why I am an atheist

[lauralh]

ha, brilliant:

I've noticed that in general, there really isn't much difference between being an atheist and being an agnostic besides politeness.

Most atheists are sensible enough to know that there really isn't a way to prove or disprove the existence of god(s). Of course, this kind of view is never actually practiced in the real world, as you would be completely incapacitated.

Say your friend calls you on the phone and asks "I'm going to come pick you up, where are you?"

Do you respond : "I am not really sure. It appears that I am home, but I could really be anywhere. While I have no specific memory of leaving my house, it's very possible that Evie Garland, star character from the 1987 TV Series 'Out of this World' played by Maureen Flannagan , has frozen time and displaced me into a completely different world that is for all intents and purposes the same as the old world, yet different because I have indeed been moved. So I don't know if I'm home or not, in fact, I'm not exactly sure that you're you, and that's kind of scary. I'm going to hang up now, that is, if this is actually a phone that I am holding. I'm not sure."

NO!

You say "I'M FUCKING GODDAMN MOTHERFUCKING HOME DAMN YOU"

Comments

[hotcrab.livejournal.com]

you buy me a soda
you buy me a soda
then you try to molest me in the parking lot
yep yep yep

[sisyphus.livejournal.com]

he's only making a statement about positive atheism, which is the assertion that 'there are no gods' when he says most athiests know they can't disprove gods. negative atheism which is far more common is just that 'all the options for theism i've been presented are false, and so there must not be any gods.' but it still makes a case.

agnosticism is a more intellectually honest view, since you can't really know until you die, so what's the point in bothering about it?

a dialogue for which is:

Friend Calls -- "Hey what's that noise in the background?"
Atheist: "I can't get to a window to see, so it must be nothing."
Agnostic:"I can't get to the window to see, and it'll be gone by the time I do, so there's no point in surmising what it is"


emotionally of course they're probably both athesists.

[herbaliser.livejournal.com]

I knew a guy once who described himself as a "militant agnostic: I don't know and neither do you!"

I feel comfortable calling myself an atheist, because I also feel comfortable saying that unicorns and leprechauns don't exist either.

[sisyphus.livejournal.com]

I agree with you. Just don't mess with the faeries!!

[das-prompt.livejournal.com]

Just don't mess with the faeries!!

Unless that's your thang.