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Voltaire2

(15,377 posts) Fri May 18, 2018, 04:57 PM May 2018

What if gods never existed? [View all]

What would the world be like if there were no gods?

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What if gods never existed? [View all] Voltaire2 May 2018 OP

Maybe... SoFlaDem May 2018 #1

Why, then, do atheists not feel that way? MineralMan May 2018 #2

Plenty of theists believe atheists do feel that way Mariana May 2018 #9

I know. But we don't feel that way. We understand MineralMan May 2018 #10

I am not arguing for religion SoFlaDem May 2018 #14

I didn't ask about belief in gods. Voltaire2 May 2018 #3

I'm sorry SoFlaDem May 2018 #15

The poster merely clarified the question for you Mariana May 2018 #17

I was just trying to make the question I asked clear. Voltaire2 May 2018 #19

To quote Antonio Porchia Snotcicles May 2018 #52

Religions pit groups of people against Duppers May 2018 #13

like it is now.. LSFL May 2018 #4

... Voltaire2 May 2018 #7

I wouldn't have had to sit through... Liberalhammer May 2018 #5

Not necessarily. Mariana May 2018 #11

Coitus wouldn't wake up the neighbors Major Nikon May 2018 #6

Omfg. Voltaire2 May 2018 #20

There are no gods. BigmanPigman May 2018 #8

I think the question is a good one just the way it is. Mariana May 2018 #12

for those who believe gods exist the Voltaire2 May 2018 #21

Arn't gods just a construct of the human mind? mitch96 May 2018 #16

Well I think they are, but other people think Voltaire2 May 2018 #18

A world with out a god...hummm mitch96 May 2018 #22

But I see no reason why religion wouldn't exist. Voltaire2 May 2018 #23

You obviously liked my post. guillaumeb May 2018 #24

Your question implies that gods exist. guillaumeb May 2018 #25

Nope. Let me clarify. Voltaire2 May 2018 #26

Understood. guillaumeb May 2018 #28

Well sure. I think it is vanishingly unlikely Voltaire2 May 2018 #45

Voltaire disagreed. eom guillaumeb May 2018 #59

Well no. Again you seem to think the question Voltaire2 May 2018 #60

In other words... Major Nikon May 2018 #58

Exactly as you are experiencing it now RockRaven May 2018 #27

Or........... guillaumeb May 2018 #29

it's all I have evidence for or reason to believe RockRaven May 2018 #33

I understand your position. eom guillaumeb May 2018 #34

Right elleng May 2018 #36

Depends what your definition of existed is. Sneederbunk May 2018 #30

Probably be a lot fewer wars nt doc03 May 2018 #31

Fewer Charleton Heston movies. progressoid May 2018 #32

As it does. elleng May 2018 #35

We wouldn't have Bach's Mass in B Minor thucythucy May 2018 #37

But what about Wagner!!?? edhopper May 2018 #40

Well, yeah, not to mention all that awful "Christian Rock." thucythucy May 2018 #42

And we couldn't collect these edhopper May 2018 #51

Yikes! thucythucy May 2018 #53

Those are creepy as hell. Just saying. nt. Mariana May 2018 #56

Why? Religion does not require that gods exist. Voltaire2 May 2018 #43

Quite right. thucythucy May 2018 #49

I don't think you know how art works Cartoonist May 2018 #48

You mean what if men never invented gods. gibraltar72 May 2018 #38

No. I mean if it is a fact about the world. Voltaire2 May 2018 #46

It would look exactly the same edhopper May 2018 #39

I think it would be a vast void thinkingagain May 2018 #41

Again you are referring to belief in gods. Voltaire2 May 2018 #44

Maybe you can tell us how you think it would be different thinkingagain May 2018 #47

I think this world is exactly that: a world Voltaire2 May 2018 #50

Better. Snackshack May 2018 #54

Man would conger up a different loophole to escape responsibility for being inhumane. nt Snotcicles May 2018 #55

Exactly... NeoGreen May 2018 #57