According to Non-Contradiction (a law of logic) nature either “is caused” or “is un-caused”, those are the only 2 options, there is no third option. To claim ignorance (“I don’t know”) or to invoke your feelings (“I don’t feel convinced”) are not valid options.
To say nature “is un-caused” violates Cause-Effect, a law of nature, which is absurd. Since there is no third option, nature therefore “is caused”. Because it “is caused” ergo it began. Since “nature” began and was caused, the cause of “nature” cannot be nature.
The cause must logically be “not nature” or ”super-nature” which we call God. Why? Because believing the statement “nature began and was caused by nature” is hopelessly absurd. You can pretend to believe in such absurdity … just don’t call it science.
Who created God? As the Creator of "nature" (i.e. the "space-time" universe), God logically exists outside of His own creation i.e. outside of space (spaceless) and time (timeless). Does a timeless God begin? No. A timeless God never began and has no creator, this is logical.
can I just say that I find "African American Christians" to be fucking wild to me. Its like "Bro thats the religion of your captors! Thats the religion of the people who enslaved your ancestors! You think back in Africa you were praying to Jesus Christ? NO you were praying to the great Ju ju up the mountain or some shit! ENOUGH have some respect for yourself."
What a wonderful word. Omnipotent means someone who can “literally” do anything at all, NOTHING is impossible, absolutely NOTHING.
Religious followers would have us believe that their god is flawless, infallible, and above all omnipotent. It is this claim that causes the story to fall apart.
Constructing the first man from dust should not be necessary. The blink of an eye, or the snap of fingers would do the trick for anyone omnipotent. However let’s cut him a bit of slack, and say he was feeling lazy, hence the dust creation. Having already proved his magic trick with the dust, why was there a need to pull a rib out of Adam to make Eve, rather than using more dust?
Now enter a talking snake, aka the devil. The one for which anything is possible would have easily been able to eradicate the devil. This demonised character convinced Eve to eat from the tree of knowledge, immediately rendering the first creations as sinners, a crime for which all their descendants would pay for ever more.
A truly omnipotent creator, could easily have zapped the pair of them, and started from scratch again. Why didn’t he? Because this would spoil the extraordinary story conjured up in the minds of the ancient savages who invented this god character.
Later down the track we find that all of god’s creations had run amok and were behaving badly. So because of these terrible adults, the brilliant one decides to wipe out, innocent babies and children along with their naughty parents, via the great flood.
Remembering the true meaning of omnipotent, the infallible one could have simply reprogrammed the minds of these bad people. Believers will argue against this possibility, but they can’t. This is because we’ve already been told that god did reprogram a race of people by making them speak different languages when they erected a god threatening tower.
This is what we mean by part time omnipotence. The title applies in some cases, but not others. It applies when the primitive authors need it to, but not when they wish their crazy story to go in a different direction.
Jesus for example could do all this cool stuff, like walking on water, multiplying bread and fish, etc.
However he is suddenly bereft of this supernatural power, having to curse a fruit tree for not bearing him fruit out of season, instead of waving his pinky and making fruit appear.
If one was to read the bible for the purpose of discovering how many times this “omnipotent” god failed to live up to such a title, the list would be endless.
I think it's worth noting for those who are asking why being black is relevant, in much of the world black people live in poverty-stricken environments. In that kind of environment religion thrives. Much of Africa is deeply religious due to lack of education. It's fantastic to see black role models that may spread the message of education over indoctrination to different audiences.
I thought atheism was combining all of us atheists.
Why the need to differ in race or sex?
According to Non-Contradiction (a law of logic) nature either “is caused” or “is un-caused”, those are the only 2 options, there is no third option. To claim ignorance (“I don’t know”) or to invoke your feelings (“I don’t feel convinced”) are not valid options.
To say nature “is un-caused” violates Cause-Effect, a law of nature, which is absurd. Since there is no third option, nature therefore “is caused”. Because it “is caused” ergo it began. Since “nature” began and was caused, the cause of “nature” cannot be nature.
The cause must logically be “not nature” or ”super-nature” which we call God. Why? Because believing the statement “nature began and was caused by nature” is hopelessly absurd. You can pretend to believe in such absurdity … just don’t call it science.
Who created God? As the Creator of "nature" (i.e. the "space-time" universe), God logically exists outside of His own creation i.e. outside of space (spaceless) and time (timeless). Does a timeless God begin? No. A timeless God never began and has no creator, this is logical.
can I just say that I find "African American Christians" to be fucking wild to me. Its like "Bro thats the religion of your captors! Thats the religion of the people who enslaved your ancestors! You think back in Africa you were praying to Jesus Christ? NO you were praying to the great Ju ju up the mountain or some shit! ENOUGH have some respect for yourself."
I am still waiting for the Redhead, Left-Handed, and Bald Nonbelievers: Fundraising Drive. Any dates set?
What the F does color has to do with atheism?
PART TIME OMNIPOTENCE.
What a wonderful word. Omnipotent means someone who can “literally” do anything at all, NOTHING is impossible, absolutely NOTHING.
Religious followers would have us believe that their god is flawless, infallible, and above all omnipotent. It is this claim that causes the story to fall apart.
Constructing the first man from dust should not be necessary. The blink of an eye, or the snap of fingers would do the trick for anyone omnipotent. However let’s cut him a bit of slack, and say he was feeling lazy, hence the dust creation. Having already proved his magic trick with the dust, why was there a need to pull a rib out of Adam to make Eve, rather than using more dust?
Now enter a talking snake, aka the devil. The one for which anything is possible would have easily been able to eradicate the devil. This demonised character convinced Eve to eat from the tree of knowledge, immediately rendering the first creations as sinners, a crime for which all their descendants would pay for ever more.
A truly omnipotent creator, could easily have zapped the pair of them, and started from scratch again. Why didn’t he? Because this would spoil the extraordinary story conjured up in the minds of the ancient savages who invented this god character.
Later down the track we find that all of god’s creations had run amok and were behaving badly. So because of these terrible adults, the brilliant one decides to wipe out, innocent babies and children along with their naughty parents, via the great flood.
Remembering the true meaning of omnipotent, the infallible one could have simply reprogrammed the minds of these bad people. Believers will argue against this possibility, but they can’t. This is because we’ve already been told that god did reprogram a race of people by making them speak different languages when they erected a god threatening tower.
This is what we mean by part time omnipotence. The title applies in some cases, but not others. It applies when the primitive authors need it to, but not when they wish their crazy story to go in a different direction.
Jesus for example could do all this cool stuff, like walking on water, multiplying bread and fish, etc.
However he is suddenly bereft of this supernatural power, having to curse a fruit tree for not bearing him fruit out of season, instead of waving his pinky and making fruit appear.
If one was to read the bible for the purpose of discovering how many times this “omnipotent” god failed to live up to such a title, the list would be endless.
I think it's worth noting for those who are asking why being black is relevant, in much of the world black people live in poverty-stricken environments. In that kind of environment religion thrives. Much of Africa is deeply religious due to lack of education. It's fantastic to see black role models that may spread the message of education over indoctrination to different audiences.
Their segregating atheist in to groups now depending on skin colour and sexual preference. Weird.
Ahahahahahha hahahah this is lame