Auze wrote:Ifreann wrote:I think I've seen four or five atheism threads since the Christian thread started, and none of them lasted very long.
Turns out that when the thing people have in common is not believing in any god or gods, that doesn't give them a lot to talk about.
The closest thing I've seen to a "successful" atheist discussion thread was the "If God exists why is there evil" one, and it was a mess to read (got plenty of zealots from both sides). I guess this comment applies to it:Bombadil wrote:
Sort of agree, sort of like ‘discuss not being a hamster, how has not being a hamster affected your life and views’.. and then it just devolves into a hamster bashing thread.
Well, there are many verses in the Bible invalidating God's omnibenevolence