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I just had a thought about atheism

Posted by Devo on October 15, 2025, 11:05 am

It's inadequate as an explanation.

Why do you limit

Posted by ChristopherBlackwell on October 21, 2025, 3:52 pm, in reply to "I just had a thought about atheism"

and repeat the same few subjects over and over again?

He's just following your uncontrollable addiction to That Homely Miss Cox's daily diatribe.

Posted by Mondo Fuego™ on October 23, 2025, 7:56 am, in reply to "Why do you limit"

Got'cha.

seriously? Devo has about 10 posts that he recycles

Posted by trish on October 23, 2025, 10:51 am, in reply to "He's just following your uncontrollable addiction to That Homely Miss Cox's daily diatribe."

nothing like Ms. Cox.

She really gets under your skin

(no subject)

Posted by scott on October 21, 2025, 9:15 am, in reply to "I just had a thought about atheism"

the-belief-is-in-God-revealing-Himself-to-us,-then-what-we-do-with-that-knowledge..

It-often-becomes-a-religion-(manmade),-but-is-meant-to-be-a-relationship(Godmade).

It's-spiritual--not-some-mental-ascent.

It's-why-Jesus-Himself-said-to-ask-seek-knock...for-those-with-no-interest---it's-easy-to-be-disinterested.

Key point.

Posted by observer on October 21, 2025, 9:56 am, in reply to "(no subject)"

And one that is even misunderstood by people who call themselves Christian when there’s no relationship, merely a Sunday Sit and Soak. The idea of a relationship with God offends
many because of what they don’t know, and often what they don’t want to know.

While many mainline denominational churches are failing, there is booming growth in Bible believing and teaching churches, particularly among young people who want to hear the truth, the good news, the Gospel.

Our broken society calls for healing. Only God can help us.

That is key indeed ..

Posted by scott on October 21, 2025, 2:06 pm, in reply to "Key point."

Here's a nutshell of someone everyone's heard about .. and is directly parallel to our human experience...

There's this guy born and the person in power wants him and probably his entire race dead and gone. He's born anyways but is kept hidden, secret.only to end up adopted by the very ones responsible for the edict to murder him and others.

He grows in stature, strength, and worldly knowledge within that household even to the point of being called an heir.

But God.

He sees an injustice and injury done to one of his people and something inside sparks him to action and accordingly to the knowledge of his actual birth and people.

He enjoins himself to them and starts to hear and learn their ways but isn't fully committed, just enough to know there's something else out there to know.

He's sent out of the land to perish but instead finds a family where he hears more about their God and His says. He even finds a wife there and a skill at working with sheep.

But the fire and thunder sounds and sights from the mountain have finally gotten his attention and he climbs up to have himself a look see.

And God reveals Himself in the burning bush and sets aflame Moses future pathway.

We all start our atheistic, per se... But if the thunder and lightning, noises from the believers etc..are to be understood and finally adopted as truth...one still has to ask, seek, knock..as Jesus said.

I find myself here and there in conversations that stir up a bit of thunder and lightning... And I'm not that burning bush by a longshot...but He lives in me and I'm able now to speak and share truth...in the hopes those who've got even the slightest notion to look ..will find Him

Me n Mose's be brothers... We found the same God.

And..

Posted by mark on October 21, 2025, 3:22 am, in reply to "I just had a thought about atheism"

….its explanatory power is inadequate.

As if " God works in mysterious ways" is explanatory.

Posted by Moishe on October 21, 2025, 6:55 am, in reply to "And.."

Atheism is nothing more than disbelief in unfalsifiable claims about "GODS".

Clarification

Posted by observer on October 21, 2025, 10:38 am, in reply to "As if " God works in mysterious ways" is explanatory."

There are gods and there is God, not the same.

Your religion ALSO explains NOTHING.

Posted by DFM on October 16, 2025, 10:38 am, in reply to "I just had a thought about atheism"

its not meant as an explanation. It's an answer to a binary question

Posted by Trish on October 15, 2025, 5:37 pm, in reply to "I just had a thought about atheism"

"The Big Bang" and "Evolution" are explanations.

Posted by Ken C on October 15, 2025, 11:59 am, in reply to "I just had a thought about atheism"

atheism is not meant as an explanation. It's like saying "God didn't create anything".

Posted by Ken C on October 15, 2025, 11:46 am, in reply to "I just had a thought about atheism"

Many atheists say "God didn't create anything", then they go on to give scientific explanations like "The Big Bang" and "Evolution".

Precisely.

Posted by 7:77 on October 15, 2025, 2:52 pm, in reply to "atheism is not meant as an explanation. It's like saying "God didn't create anything". "

Atheism isn't a scientific theory, a religion, or even (in the strictest sense) a philosophy. It is nothing more than a term used to identify the "landing spot" of one of the directions possible for the leap-of-faith that can result from contemplating the binary question "do any gods exist?"

It totally lacks creative thought.

Posted by Mondo Fuego+ on October 19, 2025, 9:42 pm, in reply to "Precisely."

Requires zero intellectual activity.

That places it squarely within your limitations!7[

Posted by Azriel on October 21, 2025, 7:37 am, in reply to "It totally lacks creative thought."

Sure. It's literally a simple binary.

Posted by 7:77 on October 19, 2025, 9:50 pm, in reply to "It totally lacks creative thought."

Atheism isn't a religion, a philosophical system, an ethical structure...anything of the sort. As I said, it's literally just a term used to describe one possible outcome of a simple binary question. It's not it's job to produce creativity or to constitute an intellectual challenge.

Mind you, acceptance and subsequent consideration of either outcome of that binary inevitably leads to far more complex questions and speculation. Which is wonderful...

Darwin was quite religious.

Posted by Mugwump on October 15, 2025, 1:49 pm, in reply to "atheism is not meant as an explanation. It's like saying "God didn't create anything". "

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