I have this friend....
Offline I have this friend I call Robbert, at least I think that is his name, he never complains when I call him that. To be honest He never really says much at all, so I take that has his approval. He also always gives me great advice, whenever I ask about something he always assures me to go with my gut feelings. Okay, so he really does not say much, but his silence is all the assurance I ever need.
Robbert is also very popular. I've never seen him hang out with anyone else, but when I ask people if they know Robbert they always say they do. Sometimes they say they know Robbert, but we have arguments about his name. I know it sounds odd, but some people say that Robbert's name is Steven, or Philip. I think those people who call Robbert Steven are silly, but who am I to judge? Robbert is also very powerful, he has his hand in simply everything, there is nothing he can't do. However, some people say that Robbert doesn't exist... I worry about those people, but I don't worry too much, I'm sure that Robbert can forgive them.
Moral: If you replace God with Robbert, Theists can hopefully understand why we don't believe in God.
To go beyond your limits you must first find them.
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That's good!
I used to believe in Robert but then the flying spaghetti monster was revealed to me.
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And then Freddy declared Robert dead . . .
Then Freddy went mad and died, and we're still talking about Robert 110 years later...and it turns out that Freddy didn't even say Robert was dead, just a character in one of his books who incidentally turned out to be mad himself.
We are still talking about Mad Freddy too and his mad skillz with the ol' pen and paper.
" Why does God always got such wacky shit to say? . . . When was the last time you heard somebody say 'look God told me to get a muffin and a cup tea and cool out man'?" - Dov Davidoff
Which caricatured moral relativism as a predicament and was awesome.
On the other hand, we don't really have a Robert. It's just a name, and in poor Robert's case, not even a name anyone ends up having.
Robert was my father's name and he is dead, I assure you. Also, I have clearly eaten too much fiber this morning. Who would have thought a half a cup of cereal and a few raspberries could have done such evil?
"The whole conception of God is a conception derived from ancient Oriental despotisms. It is a conception quite unworthy of free men."
--Bertrand Russell
Please do.
To go beyond your limits you must first find them.
Ramen!
To go beyond your limits you must first find them.