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Atheists & Agnostics

Ron Obvious

(6,261 posts)

3. Has anyone proven the existence of God while I wasn't looking?

Reply to DetlefK (Original post)

Mon Feb 25, 2019, 07:36 AM

Feb 2019

Surely that person would be in line for a Nobel?

Until such a time, the atheist position is correct. Atheism isn't a religion, isn't a philosophy, barren or otherwise, a superstition, a conclusion, or an argument. It's the absence of God belief. No more, no less.

It's amazing how many people don't get that.

Everything our science has revealed shows a universe far grander, far more awesome in scope than anything the petty tyrant the God-believers have come up with.

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"Inside the Atheist Mind: Unmasking the Religion of Those Who Say There Is No God" [View all] DetlefK Feb 2019 OP

First couple of Amazon reviews . . . totally opposed to one another. empedocles Feb 2019 #1

How inane. sinkingfeeling Feb 2019 #2

Has anyone proven the existence of God while I wasn't looking? Ron Obvious Feb 2019 #3

I guess you missed this.... lindysalsagal Mar 2019 #17

Is this from the Onion? Blues Heron Feb 2019 #4

Just a crock of jeezus-'splaining. Croney Feb 2019 #5

Just because I don't believe in a crock of sh*t Farmer-Rick Feb 2019 #6

How do you believe in not believing something? defacto7 Feb 2019 #15

Exactly Farmer-Rick Feb 2019 #16

But Unicorns are real. You can't deny unicorns. lindysalsagal May 2019 #22

As the saying goes, atheism is a religion the way not collecting stamps is a hobby. stopbush Feb 2019 #7

LOL! Perfect response! eppur_se_muova Feb 2019 #8

...the way baldness is a hair color. progressoid Feb 2019 #12

Atheism is a religion like defacto7 Feb 2019 #13

Ohhh, that's good. I need to remember this. PoindexterOglethorpe May 2019 #26

If Atheism were a tv channel, it would be "off." lindysalsagal Mar 2019 #18

If channels were religions, atheism would be "off." lindysalsagal May 2019 #23

My psychological view on the subject. safeinOhio Feb 2019 #9

Mine, too. I like spending time with atheists, not because they validate me, but because they examin lindysalsagal Mar 2019 #19

Agree! It's very freeing. No longer caged by the constraints of organized religion. Thekaspervote May 2019 #28

Look at the rest of DeStefano's books DavidDvorkin Feb 2019 #10

LMAO trotsky Feb 2019 #11

They expend so much frustrated energy to convince people defacto7 Feb 2019 #14

Well said. However, for a child like that, examining their entire life of fraud would be lindysalsagal Mar 2019 #20

"Because a bunch of bronze age guys who didn't know where lindysalsagal May 2019 #21

I am probably plagiarizing someone when I use my new line...... A HERETIC I AM May 2019 #24

+1 Lady Freedom Returns May 2019 #25

I'm a big fan of Matt Dillahunty and the Atheist Experience show classof56 Jun 2019 #30

Huh? PoindexterOglethorpe May 2019 #27

I know that brain type Cartoonist May 2019 #29

Ok. Atheists. Let's select someone or something to worship: lindysalsagal Jun 2019 #31

I'll put this invaluable gem on my reading list CatLady78 Oct 2020 #32