Lol, I grew up Christian. There was a fairly common belief that people that did this were not true believers and that god would see through their lie. (Not that all death bed conversions were invalid to be clear, just ones done for the reason of living unchristian, then still getting the reward, while still not believing.)
Yeah if you’re doing it for social pressure that makes sense but if you’re like “maybe there’s an off chance this omniscient God thing is real” it seems fairly pointless
Im a militant atheist who can’t stop thinking about death. Too bad the terror of the unknowable void isn’t going to make me believe in shit I know isn’t real
You certainly can militantly oppose belief in the supernatural. Atheism doesn’t mean indifference, it describes a lack of belief in any god. How strongly one feels about atheism isn’t contained within the word atheism.
Anyway it’s splitting hairs because anti-theism is good and correct
The prefix A is indifference and the prefix anti is opposition. And if yall cant even care to be literate enough to articulate the position you think you hold, maybe rethink what you think you know. Its like the difference between asocial and antisocial. It makes no sense to say you are militantly asocial. No sense. But what do i expect? Westerners can’t read. Like western religions are pretty awful, but westerners act like they know everything while famously knowing nothing.
The term atheist has evolved beyond the roots of its components. It absolutely does not mean “indifferent to the idea of whether there is a god.” Linguistic prescriptivism is reactionary and cringe.
In real life, the difference between atheist and antitheist is “I don’t believe there is a god” and “I believe it’s bad for you to believe there is a god” which, again, are both correct positions
Sounds like it was pure social pressure. Otherwise he would have just cited the basardized version of Descartes’ argument religious people keep vomiting out.
In the linked video, his final message states that he converted due to the cost-benefit ratio and also to satisfy his Christian friends.
Lol, I grew up Christian. There was a fairly common belief that people that did this were not true believers and that god would see through their lie. (Not that all death bed conversions were invalid to be clear, just ones done for the reason of living unchristian, then still getting the reward, while still not believing.)
Yeah if you’re doing it for social pressure that makes sense but if you’re like “maybe there’s an off chance this omniscient God thing is real” it seems fairly pointless
It’s so funny when militant atheists find religion when they get old and actually start thinking about death.
Im a militant atheist who can’t stop thinking about death. Too bad the terror of the unknowable void isn’t going to make me believe in shit I know isn’t real
No such thing, just admit you’re an anti-theist pls. You cant be militantly indifferent to something lol
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You certainly can militantly oppose belief in the supernatural. Atheism doesn’t mean indifference, it describes a lack of belief in any god. How strongly one feels about atheism isn’t contained within the word atheism.
Anyway it’s splitting hairs because anti-theism is good and correct
The prefix A is indifference and the prefix anti is opposition. And if yall cant even care to be literate enough to articulate the position you think you hold, maybe rethink what you think you know. Its like the difference between asocial and antisocial. It makes no sense to say you are militantly asocial. No sense. But what do i expect? Westerners can’t read. Like western religions are pretty awful, but westerners act like they know everything while famously knowing nothing.
The term atheist has evolved beyond the roots of its components. It absolutely does not mean “indifferent to the idea of whether there is a god.” Linguistic prescriptivism is reactionary and cringe.
In real life, the difference between atheist and antitheist is “I don’t believe there is a god” and “I believe it’s bad for you to believe there is a god” which, again, are both correct positions
Slimy worm till the end. Huh.
Sounds like it was pure social pressure. Otherwise he would have just cited the basardized version of Descartes’ argument religious people keep vomiting out.
Pascal?
Oh right it was Pascal’s Wager. Hmm maybe it wasn’t a bastardized retelling.
Descartes might’ve had something a but more nuanced.