I think this is one of the funniest videos I've ever seen. Truly, it is sort of humorous that Atheism is starting to become this sort of abomination. Angry atheism and organized atheism is sort of different, though. Sometimes, I think it is a little condescending to mock a religion when the insults are... Insults based on scientific evidence and mean spirits. I love how you parody the idea within itself, since it is basically just saying that religion is shit.
@Unclesamslair as well as promote closet atheists to come out. Once a year we have a day where all the atheists at the school wear a pin or a shirt so that people around them are aware that atheists are a normal and diverse group of people just like them.
I see where you're going, and you make many good points, and I'm not saying that you are implying that athiests don't deserve a club but the point is that an athiest group has just as much right to have a club as any religeous group. Granted, as you said it would't be organised but that's no the point, the point is to be with like minded people. Religeous people usually go to church, so why is there a need for a club anyway? Besides that I hope you keep up the good work and I enjoyed this video.
No, no, I agree. It is a silly notion, I'm personally an athiest, and to be damn honest I wouldn't go because of the fact there would be nothing to do.
@anyname666 because he's an american and americans use american vulgarity. i'm an atheist but i say OH MY GOD, or OH MY FUCKING GOD, or JESUS CHRSIT. ALOT that's because i was raised in a society that uses those phrases, or the DAMN phrase, to signify a meaning of frustration or emphasis, it has nothing to do with actually believeing in a god or not, it's just what's of common use
If u do not believe in something yet u ask that nothingness to damn this or that to a place that u do not believe exists how can u be believed by the rest of us who hear u doing all this damning to noplace?
So if all that is true about “non-believers” why don’t u ever hear BUDA DAMN-IT or I SWEAR TO BUDA or even the Buda made me do it. Does your girlfriend ever say “Oh Buda Oh Buda oh Buuuuuuuuudaaaa”
@anyname666 ? because i JUST said, we're AMERICANS, which is a mostly christian nation, so OH MY GOD, and JESUS CHRIST, are the regular terms of use...no one is running around yelling OH MY BUDDHA because one, buddha isn't god at all, buddhism doesn't have any god complex. and most people and i mean nearly all buddhists, are non-english as a first langauge speakers..so for all we know they are saying OH MY BUDDHA in their language, but most likely not..
@anyname666 and if u look at the way he used the word Damn, it's not used in a "damning" sense, he said to be damn honest, he's just emphasysing how honest he's being, he's not saying DAMN YOU. which in that phrase they'd most likely say FUCK YOU anyways. and for example FAN/FAEN are the swedish/norwegian version of DAMN and those are the most atheistic countries on the planet, and they use that word ALOT..because its a TRADITIONAL word for use in vulgarity, has nothing to do with religion
Do they also have faith that there is not leprechauns too?
What you said is stupid. Atheists do not have "faith" there is no creator. The accept the fact that's there is no evidence for a creator. There's absolutely no faith involved.
What you have stated is so obviously stupid, it's hard to believe you actually typed it. Use your brain, please.
Turns out that there is no real evidence for Black Holes, Dark Energy, Dark Matter, strings, eleven dimensions or parallel universes. Yet much smarter people than u and I ~ believe & have faith that such unproven things exist. Absolutely no proof of their existence just some observations~Just curious but have u ever even seen an Ethiopian. If u have not how do u know they exist any pictures u may have seen could have been photo shopped
I don't think NBC would hire me, but with a little more time and a better set, I might re-do this some time with a higher production value. It was hilarious to make.
I rally just came up with this stuff as I was shooting it.
@anyname666 no, i DON'T have faith that there is no creator, because im not basing my life around my lack of belief in a creator. it doesn't affect me once so ever that i don't have belief in a creator, i never really think about it UNLESS something religious is brought up like say a christian person talking to me, driving by a church, or something religious in the media, only time it crosses my mind
But you do BELIEVE that there is no creator, Right? So you have a belief and I am sure you have FAITH in that belief. If you do not have faith in your belief then you must not be sure of what you believe in. Hummmm. What now? Faith or no faith. Take a stand and get back.
@anyname666 did i not just put 3 different times that its not that i BELIEVE there isn't a creator, its that i don't have belief in a creator. but fine lets go with urs, that i have BELIEF in that there's no creator, whether or not thats the case, i don't have FAITH. because FAITH is trust IN that belief, you have FAITH in ur belief that there is a god because you TRUST that belief to be true without evidence, just like the religion tells you to do (1/2)
@anyname666 (2/2) BUT when its someone like me, lack of a belief that there is a creator, i don't have FAITH in that belief, because i don't have blind trust, i just feel like there's no reason to believe in one, but if for some reason proof/evidence for one came up, i'd gladly start believing there is a creator because there'd be evidence for it. like i said, i don't base my life on my DISBELIEF, meaning NO belief, in a creator, so therefore i can't have FAITH in a belief i don't have
@anyname666 you're final statement. "What now? Faith or no faith" OK simple as that, NO FAITH. there's no point in having "faith" in a disbelief, i don't have faith in my disbelief of unicorns, i don't have faith in my disbelief of a creator, because i'm not trying to get anything out of it. "if you don't have faith in ur belief, then you must not be sure..." that's EXACTLY right, i'm NOT sure that there isn't a creator, there could be, but i don't see any reason TO believe there is
@anyname666 Not true. You don't have to have any faith to believe that something which has no evidence of existence does not exist. Atheists don't make a positive claim. Theists do. The burden of proof is on the theist, and since there is no proof, all the theist has is faith. But I do agree that organized atheism is the dumbest idea I've ever heard.
@anyname666 Again, I disagree. Mere presentation of a concept does not give a concept validity. An invalid concept can be disregarded and forgotten. I disregard ghosts, but I'm certainly not agnostic about them. The god concept carries no weight with me, and I'm now at a point where I no longer need to even take a stance. Weightless concept forgotten, stanceless, yet still atheist. I'm done talking about atheism, or thinking about it. This is my last comment on an atheist vid.
@anyname666 I think you could basically say that one doesn't believe in either, seeing as you could just say you aren't sure, therefore eliminating any prescence of belief that is involved.
indifference, apathy, laziness~ is not a solution but only an excuse.
You have faith that the sun will rise tomorrow although may not know how or why.
You have faith that the stock market will go UP tomorrow and you bet your life savings on it. You have faith that your mother did not put poison in your PBnJ sandwich. Apparently those without an opinion have faith that their indifference somehow absolves them from making an acknowledgment.
@anyname666 Wait... are you trying to say I'm an atheist, or are you just being stupid and trying to use rhetoric to make it seem as if your argument somehow invalidates my own?
when u said that some people were too indifferent to have an opinion, but I am sure
you know the one that says opinions are like assholes ~~everybody has one. And I am sure u have one. And u have every right to at least one.
Next on the list~~rhetoric does not invalidate arguments. Valid thought is not arguable - you cannot argue 2 + 2. When u r sure it is 5 u can argue all u want but u r still wrong.
@NorseIronKIng haha pedantic, :D love the word. "mm well if you must know, i find this meatloaf rather shallow and pedantic" and sorry just felt like pointing that out
@NorseIronKIng hmm, once again commenting on ur "leaving atheism" comment. after re-reading it. you "left atheism" precisely because of the lack of unification? "ok now what" wtf? you don't "join" atheism for unification and join people, and acutally the fact taht you NEED unification and therefore joined a religion is rather pathetic and stupid. the point of u being an atheist was because you felt there was no reason to believe in a god/creator because of lack of evidence or logical opinion
@cabot2jville2010 Now you're assuming and being pedantic. Good job, you now look worse.
No you're right you don't join atheism for unification, and I never said I "joined" atheism. I never said I needed unification; after being an atheist it was a done deal, I no longer believed in God and that was that, there was nothing else I had to do. Now, seeing as my moral compass and the values I hold personally coincide with those of Odinism, I saw no reason to not convert.
@NorseIronKIng i look worse? don't see why i look bad in the first place. anyways, yuo said you "left atheism" because it didn't have unificiation "ok now what" those were your words. now i don't know much about odinism but i know that Odin is the god of wisdom, and i think the Head god like zeus of the scandinavian gods. so you're saying now you believe odin exists? if not and "odinism" is like buddhism just a moral system with no god complex, then thats cool, intrigued to see what it is
@cabot2jville2010 Certainly there are a few of do believe in the literal existence of the gods, but most don't. Yes you could compare it to Buddhism in that it's a moral code. General when one prays to the gods it is more to the idea or value the god represents. A prayer to Odin is simply a way of asking the universe, the gods or what have you to grant you wisdom, or to help you find the wisdom in yourself.
you dont have to "join" atheism to be an atheist. i think its a lot more rational, however, for a bunch of dudes to come together and talk about how no gods exist, rather than a bunch of dudes reciting homophobic, sexist, and genocidal quotes from a book.
I don't consider myself an Atheist. I consider myself open to all options. I, like EVERY other human being on this planet, do not know the truth. We all have our own beliefs and opinions. No one knows the actual truth.
A lot of "Atheists" like to attack people who believe in religion. Personally I think anyone who is set on one belief is a FOOL. Even if that belief is that there is no god. For all anyone knows Zeus is up in the sky watching us all right now.
I'm sure its nice just knowing that even though you spend day after day surrounded by people who are different than you, you can spend some time in a room with people who have at least one thing in common.
Ahaha, I go to SPU now, and I don't know any of the clubs. When I was in highschool though I once dated a guy that was in the atheist club (They had to call it the "Secular Activity Club") and he said they mostly just hung out and talked about whatever.
You really can't imagine what atheists would talk about? How about coping with death when you don't believe in an afterlife. How about a place for talking to other people when one of your loved ones passes away without someone trying to convert you into another religion. How about talking about things you don't understand like the origin of mankind minus the idea of an intelligent designer. Not believing in a religion gives people tons of things to talk about actually.
There are plenty of other types of clubs that could encompass all of those things and more. Coping with death whether or not you believe in a God? They have that shit. Talking about the origin of mankind? Science club.
The point of an atheist club would be to talk about being an atheist, not coping with death or the origins of mankind. Both of those things are two separate ideas from talking about being an atheist. Duh.
@V1l2U5 I just loved that condescending "duh" at the end of your reply. I'm aware there are other clubs that deal with those issue but considering that those same themes are common in churches I don't get why an atheist club wouldn't talk about them from their own perspective.
Sorry if that "duh" brought you down. But the thing about it is this. A christian club would do this. Gather, pray, probably read from the bible, discuss the verse, and whatever else would go on in your typical church sermon. These are all things common to Christians and to the Christian faith, and the club would be doing exactly what you'd think.
An athiest club on the other hand has nothing to do but pick a random topic to chat about. Why not call it "Random Topic Club"?
Also, I get what you mean by things from their own perspective, but the number of topics that would be so radically different for atheists than any other group is slim. If someone doesn't believe in heaven or hell you could still console them about the death of a loved one. (Because other than telling them that the person is done and decomposing atheists and theists would be on the same boat if the person didn't believe in something and they were trying to help them through it)
Do people who like star trek get together? Yeah. Do people who like video games get together? Yeah. Do people who like books get together? Yeah.
It's kind of like that. We have a similar interest, so we like to get together to talk about it. It's not like we're trying to become a religion or anything. It's nice to have people to talk to who share your same views on some things.
Still, I laughed my ass off at that skit. That was hilarious.
Atheism is a general lack of religious belief, not a similar interest. Video game fans can discuss new releases, literature fans can discuss novels, Trekies can watch the season boxsets together. There's no substance of interest, discussion, or unification in atheism and making an atheist club is therefore not the same as making a club for any other sort of thing.
I wouldn't expect you to understand. In a country where almost everyone around you is a theist, it's nice to get together with people who are the same. Yeah, atheism doesn't provide much in the way of discussion, but it's a way of unifying people who share at least one simliar belief. We can talk about atheism, and one of the points is to regularly discuss how to debate theists (YECs in particular) but that's not all we talk about.
@ZooMasuh "There's no substance of interest, discussion, or unification in atheism and making an atheist club is therefore not the same as making a club for any other sort of thing."
Not really true. Some examples could be being public atheists in places where this results in reactions automatically means you have a whole bunch of things in common. Both in terms of interests(fighting for recognition/rights for example) and personal experiences.
@ZooMasuh There aren't *that* many singificant viewpoints that atheists have. Grab a handful of atheists who identify enough with that label to even bother joining such a club and you're likely to find people interested in secular morality, science, philosophy that kind of thing. I'm sure there are plenty of babies, rocks and pieces of bicycle handle material that would not bother joining such a group, but who cares? Many christians don't like church. No reason to not have churches.
Well, one of the funniest things ever is Church, so I guess that Atheists can make something even funnier... the Church of Atheism!
Androsss4pkmn1996 1 month ago
Sometimes i hear people use the words "Devoted Atheist". So you are devoted to nothing. Dose that make any sense.
Lone432345 1 month ago
I love this!
missblueblack 2 months ago
"Please, please step up to me and I will talk shit to your face". Spot on! Spot on!
AndyAce83 4 months ago
I think this is one of the funniest videos I've ever seen. Truly, it is sort of humorous that Atheism is starting to become this sort of abomination. Angry atheism and organized atheism is sort of different, though. Sometimes, I think it is a little condescending to mock a religion when the insults are... Insults based on scientific evidence and mean spirits. I love how you parody the idea within itself, since it is basically just saying that religion is shit.
TheSpiritsLease 6 months ago
I enjoy the guy who made a sandwich in the background.
Mihuzaki 10 months ago
what about a school club that battles negative stereotypes and perceptions of atheists?
Unclesamslair 11 months ago
@Unclesamslair as well as promote closet atheists to come out. Once a year we have a day where all the atheists at the school wear a pin or a shirt so that people around them are aware that atheists are a normal and diverse group of people just like them.
Unclesamslair 11 months ago
The skit was hilarious, great vid.
greenfireflytime 1 year ago
I see where you're going, and you make many good points, and I'm not saying that you are implying that athiests don't deserve a club but the point is that an athiest group has just as much right to have a club as any religeous group. Granted, as you said it would't be organised but that's no the point, the point is to be with like minded people. Religeous people usually go to church, so why is there a need for a club anyway? Besides that I hope you keep up the good work and I enjoyed this video.
alchemywulf 1 year ago
@alchemywulf
I think that they have as much a right to form a club as any other group of people. I still think it's a silly idea.
AssholePatrol 1 year ago
@AssholePatrol
No, no, I agree. It is a silly notion, I'm personally an athiest, and to be damn honest I wouldn't go because of the fact there would be nothing to do.
alchemywulf 1 year ago
@alchemywulf Just curious
How can a self proclaimed atheist ~ DAMN anything. According to atheists there is NO PLACE to DAMN anything to!!! Just saying.
anyname666 11 months ago
@anyname666 because he's an american and americans use american vulgarity. i'm an atheist but i say OH MY GOD, or OH MY FUCKING GOD, or JESUS CHRSIT. ALOT that's because i was raised in a society that uses those phrases, or the DAMN phrase, to signify a meaning of frustration or emphasis, it has nothing to do with actually believeing in a god or not, it's just what's of common use
cabot2jville2010 11 months ago
@cabot2jville2010
So I guess I am just sloooooooow
If u do not believe in something yet u ask that nothingness to damn this or that to a place that u do not believe exists how can u be believed by the rest of us who hear u doing all this damning to noplace?
So if all that is true about “non-believers” why don’t u ever hear BUDA DAMN-IT or I SWEAR TO BUDA or even the Buda made me do it. Does your girlfriend ever say “Oh Buda Oh Buda oh Buuuuuuuuudaaaa”
come on now u know that is funny!
anyname666 11 months ago
@anyname666 ? because i JUST said, we're AMERICANS, which is a mostly christian nation, so OH MY GOD, and JESUS CHRIST, are the regular terms of use...no one is running around yelling OH MY BUDDHA because one, buddha isn't god at all, buddhism doesn't have any god complex. and most people and i mean nearly all buddhists, are non-english as a first langauge speakers..so for all we know they are saying OH MY BUDDHA in their language, but most likely not..
cabot2jville2010 11 months ago
@anyname666 and if u look at the way he used the word Damn, it's not used in a "damning" sense, he said to be damn honest, he's just emphasysing how honest he's being, he's not saying DAMN YOU. which in that phrase they'd most likely say FUCK YOU anyways. and for example FAN/FAEN are the swedish/norwegian version of DAMN and those are the most atheistic countries on the planet, and they use that word ALOT..because its a TRADITIONAL word for use in vulgarity, has nothing to do with religion
cabot2jville2010 11 months ago
@anyname666
I never really thought of that... But it is just a saying. It does seem somewhat a little hypocritical though, lol.
alchemywulf 11 months ago
@alchemywulf
So that is what I have been trying to tell those Buddah Damn Idiots.
anyname666 11 months ago
fonny skit btw
cluenobody 1 year ago
thank you..exactly...you made some good points.
cluenobody 1 year ago 4
The part that Atheists hate is when you tell them that they have Faith.
They almost want to hit you. But they do have Faith
They have Faith that there is no creator.
BTW why don’t you send a copy of this or a re-done polished tape of the same thing to SNL. You might get some recognition. As it is excellent.
anyname666 1 year ago 6
@anyname666 "But they do have Faith
They have Faith that there is no creator."
Do they also have faith that there is not leprechauns too?
What you said is stupid. Atheists do not have "faith" there is no creator. The accept the fact that's there is no evidence for a creator. There's absolutely no faith involved.
What you have stated is so obviously stupid, it's hard to believe you actually typed it. Use your brain, please.
thisguysajerk 1 year ago
@thisguysajerk
Sorry I missed your comment a week ago.
Turns out that there is no real evidence for Black Holes, Dark Energy, Dark Matter, strings, eleven dimensions or parallel universes. Yet much smarter people than u and I ~ believe & have faith that such unproven things exist. Absolutely no proof of their existence just some observations~Just curious but have u ever even seen an Ethiopian. If u have not how do u know they exist any pictures u may have seen could have been photo shopped
anyname666 11 months ago
@anyname666
I don't think NBC would hire me, but with a little more time and a better set, I might re-do this some time with a higher production value. It was hilarious to make.
I rally just came up with this stuff as I was shooting it.
AssholePatrol 1 year ago
@anyname666 no, i DON'T have faith that there is no creator, because im not basing my life around my lack of belief in a creator. it doesn't affect me once so ever that i don't have belief in a creator, i never really think about it UNLESS something religious is brought up like say a christian person talking to me, driving by a church, or something religious in the media, only time it crosses my mind
cabot2jville2010 11 months ago
@cabot2jville2010
But you do BELIEVE that there is no creator, Right? So you have a belief and I am sure you have FAITH in that belief. If you do not have faith in your belief then you must not be sure of what you believe in. Hummmm. What now? Faith or no faith. Take a stand and get back.
anyname666 11 months ago
@anyname666 did i not just put 3 different times that its not that i BELIEVE there isn't a creator, its that i don't have belief in a creator. but fine lets go with urs, that i have BELIEF in that there's no creator, whether or not thats the case, i don't have FAITH. because FAITH is trust IN that belief, you have FAITH in ur belief that there is a god because you TRUST that belief to be true without evidence, just like the religion tells you to do (1/2)
cabot2jville2010 11 months ago
@anyname666 (2/2) BUT when its someone like me, lack of a belief that there is a creator, i don't have FAITH in that belief, because i don't have blind trust, i just feel like there's no reason to believe in one, but if for some reason proof/evidence for one came up, i'd gladly start believing there is a creator because there'd be evidence for it. like i said, i don't base my life on my DISBELIEF, meaning NO belief, in a creator, so therefore i can't have FAITH in a belief i don't have
cabot2jville2010 11 months ago
@anyname666 you're final statement. "What now? Faith or no faith" OK simple as that, NO FAITH. there's no point in having "faith" in a disbelief, i don't have faith in my disbelief of unicorns, i don't have faith in my disbelief of a creator, because i'm not trying to get anything out of it. "if you don't have faith in ur belief, then you must not be sure..." that's EXACTLY right, i'm NOT sure that there isn't a creator, there could be, but i don't see any reason TO believe there is
cabot2jville2010 11 months ago
@anyname666 Not true. You don't have to have any faith to believe that something which has no evidence of existence does not exist. Atheists don't make a positive claim. Theists do. The burden of proof is on the theist, and since there is no proof, all the theist has is faith. But I do agree that organized atheism is the dumbest idea I've ever heard.
monkeytube138 10 months ago 3
@monkeytube138
This gentleman here knows what he's talking about.
AssholePatrol 10 months ago 2
@AssholePatrol Thanks, man! btw, the "atheist church" had me in stitches.
monkeytube138 10 months ago
@monkeytube138
do you believe that there are Ghosts?? or
do you believe that there are no Ghosts??
in either case you have a belief
Budda damn the burden of proof.....
you have to take a stance - yes or no - exist or do not exist
when you finally take your position you will either have faith in your position or you will not have faith in your position.
anyname666 10 months ago
@anyname666 Again, I disagree. Mere presentation of a concept does not give a concept validity. An invalid concept can be disregarded and forgotten. I disregard ghosts, but I'm certainly not agnostic about them. The god concept carries no weight with me, and I'm now at a point where I no longer need to even take a stance. Weightless concept forgotten, stanceless, yet still atheist. I'm done talking about atheism, or thinking about it. This is my last comment on an atheist vid.
monkeytube138 9 months ago
@monkeytube138
And therein lies the bases of the term "belief" and consequently "faith" in your "belief"
That being your "last comment on an atheist vid." is a sign of weakness. If you want to quit that is fine.
Have a good life and try not to look back on this failure in the comment department as a reflection of your intelligence.
anyname666 9 months ago
@anyname666 I think you could basically say that one doesn't believe in either, seeing as you could just say you aren't sure, therefore eliminating any prescence of belief that is involved.
materx90 9 months ago
@materx90
So is it that you are saying
YOU are not sure what you believe and therefore need more information in order to make a decission
before you take a stand and what you may believe in.
So currently you do not have a belief either way but as soon as you make the choice you will have faith in a belief either way
anyname666 9 months ago
@anyname666 no. i believe in god. I'm just saying indifference isn't an opinion and therefore there is no belief involved
materx90 9 months ago
@materx90
indifference, apathy, laziness~ is not a solution but only an excuse.
You have faith that the sun will rise tomorrow although may not know how or why.
You have faith that the stock market will go UP tomorrow and you bet your life savings on it. You have faith that your mother did not put poison in your PBnJ sandwich. Apparently those without an opinion have faith that their indifference somehow absolves them from making an acknowledgment.
Don't be a jelly butt take a stand.
anyname666 9 months ago
@anyname666 Wait... are you trying to say I'm an atheist, or are you just being stupid and trying to use rhetoric to make it seem as if your argument somehow invalidates my own?
materx90 9 months ago
@materx90
Hummmm
sooo! let me see now.
At first u said that the old adage was untrue~
when u said that some people were too indifferent to have an opinion, but I am sure
you know the one that says opinions are like assholes ~~everybody has one. And I am sure u have one. And u have every right to at least one.
Next on the list~~rhetoric does not invalidate arguments. Valid thought is not arguable - you cannot argue 2 + 2. When u r sure it is 5 u can argue all u want but u r still wrong.
anyname666 9 months ago
I left atheism precisely because of that lack of unification; it was just "ok, now what?"
i converted to Odinism not because Odin came to me with stone tablets, but because of the values put forth.
NorseIronKIng 1 year ago 2
@NorseIronKIng "left atheism" haha u don't "leave atheism" because its not a group or a church..
cabot2jville2010 11 months ago
@cabot2jville2010 You very well know what I mean, there's no need to be pedantic, you just end up looking like a douche.
NorseIronKIng 11 months ago
@NorseIronKIng haha pedantic, :D love the word. "mm well if you must know, i find this meatloaf rather shallow and pedantic" and sorry just felt like pointing that out
cabot2jville2010 11 months ago
@NorseIronKIng hmm, once again commenting on ur "leaving atheism" comment. after re-reading it. you "left atheism" precisely because of the lack of unification? "ok now what" wtf? you don't "join" atheism for unification and join people, and acutally the fact taht you NEED unification and therefore joined a religion is rather pathetic and stupid. the point of u being an atheist was because you felt there was no reason to believe in a god/creator because of lack of evidence or logical opinion
cabot2jville2010 11 months ago
@cabot2jville2010 Now you're assuming and being pedantic. Good job, you now look worse.
No you're right you don't join atheism for unification, and I never said I "joined" atheism. I never said I needed unification; after being an atheist it was a done deal, I no longer believed in God and that was that, there was nothing else I had to do. Now, seeing as my moral compass and the values I hold personally coincide with those of Odinism, I saw no reason to not convert.
NorseIronKIng 11 months ago
@NorseIronKIng i look worse? don't see why i look bad in the first place. anyways, yuo said you "left atheism" because it didn't have unificiation "ok now what" those were your words. now i don't know much about odinism but i know that Odin is the god of wisdom, and i think the Head god like zeus of the scandinavian gods. so you're saying now you believe odin exists? if not and "odinism" is like buddhism just a moral system with no god complex, then thats cool, intrigued to see what it is
cabot2jville2010 11 months ago
@cabot2jville2010 Certainly there are a few of do believe in the literal existence of the gods, but most don't. Yes you could compare it to Buddhism in that it's a moral code. General when one prays to the gods it is more to the idea or value the god represents. A prayer to Odin is simply a way of asking the universe, the gods or what have you to grant you wisdom, or to help you find the wisdom in yourself.
NorseIronKIng 11 months ago
you dont have to "join" atheism to be an atheist. i think its a lot more rational, however, for a bunch of dudes to come together and talk about how no gods exist, rather than a bunch of dudes reciting homophobic, sexist, and genocidal quotes from a book.
astro15 1 year ago
I don't consider myself an Atheist. I consider myself open to all options. I, like EVERY other human being on this planet, do not know the truth. We all have our own beliefs and opinions. No one knows the actual truth.
A lot of "Atheists" like to attack people who believe in religion. Personally I think anyone who is set on one belief is a FOOL. Even if that belief is that there is no god. For all anyone knows Zeus is up in the sky watching us all right now.
rspkk0 1 year ago 2
I'm sure its nice just knowing that even though you spend day after day surrounded by people who are different than you, you can spend some time in a room with people who have at least one thing in common.
funningincircles 1 year ago
I FEEL THE NOTHIN'
DancingWithChickens 1 year ago
This video gets seven times funnier when you realize that it looks like Black Billy Mays is trying to give Asshole Patrol head.
Drapex0r 1 year ago
I wouldn't read into this video too much, I'm pretty sure the whole point was to make this hilarious skit.
Botokid 1 year ago
Ahaha, I go to SPU now, and I don't know any of the clubs. When I was in highschool though I once dated a guy that was in the atheist club (They had to call it the "Secular Activity Club") and he said they mostly just hung out and talked about whatever.
AnimeGirl1337 1 year ago
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TheEndlessReverie 1 year ago
You really can't imagine what atheists would talk about? How about coping with death when you don't believe in an afterlife. How about a place for talking to other people when one of your loved ones passes away without someone trying to convert you into another religion. How about talking about things you don't understand like the origin of mankind minus the idea of an intelligent designer. Not believing in a religion gives people tons of things to talk about actually.
turtlezilla7 1 year ago
@turtlezilla7
There are plenty of other types of clubs that could encompass all of those things and more. Coping with death whether or not you believe in a God? They have that shit. Talking about the origin of mankind? Science club.
The point of an atheist club would be to talk about being an atheist, not coping with death or the origins of mankind. Both of those things are two separate ideas from talking about being an atheist. Duh.
V1l2U5 1 year ago
@V1l2U5 I just loved that condescending "duh" at the end of your reply. I'm aware there are other clubs that deal with those issue but considering that those same themes are common in churches I don't get why an atheist club wouldn't talk about them from their own perspective.
turtlezilla7 1 year ago
@turtlezilla7
Sorry if that "duh" brought you down. But the thing about it is this. A christian club would do this. Gather, pray, probably read from the bible, discuss the verse, and whatever else would go on in your typical church sermon. These are all things common to Christians and to the Christian faith, and the club would be doing exactly what you'd think.
An athiest club on the other hand has nothing to do but pick a random topic to chat about. Why not call it "Random Topic Club"?
V1l2U5 1 year ago
@turtlezilla7
Also, I get what you mean by things from their own perspective, but the number of topics that would be so radically different for atheists than any other group is slim. If someone doesn't believe in heaven or hell you could still console them about the death of a loved one. (Because other than telling them that the person is done and decomposing atheists and theists would be on the same boat if the person didn't believe in something and they were trying to help them through it)
V1l2U5 1 year ago
Do people who like star trek get together? Yeah. Do people who like video games get together? Yeah. Do people who like books get together? Yeah.
It's kind of like that. We have a similar interest, so we like to get together to talk about it. It's not like we're trying to become a religion or anything. It's nice to have people to talk to who share your same views on some things.
Still, I laughed my ass off at that skit. That was hilarious.
Xxxfire45xxX 1 year ago
@Xxxfire45xxX
>> We have a similar interest
LOL No.
Atheism is a general lack of religious belief, not a similar interest. Video game fans can discuss new releases, literature fans can discuss novels, Trekies can watch the season boxsets together. There's no substance of interest, discussion, or unification in atheism and making an atheist club is therefore not the same as making a club for any other sort of thing.
ZooMasuh 1 year ago
@ZooMasuh
I wouldn't expect you to understand. In a country where almost everyone around you is a theist, it's nice to get together with people who are the same. Yeah, atheism doesn't provide much in the way of discussion, but it's a way of unifying people who share at least one simliar belief. We can talk about atheism, and one of the points is to regularly discuss how to debate theists (YECs in particular) but that's not all we talk about.
Everyone wants to feel accepted, right?
Xxxfire45xxX 1 year ago
@ZooMasuh "There's no substance of interest, discussion, or unification in atheism and making an atheist club is therefore not the same as making a club for any other sort of thing."
Not really true. Some examples could be being public atheists in places where this results in reactions automatically means you have a whole bunch of things in common. Both in terms of interests(fighting for recognition/rights for example) and personal experiences.
Gnomefro 1 year ago
@ZooMasuh There aren't *that* many singificant viewpoints that atheists have. Grab a handful of atheists who identify enough with that label to even bother joining such a club and you're likely to find people interested in secular morality, science, philosophy that kind of thing. I'm sure there are plenty of babies, rocks and pieces of bicycle handle material that would not bother joining such a group, but who cares? Many christians don't like church. No reason to not have churches.
Gnomefro 1 year ago