God is an Atheist

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God is an Atheist

Can someone please tell me where I first heard the issue of god being an Atheist.  Somewhere I heard that to be an Atheist one does not have any superior beings, this is true.  The KJ god does not believe in anyone superior to "it", therefore I think this god is an Atheist.  Is there any truth to this?


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It's just something to annoy

It's just something to annoy theists with I guess. god knows everything,so he can't have faith. There's nothing higher for him to believe in, so technically he meets the requirments of being an atheist.

Though after you say all that, the theist will probably say'so you admit god exists.'

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Perhaps God only pretends to

Perhaps God only pretends to be an atheist to the angels and demons. Maybe he is a closet theist, that thinks maybe their is a Deity higher than himself that made him.

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Gawd is an Atheist

Actually I really would like to pick your brain here and ask for some help in posting a couple of paragraphs in my local newspaper describing that gawd is an Atheist.  I have been know to be an instigator of trouble in the past, so this type of thing is not new to me.


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Boon Docks wrote:

Actually I really would like to pick your brain here and ask for some help in posting a couple of paragraphs in my local newspaper describing that gawd is an Atheist.  I have been know to be an instigator of trouble in the past, so this type of thing is not new to me.

   In the King James Version of the bible,   the first (of ten) commandments States. Thou shalt have no other god before me.   The KJV  god certainly believed in OTHER gods,  he just didn't want his brown-nosers to take after them in stead of He/it.

  That false god, false idol shows up in the second commandment, with the claim that he/it is a jelious god--- in direct violation of the tenth commandment.   (Thou shall not covet...). Try your s**t disturbing with that.

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KJV

Now how am I suppose to use this in an article for my newspaper?  You were suppose to help me here, not make me think harder.  Thanx anyway.


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You could track my posts, Me

You could track my posts, Me GOD  , of course 'Gawed' is atheist, and yeah especially the theists don't get it .....  


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Oh well

I might have better luck finding a printable short two paragraphs or so at another website, but I doubt it. 


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Sorry I can't be of more

Sorry I can't be of more help, but here's a quick bit ,

It's basically about the definition of "god"......  God is the sum of the entire universe with no creator.  Or, god is the creator. Or, god is the god of abraham religions, etc. 
This is kinda fun: "God would be an atheist" , see the "previous columns" at page bottom

   http://www.godwouldbeanatheist.com/

   more from site,

   http://www.godwouldbeanatheist.com/pages/past.htm

"Atheists for Jesus", might interest you
http://www.atheists-for-jesus.com/

, and atheist Richard Dawkins  http://richarddawkins.net/article,20,Atheists-for-Jesus,Richard-Dawkins

Check out atheist Buddha god ideas of no deity. Good buddha, bad Buddha ?   Beware of "wacko" so called Buddhists, who turn Buddha philosophy into religion dogma.
Sam Harris wrote about this here ,
 "Killing the Buddha" ..... ( like xains killing the good atheist Jesus )

http://www.shambhalasun.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2903&Itemid=244

- ends, " There is much more to be discovered about the nature of the human mind. In particular, there is much more for us to understand about how the mind can transform itself from a mere reservoir of greed, hatred, and delusion into an instrument of wisdom and compassion. Students of the Buddha are very well placed to further our understanding on this front, but the religion of Buddhism currently stands in their way." Sam Harris.

Yup, and likewise the Xains regarding Jesus .....  

 


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There's an opportunity here

There's an opportunity here to turn one of the theists' favourite arguments against them. You see, some theists will attempt to wriggle out of the Problem of Evil by saying that faith, in itself, is good for us. Therefore by challenging us to believe in him using nothing but faith and depriving us of all avenues (such as evidence) to discover his existence through reason, God is actually doing us a favour. When people ask why God doesn't save hurricane victims, these theists respond that in doing so he would reveal himself too directly and make it impossible for people to believe through faith only, which is, for some unexplained reason, important.

You probably see where I am going with this. God certainly can't have any doubts about his own existence. He doesn't need faith in himself. So God lacks the critical ingredient necessary for a believer to be a believer.

The special pleading will commence at this point. "God isn't like us. He doesn't need faith." OK, whatever. But the fact remains that God is not a theist within any definition of the term theist that requires the subject to have faith. And anyone who is not a theist is an atheist.

It's a sophomoric point but have fun with it.

 

 

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