tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8716347331682132223.post1113768423305958695..comments2023-10-20T02:08:39.524-07:00Comments on Atheism: Proving The Negative: Isn't "God" Just Another Word for New Age NonsenseMatt McCormickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17071078570021986664noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8716347331682132223.post-69489505431810591392007-05-08T17:06:00.000-07:002007-05-08T17:06:00.000-07:00So, MM, after reading this blog I now realize that...So, MM, after reading this blog I now realize that I've been having a religious experience whenever I blow up chili in the microwave--amen brother!<BR/><BR/>Seriously now, I think one of the reasons people have a hard time giving up the word or concept "god" is because they are so programmed with it.<BR/><BR/>I mean, we are raised hearing the word "god" so often we even have to say it during sex.<BR/><BR/>Of course orgasms are as close to "god" anyone is likely to get.<BR/><BR/>But your theory is quite correct: People are trying to have it both ways.<BR/><BR/>They want "god" without all the..."god." <BR/><BR/>They want to ignore the baggage--they want to forget all the history and live happily ever after in their little solipsistic hippy-colored wanderlust.<BR/><BR/>Our problem, MM, is that we expect people to think, and for far too many that really may not be possible.<BR/><BR/>Free will, if it exists, and I think it does, isn't a universal phenomenon.<BR/><BR/>Just ask the schizophrenic or the fundamentalist.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8716347331682132223.post-58235038723033985912007-05-06T00:08:00.000-07:002007-05-06T00:08:00.000-07:00I know people who have told me that they do not be...I know people who have told me that they do not believe in God (the Christian/Islamic one), but at the same time cringe when I tell them their atheists. They deny it - stating that their spiritual. Even if they are spiritual and believe in some energy that governs the universe in either a naturalistic or supurnaturalistic view, they still should consider themselves atheists in order to be honest and not chicken $#!+. Don't rename apples - oranges.Jonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02877962468047811190noreply@blogger.com