[Jason the drunk mick]

Re: What is it like to be an atheist?

One book?

Seriously - One book?

You are talking about Gods Holy Words!

The Holy Bible (KJV1611)!

God knows for sure what is best for us!
How can you call The Creator Himself judgmental???

He knows what's best for us - doesn't He?
He created u!!!

Firstly i didnt say god was judgmental the op said that athiest are judgmentaland i said you all judge everyone and everything

Secondly its still just one book

Thirdly all you know about god is based on one book so how can u be sure he knows best

[Mary Etheldreda]

Re: What is it like to be an atheist?

Secondly its still just one book

You're mistaken. It's 66 books, each one written independently of the others, penned by men who had no knowledge of the other scribes. That this can be done over the span of so many years and across so many miles and yet have one, unified, coherent message is nothing short of miraculous!

[Thomas Taylor]

Re: What is it like to be an atheist?

JUDGMENTAL this is from the group that have an opinion on everything and everyone all based on ONE BOOK

Well, hello Klinker. Where I come a klinker is a piece of dryed excrement that hangs from a dog's rear end.

We do NOT have an opinion on anything, God does. We follow the Word of God to the Letter. So if we come across as judgemental or opinionated that is just God working through us.

[ProudBrony]

Re: What is it like to be an atheist?

Atheists are very scary people, and tend to be more violent than those who follow a religion. Im gonna guess, being an atheist is a lot like being a gorilla.

[Jason the drunk mick]

Re: What is it like to be an atheist?

Atheists are very scary people, and tend to be more violent than those who follow a religion. Im gonna guess, being an atheist is a lot like being a gorilla.

Firstly its still on book it may have many parts but it is just one bible

Secondly you have free will so you do have and opininon YOU chose to folow his word so it is your opininon

[Mark L. Snyde, PhD]

Re: What is it like to be an atheist?

Firstly its still on book it may have many parts but it is just one bible

Secondly you have free will so you do have and opininon YOU chose to folow his word so it is your opininon

Do us a favor please, and at least try to make sense.

[GassIsAwesome]

Re: What is it like to be an atheist?

An argument from an atheist over moral standards. I use niceness in place of morality because it's simpler to write on. If you wish to dismember the following, feel free to do so.

When I am nice to other people, it makes me feel good and people are nice back to me. (The golden rule) The reason it makes me feel good is because of a heightened release of dopamine. Scientists believe that this reaction is most probably resultant of an evolutionary process where groups of people who helped each other out were more likely to survive than groups of people who were selfish. I am not nice to people because I am scared of going to a Hell, or want to get in to a Heaven. Rather, I am genuinely (Define Genuine: "truly what something is said to be; authentic.") nice because I am biochemically engineered to be so. If you are a Christian, why are you nice to others other than to get in to a Heaven, or because it is a God's word? Under a Christian standard, you cannot say that you are a good person without divine intervention or guidance. If you are nice because a God made you so, then how is that any different from me (other than divine vs natural causes)?


Also, as a math guy, I can't help but question the Bible's moral authority when it can't even get pi right to 2 decimal places.

[Zechariah Smyth]

Re: What is it like to be an atheist?

tl:dr

Do you normally waltz in to someone's living room and start immediately with the confrontational tone?



Who are you? Where do you go to church? How many children have you borne for your husband? Do you have his permission to be here?

Yours in Christ,

Z. Smyth

[Mary Etheldreda]

Re: What is it like to be an atheist?

When I am nice to other people, it makes me feel good and people are nice back to me. (The golden rule) The reason it makes me feel good is because of a heightened release of dopamine...

So for you, being "nice" is a drug that gets you high?

Thank you for the personal testimony that confirms all atheists are just drug-addicted morons.

[Mark L. Snyde, PhD]

Re: What is it like to be an atheist?

...Also, as a math guy, I can't help but question the Bible's moral authority when it can't even get pi right to 2 decimal places.

While God clearly postulates that the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter (the definition of Π), and so it needs no proof, consider the following:

x = y

Square:

x² = y²

Now, since y = x, we may write:

(1) x² = xy

Multiply (1) by any non-zero constant z:

(2) zx² = zxy

Multiply (1) by Π:

(3) Πx² = Πxy

Subtract (2) from (3):

Πx² - zx² = Πxy - zxy

Rearrange:

Πx² - Πxy = zx² - zxy

Factor:

Πx(x - y) = zx(x - y)

Remove common factor:

Πx = zx

Divide through by x:

Π = z

Now, as you can see, the "logic" of algebra would have us choosing any non-zero value we want for Π. Thus, we conclude that mathematics is not useful for determining the value of Π. In fact, we could substitute any other non-zero value for Π and conclude that any two non-zero numbers are equal.

Fortunately, God tells us Π is 3 to prevent us from being tricked by Satan.

[Dr Laurence Niles]

Re: What is it like to be an atheist?

I am biochemically engineered to be so.

And who is the engineer?

Jesus wins again.

YIC

[GassIsAwesome]

Re: What is it like to be an atheist?

x = y

Square:

x² = y²

Now, since y = x, we may write:

(1) x² = xy

Multiply (1) by any non-zero constant z:

(2) zx² = zxy

Multiply (1) by Π:

(3) Πx² = Πxy

Subtract (2) from (3):

Πx² - zx² = Πxy - zxy

Rearrange:

Πx² - Πxy = zx² - zxy

Factor:

Πx(x - y) = zx(x - y)

Remove common factor:

Πx = zx

Divide through by x:

Π = z

That's not a proof. That's just bad math, and obviously so.
What you just did was:

2 = 2
3 = 3

x = y
xx = yy
xx = xy
2xx=2xy
3xx=3xy
3xx-2xx=3xy-2xy
3xx-3xy=2xx-2xy
3x(x-y)=2x(x-y)
because x and y are the same and you're multiplying both sides by (x-y), you're getting 3x*0=2x*0, or in your case, pi*x*0=z*x*0, which is perfectly valid. And then by removing the common factor, you're dividing by zero, which is not valid.

Instead of dividing by zero, you should try making a polygon with a lot of sides, finding the length of the sides, multiplying by the amount of sides, and then dividing by 2 to get circumference/diameter instead of circumference/radius.

Try a shape with 2^16 = 65536 sides to get a really close approximation of pi:
(2^16*sqrt(2-sqrt(2+sqrt(2+sqrt(2+sqrt(2+sqrt(2+sqrt(2+sqrt(2+s qrt(2+sqrt(2+sqrt(2+sqrt(2+sqrt(2+sqrt(2+sqrt(2))) )))))))))))))/2

IT CALCULATES FOR YOU!!:

http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=%282%5E16*sqrt%282-sqrt%282%2Bsqrt%282%2Bsqrt%282%2Bsqrt%282%2Bsqrt%282%2Bsqrt%282%2Bsqrt%282%2Bsqrt%282%2Bsqrt%282%2Bsqrt%282%2Bsqrt%282%2Bsqrt%282%2Bsqrt%282%2Bsqrt%282%29%29%29%29%29%29%29%29%29%29%29%29%29%29%29%29%2F2

[Mark L. Snyde, PhD]

Re: What is it like to be an atheist?

That's not a proof. That's just bad math, and obviously so.
What you just did was:

2 = 2
3 = 3

x = y
xx = yy
xx = xy
2xx=2xy
3xx=3xy
3xx-2xx=3xy-2xy
3xx-3xy=2xx-2xy
3x(x-y)=2x(x-y)
because x and y are the same and you're multiplying both sides by (x-y), you're getting 3x*0=2x*0, or in your case, pi*x*0=z*x*0, which is perfectly valid. And then by removing the common factor, you're dividing by zero, which is not valid.

Instead of dividing by zero, you should try making a polygon with a lot of sides, finding the length of the sides, multiplying by the amount of sides, and then dividing by 2 to get circumference/diameter instead of circumference/radius.

Try a shape with 2^16 = 65536 sides to get a really close approximation of pi:
(2^16*sqrt(2-sqrt(2+sqrt(2+sqrt(2+sqrt(2+sqrt(2+sqrt(2+sqrt(2+s qrt(2+sqrt(2+sqrt(2+sqrt(2+sqrt(2+sqrt(2+sqrt(2))) )))))))))))))/2

IT CALCULATES FOR YOU!!:

http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i...9%29%29%29%2F2

Ah, Archimedes' method of exhaustion. You have made an error somewhere, friend. Dividing the circle of radius 1 into n isosceles triangles radiating from the center, each of which are bisected into two congruent right triangles, we find the area of the circle is:

A = lim_(n→∞)[n∙tan(3/n)] = 3 = π

[Mistress Cookie]

Re: What is it like to be an atheist?

This is very repugnant for me to write, but it must be said .(as there is so much debate).

The mark of the heretical atheist is the pr*laps*d an*s

(I can't even spell it out, it's so sickening!)

God™ help me for speaking out! .But Atheists, look upon thy destiny!

[WilliamJenningsBryan]

Re: What is it like to be an atheist?

An argument from an atheist over moral standards. I use niceness in place of morality because it's simpler to write on. If you wish to dismember the following, feel free to do so.

(19th Century Reductionist crap)

Nice try at dredging up some old reductionist arguments that just don't hold water anymore - as if they ever did.

Perhaps you would like to explain the chemical basis for "moral standards", and perhaps go a little further and reduce the chemical basis of "authentic" to physics and quantum mechanics.

You pinko socialists are all alike - just share everything and sing Kumbaya and we will have the perfect workers paradise. You and B.F Skinner will get along fine blissing out in your little Skinner boxes of operant conditioning.