[Question: Who does an atheist turn to in their darkest hours?]
Answer
God of course. The last recourse of the desperate is and has always been that which they feel | hope will help them of their hour of need. The most renounced of atheist will pray for their salvation to their version of the all mighty when they are in the direst of straits. Sadistically, this could be proven in a purely empirical experiment with most devout of atheists, without a dout
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"God of course"
Which one?
Sadistically , this could be proven in a purely empirical experiment with most devout of atheists, without a dout
Does he really mean sadistically, or is it a misspelling of statistically? Difficult to tell given he can spell empirical and atheist but not almighty or doubt. Not that it makes a lot of difference - he's a pillock in either case.
OT - what's a carnotaurus? A meat eating bull?
Nope, you are wrong, "Kevisaurus is a Carnotaurus today", never have I done that and I have nee through some pretty crappy times.
"... Sadistically, this could be proven in a purely empirical experiment with most devout of atheists, without a dout"
I have no "dout" that it would indeed be sadistic to experiment on those who don't share your delusion. Or isn't that what you meant to convey with your faulty language skills and non-existent reasoning?
Eighty-nine per cent of all sadistics are made up.
Dout? Oh, I know: God dout. (That kind of works with a New Zealand accent).
The most renounced of atheist? What the hell does that mean?
fergus
"[Question: Who does an atheist turn to in their darkest hours?] "
A light bulb, both literally and metaphorically. The problems that have plagued humans in the past such as uh plague were solved by rational thinking. If you fundies had your way we would still be flogging ourselves on the way to church to stop disease.
Uh No. Actually, not having a deity, I'm forced to confront the hardship and find a way to deal with it. Saves time and trouble of asking, pleading, and begging the sky daddy to change things.
I've been known to turn to the bottle.
Ok. Friends and family, too, but they seem to redirect my attention to the bottle.
This reminds me of a scene in an episode of the Simpsons.
Homer suddenly finds himself in dire straits. He gets down on one knee, clasps his hands together, and calls forth to the heavens: "I know I haven't talked to you very much before, but I really need you now, Superman!"
Some atheists do turn to God when in trouble, just like some skeptics turn to snake oil when afflicted with cancer. Nothing new there. To use it as "proof" that atheists believe in God "deep down", though, is bullocks.
Grasping at straws when you're sinking in quicksand must be a human frailty. I believe fundies enjoy so much living in their perceived desperation that they wake up in the morning to grasp at straws. "Oh, dear gawd/jebus please PLEASE let me die today and rapture me up to my rightful inheritance in the golden castle. Rescue Meeeee from these demonic athiestises, I neeeed you now."
Sadistically, this could be proven in a purely empirical experiment with most devout of atheists, without a dout
Ah, threats of torture, shades of Mengele...
Meh. I found myself with 4 7.62 rounds embedded in my torso and when I was crawling on the ground towards where my squad was I was saying "Come on Joe...Don't bleed out here like a bitch. Keep going..."
Fuck you and your non existant god in his non existant asshole.
I would think that if this crisis is one that someone cannot work through alone, then there are friends, family, and/or an able professional or two.
Not who, what. The answer: candles. "'Tis better to light a candle than curse the darkness."
For the more tech-savvy: flashlights.
You can get "hope" from sources far less disingenuous than belief in a specific supernatural paternal figure. It is true that the desperate rely on emotion, but being desperate doesn't necessarily mean that you are willing to lie to yourself to feel better. And, your experiment would fail, even if it was ethical and possible to perform without running into extraneous factors...
The last recourse of the desperate is and has always been that which they feel | hope will help them of their hour of need.
My grandmother died nerarly 2 years ago... before she went, she had one leg amputated, suffered numerous strokes, had bones so brittle you could break them by giving them a heavy stare, and truely shocking breathing problems... and NOT ONCE did she ever start praying to any god.
Question: Who does an atheist turn to in their darkest hours?
Answer
God of course. The last recourse of the desperate is and has always been that which they feel | hope will help them of their hour of need. The most renounced of atheist will pray for their salvation to their version of the all mighty when they are in the direst of straits. Sadistically, this could be proven in a purely empirical experiment with most devout of atheists, without a dout
Care to explain to me why in my darkest hour, when I was strung out on pills and heroin, when overdoses had become almost a daily occurence, were the very act of waking up meant nothing but pain, when I thought that death was the only way I was ever going to recieve any relief from the constant agony, why did I not call out for your "god" then?
Your "god" doesn't save people, people save themselves.
Family, friends, mental health professional...
Jeebus is not on that list.
... therefore, the main purpose of God is as a safety blanket for desperate people.
Yeah, not so great now, is it?
"The last recourse of the desperate is and has always been that which they feel | hope will help them of their hour of need."
Obviously, this means that I will turn to a proven impotent being I DON'T EVEN BELIEVE EXISTS.
*facepalm*
Go on. Keep dragging your religion and your god's reputation through the mud by lieing to people in the name of your lord.
People like you do more to advance the cause of atheism than a hundred richard dawkins.
Bullshit
Needed repeating.
“[Question: Who does an atheist turn to in their darkest hours?]”
“Answer:”
“God of course. The last recourse of the desperate is and has always been that which they feel | hope will help them of their hour of need.”
"The most renounced of atheist will pray for their salvation to their version of the all mighty when they are in the direst of straits.”
“Sadistically, this could be proven in a purely empirical experiment with most devout of atheists, without a dout”
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