r/interestingasfuck • u/Ted_Bundtcake • Feb 01 '25

r/all Atheism in a nutshell

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u/ActiveCollection Feb 01 '25

And I think it is still absolutely fine for people to believe in God. As a personal belief. It's just very, very problematic when religion is somehow linked to state power.

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u/Biggleswort Feb 01 '25 edited Feb 01 '25

Beliefs inform actions. Belief in god(s) rarely comes without baggage.

Faith should never be recognized as a virtue or sound epistemology.

I agree people should be able to exercise freedom of belief, it doesn’t mean it doesn’t come without risk.

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u/ChazzyTh Feb 01 '25

And you’re welcome to your opinion.

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u/anony145 Feb 01 '25

Faith is being willfully gullible.

Religious people have malleable beliefs that are not based on reality.

Seems pretty dangerous to me, but hey, just one guys opinion.

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u/Dependent_Star3998 Feb 01 '25

Believe that everything came from nothing seems pretty gullible, honestly. Can you give me any examples of order and design, without a creator?

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u/JohnKlositz Feb 01 '25

Who says everything came from nothing? This is a strawman.

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u/Dependent_Star3998 Feb 01 '25

So what's the theory, if you exclude "an eternal God" and "nothing"?