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Atheism is the cult of death, the death of hope. The universe is doomed, you are doomed, the only thing that remains is to await your execution...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jbnueb2OI4o&t=3s
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Originally posted by seer View PostI think worship also keeps us humble, remembering that God is God, not us...
In my analogy, part of the appreciate is the recognition that we cannot do what the performer, chef, or artist does. That is why we feel the need to praise them. If everyone could do what they do, no one would feel that need to offer praise.
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Originally posted by Sparko View PostIf that is the only purpose in your life, then I feel sorry for you Tassy. That is really sad.
It's not praising. It is glorifying. And he deserves it. Why do we glorify anything or anyone? We glorify him by our actions. He created us, and when we do good, and love one another, it reflects back on him as glory. The universe declares his glory. Everything good does.
Glory:
1. high renown or honor won by notable achievements.
2. magnificence or great beauty.
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Originally posted by Tassman View PostObviously, one has many absorbing interests and hobbies and fulfilling family commitments etc, but the overriding purpose in life for all creatures is one of survival and reproduction. Clearly, for those who want to believe in eternal life, this is insufficient.
This is all very well, but surely it is unseemly that he should demand it.
It would be like if I insisted that all atheists are evil criminals who eat babies in their basement. We would have no chance at a true dialogue as long as I just kept accusing you of being that.
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Originally posted by Sparko View PostIt would be like if I insisted that all atheists are evil criminals who eat babies in their basement.Atheism is the cult of death, the death of hope. The universe is doomed, you are doomed, the only thing that remains is to await your execution...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jbnueb2OI4o&t=3s
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Originally posted by element771 View PostThey know God exists...they just don't want to admit it.
After all, atheism is a religion that requires a tremendous amount of faith.
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Originally posted by Sparko View PostYour idea of God as some petulant child demanding worship or he will send you to hell is incorrect and ridiculous.It is a strawman God you make up to feel better about your rejection of him.Many people have corrected you on this over the years, but you stubbornly cling to your delusion. All you are accomplishing is making it impossible to have an actual conversation with you, since you insist on creating a false version of God and Christianity which you then argue against instead of what we really believe.It would be like if I insisted that all atheists are evil criminals who eat babies in their basement. We would have no chance at a true dialogue as long as I just kept accusing you of being that.
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Great, David Hume agrees with me that your belief that God has human passions and a restless appetite for applause is absurd.
Another one of your strawman idiotic tactics. You argue against God and his qualities, yet when it is pointed out to you that you are wrong, you retreat to, "well he doesn't even exist so there!" like a petulant child.
No you are the one positing strawman arguments and thinking that by defeating them you have successfully defeated theism. All you have defeated is your own idiotic made-up argument.
It was a perfect analogy. You keep wanting to destroy our faith by claiming God is a petulant child who demand out worship. Except that is not who God is, nor why we worship him. As long as you keep making up false beliefs to beat up, you will never touch our actual faith, and you make yourself look ridiculous.
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