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Atheists & Agnostics

mr blur

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26. Nah, you're all forgetting that we just don't understand!

Reply to kdmorris (Original post)

Wed Feb 4, 2015, 09:33 AM

Feb 2015

Your average religionista round these parts would just point out that we can't know God's intentions or purpose. We're just judging him by human standards. How can we know? He knows best. And he loves everybody. Just have faith.

(Oh, and he needs money)

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Stephen Fry calls God an ‘evil, capricious, monstrous maniac’ [View all] kdmorris Feb 2015 OP

And the "best" answer that 2000+ years of theology has come up with is... trotsky Feb 2015 #1

Didn't take long for the douchebag apologists to craft a response. AtheistCrusader Feb 2015 #2

And not even a very original response skepticscott Feb 2015 #4

Well, that certainly is a bunch of bullshit. Curmudgeoness Feb 2015 #5

That's just leaving the escape hatch open. trotsky Feb 2015 #6

If god's only power is love, what power does it have to craft a universe? AtheistCrusader Feb 2015 #8

For if we are imagining a God whose only power, indeed whose only existence, is love itself AlbertCat Feb 2015 #9

Total bullshit... truebrit71 Feb 2015 #16

I loved his answer to that question. Curmudgeoness Feb 2015 #3

the numskulls can wiggle out of human inflicted misery and evil via the "free willy" canard. Warren Stupidity Feb 2015 #7

Yeah, I love when SCIENCE is called a belief system kdmorris Feb 2015 #18

Let's hear from the Kim Kardashian of theology... onager Feb 2015 #10

"the Kim Kardashian of theology" trotsky Feb 2015 #12

Looks to me like another version of Deepak Chopra. Promethean Feb 2015 #13

So all I have to do is write a bunch of feel-good crap Curmudgeoness Feb 2015 #14

Yes, and then NPR will kiss your ass skepticscott Feb 2015 #19

LOL!! n/t kdmorris Feb 2015 #17

Omnipotent, omniscient, and omnibenevolent Ron Obvious Feb 2015 #11

Don't blame me, I never voted for Him. nt eppur_se_muova Feb 2015 #15

Excellent interview. Manifestor_of_Light Feb 2015 #20

If we keep believing in him, have we passed or have we failed his test? DetlefK Feb 2015 #21

I'm not sure I understand your question kdmorris Feb 2015 #22

Let's say, you believe that I'm a good person... DetlefK Feb 2015 #24

Good point! kdmorris Feb 2015 #25

A good argument can be made either way! n/t trotsky Feb 2015 #23

Nah, you're all forgetting that we just don't understand! mr blur Feb 2015 #26

You are right, I just don't understand. Curmudgeoness Feb 2015 #27

+1 n/t trotsky Feb 2015 #29

Very true... kdmorris Feb 2015 #28