tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3558542142153689138.post504413135658335533..comments2023-04-01T23:35:37.428-07:00Comments on Andrew v. Tim: There Is No Such Thing As An Atheist...The Hollywood Film Critichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03022480261565223239noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3558542142153689138.post-36620021380468312212012-06-15T21:20:53.422-07:002012-06-15T21:20:53.422-07:00The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God.....The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God..Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3558542142153689138.post-89747486205264934622011-12-20T05:48:54.482-08:002011-12-20T05:48:54.482-08:00@Rayzor.
what you describe above is nothing more ...@Rayzor. <br />what you describe above is nothing more than a dumbed-down version of the philosophical/religious idea of dualism. there are more than a few religions that teach it, even some christianities. it varies depending on where you find it, but essentially the idea is that good only exists when in opposition to evil. traditionally, christians reject dualism. i find it somewhat inconsistent of atheists to cling to the philosophy, mainly because of its first premise that there are such things as good and evil. Amoralism is a more reasonable position for atheists; i think. <br />as far as what worship has to do with atheism, it depends upon what one means by the word worship. It has multiple meanings; see my previous post. i can't offer you more explanation than that. perhaps Tim would like to unpack the word a bit more, but my guess is that he doesn't, so maybe it's best to just move on, unless you want to discuss dualism some more or the reasonability of amoralism from an atheist's point of view.Antoniahttp://www.antoniaperpetua.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3558542142153689138.post-57686920038148488522011-12-02T18:32:26.931-08:002011-12-02T18:32:26.931-08:00Tim do you care to qualify that further or do you ...Tim do you care to qualify that further or do you think that just asserting something without qualification somehow makes it true ? <br /><br />Oh wait.....never mind. Of course you do. LOLZ <br /><br />Just because you can't wrap your head around the fact that some people don't believe fairy stories about your magic invisible friend <br />that doesn't mean that those people are lying. <br /><br />I mean just think of all the dumb bullshit that you do not believe in. <br />Take SMAD for example: You say you don't believe in SMAD. I say "groovy me neither" but, what if some bag of douche says "Everybody really believes in an SMAD of some kind <br />including people who say they don't". <br /><br />Does that mean we really believe in an SMAD ? <br />No...not at all. <br />....but it might mean that that guy has some sort of problem related to his theory of mind. <br /><br /><br />Further If by worship you are just talking about some form of ritualized appreciation for something <br />no matter what that thing is, <br />well then you are going to have a hard time convincing me that there is such a thing as monotheism.<br /><br />As humans our lives are fucking chocked full of ritualized appreciation for of all sorts of things some are stupid, some are ridiculous, and some are sublime but that doesn't imbue those things with the qualities necessary for them to be considered a god <br />unless of course your definition of a god is so loose that it is completely meaningless <br />and can be arbitrarily applied to anything.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3558542142153689138.post-33685472195906440192011-12-02T11:35:22.357-08:002011-12-02T11:35:22.357-08:00WTF does worship have to do with atheism? People a...WTF does worship have to do with atheism? People all over have given praise and worship to many a material object, from golden cow statues to the rising sun. Kings and emperors have been bowed before and worshiped by their people. Where does the lack of belief in a deity mutually exclude worship?<br /><br />Also, who doesn’t suffer heartache, pain, and death? Doesn’t that kind of go hand in hand with experiencing wellbeing, happiness, and life in general?RayzorDragonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06766011084752302740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3558542142153689138.post-77960007574254958872011-12-02T05:58:20.997-08:002011-12-02T05:58:20.997-08:00There are a number of ways to define worship(http:...There are a number of ways to define worship(http://www.justworship.com/greekwords/greekwords.pdf)and I wouldn't say that all atheists practice every type of worship but generally each individual person does ackowledge innate worth in something, most often it is his own self. <br />Still I think this post is naive and oversimplifies the term 'atheist'. It might be more helpful to accept the identifiers of your opponent and try to SHOW how *true* atheism either grows from obstinacy or how *true* atheism ends in purposelessness.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com