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Old 10-02-2005, 08:42 AM   #1 (permalink)
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God is an atheist.

Faith is "belief in things that aren't based in fact" and since God knows everything, he can't have faith.

And, because he already the highest power, he doesn't believe in a high power.

And so, God is an atheist.





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Old 10-02-2005, 10:01 AM   #2 (permalink)
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Doesn't work. I agree that God can't have faith that he exists. However, the reason that he can't have faith is that he already knows factually of his existence.

Secondly, it does not follow from the fact that God is the highest power that he doesn't believe in the highest power. To the contrary, he believes in himself (through facts, remember?) and thus believes in God...

Still funny, but it doesn't work out in the end...

Question for you: Can God create a rock so big that he can't lift it?
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Old 10-02-2005, 12:15 PM   #3 (permalink)
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God has 10 little rules- if you break them he'll send you to this horrible burning place full of torture, death, pain, and destruction. You'll be there screaming, crying, and burning until the end of time.

But... he loves you.

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Old 10-02-2005, 03:21 PM   #4 (permalink)
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There is no God, but the universe exists.
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Old 10-02-2005, 03:41 PM   #5 (permalink)
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Old 10-02-2005, 04:05 PM   #6 (permalink)
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Intelligent Design.
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Old 10-05-2005, 01:16 PM   #7 (permalink)
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I'm starting to wonder... :-/
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Old 10-06-2005, 04:31 AM   #8 (permalink)
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God is an atheist.

Faith is "belief in things that aren't based in fact" and since God knows everything, he can't have faith.

And, because he already the highest power, he doesn't believe in a high power.

And so, God is an atheist.
Thanks for sharing. I like interesting contradictions; sadly, I don't find this one to be particularly so. Your argument depends on the following definition:

Athiests don't have faith in a power higher than themselves.

The argument falls apart if you use a more common-sense, less awkward definition:

Athiests don't believe in God.
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Old 10-06-2005, 04:43 AM   #9 (permalink)
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Here's one of my favorites: Curry's paradox.

Abelard: "If I'm not mistaken, then Santa Claus exists."
Eloise: "I agree: if you are not mistaken then Santa Claus exists."
Abelard: "You agree: what I said was correct."
Eloise: "Yes."
Abelard: "Then I am not mistaken."
Eloise: "True."
Abelard: "If I am not mistaken, then Santa Claus exists. I am not mistaken. Therefore, Santa Claus exists."
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Old 10-06-2005, 07:17 AM   #10 (permalink)
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God is an atheist.

Faith is "belief in things that aren't based in fact" and since God knows everything, he can't have faith.

And, because he already the highest power, he doesn't believe in a high power.

And so, God is an atheist.

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Originally Posted by Merriam Webster Dictionary
Main Entry: athe·ist
Pronunciation: 'A-thE-ist
Function: noun
: one who believes that there is no deity
So, faith has nothing to do with atheism. God would, in fact, understand his place as deity, and possibly believe in deity greater than himself (if such a thing does indeed exist). Therefore, a god or goddess cannot be an atheist by definition.
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Old 10-06-2005, 09:53 AM   #11 (permalink)
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As children most of us are told Santa Claus, the Easter Bunny, the Tooth Fairy, and God exist.

As adults we are told Santa Claus, the Easter Bunny, and the Tooth Fairy don't exist, but God still does.
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Old 10-11-2005, 03:25 PM   #12 (permalink)
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What about this "paradox" of sorts...

Are God's commands morally right because he said them

OR

Are things morally right and therefore God said them.



Also: God is the supreme being of all "Good" qualities. He possesses a maximum of each quality. This would include Mercy, Justice, Loyalty and Trust etc etc

If God has infinite Mercy, how can he act with infinite justice towards the enemies of the people to whom he is loyal without breaking their trust?

Or basically, too many people give God the "max" in qualities that are mutually exclusive.
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Old 10-11-2005, 03:27 PM   #13 (permalink)
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Here's one of my favorites: Curry's paradox.

Abelard: "If I'm not mistaken, then Santa Claus exists."
Eloise: "I agree: if you are not mistaken then Santa Claus exists."
Abelard: "You agree: what I said was correct."
Eloise: "Yes."
Abelard: "Then I am not mistaken."
Eloise: "True."
Abelard: "If I am not mistaken, then Santa Claus exists. I am not mistaken. Therefore, Santa Claus exists."

There is no paradox here. Just an illusion of bad grammar.

The original "If I'm not mistaken [about the existence of Santa Clause], then SC exists"

The second "Then I am not mistaken [about my logical inferrences.]
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Old 10-11-2005, 03:44 PM   #14 (permalink)
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Does the set of all sets that don't contain themselves contain itself? If it does than it can't and if it doesn't than it has to.
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Old 10-11-2005, 06:28 PM   #15 (permalink)
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That's why set theory says that all sets have to have a range
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Old 10-11-2005, 06:31 PM   #16 (permalink)
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Old 10-13-2005, 03:59 AM   #17 (permalink)
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Thanks for sharing. I like interesting contradictions; sadly, I don't find this one to be particularly so. Your argument depends on the following definition:

Athiests don't have faith in a power higher than themselves.

The argument falls apart if you use a more common-sense, less awkward definition:

Athiests don't believe in God.
Essentially, you are correct. I found this online not too long ago...

The notion that under a paticular definition of atheism, God could be defined as an atheist just struck me as really funny. So I thought I'd share..

Upon reflection, the Tilted Humor or Tildted Nonsense may be been a better forum, but I regret nothing!
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Old 10-13-2005, 04:23 AM   #18 (permalink)
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The TFP is anti-hate, anti-intolerant, anti-homophobic, anti-genderist, anti-racist but not anti-Christian.
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Old 10-13-2005, 05:20 AM   #19 (permalink)
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The TFP is anti-hate, anti-intolerant, anti-homophobic, anti-genderist, anti-racist but not anti-Christian.
Is this directed towards me? Are you suggesting in a roundabout way that I'm anti-Christian? On what grounds? Humour?

I'm sorry if I may be wandering into left field, but I'm baffled as to how to interpret your post.
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Old 10-13-2005, 06:49 AM   #20 (permalink)
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Basic Quantum Theory is my favorite contradiction (more specifically, the wave-particle duality that it relies on..)

In order to travel through a vacuum, such as space, a particle must have a transmission medium (such as air or water). Since light does indeed travel through the vacuum of space, it must be waveform (creating its own medium).

However, light must be a particle because it is able to pass through the 'double-slit' as only a particle can.
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Old 10-13-2005, 06:50 AM   #21 (permalink)
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There are tons of "begging the question" contradictions out there, and considering the religious tone this post has taken, the most common is:

If God created everything, who created God?
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Old 10-13-2005, 07:45 AM   #22 (permalink)
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Jinn, maybe you can answer this to me: what is fire? a gas? a solid? is it quanta that behaves like a wave?

i look at a candle flame, and it appears to have substance inthat I can move it with my breath or displace it with my fingers, yet it appears to be only light and heat. is it just energy?
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Old 10-13-2005, 08:16 AM   #23 (permalink)
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Leto, it's a process.

It's (in the case of say, a candle flame) the complex process of wax (solid CnH2n+2 where n is a number between 22 and 27, but basically a connected bunch of Carbon and Hydrogen atoms) being heated through the liquid phase(molten wax), until it becomes so hot, it vapourises (gas) and is able to chemically react with the oxygen (another gas) in the air, giving off light and heat (energy) to form CO2, some soot (C), maybe a little water and some other trace compounds.

The part you see and feel, the light and the heat, are the energy being given off by an exothermic reaction
 
Old 10-14-2005, 07:44 AM   #24 (permalink)
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God created everything

therefore

God created evil

And

God doesn't create things by "mistake"

so

It was his will to create evil

therefore

If I do evil, I am doing God's will.
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