The Lonely Athiest, seeking support and companionship

translation: I'd cede the point if I weren't such an asshole.

How would you know? Most atheists don't go around announcing themselves.

Atheist or not, you're scum sucking vermin.

I always get a chuckle out of people taking a side on the issue; theist or not, I doubt many people have an actual understanding of the various approaches it takes to understand God (if such a thing is possible).

Thomas Aquinas would like to have a word with you.

I didn't take a side. I'm merely pointing out that the majority of the examples of atheists I've encountred are scum sucking vermin. I can say the same for Fred Phelps' supporter, islamists, Southern Baptists, Scientologists, politicians, and many, many other groups.


Face it, there's a lot of scum sucking vermin out there.

Oh I've ranted about "internet atheists" for a long time, they are some of the most obnoxious people in the world. They constantly mock and degrade believers and ride upon their imagined intellectual high horse.

And what would those be?

My OH and I are atheists. I like to think we are pretty ok people. We try to be, anyway.

Why?

Do your own epistemological homework.

I'm not arguing one way or the other, I'm merely stating that most people don't actually approach this subject with any serious thought, they merely question their own worldview and are content with that. I refuse to abandon reason over empiricism, much less mysticism over reason.

You just described Dan perfectly.

Says who and why?

Maybe Southern Baptists are weird, but they told me a thousand times over that God is so complex that if we were to look at a tiny part of his "body," our brains would be so confused that they'd explode.

I'm not kidding.

And you show the typical laziness of reasoning that makes you an 80 percenter.

Simple. You've closed yourself off to anything but your own worldview. You don't acknowledge the possibilities, choosing instead to cut yourself off from them.

Why would I close my mind and be "open" to atheism when exactly the opposite has been proven to me? Elements of Buddhism, Sikhism, and Taoism are already part of my spiritual path, so yes, I acknowledge their validity.

You have "proof" of the existence of spiritual realms and supernatural forces? Please, do tell....

The evidence in question is strictly subjective and not subject to being shared. If it's that important to you to experience the evidence in order to agree with it, the experimental procedure in your case is simple. Take your pistol, load it, put it to your head, and pull the trigger. You'll have your necessary experience shortly.
Of course, from your viewpoint, there's some significant downsides to the experiment, but hey, it's important that you know, right?

In other words, the joint was laced with something, huh?

Indeed, and there are several medications currently on the market designed just for people who think that God (or the Devil) is talking to them....

Hey, I told you how to prove it to yourself. If you don't want that proof, I can't help you.