Do atheists have an oversimplified concept of God?

by Simmering Frog Posted 2012/08/20 05:31:12

Related Topics: Atheists, God, Atheist, Curiosity, Debate

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	Other	19 votes	25%

Whenever you see an atheist debate about the existence of a creator, they inevitably bring up the Spaghetti Guy here. It always makes me believe they have a over simplified view of a creator. And why they feel the need to compete with him/her/it is just as big of a curiosity. What's up with that?

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Link 2012/08/20 11:33:35

No

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They do not subscribe at all to the God idea...
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Headhun... to Ron in ... 2012/08/25 21:05:19

Yes but not in deathlike and from what I understand he took a vlot of the god and religion out of it. But then again he did not have the science or scientific development to base a lit on either. He was working with limited and faulty information

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Lady Whitewolf 2012/08/20 12:25:36

No

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We've grown up beyond that nonsense.

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Simmeri... to Lady Wh... 2012/08/21 03:59:54 (edited)

That's the purpose of my question. You are answering it by default.

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D D 2012/08/20 11:58:58

Yes

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Thanks for sharing. The video was good.

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Link 2012/08/20 11:33:35

No

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They do not subscribe at all to the God idea...

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Simmeri... to Link 2012/08/26 06:53:42

I think it is safe to say we have that established. However you aren't addressing the question.

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Link to Simmeri... 2012/08/26 11:52:43 (edited)

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My point is this: If they do not subscribe/believe to/in the God idea at all, then they can not have a complicated nor an over simplified concept of God... in short, they don't any concept at all except that he/she doesn't exist...

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mblack 2012/08/20 10:48:13

Other

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All one has to do is study a bit of astronomy to come to the conclusion that there has to be a God. Every week we find new planets in very distant galaxies which all turn up no intelligent life. Look around you, there's no way this all happened by chance.

Atheist oversimplify the science of God.

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★Calliope★ to mblack 2012/08/21 00:45:24

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I look at the rain forest. The drugs found there that so 'coincidentally' cure so many ills.

Willow bark. Digitalis. No reason for them to have evolved to help humans. Or that we EVER would have the intelligence to figure it out. Or the technology.

Mysteries are pure magic for me. I marvel at the wonder and thank God for it.

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Ben 2012/08/20 10:21:19 (edited)

No

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Actually, in all the 'discussions' on religion vs atheism on here, I've yet to see the Spaghetti Monster make an appearance (which surprised me as I thought he'd be more widespread).

However, if there is a God, I would imagine that they would be so beyond comprehension that we would all, every single one of us from the most vocal atheist to the most devout believer, have an oversimplified of Him/Her/It/They.

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★Calliope★ to Ben 2012/08/21 00:45:57

I've seen it MANY times.

And others like it.

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Lucius Archangel 2012/08/20 09:32:05

Other

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atheism is just the belief in NOTHING, just here, life and now. no gods or supernatural etc. just the big bang and etc. im not atheist but this is what i know atheism trully is. and i respect it though.

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☣Master Gothika☣ ™ 2012/08/20 07:11:16

Yes

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They're just trolling, don't mind them.

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Embalmer 2012/08/20 06:48:01

No

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Hell no. Father Barron has an oversimplified view on Atheists and the supposed war on religion. We are not a Christian nation and some Atheists believe our money should be more diverse so as to have "In Allah We Trust," "In Buddha We Trust," "In Marijuana We Trust," and so on. It's all about fairness as detailed in the constitution. We celebrate many Christian holidays as a nation yet we ignore major holidays of all other religions. Likie I said, constitutional fairness.

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Simmeri... to Embalmer 2012/08/20 06:50:08

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Why so defensive?

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Embalmer to Simmeri... 2012/08/20 07:00:52

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All I did was explain the way things are, things many people don't even think about. Defensive is way off by the way.

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★Calliope★ to Embalmer 2012/08/21 00:47:03

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Hmm.. Must have been the ... "Hell, no." That's kind of the definition of defensive.

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Embalmer to ★Calliope★ 2012/08/21 03:55:32

Kind of??? Lord help us.

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★Calliope★ to Embalmer 2012/08/21 21:51:18

Internet doesn't provide inflection, therefore, we must go by what's written and past context.

"sounded" defensive to me. *shrugs*

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retired... to Embalmer 2012/08/20 06:59:57

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your honey bucket runneth over...

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Embalmer to retired... 2012/08/20 07:14:59

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Nice house you've got there.

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★Calliope★ to retired... 2012/08/21 00:47:21

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LOL!

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Chris to Embalmer 2012/08/20 07:03:11

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Well, the President will celebrate whatever holiday they want, if we elect a Jewish man, I'm sure he won't be celebrating Christmas. That's not government sponsoring a religion as much as just religious freedom. Christmas however is a Federal Holiday, perhaps as America becomes more diverse we'll see more religious Federal Holidays? Not sure.

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Embalmer to Chris 2012/08/20 07:14:28

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It's not about the president, it's about we the people.

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Red to Embalmer 2012/08/20 10:35:28
Embalmer to Red 2012/08/20 12:56:09

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As for Jefferson, do some research - this is a good place to start http://www.nobeliefs.com/jeff... -.

The item he wrote was the constitution, familiarize yourself with it.

Your last sentence was a hoot, it says a lot about your lack of perspective.

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Red to Embalmer 2012/08/20 13:00:08 (edited)
Embalmer to Red 2012/08/20 13:18:28

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Obviously my point was spot on. When someone has to resort to capital letter bashing and coming to a conclusion with no actual or valid knowledge - is juvenile and petty.

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Red to Embalmer 2012/08/20 13:23:47
Mel to Red 2012/08/26 17:21:41

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I can just feel the love of Jesus coming from that.NOT!

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Red to Mel 2012/08/26 20:10:28
Mel to Red 2012/08/27 06:47:09

Oh so people who are not christians are not patriot?

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Red to Mel 2012/08/27 19:10:08
Mel to Red 2012/08/27 21:41:09

The founding fathers instituted a separation of church and state. You do not have to be religious to be a patriot.

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Chris to Embalmer 2012/08/20 15:39:01

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So you think if we elected an Atheist for President we would force him to celebrate christmas for "we the people"? I doubt that would happen.

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Embalmer to Chris 2012/08/20 16:48:42

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I never included the president in my original answer, you did in your reply to me. And again, your point is meaningless.

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Chris to Embalmer 2012/08/20 18:31:13

The President and government are We the People. So of course it is relevant.

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Embalmer to Chris 2012/08/20 19:06:01

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No it's not.

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Chris to Embalmer 2012/08/20 19:33:33 (edited)

Yes it is, it is people WE THE PEOPLE elect. You're logic is, once we elect them they stop being WE THE PEOPLE? How does that make any sense to you?

Whatever it doesn't really matter.

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Embalmer to Chris 2012/08/20 23:35:58

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My logic is that you just don't get it.

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