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Originally Posted by willravel
That's not how I would describe god at all. In fact, the idea of god is studied since childhood for most people. Whether you were born into Judaism, Christianity, Islam, or Hinduism, you're probably VERY familiar with god and religion. The concept itself is quite simple: there are one or more beings or entities of supernatural power that have created the universe, and in some cases, have dominion over it. It's not unknown, it's just illogical.
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Oh? So you know that there is no God. To claim the belief in God illogical you first need to claim it false (Or, at the very least, show that there is another plausible explanation for the creation of the universe). My belief isn't illogical. What
IS illogical however is to claim that God doesn't exist based on man's limited knowledge.
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Let's say I stabbed myself in the eye with a fork in front of you to make a point. Would you fear me, or would you think I was nuts?
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That depends on the point you're trying to make. Care to elaborate?
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Also, I feel it's my responsibility to ask you if you're afraid of Zeus. If you're not, then maybe you should ask yourself why you aren't, then simply assume it's similar to my philosophy on god.
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Nope, I'm not afraid of Zeus because I don't believe in him. Correct me if I'm wrong, but you're not saying that you don't believe in God-- You're stating that He doesn't exist. If you want to change your stance from stating that He doesn't exist to not believing in Him, then all will be well with the world >_<
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Based on all available information, I am in many ways more intelligent than any other species on our planet.
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...Or so you seem to believe.
*Thinks that mice and dolphins would disagree with you*
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A lack of belief in god has nothing to do with ego. It has to do with recognition of systems and evidence. Everything I've ever witnessed tells me that it's unreasonable to think that god is real. It's that simple.
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Accepting one's limitations has nothing to do with ego (I don't know how you got that from what I typed out). It simply means that you've reached the edge of human reasoning/comprehension.
I'll ask you a very simple question to illustrate my point: What happens when you die? Does your soul live on? Are you re-incarnated? Or do you simply decompose in a hole?
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People who blindly accept fiction without any reasonable explanation are theists. People who seek understanding based on reason are atheists. Atheists hardly believe that we know everything, in fact we're the first to admit that we know very little. What we do know is based on facts and reason. Theists cannot make that claim.
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Let me correct you: People who believe that everything can be explained through a system of logic assumptions are atheists. Anywho, no where did I state that man claims to know everything. I believe I said:
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At the core of his belief is that everything can be rationalized.
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Simply put, you believe that you will know everything one day. Often times do I hear the argument "I can't explain it today but you can't call it God because tomorrow we might have the answer!" which is just a cop out for "I really can't say it's not God because I don't know and I doubt I'll be able to explain it". Remember that tomorrow will never get here because tomorrow is today's yesterday, tomorrow is today's tomorrow's and tomorrow is tomorrow's tomorrow.
The difference between you and I is that I know God exists while you believe He doesn't exist. Of course, for every day that passes in which you are unable to disprove God's existence you only strengthen my faith that He does exist.
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I've not noticed that. In my experience, atheists come in all different races and genders (not creeds, though). Are you in an area that's high in Caucasians?
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Ummm... I'll be frank. You're wrong. Atheists predominantly (I mean overwhelmingly) stem from one group. That's just stating a fact. Go look at a poll on the subject. The numbers aren't even close. And, to answer your question, no I'm not.