Let Theists agree before they have the nerve to criticize atheists!

[mswas]

tomndebb Not to worry, the last use of the massive font cured me of my interest.

[MrDibble]

@tomndebb

[ Moderating ]

(Listed alphabetically: ) MrDibble and mswas, knock it off.

Complaining about each other and going on about who is or is not lying have nothing to do with this thread. Neither of you are persuading the peanut gallery of anything (except that you are each a bit obsessive regarding the other poster).

If you have a straightforward thesis regarding the thread topic that you think needs to be expressed, do so without mentioning any previous posts, otherwise just knock it off or go play in the Pit.

[ /Moderating ]

Will do. Sorry, got a bit strident there.

errm, can I still reply to the flood hijack bit, though? It is interesting in its own right.

[ITR_champion]

Well, I will be happy to answer Valteron’s questions according to his guidelines*.

Yes

No

No

God will speak to you. When you hear Him, you’ll believe, though I’d guess that you need to gain some maturity and wisdom before you’ll be able to hear him.

• Technically Valteron demanded that I answer question four with yes or no, which struck me as somewhat odd, given that he’s asking for an explanation. I guess that’s one of those things that only makes sense to the superior logic of an atheist.

[tomndebb]

@ITR champion

though I’d guess that you need to gain some maturity and wisdom before you’ll be able to hear him.

The next time you choose to express an opinion regarding how another poster may or may not communicate with God, be sure to do it in a way that is not a direct insult (otherwise God may decide that you are judging others in a way that you might not wish to be judged and I will certainly judge you to have broken the rules of this Forum).

[ /Moderating ]

[Czarcasm]

@Czarcasm

[sarcasm]As I non-stand here in front of my non-Apple computer, I eat my non-dinner, drink my non-beer and contemplate my non-religion.[/sarcasm]
Atheists are not playing a different version of the religion game, and we are not playing the same game with alternate rules-We have set down the dice, we have thrown away the pretty playing piece, and thrown the board away. We are not playing the religion game at all. We don’t have a church, we don’t have a religion, we don’t have Communism as some subset-we don’t even have a loose set of rules to live by. We don’t worship our gods, we don’t worship your gods, we don’t worship their gods, and we don’t worship gods set up by governments(that would be Communism, for those who haven’t gotten the point yet.)

@mswas

It’s funny how even with your lack of conformity you always hide behind the group when I am addressing a specific person.

That statement was directed AT YOU, not at all atheists.

Change “we” to “I” if it’ll make you feel better(or actually respond to any points I’ve made). Do any other atheists disagree with what I’ve posted above?

[Der_Trihs]

@Czarcasm

Do any other atheists disagree with what I’ve posted above?

It makes perfect sense to me.

[The_Hamster_King]

@ITR champion

God will speak to you. When you hear Him, you’ll believe, though I’d guess that you need to gain some maturity and wisdom before you’ll be able to hear him.

How do you know that the voice you hear is the voice of God? As a fallible human, might you not be deceived?

[Der_Trihs]

@Pochacco

How do you know that the voice you hear is the voice of God? As a fallible human, might you not be deceived?

That’s always bothered me. How do you know it’s not the Devil ? Or Cthulhu ? Or the Men in Black who’ve implanted a tranceiver in your head ? Or food poisoning, for that matter ?

[The_Hamster_King]

@Czarcasm

Do any other atheists disagree with what I’ve posted above?

Sounds good to me.

Atheism only exists as a rejection of theism. Imagine a world where there is no conception of God. In such a world it would be impossible to be an atheist, just as it would have been impossible to be “anti-American” in 1491.

[Czarcasm]

Here’s a puzzle for you:

1. If Atheism is really a type of religion, and
2. All religions basically agree on what they believe, then
3. Do atheists believe in God?

[Revenant_Threshold]

@ITR champion

God will speak to you. When you hear Him, you’ll believe, though I’d guess that you need to gain some maturity and wisdom before you’ll be able to hear him.

This from the person who challenged people to refute Aquinas’ proofs, and then abandoned the thread when someone did so. Yes, it’s *us * that refuse to listen. Of course.

[Princhester]

@Czarcasm

Do any other atheists disagree with what I’ve posted above?

Good Og, no.

[cosmosdan]

@Pochacco

How do you know that the voice you hear is the voice of God? As a fallible human, might you not be deceived?

Might be and occasionally are, being fallible humans. Still to many the effort to discern god’s voice from the voice of our own ego, fear, and pride is still worthwhile.

Seems odd don’t it?

The hope is that practice makes perfect.

[Princhester]

You’re ducking the question. How do you ever know it’s your god’s voice?

[Der_Trihs]

@cosmosdan

Might be and occasionally are, being fallible humans. Still to many the effort to discern god’s voice from the voice of our own ego, fear, and pride is still worthwhile.

Seems odd don’t it?

Not really, since it allows people to listen to “the voice of our own ego, fear, and pride”, define THAT as the voice of God, and act on our worst impulses while feeling morally superior. It’s not odd at all.

[ITR_champion]

@Revenant Threshold

This from the person who challenged people to refute Aquinas’ proofs, and then abandoned the thread when someone did so. Yes, it’s *us * that refuse to listen. Of course.

If you can provide a link to the post in which this happened, I will acknowledge that I refused to listen on that occasion. Otherwise I will refuse to acknowledge that you’re telling the truth.

How do you know that the voice you hear is the voice of God? As a fallible human, might you not be deceived?

Believe me, when God calls, there’s no need for caller ID.

[cosmosdan]

@Der Trihs

Not really, since it allows people to listen to “the voice of our own ego, fear, and pride”, define THAT as the voice of God, and act on our worst impulses while feeling morally superior. It’s not odd at all.

No doubt that does happen, fortunately it’s not the only alternative.

[Revenant_Threshold]

@ITR champion

If you can provide a link to the post in which this happened, I will acknowledge that I refused to listen on that occasion. Otherwise I will refuse to acknowledge that you’re telling the truth.

Perfectly reasonable. Here is the thread in question. This is the post in which you issue your challenge (handily, in the first paragraph). Here’s the post refuting the proofs in question. As you’ll note, you did not return to post in that thread after this.

[Der_Trihs]

@ITR champion

Believe me, when God calls, there’s no need for caller ID.

Believe me, when you hear God call, it’s actually Satan.

Show me why my claim is inferior to yours.

[ITR_champion]

Take your pick.

1. I know what I experience. An anonymous stranger on the internet does not. You claiming to know more about my spiritual experiences than I do is as absurd as you claiming to know more about my dinner than I do.

2. Occam’s razor. God being God is a simpler explanation than something else being disguised as God, just as my neighbor Maria being Maria is a simpler explanation than someone else being disguised as Maria.

3. Morals. God calls us to do what is good, Satan to do what is evil. Hence a call to goodness cannot come from Satan.

4. Basic common sense.

5. Satan was banned from the board years ago and I haven’t heard from him since.