Atheists & Agnostics

onager

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45. LOL! That reminds me of "I, Claudius."

Wed May 6, 2015, 09:13 AM

May 2015

IIRC, Claudius is musing on the Jewish god and says something like: "Their god is always angry, and he must be very small. He hides in a box called the Ark of the Covenant and nobody is allowed to see him."

Then there's this scene, when Augustus is talking to Herod Agrippa, king of the Jews:

Herod: Caesar, it's true: Jews love gambling. But we fear our god more.
Augustus: Which one?
Herod: We have only one, Caesar.
Augustus: I've never understood that, it's quite insufficient. Why don't you take some of our gods? You know, plenty of people do.
Herod: Believe me, Caesar, the one we have is hard enough to live with.

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Can we "know" God doesn't exist. [View all] edhopper May 2015 OP

Nepal.... mountain grammy May 2015 #1

God is a theory ... GeorgeGist May 2015 #2

Not really, any more than religionistas can know that it does. mr blur May 2015 #3

Why is God different from edhopper May 2015 #4

I'm not saying God is an alien but, progressoid May 2015 #23

As Epicurus would say edhopper May 2015 #26

There's a particular defender of the faith here on DU... trotsky May 2015 #7

You will notice edhopper May 2015 #12

So-called "strong atheism" skepticscott May 2015 #5

I guess that would depend edhopper May 2015 #8

We can definitely know that certain gods don't exist. trotsky May 2015 #6

No RussBLib May 2015 #9

Also, the cranks who make this nonsense up are always smart - mr blur May 2015 #10

I was about to get into that. Warren Stupidity May 2015 #20

That is very well said edhopper May 2015 #29

he is "outside the physical Universe. AlbertCat May 2015 #40

Rec post. beam me up scottie May 2015 #30

Logically self-contradictory ones only whatthehey May 2015 #11

Thanks edhopper May 2015 #13

True enough. But we have to consider Flatland whatthehey May 2015 #14

I''ve read Gamow edhopper May 2015 #15

I don't know fir sure that there is no god, but Binkie The Clown May 2015 #19

The bugger is, not entirely no whatthehey May 2015 #25

Another great post! beam me up scottie May 2015 #31

invisible Snake God spirit AlbertCat May 2015 #41

I know that God doesn't exist. Curmudgeoness May 2015 #16

That's true edhopper May 2015 #17

Steady State Universe? Binkie The Clown May 2015 #18

Not really edhopper May 2015 #27

We assume that velocity is the only thing that causes red shift AlbertCat May 2015 #42

You're very probably right. Binkie The Clown May 2015 #43

Let's leave the large cosmological questions for now. edhopper May 2015 #44

I agree on a practical level, Binkie The Clown May 2015 #46

True edhopper May 2015 #47

I can know that XYZ claims of specific gods are bullshit. AtheistCrusader May 2015 #21

Wow! salimbag May 2015 #22

your welcome. edhopper May 2015 #28

Of course not. LiberalAndProud May 2015 #24

Nothing to add, everyone else has already noted why it's impossible to argue the point. beam me up scottie May 2015 #32

impossible to argue with believers edhopper May 2015 #34

Agreed! beam me up scottie May 2015 #35

Thus i posted this here edhopper May 2015 #37

I have seen no evidence that god exists. Manifestor_of_Light May 2015 #33

Same here. And all believers seem to have two gods... onager May 2015 #36

It's like the psychics who have edhopper May 2015 #38

Isn't there a third one? You know, the one that shows up on toast... truebrit71 May 2015 #39

LOL! That reminds me of "I, Claudius." onager May 2015 #45

No. Act_of_Reparation May 2015 #48

That is probably a better term for it. edhopper May 2015 #49

Absolutely. Act_of_Reparation May 2015 #50

So it would come down to how edhopper May 2015 #51