Are Atheists Just Imaginary

[servant]

In light of the overwhelming attempt to kill God by the most atheist I thought I'd post up this link for those who would like to look into the minds of some atheist.

[Fallibleone]

I don't know what atheists they might be. I've never met one of them. An atheist who knows there is a god is what is known as a theist. I can assure you that my atheism is not an attempt to avoid acknowledging the god that I know must exist. While I cannot force you to accept my word for it, I would hope that you could at least accept that such a position as mine (that I simply do not believe in a god or gods) has different origines from those proposed in your lovely link.

Just to re-state it - if an atheist is attempting to discredit a god they know exists, he/she is not an atheist. I really really honestly do not believe in a god or gods, and therefore I am an atheist. I sometimes feel imaginary when people talk over me in conversation, mind you.

[McCulloch]

In light of the overwhelming attempt to kill God by the most atheist I thought I'd post up this link for those who would like to look into the minds of some atheist.

Wouldn't it be more honest to quote and cite actual atheists rather than some theist's imagination about what atheists really think?

[servant]

Wouldn't it be more honest to quote and cite actual atheists rather than some theist's imagination about what atheists really think?

You are right. Here let me cite this atheist:

Philosopher Antony Flew. Long time champion for atheism. Flew has finally concluded that the fine tuning of the universe at every level is simply to perfect. It can not be just chance. In keeping with his lifelong commitment "to go where the evidence leads" he now believes in God.

Book - "My Pilgrimage from Atheism to Theism" an interview with Anthony Flew by Gary Habermas.

[AClockWorkOrange]

I really couldnt care less if atheists change their minds and become deists.

We are not a club from which members can be lost or gained, and those losses and gains are not fretted over by remaining "members".

Atheism is just the end result of observation. If people reevaluate their observations, more power to them.

I say that people should gravitate towards whatever makes sense to them.

I also dont think that anyone has "it" right, so i dont get all up in arms if people disagree with me. Live and let live. Your heart will thank you.

[Sciwoman]

In light of the overwhelming attempt to kill God by the most atheist I thought I'd post up this link for those who would like to look into the minds of some atheist.

This is too much. I don't know a single atheist who is trying to "kill god" and as a moderator on an atheist message board, I encounter alot of atheists from all over the world. Why would anyone be trying to kill something they don't think exists? That's like trying to kill the Tooth Fairy or Santa Claus or Harry Potter or Scooby Doo. For the most part, atheists just want to live their lives like everyone else. You're not going to get a rise out of them unless you are trying to shove religion in their face in some shape, form, or fashion. Atheists don't care what you believe as long as you are not causing harm to anyone else indivdually or to society as a whole.

If you want to know what atheists think, ask some atheists personally. But you better ask a huge number of them because the only criteria for being an atheist is to have concluded that there is no god - outside of that everything else is up for grabs. Atheists run the gamit on everything you can measure. I know atheists who meditate, atheists who partcipate in pagan rituals, atheists who don't have a spiritual bone in their bodies, and even atheists who go to church because they like the ritual and music. Name a political or social issue and you will find that atheists cover the spectrum.

Anyway, if a few atheists could really kill god, then I guess he wasn't worth worshipping now was he?

[fisherofmen]

I'm new here and maybe shouldn't speak up just yet, but this post caught my eye. I feel that-
A: God can't be killed. Satan is the most powerful evil spirit, next to God's power, and Satan doesn't hold a candle to the power of God.
B: I don't believe Atheist are in total disbelief of God or they wouldn't keep fighting him so much.
C: Kind of goes back to the OQ. Maybe they aren't as imaginary as they are perhaps unwilling to commit themselves to a spirit who some know or feel is and always has been control all along? Which may be frightening.

With each page of the bible I turn, each day I have a new fear. I won't lie, the bible has struck fear in me numerous times, but I want (one day) to be the man God approves of. It's extremely tough work. But if you don't believe in Gods promises, you wouldn't waste a minute on it I suppose. But kill God, beg your pardon I don't want to offend but I found that amusing at best. A being that can move mountains and raise the dead and level cities isn't gonna be bumped off by a handful of mortals. IMHO

[McCulloch]

I'm new here and maybe shouldn't speak up just yet, but this post caught my eye.

Nonsense, you have to start sometime.

I feel that-
A: God can't be killed. Satan is the most powerful evil spirit, next to God's power, and Satan doesn't hold a candle to the power of God.

Why would God allow Satan to have such power? I agree, God cannot be killed. Neither can Peter Pan, Santa Claus, Zeus or Robin Hood.

B: I don't believe Atheist are in total disbelief of God or they wouldn't keep fighting him so much.

We are not fighting God. We are fighting those who have an invisible friend who tells them how they should run our lives.

[Furrowed Brow]

In light of the overwhelming attempt to kill God by the most atheist I thought I'd post up this link for those who would like to look into the minds of some atheist.

B: I don't believe Atheist are in total disbelief of God or they wouldn't keep fighting him so much.

You guys crack me up.

The whole atheist in denial thing phhhlleeeease.

What I’m fighting is non sequiturs, invalid arguments, slippery semantics, misrepresentation of the evidence, poverty of evidence, sophisms, evasion, cartoon characterisations and puddle deep metaphysics being passed off as legitimate argument.

If theists just knuckled down to some rigorous thinking, then atheists would stop kicking up a fuss, the dust would settle and the air clear, and then everyone would get a clear view and be able to see what is as plain as the end of your nose - there are no gods.

[wrekk]

In light of the overwhelming attempt to kill God by the most atheist I thought I'd post up this link for those who would like to look into the minds of some atheist.

Wouldn't it be more honest to quote and cite actual atheists rather than some theist's imagination about what atheists really think?

Yes, I second this. Here I am, just ask me. Just ask me what goes on inside "the minds of some atheists". I'll tell you what goes on inside mine at least. And I'm quite confident that many others here would too. Why the need to go to some other source?