Friday, July 29, 2011

The Ship is sinking!

Picture your self on a cruise at sea. It's a beautiful sunny afternoon as you stand on the deck of a gigantic cruise ship in the middle of the ocean. You gaze deep into the distance and see absolutely no land in sight. You glance down at the side of the ship and to your shock and horror you see a massive hole on the port side of the cruise liner. You quickly alarm everyone with a loud frantic voice" We're sinking! THE SHIP IS SINKING!" You even tell every crew member you can find. You tell the captain about the massive hole but the captian says "sorry there can't be a massive hole otherwise we're all gonna die!" and then goes on about his business as though you had never said a word.
This short story is in some ways analogious to many theistic arguments.
Example 1 (Blah) must exist or there is no objective morality.(Whatever that is)
Example 2 (Blah) must exist or there can be no objective meaning,purpose.(Again whatever they mean by objective)
Example 3 (Blah) Must exist or there is no freewill(and yet again whatever they mean by that!)
Example 4 if (Blah) doesn't exist then life is futile because in 4 billion years the sun is going to destroy every living thing on this planet ,therefore Blah(god) exists.
I hope you can see the fallaciousness of such arguments! For example even if without BlahWeh(God) there was no objective morality or universal ought doesn't mean either of them exist!
Reality/truth/existence is indifferent to what you want to be the case. It is what it is regardless of your desires and feelings.
Instead of wishing on a star or some sky dady ,I think it better to embrace existence for all of its ugliness and beauty! And to be humbled by our true place in the universe instead of living in a dream land. Perhaps if the Captain had been honest with himself about his plight ,he could have done something about it.

Thursday, July 28, 2011

Defining Atheism

What is Atheism? 1 Atheism isn't even an ism !  2 Atheism isn't a religion just as not collecting stamps is not a hobby. 3 Atheism is a mere lack of belief in god(s). 4 Atheism isn't a world view! Dr Greg Bahnsen defines a world view as follows.'' A world view is a net work of presuppositions which are not tested by natural science and in terms of which all experiences are interpreted''. Ones Atheism may be a result of ones world view or even your world view a result of ones Atheism. But Atheism is not a world view! All to often is Atheism confused with philosophical naturalism and methodological naturalism by the religious. 5 NO! Atheism isn't even an ideology !

We all begin our lives as atheists. Infants are atheists in the sense that they don't believe in god(s) due to ignorance of any god hypothesis and have yet to be subjected to indoctrination (brain washing). We are all born ignostic as well ,due to the fact that infants lack the ability to comprhend any god hypothesis.

As an adult I am an Atheist Agnostic.
The difference is that now I am an atheist because I lack any real evidence for the existence of any god (deity). I have examined the god hypothesis and rejected it on rational grounds. The difference is an informed and conscious rejection. I have examined much so called evidence for god(s). I find many arguments for the existence of god(s) to be arguments from ignorance etc. However one can be an atheist for rational and irrational reasons. Think for your selves don't die!

Wednesday, July 27, 2011

BlahWeh of the gaps

Do you feel lonely and empty inside ? Thats because you got a Blahweh sized vacuum in your heart. Are you addicted to drugs and or alcohol ? That's because you need to get in touch with your higher BlahWeh. Broken heart? Broken marrage? Awwe you poor thing. You need a little BlahWeh in your life! What's that your an amputee ,well sorry that's one problem BlahWeh doesn't address.
Do you struggle with the origin of life and the cosmos? That's ok instead of just admitting you don't know, just say BlahWeh did it. Do you fear death and dying? Well then just say these magic words and muster up enough sincerity and BlahWeh will grant you an eternal blah type of existence after death. What's that? If the earth is only 6 thousand years old then why do we have fossils much older than that? Well BlahWeh did it to test your faith and to fool those who ask too many questions instead of just believing that BlahWeh did it. Those stupid fools! They should have just started with the assumption that BlahWeh did it. What's that you want to know what BlahWeh is? BlahWeh is not material.
BlahWeh is non visible.
BlahWeh exists no place ,and yet is omni present.
BlahWeh exists no time.
BlahWeh has no needs.
BlahWeh is simple.
BlahWeh is with out begining or end.

What? No! I'm not talking about non existence! How dear you doubt the existence of the great BlahWeh!!! The fool says in his wicked little heart there is no BlahWeh. The proof of blahweh's existence is that with out BlahWeh you couldn't know any thing. In order to argue against BlahWeh you must first presuppose BlahWeh. How can you look at all that BlahWeh has pulled from nothing and not believe? Thats crazy! Sorry don't have enough faith that everything came from nothing! BlahWeh loves you but if you don't believe he is gonna stick pine cones in your ass for all eternity! Remember that piece of candy you stole when you were 4? Well BlahWeh must punish you for that unless you believe! BlahWeh is love ,but BlahWeh is a perfectionist and even though His Blahness created you ,it's your fault for being born imperfect!

Monday, July 25, 2011

BLAHWEH DID IT !

In the first verse of the Hebrew bible it reads '' In the beginning God (whatever that means) created the heavens and the earth ''. When I say the word ''create'' I am not meaning that as though I am actually making existence. When humans use the word create in a meaningful way, we are talking about taking things that are already existent and shaping, molding and arranging them to accomplish our desires. However this is not the way the word is used by Theologians. When they say that God created all things, what they mean is that God who they can't even conceptualize or define did it. They never tell you what they mean by God or creation in any meaningful way, or give any coherent explanation. Think about it not only do they attempt to tell you what God (blah) is, by negation they also say God did it from nothing. Can you picture something coming out of nothing? Of course you can't ! If nothing is not something and if something is coming out of nothing then its not nothing. If you could conceptualize or picture nothing it wouldn't be something. In the past I have heard a Christian open air preacher (Chad Williams aka Rationalresponder on YouTube) accuse atheists of believing that everything and all its complexity popped out of nothing, then loudly proclaims ''I don't have enough faith to believe that!". Funny because thats exactly what he is saying when he says ''God did it''. There claim is so utterly non sensical it can't even be imagined or conceptualized. Think for your selves don't die! Sincerely James T Stillwell 3