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Why did you pick atheism?

Roger Duke said:
You must only be reading some of this thread. There is nowhere in the 570 posts that I stated atheists are unhappy.
I have questioned how they are able to feel happiness since they have ZERO hope in the future for themselves and their loved ones.
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And the answer is because happiness does not depend upon a belief in an afterlife.
 
Roger Duke said:
It's not self righteous but it is pity. I pity everybody who has no hope. I can't imagine what that would be like.
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Its interesting how we're all just fine with no belief in an afterlife, but you can't seem to accept that. Maybe you aren't as sure of your beliefs as you say you are?
 
watsup said:
What it really shows is uncertainty on YOUR part, trying to convince yourself that you are better than others.
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Show me the post where I said I was better than anybody.
 
Demon said:
Its interesting how we're all just fine with no belief in an afterlife, but you can't seem to accept that. Maybe you aren't as sure of your beliefs as you say you are?
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I'm very confident. Thanks for asking.
I guess we are coming to the point that all these threads come to. Nobody really convinces anybody to change their mind.
You are right that I can't accept your viewpoint.....especially since there is an alternative you can choose that would give you hope.
I've read books promoting atheism. Maybe you should try ones that promote religion. The good ones open the mind up, not close it.
 
devildavid said:
Huh? Why give it if it is not needed. Go give it to someone who needs it, like kids with cancer.
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You can't stop me from loving and caring.
I can't stop you from believing in nothing but nothingness.
You can't take my hope and I can't give you any.
Another thread where no minds have changed.
 
Roger Duke said:
I'm very confident. Thanks for asking.
I guess we are coming to the point that all these threads come to. Nobody really convinces anybody to change their mind.
You are right that I can't accept your viewpoint.....especially since there is an alternative you can choose that would give you hope.
I've read books promoting atheism. Maybe you should try ones that promote religion. The good ones open the mind up, not close it.
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No there is no alternative I can choose. I can't choose to make my self believe in something I don't believe in. You might just as well ask me to read books promoting fairies.
 
Roger Duke said:
It's not self righteous but it is pity. I pity everybody who has no hope. I can't imagine what that would be like.
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You jeep implying that atheists have no hope.

It is a profound display of ignorance.
 
devildavid said:
Huh? Why give it if it is not needed. Go give it to someone who needs it, like kids with cancer.
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What do you tell them?
Sorry kid. You are going to die and you'll be dead forever. All your friends and family will die and they will be dead forever. You have no hope so you should be happy now because I have enlightened you to the truth.
 
Demon said:
No there is no alternative I can choose. I can't choose to make my self believe in something I don't believe in.
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What are you talking about? People change their hearts and minds all the time.
 
Roger Duke said:
Yes I do.
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No. You don’t. You are posting a hateful screed trying to make atheists feel bad because they don’t share your particular myths and superstitions. Quit claiming otherwise. We know better. We have seen plenty like you doing the same gaslighting and guilt-shaming.
 
Roger Duke said:
Show me the post where I said I was better than anybody.
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Here you go:

Roger Duke said:
You are right that I can't accept your viewpoint.....especially since there is an alternative you can choose that would give you hope.
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Roger Duke said:
I can't stop you from believing in nothing but nothingness
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Roger Duke said:
You can't take my hope and I can't give you any.
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Roger Duke said:
Sorry kid. You are going to die and you'll be dead forever. All your friends and family will die and they will be dead forever. You have no hope so you should be happy now because I have enlightened you to the truth.
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You consider yourself better than we atheists because you have “hope” and we supposedly don’t.
And your gaslighting of us isn’t good enough for you, now you want to add a guild trip because we don’t pass along myths and superstitions about an “afterlife” to “friends and family”. Guess what, we also eventually tell them that there is no such entity as Santa Claus. Same same, basically.
Gaslighting is totally dishonest because it disguises your true goal, which is to openly criticize atheists. You hide behind said gaslighting and associated guilt trips. As such, you are a disgusting and pathetic excuse for a human being.
We don’t care about your stupid afterlife. We are plenty happy living a positive life in the here and now, and we would be even happier if we didn’t have to put up with so-called “Christians” tryIng to gaslight us. Yes, I mean you.
 
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Roger Duke said:
You can't stop me from loving and caring.
I can't stop you from believing in nothing but nothingness.
You can't take my hope and I can't give you any.
Another thread where no minds have changed.
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I can't stop you from your imaginary loving, no. It's not that I believe in nothing but nothingness, it is that I am fine accepting reality.
 
Roger Duke said:
What do you tell them?
Sorry kid. You are going to die and you'll be dead forever. All your friends and family will die and they will be dead forever. You have no hope so you should be happy now because I have enlightened you to the truth.
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I don't talk about it at all. I let everyone believe what they want.
 
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