We don't want you to ask yourself 'how do I know (your particular) god is real and true and everyone else has it wrong.'
We want you to ask yourself 'WHY do I know god is real and true and everyone else has it wrong'
I'm an atheist that cannot help but say, 'god damn it' or 'jesus christ' when surprised, why would I say that if I don't believe in gods?
Because of childhood indoctrination.
Why else do you have to repeat 'jesus' and 'lord' and so forth over and over again in your hymns and prayers?
And most theists do not understand why some atheists are so hostile, they try not to be, but if you know a decent amount about your own religion (assuming its christian) you would know the bloodthirsty tales of vengeance and baby bashing and rape and so forth that was permitted and encouraged by the church.
And a lot (a fearful amount) of people still worship the old testament.
So while your god may be one of love, another of the same denomination has a god of hate and wrath.. they are one and the same god yet dual and opposite, which should scientifically cancel each other out into nothingness, as Douglas Adams put it "Disappearing in a puff of logic"
Of course now we have the 'Nice church' for modern times, now that they and their flock are not longer allowed to persecute (that means burn in this instance) thousands of women, children, everyone that disagreed.
That's why the flock of god are not very good at explaining why they feel god is there, because lets assume the evolution of the faithful led them to be able to survive the reality based environment by burning those that pointed out otherwise.
They can no longer perform this particular survival trait.
I mean you say your god is real and nothing will challenge your faith, the one true faith! What about that poor shmoe over here who believes in a different god. He knows he's right, there is NO proof that his god exists at all, he just knows it. How would you as caring Christians save his sorry soul from burning damnation if he wouldn't believe that his god is not the one true god.
It would be like fighting your reflection, they use the same tools of self-deception as well.
There MUST be a god, because if the great lord and creator is a fallacy, if there is no god?........... that's where your thoughts stop.
Just imagine that, if there was no God... imagine all those deaths in vain, all those lives wasted running about making sure not to upset someone who was never watching and never cared,
Ignoring this life for a life that you will never know is not there.
The Atheist Dilemma is that there is no afterlife for us to actually exist in to be able to tell you "I told you so!" about the fact that there is no afterlife!!
Seriously Religious folks, don't just say how holy you are, get in there and read the bible, the old testament, look for online translations if the meaning is lost on you. Most Atheists are created when full realization of their cult's bloodthirsty history and massive death count.
And that 'The old testament is no longer meant to be taken seriously' stuff doesn't cut the mustard here, who decided it doesn't have to be taken seriously? because the book itself says 'Don't you dare close this book, its all real, sacrifice your goat and stone your troublesome son, sell your daughter as a slave.
It was just a pyramid scheme for old crusty dudes with no money or muscles to get power quick. If they knew how much damage it would cause they might have thought twice about it.
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