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Atheist Bus Campaign: There is probably no God

RabidAlpaca said:
If the religious can proselytize in public, the non-religious should be able to do it as well. I think it's important that people at least hear of different viewpoints so they can make an educated decision for themselves. Not a lot of people hear the message that they should make their lives about their own personal enjoyment and not about the hopes of better times in an afterlife.
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This is a non sequitur
 
Mashmont said:
Just pointing out it doesn't have to be specifically mentioned in the bible to be wrong, which was your inference.
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I did not in any way shape or form state that it has to be mentioned in the Bible to be wrong. I said it has to be mentioned in the Bible to be part of your religion.

What does the Bible say about lying and hating your neighbor, mashy?

EMNofSeattle said:
This is a non sequitur
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You're a theocratic fascist that wants to use the government to force everyone else to follow your religion. Hard pass, kid.
 
devildavid said:
That makes no sense. Man made up both religion and science. Both were made up as tools to help understand things. So how could man devise something which man can't understand?

And aren't you a human? So you can't understand god scientifically which renders your claims false. You act as if you know something that you said a human can't know. Otherwise, you couldn't make the statement.
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You just answered your own question. Man is not equipped to understand God because man obviously did not create God or religion
 
Mashmont said:
You just answered your own question. Man is not equipped to understand God because man obviously did not create God or religion
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Of course man created gods and religion. There is no other rational explanation, for the physical evidence is limited to texts - texts written by....wait for it....men! Therefore, telling sceptics that we are not equipped to understand God is just a cop out.
 
Mashmont, does the Hindu pantheon of gods exists or are they creations of mankind?
 
NWO_Spook said:
Of course man created gods and religion. There is no other rational explanation, for the physical evidence is limited to texts - texts written by....wait for it....men! Therefore, telling sceptics that we are not equipped to understand God is just a cop out.
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The primitive concept of gods is easy to understand.
 
NWO_Spook said:
Of course man created gods and religion. There is no other rational explanation, for the physical evidence is limited to texts - texts written by....wait for it....men! Therefore, telling sceptics that we are not equipped to understand God is just a cop out.
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So who made the solar system? Man didn't.
 
Mashmont said:
You just answered your own question. Man is not equipped to understand God because man obviously did not create God or religion
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Man most definitely invented both religion and god. And man invented a whole lot of them.
 
devildavid said:
No one made it.
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So you're subscribing to your own fairy tale, saying we have all these massive celestial creations and space, and intelligent life, yet someone no entity is behind it. And you accept that fairy tale without a shred of evidence.
 
devildavid said:
No one made it.
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So you're subscribing to your own fairy tale, saying we have all these massive celestial creations and space, and intelligent life, yet someone no entity is behind it. And you accept that fairy tale without a shred of evidence.
 
Mashmont said:
So you're subscribing to your own fairy tale, saying we have all these massive celestial creations and space, and intelligent life, yet someone no entity is behind it. And you accept that fairy tale without a shred of evidence.
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I hope you realise that such an argument is based upon nothing more than personal incredulity? My answer is, we don't know how the universe came about, however, I do not see the need to include primitive concepts of gods into any hypothesis owing to a lack of supporting evidence.
 
NWO_Spook said:
I hope you realise that such an argument is based upon nothing more than personal incredulity? My answer is, we don't know how the universe came about, however, I do not see the need to include primitive concepts of gods into any hypothesis owing to a lack of supporting evidence.
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Yet you accept, without evidence, the more incredible assertion that all of it just appeared on its own without any intelligent force behind it.
 
Mashmont said:
Yet you accept, without evidence, the more incredible assertion that all of it just appeared on its own without any intelligent force behind it.
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No, I just told you I don't know. What I don't consider to be sound evidence is primitive man made gods created out of fear of the natural world. There is no substance to such a claim.
 
NWO_Spook said:
No, I just told you I don't know. What I don't consider to be sound evidence is primitive man made gods created out of fear of the natural world. There is no substance to such a claim.
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Odd that Devildavid flatly stated "No one created (the solar system), and you didn't challenge him.
 
Mashmont said:
Yet you accept, without evidence, the more incredible assertion that all of it just appeared on its own without any intelligent force behind it.
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Is it not an incredible assertion that the universe being so highly complex that you claim that it cannot exist solely on its own, and yet you assume an entity that would have to be infinitely greater in complexity than the universe but that entity can somehow exist on its own? You negate your own argument about complexity being unable to exist on its own, quite obviously.
 
NWO_Spook said:
Did he reply to me? I didn't see that.
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My post that you responded to wasn't addressed to you either. So why did you have a problem with my post and not Devil David's? We both made assertions.
 
Mashmont said:
My post that you responded to wasn't addressed to you either. So why did you have a problem with my post and not Devil David's? We both made assertions.
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Because it was your assertion that caught my eye owing to the claim therein. Are you trying to change the subject?
 
X Factor said:
There is “probably” no god doesn’t sound very confident. Thought atheists were more sure than that.
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There is "probably" no Santa Claus either. I do believe in the Easter bunny though, I ran him over one Easter eve and was heartbroken.
 
NWO_Spook said:
Because it was your assertion that caught my eye owing to the claim therein. Are you trying to change the subject?
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No, I'm pointing out your inconsistency. You imply you are neutral on the subject, as you 'don't know' if there is a God. Then you only address my absolute statement, and not DevilDavid's.
 
watsup said:
Is it not an incredible assertion that the universe being so highly complex that you claim that it cannot exist solely on its own, and yet you assume an entity that would have to be infinitely greater in complexity than the universe but that entity can somehow exist on its own? You negate your own argument about complexity being unable to exist on its own, quite obviously.
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Then you're saying the universe has always existed, which science disputes.
 
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