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Portable Staplefrog
May 21, 2007

I believe in ALL of the gods. Or none. Not fair otherwise, I think.

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a star war betamax
Sep 17, 2011

by Lowtax
Gary’s Answer
the athiest shouted oyut at the class "who hear belive in god" and you could tell he said it with a little gee. and one brave sole stood up even though every1 else said they believe atheism. he had been homeschooled so he knew the truth. "HOHOHO" laughed the communist professor "If god is real then he would break this piece of chalk" He said and pointed at a piece of chalk in his hand, Thinking quickly, the brave homeschooler got down on his knees and began praying. Immediently, the piece of chalk in the socialist professors hand exploded into a million of pieces and the dust cloud seemed to spell out john three sixteen. witth that, the professor ran out of the room with teirs steaming on his face and her re nounced athiesm, agnostism, homosexuality, communism, and labor unions.

old beast lunatic
Nov 3, 2004

by Hand Knit

Psychotron posted:

If you've ever seen one of the town hall scenes from that show Finding Bigfoot, my reaction when I watch that is the same reaction I have when I see people sitting in church. Just a kind of an lol those people really have themselves convinced. In fact that whole show is a good parallel. Let's go out into the world and claim that basically everything we find is some kind of proof. Coyote? No... big foot! I might go back to church if Bobo ran things though. We could try to find god by putting donuts on the pews at night to attract him.

Like bigfoot, God enjoys the same foods as Bobo. Pizza, Donuts, Sausages. Squatchy stuff.

Cnut the Great
Mar 30, 2014

Cucking Mama posted:

I've noticed that most people who don't believe in god are kind of coddled and probably haven't really been tested in life

i've noticed that most people who don't believe in god tend to be middle- and upper-class, which means they were raised correctly, made the right decisions in life, and are smart. sometimes it seems like poor people have it pretty bad off, but at least they get to be tested and thus influenced to believe in god. sounds like they get the better end of the deal, honestly.

basically, get rid of the social safety net so that we can all be closer to god

a star war betamax
Sep 17, 2011

by Lowtax
Gary’s Answer

Benedick Cuckold posted:

i've noticed that most people who don't believe in god tend to be middle- and upper-class, which means they were raised to be amoral racist villains

Applewhite
Aug 16, 2014

by vyelkin
Nap Ghost

Nietzsche posted:

God is dead! God remains dead! And we have killed him. How shall we comfort ourselves, the murderers of all murderers? What was holiest and mightiest of all that the world has yet owned has bled to death under our knives: who will wipe this blood off us? What water is there for us to clean ourselves? What festivals of atonement, what sacred games shall we have to invent? Is not the greatness of this deed too great for us? Must we ourselves not become gods simply to appear worthy of it?

IronClaymore
Jun 30, 2010

by Athanatos
I find myself liking the idea of a god. But more in a fun existential sense. People who go on about "god's love" are so obnoxious. How loving needy do you have to be to need a god who loves and protects you and keeps you alive after death?? I know psychoanalysis is discredited but there's some massive "back to the womb" mental issues going on with that, with weird-rear end mother issues as well. Meanwhile ideas of heaven alter between a high school choir that never ends, and clear analogies for being an unborn baby. Not to mention that any god that requires worship clearly has some narcissism issues going on and is automatically unworthy of worship or even respect on that basis alone.

Nah, for me it's more like a virtual universe thing. Like it's all a big simulation or a dream. Yeah sure it's real, it's as real as it always was, but still a simulation from the perspective of some other universe. Where god is like some AI or hippy hosed up on hallucinogens. At best he's some spotty dork overseeing a supercomputer program that he projects all his sperg into when the supervisor isn't watching.

The best part is, say you were running this sort of simulation. And conditions were set up such that autonomous programs would be created from other programs, and exist for a time and then cease with all their data purged. Now, unless you found something really exceptional, would you really back up one of these programs once it had died? If you did, would you really allow the system to waste resources simulating a perfect environment for that program? It's just a program! From your viewpoint it doesn't even count as sentient.


The point: it doesn't matter if god exists or not. He/she doesn't love you (and it's creepy that you'd want that [Edit:] just read that thing about middle vs lower class, ok it's really sad that you'd want that and I am truly sorry...still seems creepy), and once you die your mind ceases to exist, and some time after your death all memory and evidence of your having existed fades to nothingness. What's so hard to understand?

IronClaymore fucked around with this message at 18:37 on Sep 23, 2014

old beast lunatic
Nov 3, 2004

by Hand Knit

IronClaymore posted:

I find myself liking the idea of a god. But more in a fun existential sense. People who go on about "god's love" are so obnoxious. How loving needy do you have to be to need a god who loves and protects you and keeps you alive after death?? I know psychoanalysis is discredited but there's some massive "back to the womb" mental issues going on with that, with weird-rear end mother issues as well. Meanwhile ideas of heaven alter between a high school choir that never ends, and clear analogies for being an unborn baby. Not to mention that any god that requires worship clearly has some narcissism issues going on and is automatically unworthy of worship or even respect on that basis alone.

Nah, for me it's more like a virtual universe thing. Like it's all a big simulation or a dream. Yeah sure it's real, it's as real as it always was, but still a simulation from the perspective of some other universe. Where god is like some AI or hippy hosed up on hallucinogens. At best he's some spotty dork overseeing a supercomputer program that he projects all his sperg into when the supervisor isn't watching.

The best part is, say you were running this sort of simulation. And conditions were set up such that autonomous programs would be created from other programs, and exist for a time and then cease with all their data purged. Now, unless you found something really exceptional, would you really back up one of these programs once it had died? If you did, would you really allow the system to waste resources simulating a perfect environment for that program? It's just a program! From your viewpoint it doesn't even count as sentient.


The point: it doesn't matter if god exists or not. He/she doesn't love you (and it's creepy that you'd want that), and once you die your mind ceases to exist, and some time after your death all memory and evidence of your having existed fades to nothingness. What's so hard to understand?

:goonsay:

emanresu tnuocca
Sep 2, 2011

by Athanatos
A better question would be whether god still believes in us.

les fleurs du mall
Jun 30, 2014

by LadyAmbien
Holy poo poo you terrible creatures i made the thread to show you that totally retarded video, not to get your opinions about god or lacks thereof

a star war betamax
Sep 17, 2011

by Lowtax
Gary’s Answer

Quickscope420dad posted:

Holy poo poo you terrible creatures i made the thread to show you that totally retarded video, not to get your opinions about god or lacks thereof

i like to imagine that every1 is fake posting... but thats generally what i alsways asume here in the geebees

Lansoc
Jan 3, 2009

she had tiny Italian boobs.
Well that's my story.
"A lion does not concern himself with the opinions of sheep" If there is a god that is all powerful he wouldn't give two fucks about humans. Also gently caress religion.

emanresu tnuocca
Sep 2, 2011

by Athanatos

a starwar betamax posted:

i like to imagine that every1 is fake posting... but thats generally what i alsways asume here in the geebees

i only care post 100% of the Tim.

IronClaymore
Jun 30, 2010

by Athanatos

Quickscope420dad posted:

Holy poo poo you terrible creatures i made the thread to show you that totally retarded video, not to get your opinions about god or lacks thereof

Welcome to GBS.

Cucking Mama
Sep 27, 2013

Gold Medalist, 2014 shit post olympics
1 big fat :allears: @ the guy who thinks it's creepy to want god's love

Cnut the Great
Mar 30, 2014

rich white people successfully claimed dominion over the earth, and pass judgment upon their lessers from on high atop their thrones. they therefore have the greatest claim to being crafted in the image of god, and are thus the most godly among us. when the poor and destitute go through great hardship, and are pushed closer to god as a result, they are actually learning to emulate their social betters. if we take away the safety net, the godly among us will be allowed to prosper all the more, which makes god happy. and the less godly among us will finally be forced to honestly participate in the free enterprise system which has produced our most godly class, instead of unfairly taking advantage of that class's benevolence by mooching off the welfare system.

a star war betamax
Sep 17, 2011

by Lowtax
Gary’s Answer

Benedick Cuckold posted:

rich white people successfully claimed dominion over the earth, and pass judgment upon their lessers from on high atop their thrones. they therefore have the greatest claim to being crafted in the image of god, and are thus the most godly among us. when the poor and destitute go through great hardship, and are pushed closer to god as a result, they are actually learning to emulate their social betters. if we take away the safety net, the godly among us will be allowed to prosper all the more, which makes god happy. and the less godly among us will finally be forced to honestly participate in the free enterprise system which has produced our most godly class, instead of unfairly taking advantage of that class's benevolence by mooching off the welfare system.

p much goes without saying

Applewhite
Aug 16, 2014

by vyelkin
Nap Ghost

Quickscope420dad posted:

Holy poo poo you terrible creatures i made the thread to show you that totally retarded video, not to get your opinions about god or lacks thereof

This totally retarded video will destroy your faith in God!

Jesus hates this one simple trick ;)

Buddha did WHAT under a Bhodi tree?

Get out of any reincarnation cycle with this secret technique!

a star war betamax
Sep 17, 2011

by Lowtax
Gary’s Answer
so is athiesm not hip anymore

Applewhite
Aug 16, 2014

by vyelkin
Nap Ghost
1. d4 1... e6 2. Nf3 f5 3. c4 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. e3 b6 7. Bd3 Bb7 8. O-O Qe8 9. Qe2 Ne4 10. Be7 Nc3 11. bc3 Qe7 12. a4 Bf3 13. Qf3 Nc6 14. Rfb1 Rae8 15. Qh3 Rf6 16. f4 Na5 17. Qf3 d6 18. Re1 Qd7 19. e4 fe4 20. Qe4 g6 21. g3 Kf8 22. Kg2 Rf7 23. h4 d5 24. cd5 ed5 25. Qe8 Qe8 26. Re8 Ke8 27. h5! 27... Rf6 28. hg6 hg6 29. Rh1 29... Kf8 30. Rh7 Rc6 31. g4 31... Nc4 32. g5 32... Ne3 33. Kf3 Nf5 34. Bf5 34... gf5 35. Kg3 35... Rc336. Kh4 Rf3 37. g6 Rf4 38. Kg5 Re4 39. Kf6 39... Kg8 40. Rg7 Kh8 41. Rc7 Re8 42. Kf5 42... Re4 43. Kf6 Rf4 44. Ke5 Rg4 45. g7 Kg8 46. Ra7 Rg1 47. Kd5 Rc1 48. Kd6 Rc2 49. d5 Rc1 50. Rc7 Ra1 51. Kc6 Ra4 52. d6

Checkmate, Atheists :smuggo:

IronClaymore
Jun 30, 2010

by Athanatos

a starwar betamax posted:

so is athiesm not hip anymore

It hasn't been hip since the 19th century.

Panzeh
Nov 27, 2006

"..The high ground"
rich white guys won the game called imperialism so atheism is true

Cnut the Great
Mar 30, 2014

a starwar betamax posted:

so is athiesm not hip anymore

being a self-hating atheist is still cool i think. but you have to say stuff like "dick dorkins" and "jesuits are p. chill/own bones :3:" and stuff like that so people know you think religion is "cool as all hell" and you don't wear fedoras. basically just acknowledge that you're a soulless retard who doesn't believe in god even though "the smartest guy [you] know is religious" and you're all good

Cucking Mama
Sep 27, 2013

Gold Medalist, 2014 shit post olympics
terrence malick is a good example of a smart guy who fears god

Count Freebasie
Jan 12, 2006

Applewhite posted:

1. d4 1... e6 2. Nf3 f5 3. c4 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. e3 b6 7. Bd3 Bb7 8. O-O Qe8 9. Qe2 Ne4 10. Be7 Nc3 11. bc3 Qe7 12. a4 Bf3 13. Qf3 Nc6 14. Rfb1 Rae8 15. Qh3 Rf6 16. f4 Na5 17. Qf3 d6 18. Re1 Qd7 19. e4 fe4 20. Qe4 g6 21. g3 Kf8 22. Kg2 Rf7 23. h4 d5 24. cd5 ed5 25. Qe8 Qe8 26. Re8 Ke8 27. h5! 27... Rf6 28. hg6 hg6 29. Rh1 29... Kf8 30. Rh7 Rc6 31. g4 31... Nc4 32. g5 32... Ne3 33. Kf3 Nf5 34. Bf5 34... gf5 35. Kg3 35... Rc336. Kh4 Rf3 37. g6 Rf4 38. Kg5 Re4 39. Kf6 39... Kg8 40. Rg7 Kh8 41. Rc7 Re8 42. Kf5 42... Re4 43. Kf6 Rf4 44. Ke5 Rg4 45. g7 Kg8 46. Ra7 Rg1 47. Kd5 Rc1 48. Kd6 Rc2 49. d5 Rc1 50. Rc7 Ra1 51. Kc6 Ra4 52. d6

Checkmate, Atheists :smuggo:

Is this what the Hasidic Jews were after in that movie "Pi?"

Cnut the Great
Mar 30, 2014

Cucking Mama posted:

terrence malick is a good example of a smart guy who fears god

also, einstein.

"god does not play dice" --einstein, noted authority on god, his existence, and his propensity for gambling with the universe

Throwdini
Aug 2, 2006
God eats us when we die

IronClaymore
Jun 30, 2010

by Athanatos

Throwdini posted:

God eats us when we die

I thought it was bacteria.

Wait, is god bacteria? That would make intelligent design true!

Atoramos
Aug 31, 2003

Jim's now a Blind Cave Salamander!


i think its funny when the believer says HOW DID THE UNIVERSE COME FROM NOTHING :coffeepal:

and I counter with LESS IMPRESSIVE THAN GOD COMING FROM NOTHING :beerpal:


i am a very successful and popular atheist, checkmate god

a star war betamax
Sep 17, 2011

by Lowtax
Gary’s Answer
frankly, lol @ you if you DON'T believe in God in the ear to thousand n fifteen

Applewhite
Aug 16, 2014

by vyelkin
Nap Ghost

a starwar betamax posted:

frankly, lol @ you if you DON'T believe in God in the ear to thousand n fifteen

Excuse me, I believe you mean the year of Our Lord two thousand and fifteen

MadMattH
Sep 8, 2011
Why do people really have to have an opinion and make their minds up? Is it really that hard to just say you don't know?

Hell Yeah
Dec 25, 2012

MadMattH posted:

Why do people really have to have an opinion and make their minds up? Is it really that hard to just say you don't know?

sorry but this argument makes too much sense for people

MadMattH
Sep 8, 2011

Christmas Miracle posted:

sorry but this argument makes too much sense for people

Are you claiming I am being sensible? You are!

Hey everyone, it's now official, I am a sensible person. Someone else claimed it so it must be true. Now let me write a book and make up some rules for us to follow and we will all live happily ever after.

j/k we all know I am not.

ziasquinn
Jan 1, 2006

Fallen Rib
I don't know but it doesn't matter because the only thing that could change my mind is some serious miracle poo poo.

old beast lunatic
Nov 3, 2004

by Hand Knit

Benedick Cuckold posted:

also, einstein.

"god does not play dice" --einstein, noted authority on god, his existence, and his propensity for gambling with the universe

hail satan

Applewhite
Aug 16, 2014

by vyelkin
Nap Ghost

Your Dead Gay Son posted:

I don't know but it doesn't matter because the only thing that could change my mind is some serious miracle poo poo.

There's miracles all around us.
http://vimeo.com/20002765

psyopmonkey
Nov 15, 2008

by Lowtax
Im not really into religion, but if you want to be into it thats ok.

ziasquinn
Jan 1, 2006

Fallen Rib
Magnets aren't miracles!

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klapman
Aug 27, 2012

this char is good
let me finish these two bottles of wine in the next hour and i'll get back to you

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