assume nothing

rabbi adam jacobs - the god test: why everyone believes

this guy really pisses me off. i think he's a fucking idiot. seriously. he assumes way too much (and incorrectly a that).

"...so many of their choices and thinking patterns seem to suggest that they believe something quite unlike that which they profess." isn't everyone at some point hypocritical? people are complicated, dumb ass! and btw, the religious are as contradictory as the rest of us. e.g. are atheists the only ones afraid to die?

"Often, I've inquired of non-believers if it at all vexes them that nothing that they have ever done or will ever do will make the slightest difference to anyone on any level? After all, one random grouping of molecules interacting with another has no inherent meaning or value." ...just cause i don't believe in god doesn't mean i don't think that life has value. if anything, i might find it more valuable because it's so random. i know how lucky we are to be around because some things had happened just a little bit differently, humankind might not ever have existed. and if something went horribly wrong there'd be no stopping it since i don't believe that someone can step in to stop it (i.e. no god to preform miracles!)

jacobs makes a huge mis-assumption. he believes in god and that gives his life meaning. but just because i believe there is no god doesn't mean i find life worthless.

this isn't an "if an only if" situation. and how incredibly pompous of him to even think so!

in regards to his questions: 1. no, because i don't have a dog. but also because i love my parents enough to want to honor their wishes (as long as they don't really hinder my life in any way). but if i needed money and someone offered me some for either sex or my parents' dead bodies, you'd better believe i'm not going become a prostitute.

2. i'm not going to kill him because there's simply no reason to. what would be the point of killing someone who's going to be dead in a hour anyway? for my personal satisfaction? well, i'm not a murderer and i get squeamish when killing bugs so i doubt i'd have the stomach to kill a person. having a gun would make it easier, but again, why bother?

3. it can be. art, love, beauty (and religion) make some people think life is worth living. and if it isn't hurting anyone, why destroy it? music doesn't feed my body, and it certainly doesn't feed my "soul", but it makes me happy. so that's cool.


alo, btw, atheists aren't non-believers. we are believers. we believe there is no god.