Atheists are Uncomfortable Asking God to Do Terrible Things
A study finds that atheists feel uncomfortable asking God to do terrible things, matching emotional responses of the religious. How would you explain that?
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http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/hjpr20/current#/doi/full/10.1080/10508619.2013.771991
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Like all such religious surveys, it is slanted with the precept that 'god is real' and we atheist just don't [wanna] believe. As an atheist and a member of Rational Response my only rational response is to not bother with such nonsense questionaires. "asking a god; I don't believe in; or a religious precept I don't waste time with; to do anything Is assinine to the extreme!
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Why would I ask a god to do anything ? Ever since leaving religion, I have not thought about things in those types of terms in a long, long, time. Very confusing to me to even phrase it like that to be honest.
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― Giordano Bruno
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Daring a God to do bad things is like daring Thor to smite someone with lightening. To me it would be the same as daring Lex Luthor to give to charity.
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Missing the point, as always.
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Any compassionate human would have an emotional reaction talking about a loved one dying or being hurt whether they believed the possibility was likely or not.
If, if a white man puts his arm around me voluntarily, that's brotherhood. But if you - if you hold a gun on him and make him embrace me and pretend to be friendly or brotherly toward me, then that's not brotherhood, that's hypocrisy.- Malcolm X
That's what I thought until I got to this part: "Nonetheless, as the skin conductance levels also showed that atheists were more affected by God statements than by wish or offensive statements, it may be safe to conclude that atheists were less comfortable with daring God than with daring a more nebulous and impersonal fate or simply contemplating the distressing events."
Now I think that the atheists were being open-minded, accepting that, even though they don't believe in God, it's still possible that there is a God that would take the dare and hurt their loved ones.
Quite frankly, I sometimes get "emotionally aroused" just saying the word "god" because I find it absolutely disgusting that people worship a fictional being that is barbaric and evil. It is hardly a neutral word, and the study only measures reaction not what the reaction is. I'd daresay that a number of atheists on this site would show a strong reaction just saying the word god alone.
If, if a white man puts his arm around me voluntarily, that's brotherhood. But if you - if you hold a gun on him and make him embrace me and pretend to be friendly or brotherly toward me, then that's not brotherhood, that's hypocrisy.- Malcolm X
I agree.
“It is proof of a base and low mind for one to wish to think with the masses or majority, merely because the majority is the majority. Truth does not change because it is, or is not, believed by a majority of the people.”
― Giordano Bruno
I know why this is probably a true study. Because most people who say they don't believe in a God are not like Rational Responders people who have their positions well thought out. I am fairly certain that most people who say they don't believe say so out of anger towards life's hardship and injustice. This is actually more of a rebellion than a true disbelief. That's why these are real results. That's my explanation.