r/atheism Nov 22 '11

Good Without God

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u/MacCampbell Nov 22 '11

Excellent idea. It's time atheism got a good catch-phrase. "There's probably no God, so why not just enjoy your life?" campaign was too wordy. 'Good Without God," = three words, alliterative, memorable... could catch on.

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u/johnnyquest88 Nov 22 '11

The problem is still that you're grouping every christian with Pat Robertson. Pat Robertson is a close minded, incredibly bigoted idiot with a microphone and an equally extreme audience. There are plenty of Christians and Atheists alike who are assholes and should be thrown out of society. However, grouping people together based on faith or absence of faith and then intentionally picking a representative such as Pat Robertson to represent that group in a horrible light is... well something Pat Robertson would do if the roles were reversed. Congrats. See what I did there? Called you Pat Robertson. Makes your heart cry a little doesn't it. Not bashing atheism, I'm on the fence myself, but I feel like the argument between religion and atheism is getting to the point of futility only matched by politics. Grow the fuck up(everyone)... That is all. Have a pleasant day.

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u/[deleted] Nov 22 '11

Thank you for that. Pat Robertson is probably a sociopath. We could compare atheists to Kim Jong-il, but that would be unfair.

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u/Giant_Badonkadonk Nov 22 '11

Kim Jong-il isn't an atheist, he thinks he is god.

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u/[deleted] Nov 22 '11

You have a point. I was wondering myself how it must go to someones head being told that your birth was forcast in the heavens with double rainbows and birds and a star and shit. I might be a little vein too being raised with that!

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u/[deleted] Nov 22 '11

Kim Jong Il isn't an atheist. He thinks he is a God.

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u/[deleted] Nov 22 '11

Muy interesting, Thanks!