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Permalink Reply by Dave G on March 9, 2009 at 7:33pm

If the god described in the bible exists, I would consider it a moral imperative to oppose him.

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Permalink Reply by Nelson on March 9, 2009 at 7:45pm

a perfectly valid point. theists assume that even if their god exists that he/she/it/them are automatically worthy of worship. but how could any moral person justify worshiping the god of the 3 monotheisms, even if he could be demonstrated to exist?

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Permalink Reply by AtypicalAtheist on March 8, 2009 at 8:36pm

"Well what if you're wrong?'



Rebuttal: I'm not.

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Permalink Reply by Zachery on March 16, 2009 at 10:42pm

Awesome. FTW

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Permalink Reply by Paul Boquet on March 13, 2009 at 1:13am

This one's easy.

Dawkins did it for me
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6mmskXXetcg

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Permalink Reply by Lisa on March 13, 2009 at 10:48pm

Then I'm wrong. At least I lived doing and thinking things my way. I wouldn't have it any other way. Ha!

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Permalink Reply by Dave G on March 14, 2009 at 10:43pm

*plays Sinatra singing "My Way"*

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Permalink Reply by Brad Leclerc on March 15, 2009 at 12:58pm

I tend to keep it simple when asked that by just asking in return "what if (insert religion besides the one they follow) is right?" It tends to end up in a quick illogical loop of backtracking, but it makes it easy to show how stupid the question was.

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Permalink Reply by Katie on March 15, 2009 at 1:42pm

Hmm I wouldn't mind if I were wrong at all. It's interesting because it isn't that atheists WANT god to not exist - they just do not believe that he does. It isn't really our fault as much as it's "god's."


And I think spending eternity with Satan may possibly be better than with Yahweh.

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Permalink Reply by noisician on March 15, 2009 at 6:07pm

Well, xtian, what if you are wrong?

What if Islam were the one true religion? What if Judaisim were the one true religion and Jesus was delusional or a scam artist or just mistaken? What if Hinduism is the one true religion? What if the Greek or Roman or Norse or Chinese or Japanese or Aztec or Egyptian or North American Native gods were the only true gods? (etc., etc. -- insert your favorite ancient pantheon) What if the Mormons are right? What if the Scientologists are right? What if the Summum religion invented by Clyde "Corky" Nowell in 1975 is the one true religion? Why don't you believe in the Heaven's Gate cult, Charles Manson's cult, Jim Jones's cult?

The same reason you don't believe in any of them, xtian, is the reason we don't believe in Jesus.

Think hard about that, xtian, and then let's discuss.

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Permalink Reply by Morgan Matthew on March 15, 2009 at 6:12pm

well said, noisician

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Permalink Reply by prolix on March 31, 2009 at 12:56am

I find that showing confidence when asked this question works best. For instance, answering with.. "well then I'm wrong, and I would accept the possible consequences of not believing rather than believe out of fear." I try not to be too aggressive when answering questions like this. Telling them that the question is logically invalid as an argument because the question can easily be inverted against themselves as well is a little harsh and would only show them my discontent with their faith. Its a good way to make a theist turtle up lol.

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