friends of the many that I have made in my life.

I will say that I am not atheist though.

[RB_Spirit]

Originally Posted by RB_Spirit

I don't expect people to change their point of view, i'm just coming at this topic from a non-bias point of view, i'm neither here nor there, i'm neutral on this particular subject, i'm just not as close minded as some people here~

And once again..@Choofers. I'm neither here nor there, i guess you could say i'm on the, "fence" because i'm neither Theist, or Atheist, if that makes sense. But i'm sure it doesn't to some people, i'm still developing an opinion, perhaps this thread could help.

[Coolboyrulez0]

Originally Posted by Reincarnate

Serious answer: Emotional utility + ignorance

and additionally, which i guess is a sub-tangent of ignorance, another big one is the passing down of religion via family / communities.
like many belief systems or political ideologies, they are usually passed down from family to family if you remain ignorant as to not build your own viewpoint but rather blindly accept the beliefs of your ancestors or local communities to be true. what's the term for this passing down of belief systems via family, reincarnate? It eludes me right now.

[Choofers]

I respect people's right to believe what they want to believe.

I don't respect religion. (o:

[Reincarnate]

It's really, really hard to be both scientifically literate and theist at the same time because you start to see why religion simply isn't needed to explain anything you think it might

[bballa48]

Originally Posted by Choofers

Reading the Bible will make you an atheist, if you're religion's main book is the Bible, anyway.

I regret that I am starting to realize this, haha.

I would like to take this moment to formally apologize for any batshit crazy arguments I made in the past.

I am definitely not atheist, but all the logical evidence is on that side. I wish Christians could just accept the Bible is flawed beyond repair and just focus on the basic tenants, i.e. God made us and wants us to love everyone so we can all live in paradise. The end.

[RB_Spirit]

Originally Posted by Reincarnate

It's really, really hard to be both scientifically literate and atheist at the same time because you start to see why religion simply isn't needed to explain anything you think it might

I'm definitely open to atheism, i just find it rather hard to believe any given thing cited from a scientist, just as i find it hard to believe in any given religion thats' only supposed facts are from a book. Everyone in the lent thread definitely misunderstood me when i opened this debate, i meant to be as FAIR as possible, not rant about my religious beliefs(Which i don't have)