freakzilla149
Banned
It really is. I find it a really difficult to comprehend how people can have an hour long conversation on the topic of whether god exists or not, it's an open and shut case.
Whether it's the nature and the abilities of gods or the ridiculous claims, promises and demands of religions, it all screams bullshit. It's like the worlds dumbest snake oil salesman. It's so blatantly not true.
The question "is god real?" should not be asked any more, it's been settled a long time ago. Unless, God himself decides to join the debate, there's nothing left to say at this point which could ever make a case for his/her existence.
I guess I understand there my be some very good reasons in our evolutionary and cultural history for the existence of religion and that some may even find it useful to cope with the harshness of the world. It's still just so... obviously false.
EDIT: I had originally included a set of arguments on why religion is false & lack evidence in God(s) but removed it because it would be repeating other people, I'd hoped to focus on my very poorly stated position that it is very obvious that religions are false, we don't actually need hour long debates.
To illustrate my point, a simple set of questions that no religious person can adequately address:
Whether it's the nature and the abilities of gods or the ridiculous claims, promises and demands of religions, it all screams bullshit. It's like the worlds dumbest snake oil salesman. It's so blatantly not true.
The question "is god real?" should not be asked any more, it's been settled a long time ago. Unless, God himself decides to join the debate, there's nothing left to say at this point which could ever make a case for his/her existence.
I guess I understand there my be some very good reasons in our evolutionary and cultural history for the existence of religion and that some may even find it useful to cope with the harshness of the world. It's still just so... obviously false.
EDIT: I had originally included a set of arguments on why religion is false & lack evidence in God(s) but removed it because it would be repeating other people, I'd hoped to focus on my very poorly stated position that it is very obvious that religions are false, we don't actually need hour long debates.
To illustrate my point, a simple set of questions that no religious person can adequately address:
This is a terrible argument regardless of the OP's post.
Given the parameters of what would be needed for a Christian God to exist, namely, evidence of his freeing of Israelite slaves, a great deluge wiping out all but 8 of humanity, literal fire and sulfur raining from the heavens, I feel very confidently that since all three (And these are simply three I have chosen) have been disproven by historians and scientists, such a God could not exist.
Also there is the point that by practicing your belief, you are ignoring the 1000s of other possible deities.
Now, ignoring Christianity, if we go into other interpretations of God (Giving the ability to an illiterate man to write spontaneously, turning humans into animals) it's not too hard to come to the same conclusion.
Of course there is always the simple "Who created God" or Epicurus able and willing quote but I digress.
Regarding the OP, I feel he was a bit needlessly antagonistic, but I find people repeating that foolish "Fedora" tripe even more annoying.