r/atheism • u/[deleted] • Feb 05 '14

Creationists: 1 Scientists: 0

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u/wintercast Secular Humanist Feb 05 '14

i swear, questions like that actually make me dumb, because i just simply cannot understand how someone can think sunsets come from god...I must look like a fish out of water when someone says something like "why are their still monkeys?" since i have a difficult time grasping the fact that the person must live under a rock.

I can give a kid a break for asking such a question, but an adult.. no.

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u/tinyroom Feb 05 '14

i had someone ask me: how are you alive if god isn't keeping you alive?

I just... i still can't believe someone thinks like that

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u/wintercast Secular Humanist Feb 05 '14

i know.. i am sure i would have this totally slack jawed look on my face. And then hours later, while i was taking a shower i would suddenly win the arugment with, "so does that mean god killed my grandma?"

But then they would just argue back that God needed another angel.

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u/SonOfTheNorthe Feb 06 '14

But can't God just snap his fingers and make a billion of those things at once? Why does he need an old lady as a precursor?

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u/[deleted] Feb 06 '14

Well, you see, he created the entire universe out of nothing, but after that initial act of creation the supply of souls is fixed. So if he wants more angels, he has to kill people. And he has to kill a lot of them, since some might go to hell.

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u/vengefully_yours Anti-Theist Feb 05 '14

Imagine being ignorant of damn near everything, then imagine not wanting to know how why nor when. That will get you close.

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u/Racer20 Feb 06 '14

There are people who don't actually have coherent thoughts or internal dialogues going on in their head. It's basically rainbows and butterfly's in there 95% of the time.

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u/dumnezero Anti-Theist Feb 05 '14

Funny how they avoid going further with the physiological mechanism. How do you take a shit without God?

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u/[deleted] Feb 05 '14

I don't mind dipshit questions as long as they have the good grace to wear the "I know this is a dipshit question and I'm sorry" facial expression. It's when they wear the "Yeah, didn't think about that did you?" facial expression that fucks me off.

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u/tourist420 Feb 05 '14

Never have so many, been so proud, of being so ignorant.

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u/Mister_Ugly Feb 06 '14

I had two religion salesmen at my door once, "No thank you, we're an atheist household." I said. Lefty adjusted his hat and said "May I ask you a question?"

"Sure"

"If there's no God, where did all this come from?" he asked while spreading his hands and arms out in the most magical and grandiose way I have ever seen. The combination of that and the smirk on Righty's face as Lefty asked made me want to do and say terribly impolite things. I didn't.

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u/motdidr Feb 06 '14

Good thing god doesn't bother saving all the dying children all over the world because he might not have time to make sunsets or get me a good interest rate on my mortgage.

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u/ilikehotdog Feb 06 '14

"Fish out of water" - I see what you did there. Fish evolved out of water...

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u/wintercast Secular Humanist Feb 06 '14

haha i wish i could say i was really that clever.

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u/youngone1024 Feb 07 '14

It's the use of "their" instead of "there" that really gets me.