Greg dePlume, Angry(?) Atheist
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Gemini 4 hydrogen :
The Case Against Religion 1. The god hypothesis is unfalsifiable—and therefore not knowledge. Every gap religion once filled—lightning, disease, the stars—has been closed by science. The remaining "first cause" argument doesn't get you to a conscious being who cares about human behavior; it gets you to a placeholder that theologians smuggle Yahweh into. A universe that behaves exactly as if no god exists is evidence of no god. 2. Holy books contain precisely the errors we'd expect from Iron Age humans, not divine intelligence. They command slavery and stoning, get basic math wrong, and never once communicate a single fact unknown to their authors. The "context" defense is special pleading: good passages are literal, bad passages are metaphor. A real divine text wouldn't require theologians to explain why it doesn't mean what it says. 3. The problem of evil isn't a mystery; it's a disproof. Childhood cancer exists. Prayers don't change survival rates. Natural disasters strike churches and brothels equally. The distribution of suffering correlates with natural causes, never with justice. "Mysterious ways" isn't an answer—it's an admission that no answer exists. 4. Geography determines god, which dismantles any claim to objective truth. Born in Riyadh? Muslim. Mississippi? Evangelical. Mumbai? Hindu. If any religion were actually revealed, at least one would break this pattern. None do. A god who punishes eternal torment based on birthplace has engineered a trap, not a test. 5. Religion persists because it's useful to power, not because it's true. It provides cosmic justification for hierarchies, in-group cohesion through out-group hatred, and behavioral control via omnipresent surveillance. Charity doesn't validate truth; Stalin produced art. 6. Naturalism explains more with less. It accounts for the universe's indifference, the failure of prayer, the evolution of morality, and the errors in scripture—without invisible entities or undetectable realms. We are not "without God." We are with each other, creating meaning in a universe that permits it. That is harder. It is also the only kind that is truly ours.
2026-11-06 19:50:24
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High on Fundip :
I agree. People need to stop projecting their own opinion onto other as if it’s the ideal way to live. If someone finds purpose in religion, live and let live. It’s not for you.
2026-11-08 16:01:38
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The Great khan :
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2026-11-06 14:42:29
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DiagnosticScience :
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2026-11-11 09:47:05
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