The Devin's Advocate: You May Have Heard I Don't Believe In God | Thread profile

http://chud.com/articles/articles/15...GOD/Page1.h tml

Wow. And fucking awesome.

So I guess the question now is when did this place stop being about movies?

Bravo, sir. By which I mean Devin.

Personally, I don't believe in God, at least not in a Biblical sense, but I can understand why others do. I don't think it's "insane" that they do. It helps them to understand what is unknowable to them. Like you said: "what the hell created God?"...you can just as easily say "What started the Big Bang". Seriously, sit there and ask yourself: what was there before it all started? Also, I ...

Quote: Originally Posted by SneakyPete Personally, I don't believe in God, at least not in a Biblical sense, but I can understand why others do. I don't think it's "insane" that they do. It helps them to understand what is unknowable to them. Like you said: "what the hell created God?"...you can just as easily say "What started the Big...

I wonder if those 911 terrorists would've done what they did if they knew "nope, that's it to your existence. no afterlife". I doubt they would've ended their lives. Although they might have still tried to kill people. I know this will sound as a contradiction, but I'm positive more people would take more chances in life to commit crimes, robbing banks, raping, etc, if they knew there wasn...

Quote: Originally Posted by SneakyPete I wonder if those 911 terrorists would've done what they did if they knew "nope, that's it to your existence. no afterlife". I doubt they would've ended their lives. Although they might have still tried to kill people. I know this will sound as a contradiction, but I'm positive more people ...

this ought to be entertaining.

First of all, I'm at least an agnostic, and probably an atheist. "I made two claims in that piece: that believing in God is irrational, ludicrous and insane and that religion is one of, if not the major thing holding humanity back from further progress." How arrogant can you be to think you are in a position make that kind of a statement with conviction? Sounds like the opening ...