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To: RoosterRedux
The thread goes from sublime to ridiculous, in a way.

We read from someone how thinks he's found "contradictions and absurdities" --- "Look at my posts and address my points one by one. Use that most valuable organ that God gave you - your brain. That would make God happy."

Language is an interesting thing. An atheist gets lots of attention in the thread, and in the end, his use of the lowercase "god" slips back to the uppercase "God," because he proves that atheists REQUIRE the language of God/god as a fundamental part of an "evangelical" fervor to tell others, and the habit of language itself moves by customary ways.

This is the structure of correcting a "false belief" by advocating for a "true belief."

It has been my experience that a true atheist rarely cares to correct others about a "false" belief, because "meh." In contradistinction, the ardent believer is 'a-Theos' needs to say "anti," to claim to find "contradictions and absurdities" when such can be found on all sides, especially as an atheist like Sam Harris talkied for hours trying to come up with a basis for ethical behavior by referring only to evolutionary principles. Whether the "blind watchmaker" or any of the other metaphors are trotted out, the atheist is stuck with language -- as it requires God to say no-God, demands a Theos to say a-Theos. And sometimes tries to use lowercase letters to bolster an argument, but then slips back to uppercase out of habit.

It's a jolly thing that the enthusiasm to point out "contradictions and absurdities" is so rarely turned in upon itself. Because the "mote and beam" parable holds. Sometimes they evidence themselves as chips on the shoulder, and sometimes as the urge to point out another's "contradictions and absurdities" while not noticing the "contradictions and absurdities" in one's own worldview.

123 posted on 12/08/2025 7:06:07 AM PST by Worldtraveler once upon a time (Degrow government)
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To: Worldtraveler once upon a time; Elsie
Yep. What we are seeing here is not atheism but misotheism (a hatred of God) and dystheism (a belief that God is evil)—what James 2:19 calls demonic.
126 posted on 12/08/2025 7:43:58 AM PST by RoosterRedux (“Critical thinking is hard; that’s why most people just jump to conclusions.”—Jung (paraphrased))
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