My response to what if I'm wrong.

crwcomposer · 7 months

funkymonkeyq · 7 months

I think this is posted at least once a week...

It's not that Romans didn't believe in god(s). They just had some common fucking sense.

Smarmo · 7 months

"If there are gods, but unjust, then you should not want to worship them"

I'm assuming that by "unjust" he means "you only get into heaven if you worship them". The logical thing to do therefore would be to worship...

AFF17 · 7 months

Actual quote from Meditations of Marcus Aurelius: But to go away from among men, if there are gods, is not a thing to be afraid of, for the gods will not involve thee in evil; but indeed if they do exist, or if they have no concern about human affairs, what is it to me to live in a universe devoid of gods or devoid of Providence? But IN TRUTH THEY DO EXIST, and they do care for human things, and they have put all the means in man's power to enable him not to fall into real evils. (Capitalisations my own)

Many here complain that Christians have an inadequate understanding of the material they base their beliefs upon...

q111210 · 7 months

what if you're wrong?

so what. nothing matters and so what if it did!

when i live my life according to my own rules, at least it's MINE!

Rebellion transforms slaves into human beings, if only for an hour.
[ Edward Abbey ]

funkymonkeyq · 7 months

nuff said.

camycam178 · 7 months

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atheist's_Wager

Basically the Atheist's Wager.

ubergenerics · 7 months

Just say to them "What if you're wrong and Islam is right?".

mihoda · 7 months

Whenever somebody asks if I'm wrong, I ask them if an ideology is correct purely because somebody will torture them if they say, "no."

boggart777 · 7 months

you can credit me, if you want. "boggart777" no big deal. you can also credit me for anything else you want, and i'll swear to god it's true.

popscythe · 7 months

In other words, "Even ancient Romans knew that your Gods are fictional."

MutusCarnifex · 7 months

this quote is commonly misattributed, Marcus Aurelius didn't say that

MixedUpZombie · 7 months

seriously, the original post was like the most upvoted post on r/atheism, do you not think someone would notice this is a repost? p.s. i clicked your name and downvoted everything you posted.


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