God's Plan For Atheists

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God's Plan For Atheists (The Atheist Experience #582).

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[Yewon2001]

Great video! Just so you know I also make videos contra a islam if you're interested.

[atheistram]

@GuacamoleKun At least by believing in Santa you got extra presents. :D

[MrLittletomdj]

@TheGeneralCritic (sorry for the 2 parter) We are hard wired with the notion that life is preferable to death. But there's nothing to substantiate this idea beyond subjective oppinion. Neither worldveiw honestly tackles the problem. It may be that a God delusion is essential to life's perpetuation to some degree. If thats true, faith, religion & ideologies will just adapt & evolve but never disolve entirely. It's an uncomfortable to think that we may be dependant on a delusion.

[MrLittletomdj]

@TheGeneralCritic Maybe the idea of God is a natural bi-product of developed consciousness & a survival mechanism which binds cultures & protects the mind from dispairing at nature's cruelty & absurdity. In a world where we compete for limited resources, conflict is inevitable & I also think it's an essential part of evolution. Whilst Atheists are quick to remind that Atheism isn't a religion, it seems to me that an ideology is emerging from the community anyway. (continued)

[TheGeneralCritic]

@MrLittletomdj Ultimately I believe that you, personally, cannot reason a person out of a position they weren't reasoned into in the first place. But it's important that religious people are not the only ones giving their opinions. If they are the only ones putting out their cultural memes and their ideas, then those ideas will be (ironically) naturally selected for lack of competition.

[shadywolf91]

The moral argument is what got to me...

[MrLittletomdj]

It's a interesting dilemma. How do you make an arguement against a position which you're fully aware is not grounded on logic? Typically Atheists don't respond to emotional appeals & consider them to be a dirty tactic. Yet this is the framework by which the religious often operate. Does the end justify the means or is it a double standard on "our" part? Or is it just hypocritical to declare that "we" don't value such statements?

[tompatomp]

haha, funny ending.

[Forlo12345]

@MarcusEFN those too.

[MarcusEFN]

@Forlo12345 Q'uran, Torah etc.