People think we’re this way because we’re in a rock band. Actually, we’re in a rock band because we are this way. – David Lee Roth
Being wrong and burning in hell for ever?
Then again, I might end up in Valhalla. I’m not so much for the berserker thing but perhaps I could get in as a bard? The feasting and wenching sounds OK…
However, according to most of those who think atheists will do so, most theists will do so also. They picked the wrong god to believe in, or the wrong sect of what they thought was the right god.
According to Christopher Hitchens, the worst thing was having everyone ask if he had ‘found God’ after his terminal cancer diagnosis.
Right. Which is why Pascal’s wager is a bit silly.
Which god are you going to ‘choose’ to believe in?
Yeah, you realize that isn’t going to happen, right?
ETA: It seems you do.
Teddy the Dog used to have a habit of crapping in my wife’s shoes. She’s gone, and he’s never done it in mine… 
Yeah. That was my immediate reaction when I first heard of it.
Right on its heels was, I could make myself pretend to believe it but I couldn’t make myself believe it. So wouldn’t any god who cared know that I was lying?
Lest I be accused of mysogynism, I would hope that the wenches are enthusiastically lusty, happy in their skin and enjoy lots of good orgasms. I never understood the muslim ‘72 virgins’ business?
Of course, one can’t carouse ALL the time. I’d like to hang out with Weyland in his forge: the engineer gods (like his buddies Vulcan and Haphaestos) probably understand how the world REALLY works, unlike the pompous ‘boss’ gods…
Challenge accepted!
The problem there is it’s all fastening and wrenching.
And death marches. God’s gotta keep a deadline.
The worst thing about being an atheist is the cuisine.
There are so many specialty foods associated with religious holidays and traditions. Just yesterday I got the most amazing hot cross buns. The kosher foods I got to share at my roommate’s home were incredible. The home cooked Christmas cookies. We atheists have none of that!
I can see where believing that an all-powerful supernatural being cares is going to inspire some pretty earnest effort in the kitchen. It makes sense that some of it is gonna come out pretty damn tasty.
Flying spaghetti?
I like this approach.
I got scolded by a Jewish friend for making challah bread on Passover a few years ago. It was delicious, and only for my family, who are atheists. But I posted it on Instagram…
One Christmas, another Jewish friend roasted a pig. It was excellent, although he did not eat any.
There are some wonderful cuisine that we miss out on. It is Ramadan now, and Eid al ifṭār is coming soon. I live in a city with a large Muslim minority, so (as I like to cook) I see a number of suggested recipes online for Eid.
Umm, this is an atheist household. However, Christmas cookies will be made and consumed. No reason to cast out the cookies with the Jesus, and my devout baptist grandmother couldn’t fry chicken to save Jesus’ life, much less her own. My mother converted to Presbyterianism, and did much better than grandma. We godless heathens can both imitate my mother’s very fine recipe, and create other versions that are sometimes better. It just requires a stomach, a tongue and the time to learn how to cook. No gods required.
And heck, I eat lots of treats based around Hindu and Muslim holidays due to my co-workers. No one’s asking me to convert before I consume the tasty snacks. My sadness is that I can’t share some of my favorites with them due to their dietary restrictions.
Heh!!
Link to free PDF of atheist recipes:
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My recollection is that he had some brief religious training but it didn’t last long. The sentence I recall (almost certainly not verbatim) is “All my father knew was that the rabbi had struck his son and the rabbi must therefore be dismembered”.