“How to Become an Atheist”
From Bananaman? This should be rich.
“If you are thinking of becoming an atheist, beware. The first step is easy, but it’s not so easy to walk the walk.”
I didn’t decide to become an atheist, i woke up to realize that during my search for God, it occurred naturally.
“You will have to ignore design when you can see it everywhere”
Not really, Ray. Trial and Error works as a design process, since the fatal errors are removed, then new trials are employed. No gods actually needed.
“Everywhere you look and everywhere you can't look with the human eye you will see incredible design.”
Just not a thumbprint.
“Now here's the really difficult part.”
More difficult than not being overcome by an ‘argument from complexity?’ Gosh!
“You will need to believe that everything man-made: cars, computers, and candies were made by man,”
Everything man-made is made by men.
Okay.
I think i got that.
Let me write it down with my man-made pen and paper.
"etc., but deny that everything in nature--cattle, camels, and cabbages, etc., were made at all.”
Until you can provide actual evidence of an intelligence behind the design…yes.
“It came from nothing,”
Wrong, but you’re consistently wrong on that.
“with no Maker.”
Yep.
“Once you have done this, crown yourself as being intelligent.”
And there’s the usual ‘argument from pride’ attack on atheism. Kind of a smug sideswipe, innit?
“Then you will need to find other atheists who believe as you do, and they will confirm to you that you are indeed intelligent.”
Meh. Plenty of people call me intelligent for various things i do. Plenty also call me an idiot, sometimes for the same thing. It’s the internet, though, they’ve called me a Jew, a lesbian, black, white, gay, a baby killer, a baby, atheist, Mormon, teenager, i forget what all else.
So mostly i just know people can be fucking morons.
“You will also need to believe that evolution is true”
I accept that it’s the best theory so far offered.
“and that you’re an ape”
Yessss…
“and therefore you are not morally responsible because apes have no moral absolutes.”
You know, as an atheist, i believe all those moral absolutes YOU claim are human inventions, too. You realize this, don’t you? So your claim that there ARE moral absolutes needs something more than appealing to God to support them.
“Never forget to always give God a small "g,"”
Depends on the context. But while you ONLY talk about your skybuddy as real, i reject Him as well as all the other ones.
“and learn believers' phrases such as "Evolution is a proven fact," and “I have no beliefs in any gods.””
Why wouldn’t i learn and use such phrases, along with ‘close cover before striking’ and ‘contents may be hot.’??
“Do these things, and you will be able to call yourself a "new" atheist.”
I just call myself an atheist whether or not you approve of that choice.
“You can¹t be a true atheist because you need absolute knowledge to say that there is no God.”
You’re a lying sack of shit, Ray.
All it means is that i don’t believe.
You being a theist is not dependent on God actually existing.
"Besides, you intuitively know that He exists.”
You’re still a lying sack of shit, Ray.
“Still, for sin-loving sinners the benefits of atheism are great in this life. But not the next.”
And there’s the threat. All your evidence and arguments fail, so you return to the baseline, ‘BOOGA! BOOGA! God loves you, believe in Him or BURN!”
Spare me.
"So you are really not an atheist,”
Ray Comfort, smug liar.
"Or you could simply check out -- www.EvolutionVsGod.com”
I accepted evolution back when i was devout, Ray. It’s nothing to do with my rejection of all such myths.