Re: Is atheism a religion
If God could be defined, why would we call Him simply "God?" The mystery is part of His plan.
I'm tired of this.... going round and round. Either disprove the Christian God, or don't waste my time. **** or get off the pot, man.
I don't need to "define" the Christian God, you know damn well what God I'm talking about. It's the same one Christians have worshiped for the last couple thousand years, you know, the backbone of Western Civilization.
Fine, I'll play it your whiny way, instead of the actual challenge I offered you. Your specific interpretation of the myriad interpretations of the Christian god (we're assuming no trinity for the moment, but you won't even commit to that one way or the other) is a logical impossibility because he a) gives us free will, b) fashions our souls individually, and c) punishes those souls based on whether or not we believe in him. Those three facts can't be true. If we're punished merely for thinking something, we certainly don't have free will. If we're designed individually, we don't even have a choice in what we'll think anyway. Some of us have skeptical personalities, and some do not. None of that is consistent with any sort of rational system of rewards or punishment, and since it is supposed to apply to and motivate human beings, it must operate in a rational fashion to be effective. Except that telling us about afterlife and judgment circumvents free will anyway, since it is a threat of force to coerce us to change our minds, so no free will either way. Free will is a big part of the Christian god myth.
However, I'm just as bored with this as you are, because you're not playing by the rules. I have no interest in trying to figure out which god you want to offer or what its parameters are. I could have offered that the timeframe asserted to the life of Jesus is fictional as well. The census that supposedly coincided with his birth never happened, nor was Judea actually properly governed by Rome at the time, and thus wouldn't have been subject to it anyway, nor would any such census require people to go to other cities where their ancestors lived. No Roman census ever required anyone to do that. That never happened, and yet is a central fixture in the story of the gospels. Meanwhile, it is said to have taken place when Herod was the king of the region, and while Cyrenius was the governor of Syria. But Cyrenius was appointed only after Herod's death. So not only did such a census never take place, but it is claimed to have taken place during a time period that did not exist.
I could have offered that, but you haven't yet claimed whether or not your god requires the stories to be accurate.
Honestly, Grimm, this entire thread is just you flailing around and accomplishing nothing, refusing to use the same words, terms, and ideas as everyone else, and sticking your fingers in your ears and trying to shout over everyone else. I doubt you've learned anything from this thread.
