Atheist Debates - Yall just want to sin

[AngryDem001]

Matt Dillahunty dissects the "Y'all just wanna sin" argument that so many theists bring up.

[beam me up scottie]

1. Well, yeah.

Of course that's what we want.

I can't watch the vid (not your fault, on dial up here) but I didn't want to leave you hangin'.

[uriel1972]

2. How can I sin,

If I don't believe in it?

[DetlefK]

3. Adam&Eve didn't believe in the original sin either.

Conclusion: It's only a sin if others tell you it's wrong.


I think, that's why the concept of "sin" is so powerful as a tool for controlling people: Moral decisions automatically get outsourced to the authority-figure.

(Also, it wasn't Cain who decided "I did something horrible, this must be a sin." It was God who decided "You did something horrible, it must be a sin.&quot

[Lordquinton]

4. Isn't that what the missionaries told the various natives they came across?

something about "Why would you tell me that if it only leads to my damnation" I recall.

[Gore1FL]

5. I don't have a god that will forgive through the use of violent family murder.

I have to be moral on my own.

[AlbertCat]

6. "The only sin is ignorance"

Doesn't Hinduism say this somewhere?

[LiberalAndProud]

7. Unlike the Sunday Christians who are free to sin all week long

so long as they repent on Sunday. Cool deal.

I've never had that argument thrown at me, but it's a funny one, considering.

[LostOne4Ever]

8. I don't drink, I don't smoke

[font style="font-family:'Georgia','Baskerville Old Face','Helvetica',fantasy;" size=4 color=teal]And as an asexual I don't have sex.

What sin is it that i'm wanting to commit by being an atheist?[/font]

[Heddi]

9. Uh...ah...well it doesn't matter

you're a sinner so there.

[Lordquinton]

10. You're trying to find a loophole, that's what

[Major Nikon]

11. Pulling out is a sin

Selling your daughters into slavery, not so much.

[Lordquinton]

12. People tend to not read that story

They just get some version via telephone from a penguin.