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In reply to the discussion: What kind of God could an atheist believe in? [View all]F4lconF16
(3,747 posts)5. I'm not a fan of this idea.
I am happy without God, period. I feel like this is another faitheist that extols the virtues of religion and the harm and dreariness of a life without it.
Some bits from the article:
Does God have to be part of our understanding of the universe? No. But if scientists tell the public that they have to choose between God and science, most people will choose God, which leads to denialism, hostility to science and the profoundly dangerous mental incoherence in modern society that fosters depression and conflict.
You hear that? You atheists are the problem--you're the ones causing all the conflict and depression and hostility to science. If you'd just play along and believe in a new "God" that really isn't a god, then we wouldn't have these issues. C'mon, atheists, just stop being atheists already. You know that's what we're getting at.
Meanwhile, many of those who choose science find themselves without any way of thinking that can give them access to their own spiritual potential.
Dude, I'll bet you the 6 grams of shrooms I did not that long ago was one hell of a lot more spiritual than most any religious bullshit ever will be. Just sayin'.
What we need is a coherent big picture that is completely consistent with and even inspired by science, yet provides an empowering way of rethinking God that provides the human and social benefits without the fantasy. How can we get this?
Guys, let's get rid of God. Except not really. That'll solve our problems.
You know, we could just drop God entirely, as so many of us have already done to great success. There's this thing called education. With it, we minimize denialism, hostility to science, etc. Education is a proven vaccine against bullshit, and it will continue to be so for the foreseeable future.
We can have a real God if we let go of what makes it unreal. I am only interested in God if it's real. If it isn't real, there's nothing to talk about. But I don't mean real like a table, or a feeling, or a test score, or a star. Those are real in normal earthbound experience. I mean real in the full scientific picture of our double dark universe, our planet, our biology and our moment in history.
See atheists? God is real. As long as you make him real, and take away all the parts without evidence.
You mean people already did that? And there just wasn't any evidence for any god at all?
Well shit.
The point I want to make here is that this list pretty much agrees with most atheists' reasons for dismissing the existence of God. But this is no place to stop. We've merely stated what God can't be. We haven't considered yet what God could be.
Atheists can't disprove God, lalalalala *sticks fingers in ears*
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This article is some of the sneakiest faithiest bullshit I have seen in a while. What a load of crap. I don't need god, I don't want god, and I especially don't want some god that just encourages their religious crap, "evidence" or not (which, by the way, the author means the lack of evidence disproving a god, not, you know, actual evidence).
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