RAIN.
Or if there is a god it is a completely non-interventionist god.
Or if there is a god and he is an interventionist god then he’s mean-spirited and incompetent.
Either way, god either doesn’t exist (most likely scenario) or exists but is neither useful or worth worshipping.
If God exists and is as interventionist as some say then he is responsible for the rain, or more impotantly when it rains. So why does it rain on the weekend, and more importantly why does it rain during the day?
Last weekend (Easter long weekend) I went, with several friends, to Mudgee to go cycling. It was obvious Mudgee hadn’t had any rain for some time, and desperately needed some. So of course it rained whilst we were there on holiday, camping and cycling.
Yesterday it rained just about all day, today the weather started out nice enough so I put a load of washing on the line. No sooner had I got back inside when there was a short bout of rain, but then it fined up again. So later in the day I decided to go for a ride on my bike, I hadn’t gone more than a few hundred metres when it absolutely poured down.
It was about this time that I decided there was probably no god, or else if there is a god, he is a spiteful wanker.
If I was an interventionist god then I’d organise the rain for the night, that way people could enjoy there day out, then go home and enjoy the rain overnight. As I said before, Mudgee really needed rain, and I’m sure the farmers and vignerons appreciated it, but why couldn’t god have organised it for after all the holiday makers left?
It’s now dark outside and not raining! Why couldn’t god have organised the rain for now, so I could have enjoyed a nice ride (and the picnickers in the park finished enjoying their day out with the family), and my washing would have dried?
So obviuosly there is no god, or at least not one that interferes in the functioning of the world.
So next time someone asks for proof of God, ask them about rain.
PS. That’s the second time I’ve been to Mudgee, when a drought has broken.
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I couldn’t agree more. The spiteful wanker is responsible for the wind too! I hate the wind!
I think you should plan to go to Mudgee every weekend and cure them of the drought for good!! Sorry it rained on your plans for fun. Don’t give up! It can’t rain everyday, right? If it does, let me know so I can start making an Ark! LOL!! 😉
Well, duh! Obviously as an atheist you have incurred God’s wrath, hence (as the Bible says) “He maketh His displeasure known unto thee; with much downpour and lashing squalls he will strike thee in the fields” (Book of Precipitations, Chapter 12 vs 8) If anything, the fact that your atheist riding fun was curtailed by His Heavenly outpourings only serves to demonstrate His existence. Inadvertently, you have proved both the existence of that you claim to deny, and damned yourself to a watery hell in the same post. How d’ya like them apples, atheist boy?
Big LOL yunshui, very clever.
Though in refutation of your claim the majority of the group I was with are religious people. Why should they be punished by God’s watery wrath?
Bugger, I just thought of a reason.
They were punished because they were carousing with atheist boy.
you think god exsists because there is rain. god is just an illusion becuase those are called elements not gods wrath
Overnight rain is what the deacon and I call Camper’s Rain. We don’t mind if it rains when we’re camping, as long as it rains overnight.
P.S. – you may want to trade in that bike for a kayak.
Yunshui, tautology most certainly will NOT justify the existence of a “god”, especially when most of jesus’s “famous quotes” were stolen from those like Dionysus, and many like him. The bible is just a tool man has made and used to further this horrorshow of falsitudes. What proof can you offer? And in return you will ask: “how do you know he doesn’t exist?” and just because science has no answer for that, all of the
Sudden you people think your religion is justified…this proving your ignorance. It’s obvious there is no god. Humanity dissapoints me more and more everyday.
Yunshui is an excellent atheist blogger. He’s especially good at snark, sarcasm, etc.
I think you all spend so much time trying to disprove the existence of God because you feel “pursued” by Him. Deep down you want to believe and you are searching. You want to be convinced there is a God. You hope someone will say something that will convince you. You can’t admit this. You want to be free of the question about God so you have an answer once and for all and you can all go on with your unfulfilled lives. But the issue pops up over and over to the point that you post on the internet because what you don’t realize is you are on a quest to find faith. You are being pursued…and I bet you feel this pursuit. Accept it and relieve your internal struggle. Plenty of rational, educated, thinking, practical people from all walks of life DO believe for a myriad of reasons. Be honest with yourselves when this issue arises and notice if you feel like you are being pursued. Good luck to all.
My life is very fulfilled. I don’t need to invent a friend for that to be true, I have plenty of real ones.
Hey, everyone – yet another Christian who knows all about atheists, even though he doesn’t know any of us. Let’s see if we can count the stereotypes and fallacies in his little screed:
1. We’re not trying to disprove God’s existence – we’ve got nothing to prove, you do.
2. We don’t want to believe – many of us used to believe and realized how foolish our belief was, so we gave it up.
3. Who says our lives our unfulfilled? You? How do you know? My life is more fulfilled now than it was when I was a Christian. Go figure.
4. We’re not struggling internally and do not require relief from said struggles.
5. Appeals to popularity and authority – lots of people who are smart also believe in your imaginary friend. So what? Lots of smart people believe wrong things all the time. Atheists do our own thinking rather than relying on what lots of other people believe. Maybe you should try it, Neill.
6. The only time we feel pursued is when people like you pop into atheist blogs and preach at us, as if we’ve never heard your message before.
I probably missed some, but I’m not wasting any more of my life dealing with this christobot’s delusions.
Lol! Neil, you sound like the emperor trying to seduce Anakin to the dark side – with all the corny stereotypes that comes with George Lucas’s dialogue.
Neil, you may just have something there.
I really do want to believe. I want to believe in alot of things. I would love to be convinced that there is a god. It’s just that I will not lower my personal standard of evidence to satisfy my ever so human desire for ‘spiritual fullfillness’.
I’m not sure what you mean by feeling pursued by him, though I must say that I do feel free of the question about god. I became free of the question about god when I allowed myself to be intellectually honest and accept that there is no evidence, not only for the judaeo-christian god, but for any god. Not only that, but this freedom from the question of god allows me to lead a highly fulfilled life in the knowledge that I am no more or less important in the natural world than anybody else. I am neither favoured nor cursed. I don’t need to worry that I am following the wrong god, or the wrong interpretation of the right god’s instructions. I simply cannot understand the requirement of faith that we accept things that we intellectually find inconsistent or down-right nonsensical. I cannot disprove the existence of god, however at some point, I must accept that the evidence strongly points to the non-existence of god and live my life in the amazingly beautiful, but natural, world.
Neil:
“I think you all spend so much time trying to disprove the existence of God because you feel “pursued” by Him. Deep down you want to believe and you are searching. You want to be convinced there is a God. You hope someone will say something that will convince you. You can’t admit this.”
No, I’m happy for anybody to provide me with undeniable evidence that god exists. But even if I was provided with these proof, it will not be proof that god is benevolent. He will still remain, in blunt terminology, a wanker in my eyes.
“You want to be free of the question about God so you have an answer once and for all and you can all go on with your unfulfilled lives.”
That’s not true, that hurt man. I lead a very fulfilling and happy life, thank you.
“But the issue pops up over and over to the point that you post on the internet because what you don’t realize is you are on a quest to find faith. You are being pursued…and I bet you feel this pursuit. Accept it and relieve your internal struggle.”
My quest is to find this superman/woman who can provide me with undeniable evidence of god’s existence. Are you that superman?
“Plenty of rational, educated, thinking, practical people from all walks of life DO believe for a myriad of reasons. Be honest with yourselves when this issue arises and notice if you feel like you are being pursued. Good luck to all.”
They might be rational, educated, thinking and practical people from all walks of life, but that doesn’t mean their ‘myriad’ of reasons are rational, educated or well thought out.
listen religous people just becuase something good has happened in your life or your life has changed dramastically doesnt mean there is a god and i could care less what the bible says its full of crap. this is life people if you believe in god or not we will live it and it will change so get used to no afterlife there is none
What? Do you expect life to be all peaches and cream because there is a God?
Rather foolish and selfish don’t you think?
You sure are an angry bunch. Jmcquillen, very nice well thought out post, thank you. As for the rest, read the outrage above that was caused by my comments. Is this really the way you all want to live? Your words are filled with hatred and anger. Aren’t you tired of walking around with constant chips on your shoulders? I get it, you think there is no higher power and you are angry about such a hopeless situation so you come here in continuation of your search. You all are hoping and praying that somewhere at sometime you will receive some kind of concrete “proof” so you can finally put this issue to rest. I sincerely hope you all find what you are looking for here in your space for atheism celebration … but I would guess that you will all continue to struggle. Best wishes and good luck on your journey and quest to find the truth, I do mean that sincerely.
Bull rain might have been a sign from god that you were doing good but you sinned via get rained on dumbass and learn how to spell
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today I was walking home in the rain when i was getting freezing cold so i started praying to him about my time and *pleading*
for a nice christian to come by and pick me up so guess what i walked around a corner when 4 dogs came and started barking and trying to bite me little did i know my kindergarten teacher came around the corner and picked me up and gave me a ride home im safe and sound in my home now__________________Write me about what you think @ KerryComeans@ymail.com ps my teacher is chritian ——–note of advice try and persue him before you ignore him believe it or not hes shown himself to you many many times just look for it people put it off like it was a cowensedense(cant spell it)but its not read about him a little
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listen up non beleiving arses let me clear you something here the rain firstly you say GOD something for you why dont he do something for him he could care less about ur ignorant arse. he created this universe he can destroy it too. he don’t need you to do things according to you he will do what he wants to do and there is nothing your ignorant arse or your friends in this blog can do about it
This world is a test where we are to live at free will within our limits as written in holy books. so keep not beleiving and your stupid arses will burn in hell
plus if there is no GOD how come all humans exists and other races of animals exist and plants and everything else does huh??? any prove you got to that say it that everything was made of a fly or one day a dinasour came fell on sky and it’s tail fell down turn into an elephant and then into a tiger and then into a cow and reproduced itself by itself say it lmbo and for that two animals have to fall together to reproduce haha
so how come if the two animals fell in the first place are not falling now every now and then scientifically big bang your arse and you will find out
Use your stupid ugly good for nothing brains and think ur selves arseholes
and you are exact proof of why many atheists think believers are not only deluded, but ignorant and scientifically illiterate (not to mention rude and generally illiterate as well
When will people learn that there is no god? It is such a stupid ignorant thing to believe in such childish dangerous ideas. Jesus H Christ people are stupid.
From what I read you just prove there is a God. A drought has broken twice given you reason to think all of this up and post it online. I think he is foiling your plans to show you he is there. And signs that he is there shows your ignorance. Atheist are hard headed and close minded. No matter how much they make fun of Christians or believers of other faiths. We are open minded enough to accept the fact that something created us. What you believe in the big bang I’m guessing? There had to be a big banger for there to be a big bang. Something had to create the things to go bang! You don’t want Christians calling you names and pushing the Bible at you well I suggest you and all atheist stop pushing your beliefs at everyone and calling us names. Atheists are the true hypocrite.
And to demoncleaner atheist always ask for proof there is a God now I am calling you out and where is your proof there isn’t a God? How is it dangerous? From your viewpoint there is no God so it should in no way be harmful to anyone. Plus you have demon as a name which is a biblical thing. If there is no God there are no demons. But I have a feeling when you die after a long healthy life you will meet some demons.