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myccrider

(484 posts)
18. Not necessarily.
Sun Aug 29, 2021, 02:18 PM
Aug 2021

I’m an atheist (and apologize if posting in this forum is being rude, but the question is being discussed here).

I don’t need to discuss or make a judgement on the claim of whether or not unicorns actually only hang out with virgins until and unless I become convinced that unicorns actually exist. Someone could argue that positing non-virgin exclusive unicorns are more plausible than virgin exclusive unicorns, but that still isn’t evidence for the existence of unicorns.

Someone could also redefine unicorns as lacking a forehead horn, not being white coated, not having magical powers, etc, etc until that person’s definition of unicorn is essentially indistinguishable from a regular horse or goat. At that point, imo, you would no longer be talking about unicorns.

Someone can define supernatural/magical things any way they want to because there’s no way to check their definition against the reality we live in. I don’t feel a need to join such a discussion or change my beliefs because of such discussions.

I don’t feel animus towards people who do believe in those things (being in the minority, most of my friends and relatives do believe in some deity ) until and unless their beliefs lead to actions that negatively impact me or society as a whole.

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Yes, discussing what God is or isn't seems less appropriate in the Atheists group since we are, Croney Aug 2021 #1
Wouldn't defining God qazplm135 Aug 2021 #8
Not necessarily. myccrider Aug 2021 #18
Who said anything about changing your beliefs? qazplm135 Aug 2021 #20
Pardon if I wasn't clear about what I was responding to. myccrider Aug 2021 #22
well first of all qazplm135 Aug 2021 #23
This is my last response myccrider Aug 2021 #24
All I can say is the emergence of IDA on the 16th anniversry of Katrina is perversely ironic... hlthe2b Aug 2021 #2
Well there are a lot of "Bad Things" that they're wishing on me, so... Anon-C Aug 2021 #7
I don't get how your comment relates to mine? hlthe2b Aug 2021 #9
This message was self-deleted by its author Anon-C Aug 2021 #19
According to the Bible, God does it all. Haggard Celine Aug 2021 #3
which, as the OP advances, at least has the advantage stopdiggin Aug 2021 #14
What if this is all a game and we are just avatars? onlyadream Aug 2021 #4
It was actually a subset of Christians who thought of this first localroger Aug 2021 #5
It's all gray. multigraincracker Aug 2021 #6
When you're out-smarted by a talking snake of your own creation? czarjak Aug 2021 #10
Good point! Croney Aug 2021 #21
God gave men and women free will. That is why evil exists. Tomconroy Aug 2021 #11
free will evil stopdiggin Aug 2021 #13
Philosophy is also an appropriate wnylib Aug 2021 #12
You raise an imponderable. TomSlick Aug 2021 #15
Pantheism, eh? Einstein was into determinism. Got that from... TreasonousBastard Aug 2021 #16
I resist the term but yeah, pretty much. TomSlick Aug 2021 #17
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