On Wed, Jan 14, 2015 Jason Resch <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> A atheist isn't someone who claims that he can prove God doesn't exist, >>> it's someone who says God is redundant. >>> >> > > Redundant to what? >
I don't understand the question. > >> That you reject the God of every religion >>> >> >> > That's me. >> > > Even those that say it's the ultimate reason for our existence? > ABSOLUTELY! > >> Some people like Bruno and millions of others are so desperate to >> stick some meaning to the 3 ASCII characters G and O and D so they can say >> "I believe in God" without being ridiculous that they find some fuzzy >> flabby useless concept that they can attach to it like, something more >> powerful than myself (a bulldozer?) or, a higher force (gravity?). So >> with a definition that broad and weak any rational person would have to say >> "I believe in God", but that seems like a very silly game to me. >> > > > So when physicists was still wrestling for a consistent definition of > energy, you would have told everyone to pack their bags and go home > Mathematician: I've spent the last 20 years trying to prove Flubners Conjecture. Student: What is Flubners Conjecture, what does it say? Mathematician: I don't have the slightest idea. > What if we're talking about something eternal, immutable, transcendent, > infinite, uncreated, immanent, [...] the reason for our existence, the > source of our reality and experience? > And something could have every one of those qualities and also be dumber than a sack full of doorknobs, be less conscious than a cockroach, be more ignorant than the head of the Islamic Education Foundation and have less morality than a two dollar whore. Do you really think the best word for something like that is "God"? > containing everything/equal to everything, Bafflegab. John K Clark -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
