“God still loves you more than you can imagine.”

My pets show more love for me than does your imaginary god. If anything, god shows the opposite of love for every creature on this planet. For starters, the majority of “every creature on this planet” exists so that the others can eat them after they are painfully and violently killed.

“He created you for a reason. Please don’t ask what the reason is because I don’t know.”

Then you don’t know that your imaginary god created you or anything else.

“Ian that is the reason I go right for the heart if the matter. Fine, no God? Then explain origins and explain where matter originated from.

This has been explained to you over and over again.

First of all, atheism and creation are mutually exclusive issues. One has nothing to do with the other.

I can’t explain the origin of the universe. So what? It doesn’t mean there is a god who created it.

“They never can and usually resort to matter has always existed or we don’t know but we will.”

They NEVER CAN and NEVER will present their evidence for their imaginary god. Discussion of god is the reason for this “blog,” not creation of the universe. Creation is a diversion that that theists use in lieu of any evidence for their imaginary god. Rejection of a belief in god is independent of any scientific explanation for creation or lack thereof.

WHY CAN’T YOU GET THAT THROUGH YOUR THICK SKULL?

Who mentioned “chance”?
NOTHING happens “by chance”, but by natural laws, and THAT was what we (atheists) claimed.
No one ever mentioned “chance”.

Is it lying, or blindness (you see only what you like to see)?
It is not nice to lie!

I am a good man. I am doing same as you do and more.
I don’t hate anyone, I don’t offend anyone, I don’t steal or kill, I help people a lot…

Yet, I do not believe in god.

Conclusion: being good or bad person does not depend on one’s faith, but on many other things, including genes.

I can’t love my neighbor, because the son of a bitch frequently beats his dog, and makes me sorry for the poor animal.
However, I don’t hate him either, and would never harm him.

Is something wrong with me?

We did it for you so many times.
You never explain anything, you only claim things.
To show my benevolence, let me repeat it for you once again:

Matter has NO origins. It exists WITHOUT being crated. It was NOT “popped” from “nothing” by a god or by anything else. It is “self-existing”. No origin, no creation, just matter/energy that EXISTS and changes its form according to built-in natural laws.

Now you:
a) Give us some good arguments why would this logic be wrong (logic only)
b) Where does god originate from?
c) If god does not need to originate from somewhere, why would it be necessary for matter/energy?

WHY?

“This lack of belief is just a cowardice way out of attempting to sit in the corner and claim we believe nothing. Those who believe in nothing are intellectual weaklings.”

So, just for clarity, you’re stating that those who cannot make a move or think a thought in life without the assistance of an invisible being are strong and intelligent, and those that make it through life on their own intellect and strength are weak.

Did I get that right?

“You wanted proof as to “how to love your neighbor”?”

Actually, Carol, that (#69) was aimed specifically at Horatiio and I wasn’t asking for “proof”, I was asking for examples of how he personally ‘loved thy neighbor’ (which of course still remains unaddressed—surprise surprise). And naturally you’re not suggesting that an atheist is incapable of such a kindly philosophy because it demands a blind dedication to an invisible being, right? But thanks.

A very nice post. Thanks for sharing it.

Ian that is the reason I go right for the heart if the matter. Fine, no God? Then explain origins and explain where matter originated from. They never can and usually resort to matter has always existed or we don’t know but we will.

The we can ask “do you believe Socrates existed” and then show them the faith of their statement when they acknowledge he did exist. There are a host of questions they cannot answer with “time and chance diddit”.

The evidence is there for them as Antony Flew acknowledged (especially in DNA) but they refuse to follow it. In the end, they must be willing to be healed if they are to be healed.