Well, theres no difference between atheism and theism anyway. Atheists are just in the closet theists.
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Well, theres no difference between Christianity and Buddhism anyway. Christians are just in the closet Buddhists.
Fixed.
Apologies to Buddhists. Was the first non-Adamic religion I could think of.
Oh, by the wrinkly scrotum of Kronos!
Really? So I want to be a christian but am afraid of openly becoming one? HAHAHAHAHA
Not likely, I enjoy thinking on my own, thank you very much and don't believe in fairy tales.
Next time you're at a sporting event, just try claiming that EVERYONE is actually a fan of your favored team, and that the people outwardly rooting for the other team(s) really want yours to win, it's just that they're "in the closet" about it. Seriously, go to the seats/stands/bleachers on the other side of the stadium or whatever and try to explain this to them. I'd love to know how that goes.
Oh, and don't forget to leave word for where we can send flowers afterward.
~David D.G.
This is what Fundies actually believe!
... no, seriously. That's why they don't feel bad about Jesus tossing everyone into hell - that's what you get for being in the closet!
You're right. I've known all along Allah was the One True God. Off I go to convert to Islam. Thanks for the eye opener Chayba.
Oh, wait. I'll bet that's not the reaction you were hoping for...
Do you even understand language?
Rhythm, you understand, no? A regular series of beats? Cardiac arythmia means the heartbeat isn't regular anymore.
Notice the 'a'? It means "the absence of" (comes from the Greek).
Apply this to 'theism' and 'atheism'. One is the belief in the existence of a God (theism), the other is the absence of such belief.
How in blazes can there be no difference between the two?
Please learn English before sounding like a hopelessly ignorant asshat.
So, we've been Muslims, Satanists, Buddhists, Evilutionists, Wiccans and now theists. Well, fuck me sideways, we've done 'em all!
But, atheists aren't Satanist/Muslim/Pagans? Dang! I need to reimagine my self-image, learn a dogma, and buy a new wardrobe. Again.
I'm in the mood to wax philosophic so I'll take a stab at that, Beeblebrox. I subscribe to the theory that fundies are fundamentally afraid of anything they can't understand or control. Which, is apparently just about everything. So, they turn to God which, for fundies, means they are turning to the most neglectful/abusive Father figure ever devised by Man. The result is similar to any abused/neglected child.
So, you have all these damaged children who, instead of growing up and getting help to heal the damage, deepen the relationship with Bad Daddy to one of an incestuous marriage. And one of the ways they cope is to Believe that everyone else has their sick little incestuous marriage with Bad Daddy, even if they deny it. So, a fundie can't Believe in atheists because to do so would entail admitting that it's possible to get away from Bad Daddy, but, they don't have the strength to do it.
Pete:
I have a different theory. Fundies are so brain damaged they can't understand anything except as a twisted mirror image of themselves. They claim scientists make shit up and call it proof because they do the same themselves and can't conceive of the notion that other people might do it a different way.
They think atheists secretly know god exists, or worship Darwin, or Satan, because they obsess over their invisible man and can't grasp the concept of someone who doesn't have a similar obsession.
They act as if science was a religion, with a list of statements that Must Be Believed Or Else. They can't imagine science as a procedure for finding answers to questions because they have no way to do that themselves, they just Believe Their List Of Things That Must Be Believed Or Else.
Pete:
I have a different theory. Fundies are so brain damaged they can't understand anything except as a twisted mirror image of themselves. They claim scientists make shit up and call it proof because they do the same themselves and can't conceive of the notion that other people might do it a different way.
They think atheists secretly know god exists, or worship Darwin, or Satan, because they obsess over their invisible man and can't grasp the concept of someone who doesn't have a similar obsession.
They act as if science was a religion, with a list of statements that Must Be Believed Or Else. They can't imagine science as a procedure for finding answers to questions because they have no way to do that themselves, they just Believe Their List Of Things That Must Be Believed Or Else.
Really just two aspects of the same behavior Mister Spak. Not different theories at all. And, in fact, extreme religious thinking could quite well cause brain damage just like any other prolonged emotional trauma. Like all things human, one could argue cause and effect forever, but, a very high percentage of people who leave cults suffer from PTSD.
The living by arbitrary rules is the same thing as well. If they break the rules? Bad Daddy won't love them. Since Bad Daddy just left a note saying what the rules are, and it's kinda jumbled, they often make up the rules they think Bad Daddy would want them to obey. And again, that's where the funfy brain turns away from the truth. A true atheist, to a fundy, means one who makees their own rules and doesn't have to follow them. If there's no punishment? There's no Bad Daddy.
To us that's a good thing, but,not to a fundy. Because, if there's no Bad Daddy? There's no Perfect Daddy either. And fundies will run from that fact like Satan Himself.
And dogs are just in the closet cats
Black is just closet white
salt is just closet sugar
When you prefix a word with a-, it denotes the opposite of the original word.
Atypical means not typical
Asymmetrical means not symmetrical
Atheistic means not theistic
It's a very simple concept.
Confused?
So were we! You can find all of this, and more, on Fundies Say the Darndest Things!
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