Being a atheist is like treading water, your not really going anywhere and if you stop moving your gonna drift into terrible unkown depths of despair!
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And Fundamentalism is like drowning, while thinking that Jesus, in a moment of last-second B-movie heroics, is going to dive down, drag you to safety, and then perform CPR.
Huh?
WHY are all the fundies convinced that all atheists have nothing to live for?
Vaguely sorta accurate, I think, but Dosva misses a vital point: human beings are meant to think. If you choose Godlessness, you choose a life without overarching authority, which means that you have to give consideration to your actions every step of the way. Believe it or not, this is not at all a bad thing -- it's just how it's supposed to be.
As a diver, I resent the implication that depth = despair.
So tell me, how many atheists do you really know. I am guessing that you know the fundamentalist stereotypes of atheists very well, but how many do you know as individuals or, dare I say, as friends? Get a clue, then get back to us.
Okay, let's assume you're analogy is correct. If an atheist is treading water, I'm going to assume that a religous person would be swimming. Either way if you stop moving you're going to drown. So, by your own analogy, ultimately, what's the difference?
You can move quite effectivly treading water. Especially when you're not anchored by Christian dogma or swimming against the current of Christian ignorance.
And remember, Atheists are only trying to reach the land again, where we came from, you lot are reaching for the sky.
But the thing is, even IF I ever drift into despair, i'll seek help from a therapist.
I won't just pray for the invisible sky fairy to fix me.
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“gonna drift into terrible unkown depths of despair!”
Confused?
So were we! You can find all of this, and more, on Fundies Say the Darndest Things!
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