Atheist Memes

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[–] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 22 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

Marcus Cole in Babylon 5 had a line that stuck with me:

I used to think it was awful that life was so unfair. Then I thought, 'wouldn't it be much worse if life were fair, and all the terrible things that happen to us come because we actually deserve them?' So now I take great comfort in the general hostility and unfairness of the universe.

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[–] Sertou@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

That’s one of my favorite quotes, so thanks for reminding me. Also, I may have to watch some B5 this weekend.

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[–] Nelots@lemm.ee 8 points 2 years ago

Smh, that's because he needed to test you, obviously. Why did an all-knowing god need to test you? Uhh... stop thinking about it and just fear him already.

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[–] chaogomu@kbin.social 7 points 2 years ago (1 child)

There are entire libraries full of books written by true believers trying to understand why bad things happen to good people.

I've not read any of those books, but I do know that the arguments are more complicated than, he just wants to fuck with us.

The truth is even more complicated, what with life being a confusing mix of cause and effect and random happenstance.none of it having any meaning beyond what we assign it.

Some people would rather write libraries worth of books than confront that truth. Which is sad in a way.

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We all know it's actually just because God sucks at statistics.

[–] EveryMuffinIsNowEncrypted@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 point 2 years ago*

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[–] JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

Well, you still experienced pain whilst you were sick, so maybe to punish you. Not that I believe in god at all, just what someone might say.

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[–] Noite_Etion@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (1 child)

Yeah I get what you mean. I hear that a lot too.

But remember God has a plan. So does he plan for me to commit sin and thus his punishment is in itself planned, which just seems mean and unnecessary... Or did I go against his plan when I sinned and now has to punish me, and if that is the case he seems quite fallible.

So god is either mean or fallible, which to me seems like a god not worth worshipping.

I am probably just overthinking this and need sleep.

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[–] JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago

I don't think you're overthinking it, if an all powerful and all knowing god exists, I don't see how it could be good. And I certainly wouldn't want to worship it.

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[–] Nougat@kbin.social 5 points 2 years ago*

Privatize the profits, socialize the losses, just like in late stage capitalism.

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[–] somePotato@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child)

Same thing with big accidents, the one survivor thanks god for a miraculous rescue but nobody acknowledges the implied "god watched the other 50 people on that bus die brutally and didn't care"

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