Comments on: Why I don’t need God or religion http://skepticalseeker.com/2009/10/27/my-response-to-the-idea-of-god-as-father/ "Skeptical scrutiny is the means, in both science and religion, by which deep insights can be winnowed from deep nonsense." Carl Sagan Sun, 27 May 2012 05:42:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: 2010 in review « The Skeptical Seeker http://skepticalseeker.com/2009/10/27/my-response-to-the-idea-of-god-as-father/#comment-184 Sun, 02 Jan 2011 15:19:37 +0000 http://atheistyogi.com/?p=259#comment-184 [...] Why I don’t need God or religion October 2009 8 comments 3 [...]

]]> By: David http://skepticalseeker.com/2009/10/27/my-response-to-the-idea-of-god-as-father/#comment-159 Thu, 21 Oct 2010 07:07:54 +0000 http://atheistyogi.com/?p=259#comment-159 Well said. In every way possible.

]]> By: Elaine http://skepticalseeker.com/2009/10/27/my-response-to-the-idea-of-god-as-father/#comment-145 Tue, 31 Aug 2010 14:21:16 +0000 http://atheistyogi.com/?p=259#comment-145 Every person has a flaw, and for any organization to believe they are flawless is ridiculous. I am a christian. I do go to a church which serves to uplift and inform its occupants and provide a place of worship for God. I believe many people (christians and non believers) have crossed the line and have been very self righteous. All of us are humans and are intitled to making mistakes. However, doing something wrong and using Gods forgiveness as a neutralization for bad behavior is seriously childlike. I think you do the best you can, you live by a guideline, mine is set by the bible, and you move forward. I don’t think that God wants people to dwell on the past. I think He wants us to live! I find that God and religion are two separate subjects completely. Read The Shack by William P. Young. It might give you another perspective, one you can allow to blossom in your own way. The bottom line is there has to be a reason behind all that occurs in nature, behind good and evil and human behavior. To me, Christianity, God, the bible, history and science are all linked. It just provides a web like foundation and makes sense to me.

]]> By: edhensley http://skepticalseeker.com/2009/10/27/my-response-to-the-idea-of-god-as-father/#comment-74 Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:09:30 +0000 http://atheistyogi.com/?p=259#comment-74 This post reminds me of why I love you so much!

]]> By: Shelly B http://skepticalseeker.com/2009/10/27/my-response-to-the-idea-of-god-as-father/#comment-69 Sat, 07 Nov 2009 18:17:06 +0000 http://atheistyogi.com/?p=259#comment-69 I get soo sick of religious people thinking that atheists just need to be “fixed” or need to “see the light.” I apologize on behalf of all the crazies out there! and i’d argue that the really really good people I know are WAY more often NOT religious. Just a personal example, but seriously! Christians really piss me off and are soo often compacent about things. Okay im done ranting.

p.s. for any creepers reading this, I was raised and am still Christianish. so back off.

]]> By: Harvey http://skepticalseeker.com/2009/10/27/my-response-to-the-idea-of-god-as-father/#comment-62 Sun, 01 Nov 2009 00:15:21 +0000 http://atheistyogi.com/?p=259#comment-62 Responding to Lisa:

Hypothetical is a GOOD thing. As soon as you come to a point where you believe you have all the answers, you stop searching. When you stop searching you become stagnant. And worse than stagnant, you become arrogant. Since you are no longer searching you stop learning and thinking for yourself. That leads you to post cliches and things that we have all heard thousands of times. What is the point?

]]> By: Harvey http://skepticalseeker.com/2009/10/27/my-response-to-the-idea-of-god-as-father/#comment-61 Sat, 31 Oct 2009 23:55:34 +0000 http://atheistyogi.com/?p=259#comment-61 Very well thought out and eloquent as usual with your writing. My only comment would be that, as with any analogy, the “God as Loving Father” analogy is not perfect. It can be very uplifting to some, but as with all analogies, it breaks down if you carry it out further than it was intended to go. This particular analogy is flawed in ways that go beyond the normal limitations of analogies. Many people have had terrible paternal role models. If a father was an abuser or neglectful, he does not leave a positive impression of fatherhood, and therefore comparing a relationship with God to that of father can turn certain people off completely to God.

I believe that religious people and non-religious people should be able to work together for the good of humanity. I would hope they could also have intelligent and respectful discussions about any subject. Unfortunately there are those on both sides on any given issue who will resort to mean spirited attacks instead of intelligent rebuttal and well thought out debate. I can think of two on the atheist side that get quite offensive, Dawkins and Hitchens, and I am sure you can name some on the religious side. For example, I spent a miserable 30 minutes the other day forcing myself to listen to Pat Robertson. In that 30 minutes he managed to offend at least 3 groups of people, including non-fundamentalist Christians.

I trust you and I can disagree and still respect the beliefs of each other.

]]> By: Mikel http://skepticalseeker.com/2009/10/27/my-response-to-the-idea-of-god-as-father/#comment-60 Fri, 30 Oct 2009 14:47:58 +0000 http://atheistyogi.com/?p=259#comment-60 Think I should use stronger, more belligerent language then? I don’t have all the answers–I just say and write what I “think,” I am straight-forward when I “doubt,” and I’ll outright say it when I “don’t believe.”

Are you religious yourself? Cause I find it really odd when the religious person accuses the atheist of having faith.

]]> By: Lisa http://skepticalseeker.com/2009/10/27/my-response-to-the-idea-of-god-as-father/#comment-59 Fri, 30 Oct 2009 01:33:13 +0000 http://atheistyogi.com/?p=259#comment-59 Seems like it takes a lot more faith to not believe than to believe. you “doubt”, “think”, “don’t believe” sounds like a very hypothetical post to me.

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