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I’d like to get members opinions and thoughts and feelings about agnostic theists; of which I am ...

ZantiMisfit comments on Oct 15, 2020:

Doubts are good. I think Bertrand Russell said (and I'm paraphrasing) "The wise are full of doubts, the stupid are always sure."

anglophone replies on Oct 15, 2020:

"The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent are full of doubt" https://philosiblog.com/2011/12/08/the-trouble-with-the-world-is-that-the-stupid-are-cocksure-and-the-intelligent-are-full-of-doubt/

Kenneth Copeland: “Lazy Christians” Are Why Michele Bachmann Isn’t President | Hemant Mehta | ...

Alienbeing comments on Oct 14, 2020:

I think that obvious fact that Michele is bat shit crazy has more to do with it.

anglophone replies on Oct 15, 2020:

@Paul4747 Billy goats are butters with horns. Satan is also often portrayed with horns. Coincidence perhaps? ;) ping @KKGator

AZ Teacher Fired After Repeated Acts of Bigotry Against LGBTQ, Atheist Students | Hemant Mehta | ...

Beowulfsfriend comments on Oct 14, 2020:

I hope the kid(s) sue. Seems litigation is the one way to open people's eyes

anglophone replies on Oct 15, 2020:

She will probably blubb her eyes out with "The Big Bad Secular Wolf is coming to eat me!", LOL!

AZ Teacher Fired After Repeated Acts of Bigotry Against LGBTQ, Atheist Students | Hemant Mehta | ...

MikeInBatonRouge comments on Oct 15, 2020:

What took them so long? ...oh, right, Arizona. 🙄I hope those students get compensation with their grades. I fantasize about the kids creatively marking up all her gifted Bibles, filling them with inserts that point out all the bullshit errors and contradictions, add in a dose of open mockery ...

anglophone replies on Oct 15, 2020:

Perhaps we should all send her copies of the Torah, the Koran and the Pastafarium. ;)

Pope Francis assures atheists: You don’t have to believe in God to go to heaven | The Independent ...

PBuck0145 comments on Oct 14, 2020:

O goody! I can spend all of eternity praising a cruel, petty, narcissistic ego-maniac.

anglophone replies on Oct 14, 2020:

That's about the size of it.

Christian Preacher Sean Feucht Holds COVID Super-Spreader Concert in Nashville | Hemant Mehta | ...

xenoview comments on Oct 12, 2020:

I wonder how many of them will connect the concert to having covid19?

anglophone replies on Oct 12, 2020:

Answer: none. There's none so ignorant as the wilfully ignorant.

How will I know if my brain is in a jar on someones desk and this is a simulated reality?

PondartIncbendog comments on Oct 12, 2020:

It would be a better simulation. And everybody would be naked.

anglophone replies on Oct 12, 2020:

Naked in Antarctica? Bloody hell, I would lose by brass balls there!

Priest Arrested After Getting Caught Filming Sex With Two Women on Church Altar | Hemant Mehta | ...

jeshuey comments on Oct 9, 2020:

Finally, something I could get excited about going on in a church!

anglophone replies on Oct 11, 2020:

@David_Cooper Yes, perhaps he was trying to service both women simultaneously.

Have you ever gotten "the look" from a xtian friend or relative that said "why me, god and not ...

phoenixone1 comments on Oct 11, 2020:

Having worked at a Hospital for a number of years I know the look...not the accusatory look but the scared look...the look of someone that doesn't understand why "this thing" happened to them...i would constantly hear, "the Lord has chosen you...it is your time"...little comfort to someone who was ...

anglophone replies on Oct 11, 2020:

Thank you for sharing your observations and your thoughts.

One-third of Americans believe the coronavirus was sent by God, poll finds | TheHill

KevinMR comments on Oct 10, 2020:

That's a scary number. I just don't get how it stays that high. If I were them I'd be thinking God's a bit of an asshole.

anglophone replies on Oct 11, 2020:

Your comment highlights a problem: such people are incapable of thinking.

One-third of Americans believe the coronavirus was sent by God, poll finds | TheHill

Sgt_Spanky comments on Oct 10, 2020:

One third of Americans is about the size of Trump's voter base in 2016. Coincidence?

anglophone replies on Oct 10, 2020:

@SeaRay215ex Thanking a 2,000 year old Jewish zombie is par for the course for such mental defectives.

G'day everyone, just thought I might pass on a bit of reasoning LOL) that I heard from Evangeloon ...

SkagwayKim comments on Oct 10, 2020:

Why are the “good Christians” alway those who are obsessed with the activities in the genital region of anything human or otherwise?

anglophone replies on Oct 10, 2020:

Answer: because they are fucked up in the head! ;)

G'day everyone, just thought I might pass on a bit of reasoning LOL) that I heard from Evangeloon ...

OldMetalHead comments on Oct 10, 2020:

Since he thinks snails are self aware and can sin, ask him if dogs go to hell since they mate out of wedlock.

anglophone replies on Oct 10, 2020:

@Triphid Thinking of producing your own Vin de Triphid? ;)

Another reason why fanatical religious zealots are dangerous to society and just so there is no ...

oldFloyd comments on Oct 7, 2020:

The article does say that the community is getting hit hard by the virus, gee, I can't imagine why. WTF 🤯

anglophone replies on Oct 7, 2020:

@oldFloyd Whichever costs less. (Yes, I am a cheapskate.)

Another reason why fanatical religious zealots are dangerous to society and just so there is no ...

oldFloyd comments on Oct 7, 2020:

The article does say that the community is getting hit hard by the virus, gee, I can't imagine why. WTF 🤯

anglophone replies on Oct 7, 2020:

@Jolanta Serves them sodding right! Darwin Awards, anybody?

US election: Do you need Jesus to win the White House? [bbc.com]

anglophone comments on Oct 6, 2020:

Why would anybody want a 2,000 Jewish zombie to win the White House?

anglophone replies on Oct 7, 2020:

@oldFloyd Yep, no difference in their respective mental (in)capacities.

Amy Coney Barrett, Supreme Court nominee, spoke at program founded to inspire a ‘distinctly ...

nicestuff comments on Oct 6, 2020:

If she were to be confirmed, TWO-THIRDS of the sitting justices would be Catholic.

anglophone replies on Oct 6, 2020:

It is thus that the Vatican seeks to spread its hegemony to the United Stated of America.

The Freedom From Religion Foundation has filed a federal lawsuit challenging a mandatory religious ...

DenoPenno comments on Oct 3, 2020:

"So help me god." That really gets me. OK, did god help them?

anglophone replies on Oct 3, 2020:

Yes, God helped them to be total copulating idiots.

Stone the crows, a bloke can't seem to sit, minding his own business these days, on his front ...

Lilac-JadeCanada comments on Oct 1, 2020:

Worse than a bloody soap opera.

anglophone replies on Oct 1, 2020:

Welcome to life in the Land of the Convict!

I just installed Linux in a laptop that brought it back to life after almost two years of gathering ...

Holysocks comments on Sep 30, 2020:

What do you think of Linux? I've been debating the switch.

anglophone replies on Sep 30, 2020:

I wouldn't be without it. One option is to install VMWare Workstation (It's free for personal use) and load your preferred flavour of Linux onto it.

A reminder for the religious...

LucyLoohoo comments on Sep 29, 2020:

LOVE this! It's always made me crazy when people try to tell me that, since I ''believe'' there's no big sky buddy, atheism must be a ''belief/religion.'' It's because they're so conditioned to believe...BELIEVE....they simply can't imagine a mind which doesn't need to look for help outside ...

anglophone replies on Sep 29, 2020:

Turek and Geisler come to mind: I find the idea that atheism requires faith to be magnificent in its absurdity.

Well I'll darned, just got a a very earnest and most unexpected APOLOGY of all things from ...

anglophone comments on Sep 26, 2020:

Five days in hospital can be terribly boring. Perhaps he finally started to use his grey cell, even if only a teensy-weensy bit. And as for his mother offering you $50/week to be his full time carer etc, I can quite see why he is so socially handicapped.

anglophone replies on Sep 26, 2020:

@Triphid You are quite correct imho. Behaviour such as his often has multiple causes.

No, Amy Coney Barrett Is Not a Humanist - TheHumanist.com

jlynn37 comments on Sep 25, 2020:

I think it is telling with the catholics on the court, that if 'merca happens to become a theocracy, it will surely be a catholic theocracy and not protestant. Something these theists need to think about in their rush to theocratize 'merca.

anglophone replies on Sep 25, 2020:

Asking theists to think is like trying to get blood out of a stone.

Today's hike: East Cascade Mountain Foothills.

LiterateHiker comments on Sep 24, 2020:

@RoyMillar, @Larimar, @BestWithoutGods, @Fit50something, @gemini1947, @Dhiltong, @PadraicM, @anglophone, @Mitch07102, @bobwjr, @Buddha, @happyhiker1, @Holysocks, @NoMagicCookie, @freefromgod, @RichCC You'll laugh at this. With no cover (you can see for miles) there was no place for a lady to pee....

anglophone replies on Sep 24, 2020:

Thank you for sharing that. You paint a wonderful picture with your words. :)

This came up on another post.

anglophone comments on Sep 20, 2020:

All truths are personal, this despite what any God Mobster or scientist might tell you.

anglophone replies on Sep 20, 2020:

@MyTVC15 I see a distinction between truths and facts. As Eugenie Scott puts it "Facts are a dime a dozen".

What make one decide whether there is s God or not?

anglophone comments on Sep 19, 2020:

It is trivial to show that both the God of the Bible and the God of the Torah cannot exist. Nobody has ever produced any falsifiable evidence to support the existence claims of any other god or gods. As such, all those other gods remain fictional. Too easy! :)

anglophone replies on Sep 19, 2020:

@Word Yes, pismire.

What make one decide whether there is s God or not?

anglophone comments on Sep 19, 2020:

It is trivial to show that both the God of the Bible and the God of the Torah cannot exist. Nobody has ever produced any falsifiable evidence to support the existence claims of any other god or gods. As such, all those other gods remain fictional. Too easy! :)

anglophone replies on Sep 19, 2020:

@Word You assert "I know you cannot show that they cannot exist.". In light of the fact that the six days claimed by both books does not match the observed roughly 13.8 billion years, please justify your assertion.

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Dies At 87 : NPR

bigpawbullets comments on Sep 18, 2020:

I wonder who Trump will nominate?

anglophone replies on Sep 19, 2020:

Some right-wing Christian nutjob, no doubt.

Have you been ostracized because of your lack of belief?

Garf comments on Sep 18, 2020:

Yes, I've had so called friends tell me that I'm fucked up for not believing in angels and heaven, my dad has hardly talked to me since I've spoken up about me being atheist. And I will speak up about being atheist if someone engages me about god/devil, the last person to engage me ended up upset ...

anglophone replies on Sep 18, 2020:

The last people that I spoke with about God was a pair of Jehovah's Witnesses. They ran away from me as fast as they could after less than two minutes. Their imbecility appeared to be congenItal.

Have you been ostracized because of your lack of belief?

Deb57 comments on Sep 18, 2020:

I had a supervisor and co-workers make life unbearable for me after I made the mistake of letting them know I was an atheist. My job description changed significantly and I was judged by a different standard from everyone else on performance. No matter how agreeable I was or how willingly I did my ...

anglophone replies on Sep 18, 2020:

You sound as though you live in the Deep South.

Atheist read the Bible, Christians go to church to have the Bible read to them...

BestWithoutGods comments on Sep 17, 2020:

Yep. Studying the Bible is a good way to become an atheist. :)

anglophone replies on Sep 17, 2020:

Shades of Isaac Asimov.

Atheist religion

anglophone comments on Sep 16, 2020:

I have come across that assertion in a handful articles written by Christians.

anglophone replies on Sep 17, 2020:

@David1955 Quite. The idea that atheism is quite separate from religion seems to me to be beyond the capacity of such Christians to comprehend.

Florida’s new justice belongs to Christian group using law to ‘spread the Gospel’

MikeInBatonRouge comments on Sep 16, 2020:

Just in time for sea level rise to drown the Sunshine State! Or is that just me being petty?

anglophone replies on Sep 16, 2020:

You are not being petty in the slightest. Remember what God did to the whole of humanity with the exception of Noah and his wench!

Florida’s new justice belongs to Christian group using law to ‘spread the Gospel’

redhog comments on Sep 15, 2020:

Florida is gonna Florida

anglophone replies on Sep 15, 2020:

Florida once again shows that it the "pan-handle state of the USA".

Why Can't We See God - A scientific explanation Frank Lee Easter, 2005 Physicists have ...

bragadm comments on Sep 15, 2020:

And then one day we have the science and understanding to detect what is now undetectable and when God still isn't there then people will find another gap in our knowledge to hide God.

anglophone replies on Sep 15, 2020:

That's about the size of it.

Why Can't We See God - A scientific explanation Frank Lee Easter, 2005 Physicists have ...

Willow_Wisp comments on Sep 15, 2020:

This falls into the epic fail category.

anglophone replies on Sep 15, 2020:

Agreed.

Why Can't We See God - A scientific explanation Frank Lee Easter, 2005 Physicists have ...

Sgt_Spanky comments on Sep 15, 2020:

Individuals like the author of this piece perplex me. They speak like rational, educated, science-minded people but then they proclaim their love and faith in God -- a completely fanciful notion based on superstition and mythology. Then, like this guy,, will engage in all manner of intellectual ...

anglophone replies on Sep 15, 2020:

It's called "compartmentalised thinking". Francis S. Collins demonstrates this extremely well in his book "The Language of God".

Suddenly finding this lunacy appearing in my neighbourhood.

anglophone comments on Sep 13, 2020:

Link failure.

anglophone replies on Sep 13, 2020:

@MissKathleen I like to get the backgrounds on claims such as that.

Don't let the name deter you.

Jinx5555555 comments on Sep 12, 2020:

I will need you to send this to me fifteen years ago. I was totally fooled by the name and signed up for a free information packet at a conference. They pestered me for years with mailings.

anglophone replies on Sep 12, 2020:

Uh-huh.

A long read but worth the time.

DenoPenno comments on Sep 10, 2020:

I did not read this but I cannot believe that Aron Ra believes "faith" is in any way reasonable also. The word "faith" is always misrepresented. Idiots want to claim you have "faith" in gravity. WTF?

anglophone replies on Sep 11, 2020:

@Triphid Can I offer you this frame of reference? ;)

A long read but worth the time.

DenoPenno comments on Sep 10, 2020:

I did not read this but I cannot believe that Aron Ra believes "faith" is in any way reasonable also. The word "faith" is always misrepresented. Idiots want to claim you have "faith" in gravity. WTF?

anglophone replies on Sep 11, 2020:

Yes, it is a long article, but it covers everything that I have been saying for years. I must confess to laughing at religidiots who tell me that "[I] have faith that the sun will rise tomorrow morning".

17 Bible Verses to Remind You of God's Constant Protection

MrDragon comments on Sep 11, 2020:

Yeah, well, God isn't very good at his job.

anglophone replies on Sep 11, 2020:

Yes, God is terrible when it comes to godding.

Defining RELIGION is more tricky.

creative51 comments on Sep 10, 2020:

Better than a lot of other definitions I have read.

anglophone replies on Sep 10, 2020:

Agreed!

It really really saddens me knowing that many children were raised in a household where religion was...

Triphid comments on Sep 10, 2020:

Imo, forcing any beliefs of adults, etc, upon children IS a form of Child Abuse. The mind of a child is still as soft and easily manipulated thing, it SHOULD allowed to grow and develop at its own pace and speed totally WITHOUT the unwarranted influences such as religions.

anglophone replies on Sep 10, 2020:

Hear! Hear!

I thought I would share the following explanation of the difference between atheist and ant-theist ...

anglophone comments on Sep 10, 2020:

I have no beliefs. It is trivial to show that both the God of the Bible and the God of the Torah cannot exist. Nobody has ever produced any falsifiable evidence of the existence of any other gods, so I regard them as fictional. The same goes leprechauns and fairies. BTW: The word "belief" ...

anglophone replies on Sep 10, 2020:

@MrChange Thank you for saying so. :)

I thought I would share the following explanation of the difference between atheist and ant-theist ...

Omnedon comments on Sep 10, 2020:

You say, "Atheist doesn't BELIEVE (doesn't accept the evidence) that there is/are (a) god(s)..." What evidence? I know of no solid evidence. It's not that I see evidence and choose not to accept it.

anglophone replies on Sep 10, 2020:

I see a yawning chasm between belief and the acceptance of evidence.

A Not Easy Critical Thinking Exercise: If Einstein had said there are no black swans, he would ...

anglophone comments on Sep 9, 2020:

230(km/s)****60(sec/min)****8.3(min)=114,540km (source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galactic_year) Can I offer you this pink-eyed purple swan eater?

anglophone replies on Sep 10, 2020:

@yvilletom I think I'll settle for just eating a pink-eyed purple swan eater. :)

A Not Easy Critical Thinking Exercise: If Einstein had said there are no black swans, he would ...

anglophone comments on Sep 9, 2020:

230(km/s)****60(sec/min)****8.3(min)=114,540km (source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galactic_year) Can I offer you this pink-eyed purple swan eater?

anglophone replies on Sep 9, 2020:

@yvilletom Try https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galactic_year It seem that agnostic.com mangled my link - sorry about that.

It really really saddens me knowing that many children were raised in a household where religion was...

anglophone comments on Sep 8, 2020:

God mobsters use every opportunity to teach children *what* to think, not *how* to think. It is the only way that they are able to maintain their stranglehold on society.

anglophone replies on Sep 9, 2020:

@VeronicaAnn You are very welcome steal it and use it as often as you wish. :)

Church Leader Who Blamed Coronavirus on Gay Marriage Contracts COVID-19 [newsweek.

Toonces comments on Sep 8, 2020:

I would love to hear his reply...

anglophone replies on Sep 9, 2020:

@SeaRay215ex Your point is very well made! :)

Does the evidence for reincarnation prove (at least some kind of) 'god' exists?

anglophone comments on Sep 8, 2020:

There is no such thing as proof in science.

anglophone replies on Sep 8, 2020:

@FearlessFly For good measure, I sometimes also throw in spirits (e.g. over-proof whiskey), mints (as in proof coins), printing (pre-publication proofs), and puddings.

Church Leader Who Blamed Coronavirus on Gay Marriage Contracts COVID-19 [newsweek.

Toonces comments on Sep 8, 2020:

I would love to hear his reply...

anglophone replies on Sep 8, 2020:

How could you ask him to start using his brain? Shocking I tell you, shocking! ;)

There is something seriously wrong with any society that causes a 15 year old youth to commit ...

Petter comments on Sep 8, 2020:

Unfortunately, people in UK are becoming inured to these tragic events.

anglophone replies on Sep 8, 2020:

Sigh.

There is something seriously wrong with any society that causes a 15 year old youth to commit ...

barjoe comments on Sep 8, 2020:

This happens every day on the United States.

anglophone replies on Sep 8, 2020:

Then the same condemnation applies to "the Land of the Free", I am sorry to say, and thanks for educating me.

It really really saddens me knowing that many children were raised in a household where religion was...

bobwjr comments on Sep 8, 2020:

Raised my kids to be independent

anglophone replies on Sep 8, 2020:

Good on you!

It really really saddens me knowing that many children were raised in a household where religion was...

Sandymekh comments on Sep 8, 2020:

yes that is a child abuse. I remember when the idea of burning in hell forever was making me cry every night. I thought it was really hard to get to heaven and what if i died suddenly.

anglophone replies on Sep 8, 2020:

That is exactly why I give a hard time to every god mobster that crosses my path.

I constantly watch/listen to this at least once a week.

Budgie comments on Sep 8, 2020:

I am sorry that she lives somewhere that she faces this sort of discrimination. As an atheist I actually don't care what cult followers say about me their opinion does not matter. Once you get into that mind set you do not feel worthless just because a cultist says it. You look at them laugh and ...

anglophone replies on Sep 8, 2020:

My own nastiness inclines me to return fire: "Either demonstrate the existence of this god of your or shut the f*ck up.".

An Easy Critical Thinking Exercise: In the laboratory, neutrons decay in just under 15 minutes.

yvilletom comments on Sep 7, 2020:

Do proton stars exist? Ask the All-knowing, Infallible Internet. Btw, that original of Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica was a first edition and is valuable. Please return it.

anglophone replies on Sep 8, 2020:

Oh, alright then, if you insist.

This 19th-century argument over federal support for Christianity still resonates

LenHazell53 comments on Sep 7, 2020:

It is akin to when people claim you must have faith to gain a testimony of the truth of Christianity, and when you ask "what about people whose faith has lead them to a truth of Islam, or Hinduism, or Judaism?" and they answer that those people had false faith in the wrong things and that their ...

anglophone replies on Sep 7, 2020:

Ah, the good old logical fallacy (or should that be "phallucy"? ;) ) of special pleading for their own particular god.

Homophobia is alive and well in India: [bbc.com]

AnneWimsey comments on Sep 6, 2020:

Not just India.....why are you singling out India?

anglophone replies on Sep 6, 2020:

I was not singling out India, it was just a piece that made me angry. I also commend @TimeOutForMe's replies to you.

Is religious belief fueled in part by class prejudice and snobbery ?

anglophone comments on Sep 6, 2020:

Translation: "Why the fuck weren't you in the congregation?"

anglophone replies on Sep 6, 2020:

@Fernapple Understood. Thanks for sharing.

I constantly watch/listen to this at least once a week.

anglophone comments on Sep 5, 2020:

Anybody who tells me that I am worthless because "[I am] without God" is flaunting not only their own defects of cognition but also their own defects of personality. I do not allow such cretins to make me feel shamed, for they merely shame themselves: I do not need their valueless approval to ...

anglophone replies on Sep 6, 2020:

@TRWZ Thank you.

Christian Host: Avoid Smart Women Since You Have to Consider Their Sexual Needs | Hemant Mehta | ...

sandrarocks83 comments on Sep 2, 2020:

I have so many questions...

anglophone replies on Sep 2, 2020:

I have only one question: why is he so terrified of intelligent women?

Christian Host says to avoid smart women since you have to consider their sexual needs : ...

Cyklone comments on Sep 2, 2020:

Where do you start? Who gives air time to fools like this? Maybe he's got a tiny tiny little dick.

anglophone replies on Sep 2, 2020:

@MissKathleen Very well said!

Christian Host says to avoid smart women since you have to consider their sexual needs : ...

bobwjr comments on Sep 2, 2020:

Idiot, smart women are the best lovers

anglophone replies on Sep 2, 2020:

Agreed.

Christian Group Seeks Removal Of Dinosaur From Tucson McDonald's | Tucson, AZ Patch

jasen comments on Sep 1, 2020:

Dinosaurs Against Christians would be more entertaining than lions.......

anglophone replies on Sep 2, 2020:

What are you trying to do? Give those dinosaurs indigestion?

Polish bishops call for "clinics to help LGBT people regain natural sexual orientation"

barjoe comments on Aug 31, 2020:

Conversion Therapy? Are the Bishops going to attend them theirselves?

anglophone replies on Sep 1, 2020:

@Theresa_N Thank you for sharing that.

Christian Booted from Alaska Walmart After Screaming About Satanic Face Masks | Hemant Mehta | ...

anglophone comments on Aug 31, 2020:

That man has severe anger management issues, and he is in urgent need of professional psychiatric help.

anglophone replies on Aug 31, 2020:

@SeaRay215ex I fear that you are correct.

Polish bishops call for "clinics to help LGBT people regain natural sexual orientation"

barjoe comments on Aug 31, 2020:

Conversion Therapy? Are the Bishops going to attend them theirselves?

anglophone replies on Aug 31, 2020:

The phrase "conversion therapy" is typically applied to sexual orientation. I think such bishops should receive conversion therapy to sanity, but the success rate would probably match that of sexual conversion therapy.

Here’s a question.

oldFloyd comments on Aug 30, 2020:

Welcome to the site, but excuse me for asking the question at what point did life become meaningless? I think I must have missed that.

anglophone replies on Aug 30, 2020:

I also missed that memo about life being meaningless.

Wife Takes Nonbeliever Husband to Court to Block His Medically Assisted Death | Val Wilde | Friendly...

AgeofReason comments on Aug 29, 2020:

His wife is a very selfish person. Another self-righteous ‘Only I know what’s best for you’. I at least hope the courts will respect his wishes, even when the ones closest to him won’t.

anglophone replies on Aug 29, 2020:

She is one of the reasons why I hold God Mobsters in such contempt.

This from my fundie sister .

anglophone comments on Aug 28, 2020:

Her thinking processes are a cognitive disaster area. She fails to think analytically. She fails to think critically. She fails to think rationally. She fails to think dispassionately. I would see no point in trying to engage her power of cognition, as she "cannot think straight".

anglophone replies on Aug 28, 2020:

@Normanbites Putting it very simply, you think straight, but she does not.

Why do Atheist like to talk about God so much?

Joanne comments on Aug 27, 2020:

Some of us just find it interesting. A lot of us have come from religious backgrounds and are still surrounded by believers and need to vent. And, in the US, far right Evangelicals are actively trying to use the government to force their beliefs onto the rest of us, so that inspires some of us ...

anglophone replies on Aug 28, 2020:

@Klodzan A point of semantics: if somebody thinks illogically, can he really be said to think?

Why do Atheist like to talk about God so much?

p-nullifidian comments on Aug 27, 2020:

Perhaps for the same reason that victims of abuse talk about their abusers.

anglophone replies on Aug 28, 2020:

Yep!

Why do Atheist like to talk about God so much?

Rossy92 comments on Aug 27, 2020:

Disliked talking about it 10 years ago when I was much less knowledgeable and conversations really went nowhere as I had no "ammo", just my lack of being convinced. Now I'm "armed to the teeth" and want to share, and if not outright deconvert, at least cause a moderation in convictions.