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Originally Posted by MD_Titus
but it makes us feel better to think that we can be masters of our fate. simple as that really.
madblaster, how is atheism a scam?
is there an atheist organisation that asks for a tithe in return for a promise of...well, anything? the core of atheism, as i see it, is that the notions of good and evil lie entirely in the physical realm and control of man, not in any abstract entity such as god or the devil. don't try and make out that being god-less means you have no grasp of ethics. if anything it gives a greater appreciation of why you should do the right thing - because it's the right thing to do, not because you get an after-life reward.
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1) “is there an atheist organisation that asks for a tithe in return for a promise of...well, anything?”
There are all kinds of scams. Apparently, money for false promise is on your “A” list. What does that say about you? I take your view as no faith in the ordinary man because he is a sucker for organized religion. Maybe the scam of the so called “atheist organization” is to close your mind to order and open your mind to chaos and destruction? Gee, I wonder why they would want to do that?
2) “the core of atheism, as i see it, is that the notions of good and evil lie entirely in the physical realm and control of man, not in any abstract entity such as god or the devil.”
I would say god and devil are analogous to good and evil. You’ve heard the term “methphor”. I would say none of these lie in the control of man. For example, a free man makes a choice. He may percieve it to be good choice, while another man observing may percieve it to be a bad choice. This is how wars start. If one man kills the other man because of his choice, the man that lives gets to decide who is “right”. You know the cliches, “only the strong survive” as “evolution in a nutshell”. The inate ability to pass judgment on another is part of evolution of the species. So, your definition of aithest can not be correct. Man can not control good and evil. They must be in conflict in order for man to evolve. The question I have, why is the ability to pass judgement inate? How did that get in the jar? Do you see it in the DNA molecule? I don’t think so. It seems to exist in the non-physical realm. It seems to be an ability developed and changing over a life cycle.
3) “don't try and make out that being god-less means you have no grasp of ethics”
Again, how did your atheist acquire ethics? What is the context? He must have first developed an ability somehow to abstract/conceptualize the notions of good and evil in order to become ethical?
Jmho, I think your definition of atheist needs some work. I stand by my veiw that there is no such thing as a real atheist. It’s a sales pitch to a scam. See atheist -> karlmarx -> communist manifesto -> steal everything.