The apologia of the cosmos. Evidence of God

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No greater love has a man than this, to lay down his life for his friend.

Again it is written:

The world shall know you are My disciples by the love you have for one another.

These are the words of God and they tell us that the greatest demonstrable proof of our knowing Him is the love that we have in our hearts which expresses itself towards others.

The part in bold is the part you need to substantiate before you even begin to claim knowledge of anything. All you have is a naked assertion. Your lack of an epistemological framework on which to predicate your claims leaves you flat on your face from the get go.

As such, you are miles from anything remotely resembling knowledge. This barely even qualifies as belief.
 
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If anyone is harboring hate, it is you, for it is evidenced in your words.

Yeah, I do harbor hate. Hate for those who, on faith, decide to attempt to restrict the rights of their fellow homo sapiens. I have hate for the willfully ignorant who use their ignorance to spread falsehoods and try their very hardest to rip down all of the progress humans have made so far on this planet.

If I spoke as you do, think as you do, and act as you do, you would no doubt agree with me.
Obviously.

As it stands, you do not agree with me because I testify that your godless worldview is evil.
No, I do not agree with you because you have no evidence. You are absolutely no better than any other snake oil salesman. An astrologist that gets a free pass from society. You've been abducted by a UFO with nothing to show for it.


Too bad you haven't even met the majority of Christians, let alone know whether or not they harbor hate as you claim they do.
I should have put loving in quotations.

Just tell me how many atheists are involved in taking care of orphans, widows, the homeless, the hungry, the outcasts of society, the sick,
Secular charities - Think Atheist

Atheists Helping the Homeless.

Doctors Without Borders.

UNICEF.

Amnesty International.

Oxfam International.

And none of them demand obedience to an unevidenced, invisible sky daddy. They don't perpetuate ignorance of science, especially medical science.

Get over yourself.


those which live in countries that have been ravished and raped by the ruthless whims of atheist dictators and the millions who have been raised in godless societies that have been taught that God is dead.
They haven't been taught that God is dead. They have been taught that God is Kim Jong Il. That God is Stalin. The problem remains. I don't care if it's Stalin, Hitler, Kim or 'God'. They are all dictators. They all are presumed to have absolute power. And they all prey on the gullibility and subservience of others. The only difference is that Stalin actually existed.

The problem is not religion. The problem is not God. The problem is blind faith, ignorance, and gullibility. These things simply lead to religion.


Talk to the millions whose lives have been changed by the love and mercy that was shown to them by Christians who were complete strangers, but who nonetheless displayed self-less love to those which were looked upon by society as unlovable.
And what would that prove?

I pray you experience this love because it is evident that you are a very bitter and hateful young person.
What I want to experience is love that is not based on the conditions that I be straight and Christian. Certainly the behavior of 'bad' Christians is not a very good argument against the existence of their deity. However, it is disgusting and inhuman. And I will show my anger towards those who attempt to impede our progress as a species and who attempt to degrade their fellow homo sapiens as if they have some sort of moral superiority over them.
 
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It does not matter what I think. Only God's view of Davian is what counts.

No, it totally matters what you think. You, and other Christians, are the only ones who can speak on what God thinks. You are the sole vessels of communication. God does not come down from heaven and speak to us. All we have is letters on a page. And a few people who claim to know exactly what they mean because 'the holy spirit' has shown them.

The problem is, apparently, 'the holy spirit' likes to show different things to different people. So, what's up.

We all know. There is no holy spirit. Duh.
 
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The part in bold is the part you need to substantiate before you even begin to claim knowledge of anything. All you have is a naked assertion. Your lack of an epistemological framework on which to predicate your claims leaves you flat on your face from the get go.

As such, you are miles from anything remotely resembling knowledge. This barely even qualifies as belief.

Yeah, I do harbor hate. Hate for those who, on faith, decide to attempt to restrict the rights of their fellow homo sapiens. I have hate for the willfully ignorant who use their ignorance to spread falsehoods and try their very hardest to rip down all of the progress humans have made so far on this planet.

Obviously.

No, I do not agree with you because you have no evidence. You are absolutely no better than any other snake oil salesman. An astrologist that gets a free pass from society. You've been abducted by a UFO with nothing to show for it.


I should have put loving in quotations.


Secular charities - Think Atheist

Atheists Helping the Homeless.

Doctors Without Borders.

UNICEF.

Amnesty International.

Oxfam International.

And none of them demand obedience to an unevidenced, invisible sky daddy. They don't perpetuate ignorance of science, especially medical science.

Get over yourself.


They haven't been taught that God is dead. They have been taught that God is Kim Jong Il. That God is Stalin. The problem remains. I don't care if it's Stalin, Hitler, Kim or 'God'. They are all dictators. They all are presumed to have absolute power. And they all prey on the gullibility and subservience of others. The only difference is that Stalin actually existed.

The problem is not religion. The problem is not God. The problem is blind faith, ignorance, and gullibility. These things simply lead to religion.


And what would that prove?

What I want to experience is love that is not based on the conditions that I be straight and Christian. Certainly the behavior of 'bad' Christians is not a very good argument against the existence of their deity. However, it is disgusting and inhuman. And I will show my anger towards those who attempt to impede our progress as a species and who attempt to degrade their fellow homo sapiens as if they have some sort of moral superiority over them.

No, it totally matters what you think. You, and other Christians, are the only ones who can speak on what God thinks. You are the sole vessels of communication. God does not come down from heaven and speak to us. All we have is letters on a page. And a few people who claim to know exactly what they mean because 'the holy spirit' has shown them.

The problem is, apparently, 'the holy spirit' likes to show different things to different people. So, what's up.

We all know. There is no holy spirit. Duh.

On your next break from preaching, I have asked you a question, here.

A man can no more diminish God's glory by refusing to worship Him than a lunatic can put out the sun by scribbling the word, 'darkness' on the walls of his cell. - C.S. Lewis
 
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A man can no more diminish God's glory by refusing to worship Him than a lunatic can put out the sun by scribbling the word, 'darkness' on the walls of his cell. - C.S. Lewis

You seem to think the remedy for a naked assertion is to pile another naked assertion on top of it. This belies the fact that you can't substantiate a single thing you've claimed.
 
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A man can no more diminish God's glory by refusing to worship Him than a lunatic can put out the sun by scribbling the word, 'darkness' on the walls of his cell. - C.S. Lewis

Your lack of any meager defense for your religion is duly noted.

Good job.
 
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You seem to think the remedy for a naked assertion is to pile another naked assertion on top of it. This belies the fact that you can't substantiate a single thing you've claimed.

Your lack of any meager defense for your religion is duly noted.

Good job.

I do not need to defend Christianity to either of you two gentlemen.

The reason is because at the very least, the two of you know God exists. I do not have to prove it to you if you already know it.

In fact, there is actually nothing I can say to you at all. Considering the fact that you have rejected the light of illumination already given to you, why be pretentious and pretend you are seeking the truth?

You would be better off to just admit that you abhor the idea that there is someone besides yourself that should be worshipped.
 
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Wow, is Eliarnai still peddling the same tired schtick about how we're al theists in denial deep down? ^_^

No, I would not say denial. I would just say that no one can actually live as if they were an atheist. We all affirm that there is a God in our lives. The only thing is that there is some disagreement on who this "God" is.
 
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No, I would not say denial. I would just say that no one can actually live as if they were an atheist. We all affirm that there is a God in our lives. The only thing is that there is some disagreement on who this "God" is.

No, we don't affirm that there is a God in our lives.

Ergo, your conclusion is incorrect.
 
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I would just say that no one can actually live as if they were an atheist.
And just for getting even in terms of baseless assertions I would say that no one can actually live as if they were a theist.
We all affirm that there is a God in our lives.
Well, no. I don´t affirm that there is a God in my life.
The only thing is that there is some disagreement on who this "God" is.
So whom do I affirm to be the God in my life? And if you can´t find any quote of mine affirming someone to be the God in my life, how come you declare someone to be the God in my life, and then voice disagreement that the entity you have just declared to be God isn´t God?
 
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I would just say that no one can actually live as if they were an atheist. We all affirm that there is a God in our lives.

What is that supposed to mean? I affirm no such thing.


eudaimonia,

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I do not need to defend Christianity to either of you two gentlemen.

The reason is because at the very least, the two of you know God exists. I do not have to prove it to you if you already know it.

In fact, there is actually nothing I can say to you at all. Considering the fact that you have rejected the light of illumination already given to you, why be pretentious and pretend you are seeking the truth?

You would be better off to just admit that you abhor the idea that there is someone besides yourself that should be worshipped.

Now you've returned to presumptuousness.

No, I would not say denial. I would just say that no one can actually live as if they were an atheist. We all affirm that there is a God in our lives.

And yet people do actually live as if they were atheists, because they actually are atheists.

The only thing is that there is some disagreement on who this "God" is.
"Some disagreement"? Can that qualify as the under-statement of the year? There are countless conceptions of God, both within and between religions. What makes your conception reliable?
 
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The reason is because at the very least, the two of you know God exists.

Again, when you pile a naked assertion on top of another naked assertion, they don't magically cancel each other out.

I've only been involved in this thread a short while, but you've already got at least three naked assertions to your credit, all of which need substantiating. To recap, they are as follows,

I do know how the universe was created.

the two of you know God exists.

you abhor the idea that there is someone besides yourself that should be worshipped.

This list is only going to get bigger, unless you buckle down and get to work.
 
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What is that supposed to mean? I affirm no such thing.


eudaimonia,

Mark

I think it might mean that the distinction between 'believers' and 'non-believers' are superficial at best.
 
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It simply means that one reverences or worships either themself or Jesus Christ.

If themselves, then they worship themselves as god, if they worship and reverence Jesus Christ as the Messiah, then they worship God.

I myself oftentimes find the temptation to revert to self-gratification and self-glorification and self-worship to be so great that I capitulate and set myself up as god of my own life. When I do, I am convicted and shown the need for true and heartfelt repentance, which is the only way that "self" can be abdicated so that Christ may rein in His rightful place.

As Christians, we must die daily, so that Christ may live in us and through us. We either serve ourselves, or God. Either way, we are slaves. Slaves to righteousness through faith in Christ, or slaves to unrightesousness and sin.

At the very least, it can be said that everyone with a certain degree of pride, believes in themselves, some more, some less.
 
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As Christians, we must die daily, so that Christ may live in us and through us. We either serve ourselves, or God. Either way, we are slaves. Slaves to righteousness through faith in Christ, or slaves to unrightesousness and sin.

At the very least, it can be said that everyone with a certain degree of pride, believes in themselves, some more, some less.

You present an ugly, disgusting false dichotomy that paints the human race as inherently worthless and deserving of death. I'm not surprised- it's what your religion has taught you. That people are bad. This is not always the case.

There are many people who live entirely selflessly- they do not worship themselves by any degree. If anything, they debase themselves, putting others needs above their own at all times. They don't worship themselves in ANY sense, not even by your silly definitions, and they don't worship God either.

Free yourself from these chains dude. You've shackled yourself up in this view of reality that is entirely of your own creation.
 
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It simply means that one reverences or worships either themself or Jesus Christ.

Except....we don't worship either.

So, false dichotomy.

I myself oftentimes find the temptation to revert to self-gratification and self-glorification and self-worship to be so great that I capitulate and set myself up as god of my own life. When I do, I am convicted and shown the need for true and heartfelt repentance, which is the only way that "self" can be abdicated so that Christ may rein in His rightful place.

Just because you screw up that way doesn't mean you need to project it onto everyone else.
 
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