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#1391151
OhJohnNo
What you believe doesn't actually matter, because there's no proof. God probably doesn't exist, and there's probably nothing after death. Deal with it.
4/11/2012 3:15:09 AM
#1391156
ScrappyB
Who says atheists are afraid of death? Or at least any more than the average person. I would submit that religious people are more afraid of death. Atheists don't fear what comes after death. Religious people (and some Christians in particular) spend their lives being miserable just because they fear what they think might happen to them after they die.
And personally, since the Bible does a pretty good job of portraying God as a murderous petty tyrant, I'd want to spend my eternity as far away from Him as possible.
4/11/2012 3:28:24 AM
#1391159
Mudak
I'm not afraid of death and I try to save my attacks on religious people to those who would impose their faith on me.
4/11/2012 3:37:42 AM
#1391169
Tatch
"Atheists no deep down that God exists because otherwise they wouldn't be afraid of death..."
Ok, will someone please explain to me how this makes ANY sense? If God didn't exist, we wouldn't be afraid to die? That is literally the opposite of reality. Generally, it's the religious folks who don't fear death due to their belief that they get extra lives.
So... is this like projection on their part?
4/11/2012 4:18:31 AM
#1391175
Extraintrovert
"I believe monotheists are taking a huge risk on their lives, eternity is a long time to be separated from Odin in Hel. They say they do not believe in such things, but what we believe does not matter, it matters if what we believe is true. Monotheists know deep down that Valhalla exists because otherwise they wouldn't be afraid of death and would not attack people of different faiths. I do believe the alien phenomenon is real but I believe it is demons is disguise and it will be a fake alien invasion by these fallen angels in Ragnarok."
Fixed.
4/11/2012 4:22:23 AM
#1391181
Darwin
I think we may have just found a new definition of 'bat-shit insane'.
4/11/2012 4:27:57 AM
#1391190
fmitchell
"... what we believe does not matter, it matters if what we believe is true."
Pot, kettle, shiny mirror, blah blah blah.
4/11/2012 4:38:55 AM
#1391200
I believe atheists are taking a huge risk on their lives...
Well, but that's their risk, not yours. Do your part as a human being and leave them alone if they don't want to be pestered.
but what we believe does not matter, it matters if what we believe is true
What you describe are "facts" which form the basis of mankind's knowledge. Facts are proven by peer review, are indisputable and repeatable when tested.
The basis of religion is "faith" which is belief in something with no proof or confirmation in doing so. Since there is no scientific test for God that exists, all you have in religion is faith. Please learn the difference.
Atheists no deep down that God exists because otherwise they wouldn't be afraid of death and would not attack people of different faiths.
Now here's where I say to keep your arrogant presumption to yourself and STFU.
I do believe the alien phenomenon is real but I believe it is demons is disguise and it will be a fake alien invasion by these fallen angels in the end times as revelation talks about.
You're bat-shit crazy. Please seek psychiatric and/or medical help.
4/11/2012 4:55:30 AM
#1391205
Brain_In_A_Jar
People who knew god existed wouldn't attack people of different faiths?
What colour is the sky on your planet?
4/11/2012 4:58:58 AM
#1391209
Freethinker
Pascal's Wager, incarnation many+1
I give it a meh
4/11/2012 5:09:09 AM
#1391228
Mister Spak
I believe christianists are taking a huge risk on their lives, eternity is a long time to be separated from Allah in hell. They say they do not believe in such things, but what we believe does not matter, it matters if what we believe is true. Christianists no deep down that Allah exists because otherwise they wouldn't be afraid of death and would not attack people of different faiths. I do believe the alien phenomenon is real but I believe it is Jinn is disguise and it will be a fake alien invasion by these Jinn in the end times as the koran talks about.
4/11/2012 5:49:31 AM
#1391250
dionysus
They say they do not believe in such things, but what we believe does not matter, it matters if what we believe is true.
So what you're saying is that it that God only cares if you happen to be right, not if you're sincere and honest? I guess that's why Christians have always loved Pascal's Wager; no need to honestly assess your beliefs, just say you believe in Jesus as an insurance policy.
Atheists no deep down that God exists
Oh, so now you're a mind reader, too? Get behind the other 90 million apologists who also think they can read our minds.
otherwise they wouldn't be afraid of death
What? I'm sorry but dying is scary, it's supposed to be. That's what makes us want to run away from predators and give up our wallets to muggers. Those that weren't afraid of getting killed ended up becoming food.
and would not attack people of different faiths
Are you admitting that a belief in God makes people intolerant? Because that's exactly what you're saying.
I do believe the alien phenomenon is real but I believe it is demons is disguise
Yeah, and I believe that unicorns dance on Saturn's rings in October. Of course, opinion (especially wild, uneducated speculation) is useless in determining facts.
4/11/2012 6:51:58 AM
#1391259
John
Atheists no [sic] deep down that God exists because otherwise they wouldn't be afraid of death
You got it backwards: Religious people are afraid of death; otherwise, they wouldn't invent nonsense about heaven or hell.
4/11/2012 7:05:40 AM
#1391262
Horsefeathers
"I believe atheists are taking a huge risk on their lives, eternity is a long time to be separated from God in hell."
Should this whole Heaven thing turn out to be correct and the fundies are actually right, eternity would also be a long time to be stuck with such people.
"They say they do not believe in such things, but what we believe does not matter, it matters if what we believe is true."
But, you just said it doesn't matter what we believe which implies that whether or not it's true is equally irrelevant.
"Atheists no deep down that God exists because otherwise they wouldn't be afraid of death and would not attack people of different faiths."
I have no fear of death. I also have no wish to speed it up either, unlike you religious folk who can't wait for The End.
And no, I don't "know" that any god exists, and neither do you.
"I do believe the alien phenomenon is real but I believe it is demons is disguise and it will be a fake alien invasion by these fallen angels in the end times as revelation talks about."
Revelation was a coded message to Christians contemporary to its writing urging them to "keep the faith," as it were, because Rome would fall "any day now." At least that's the scholarly, non-fundamentalist, non-crank version that I believe to be the current consensus.
4/11/2012 7:10:15 AM
#1391271
Reynardine
Congratulations. You went from being bigoted and self-righteous to being nuts in a single paragraph.
4/11/2012 7:21:51 AM
#1391277
Mayhem
It's ok. If aliens are fallen angels and they invade, then Jeff Goldblum and Will Smith can defeat them with a Powerbook, just like last time.
4/11/2012 7:34:40 AM
#1391300
Brendan Rizzo
Since when have atheists attacked people of different faiths? Or been afraid of death, for that matter? It seems like these are more along the lines of things Christians do.
4/11/2012 8:12:42 AM
#1391303
JohnTheAtheist
You believe in this and you believe in that...atheists don't "believe" in things. There is either evidence for a position or there is not. All we do is espouse a rational approach to inquiry about the world.
Algebra does not require belief.
4/11/2012 8:18:29 AM
#1391315
Noneofyourbusiness
"I believe atheists are taking a huge risk on their lives, eternity is a long time to be separated from God in hell"
Are you not taking a risk by not believing in any number of other religions?
"Atheists no deep down that God exists because otherwise they wouldn't be afraid of death"
No, if that were true, then atheists wouldn't be atheist. They'd convert. Why wouldn't they?
"and would not attack people of different faiths"
"Different" faiths? Atheism is not a faith. Also, don't pretend to care about faiths other than your own.
"I do believe the alien phenomenon is real but I believe it is demons is disguise and it will be a fake alien invasion by these fallen angels in the end times as revelation talks about."
How did this end up in the same paragraph?
4/11/2012 8:29:24 AM
#1391321
Big Jilm
It's "know" you fucking knuckle-dragging ape.
Now why should anyone take you seriously?
4/11/2012 8:42:28 AM
#1391331
Thinking Allowed
Atheists no deep down that God exists
RevelationGeneration: Since you don't know your shit, I'll just have to say this, "No, you're shit."
4/11/2012 9:03:43 AM
#1391336
Deep Search
Yeah, fearing death because you don't want to cease existing is just silly. Saying goodbye to everything you've known in life and acknowledging you will never do the things you enjoy again and you'll no longer be with the people you love is no big deal, gosh. Without the fear of eternal hell fire death would be a cake walk. People wouldn't wear seat belts or get checkups at the doctor and they'd keep Drano in the orange juice container.
I seriously feel bad for any form of extraterrestrial life that finds Earth and has to put up with wackos who say they're demons and fallen angels. Like humans aren't messed up enough, anyway.
4/11/2012 9:10:27 AM
#1391344
freako104
"Atheists no deep down that God exists because otherwise they wouldn't be afraid of death and would not attack people of different faiths."
So when Christians tell me I am Satanic for my beliefs is because you're afraid of death?
4/11/2012 9:25:06 AM
#1391352
Berny
This atheist doesn't believe in aliens having manifested themselves in UFOs since the evidence for such is non-existent.
Furthermore, this atheist would point out that humanity believes in lots of gods and you might be believing in the wrong one, so hell might be for you too.
Pascal's Wager for the fail.
4/11/2012 9:33:25 AM
#1391356
Amadaun
If we really believed death was the end of everything we wouldn't be afraid of it? I beg your pardon? Don't you guys also say we can't be trusted in the army because we'll do anything to survive because we don't believe in an afterlife?
And then alien demons.
4/11/2012 9:47:09 AM
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