What is God to you?

AskMyChocolate · 23-07-2010 4:21pm #1

To me, God is when:

1) You want the best kid to win but secretly you're hoping that the kid whose dad couldn't afford a decent tennis racket (racquet?) to win.

2) When you're paying on the bus and you see some poor divil haring from a hundred yards away and they aren't going to make it, so you drop your bus-fare on the floor (to the disgust of the busdriver and the cosily ensconced clientele) and by the time you pick it up they've made it.

3) When you don't fight your corner and realise afterwards that you saved people you love a needless pain.

4) AH answer: When you're standing outside Coppers at three o'clock in the morning wondering how the hell your wages still aren't in your account, and you're contemplating the six mile barge home ,cos you can't afford a taxi; when suddenly an angel appears( the girl you were talking to at the bar earlier in the night and whose existence you had forgotten) and asks if you'd like to come back to their place for a nightcap.
You walk out the following morning having had a snog, a shag she insisted upon, having made a good impression on her friends, cooked breakfast, and still in time for the first race and directions from the lads at the bar as to how to get home.

So, anyway, where does everyone else see God? Would be particularly interested to hear from the atheists.

Btw, if you're an atheist and you're struggling to carry a 36" television down four flights of stairs and a christian turns to you and says," Do you want a hand with that mate?" What do you say?

starlit · 23-07-2010 4:23pm

an invisible being in the sky!

The Floyd p · 23-07-2010 4:24pm

AskMyChocolate wrote: »

Btw, if you're an atheist and you're struggling to carry a 36" television down four flights of stairs and a christian turns to you and says," Do you want a hand with that mate?" What do you say?

Yes. But that doesn't really have anything to do with god.

And why would it matter if he was christian? He's just offering to help,

23-07-2010 4:24pm

An amazing blowjob.

kylith · 23-07-2010 4:24pm

To me gods are:

A huge swizz designed to take money from the pockets of the vulnerable.
An excuse to wage horrific wars because They call the deity by a different name.
Made up by stone age people to explain the weather
The reason why my mother tries to drag me out of bed on Sunday mornings when I visit, necessitating me swearing at her.

Herbal Deity · 23-07-2010 4:25pm

ITT: Thinly veiled attack on atheism from someone who can't grasp the difference between "morality" and "God".

Einhard · 23-07-2010 4:26pm

Someone who takes orders and does my dirty work.

Celly Smunt · 23-07-2010 4:26pm

who the fúck goes to copper face jacks?

My name is URL · 23-07-2010 4:26pm

All the things that make people want to do good, improve the world around them, and accept that they can do those things

Anal

AskMyChocolate · 23-07-2010 4:27pm

Just read my OP and sound like a cnut. She was cool, so were her mates and she didn't want to come to the pub the following morning. She was just using me, the horny bitch. Played pictionary too:), after jenga had to be abandoned:(:o

SoupyNorman · 23-07-2010 4:27pm

A prick.

Scuid Mhór · 23-07-2010 4:27pm

nothing existent

kylith · 23-07-2010 4:28pm

AskMyChocolate wrote: »

To me, God is when:

2) When you're paying on the bus and you see some poor divil haring from a hundred yards away and they aren't going to make it, so you drop your bus-fare on the floor (to the disgust of the busdriver and the cosily ensconced clientele) and by the time you pick it up they've made it.

that's not a god, that you doing something nice.

AskMyChocolate wrote: »

3) When you don't fight your corner and realise afterwards that you saved people you love a needless pain.

How do you mean? Not standing up for yourself sounds like cowardice to me.

AskMyChocolate wrote: »

Btw, if you're an atheist and you're struggling to carry a 36" television down four flights of stairs and a christian turns to you and says," Do you want a hand with that mate?" What do you say?

I say, 'Thank you very much for your help'. I make no enquiries of anyone about their religious affiliations because I see it as their own business, and it's something I don't care about.

HereNorThere · 23-07-2010 4:29pm

He is my Father, Comforter, and Savior.

In other words, He is my Everything.

:):)

Dravokivich · 23-07-2010 4:29pm

AskMyChocolate wrote: »

Btw, if you're an atheist and you're struggling to carry a 36" television down four flights of stairs and a christian turns to you and says," Do you want a hand with that mate?" What do you say?

I'd say yes please thanks...

The way I view myself as an athiest would be in line with the way someone else may view themselves as being apolitical, it doesn't mean they are an anarchist...

AAAAAAAHHH · 23-07-2010 4:30pm

AskMyChocolate wrote: »

Btw, if you're an atheist and you're struggling to carry a 36" television down four flights of stairs and a christian turns to you and says," Do you want a hand with that mate?" What do you say?

You've got a pretty ****ed up view of atheists.

Abrasax · 23-07-2010 4:31pm

My name is URL wrote: »

All the things that make people want to do good, improve the world around them, and accept that they can do those things

Anal

Bend over to receive the Lord.

Stercus Accidit · 23-07-2010 4:32pm

kylith wrote: »

To me gods are:

A huge swizz designed to take money from the pockets of the vulnerable.
An excuse to wage horrific wars because They call the deity by a different name.
Made up by stone age people to explain the weather
The reason why my mother tries to drag me out of bed on Sunday mornings when I visit, necessitating me swearing at her.

The dictionary called, they like your style.

Terry · 23-07-2010 4:33pm

Nothing

kylith · 23-07-2010 4:33pm

Stercus Accidit wrote: »

The dictionary called, they like your style.

Aw, shucks

23-07-2010 4:34pm

Op, if someone of another religion asked you if wanted help moving your tv, what would you say?

AskMyChocolate · 23-07-2010 4:35pm

The Floyd p wrote: »

Yes. But that doesn't really have anything to do with god.
And why would it matter if he was christian? He's just offering to help,

If that person didn't believe in God, then surely, given the fact that we live in a capitalist society, he should have seen you struggling and seen it as an opportunity to make money,"I'll give you a hand with that if you give me a fiver".
You're right. It has absolutely nothing to do with being a christian.

genericguy · 23-07-2010 4:37pm

AskMyChocolate wrote: »

So, anyway, where does everyone else see God? Would be particularly interested to hear from the atheists.

Btw, if you're an atheist and you're struggling to carry a 36" television down four flights of stairs and a christian turns to you and says," Do you want a hand with that mate?" What do you say?

do you really think atheists, those armed with reason and logic as opposed to blaming everything they don't understand on some unseen warmonger, are going to tell you that we do in fact see god somewhere?

i see him in the bible, advocating rape and murder, casting plagues upon people who don't believe in him. I see him as the reason why the largest paedophile sex ring on earth continues to go unpunished. i see god as the excuse given for the church's encouragement of the spread of AIDS.

mostly i see him as the lazy man's excuse to avoid research.

Celly Smunt · 23-07-2010 4:38pm

AskMyChocolate wrote: »

If that person didn't believe in God, then surely, given the fact that we live in a capitalist society, he should have seen you struggling and seen it as an opportunity to make money,"I'll give you a hand with that if you give me a fiver".
You're right. It has absolutely nothing to do with being a christian.

i am sorry to stop you there but,have you looked at organised religions?

Cypher_sounds · 23-07-2010 4:38pm

A distant relative, the coolest one coz he lives up in the sky, he must be on cloud nine:rolleyes:

MitchKoobski · 23-07-2010 4:38pm

AskMyChocolate wrote: »

If that person didn't believe in God, then surely, given the fact that we live in a capitalist society, he should have seen you struggling and seen it as an opportunity to make money,"I'll give you a hand with that if you give me a fiver".
You're right. It has absolutely nothing to do with being a christian.

So what you're saying is, anyone who doesn't believe in God isn't capable of doing a favour for someone without expecting something in return? Athiests are just money grabbers?

genericguy · 23-07-2010 4:39pm

AskMyChocolate wrote: »

If that person didn't believe in God, then surely, given the fact that we live in a capitalist society, he should have seen you struggling and seen it as an opportunity to make money,"I'll give you a hand with that if you give me a fiver".
You're right. It has absolutely nothing to do with being a christian.

STFU.

I'm a devout atheist, and i help people all the time without charging them for it. that's the most ridiculous, self-defeating point any bible-basher can make.

you need god to be good - so if there was no god, would you go out raping people and murdering them, OP?

AskMyChocolate · 23-07-2010 4:40pm

kylith wrote: »

To me gods are:

A huge swizz designed to take money from the pockets of the vulnerable.
An excuse to wage horrific wars because They call the deity by a different name.
Made up by stone age people to explain the weather
The reason why my mother tries to drag me out of bed on Sunday mornings when I visit, necessitating me swearing at her.

Surely that's religion. God has very little time for religion.

MitchKoobski · 23-07-2010 4:41pm

AskMyChocolate wrote: »

Btw, if you're an atheist and you're struggling to carry a 36" television down four flights of stairs and a christian turns to you and says," Do you want a hand with that mate?" What do you say?

Anyone mad enough to try carry a 36" telly down four flights of stairs by themselves would start praying to someone after the 2nd flight anyway.

AskMyChocolate · 23-07-2010 4:42pm

Herbal Deity wrote: »

ITT: Thinly veiled attack on atheism from someone who can't grasp the difference between "morality" and "God".

What is the difference?

Cypher_sounds · 23-07-2010 4:43pm

MitchKoobski wrote: »

Anyone mad enough to try carry a 36" telly down four flights of stairs by themselves would start praying to someone after the 2nd flight anyway.

Plus you don't need religion to be smart enough to use the elevator

Celly Smunt · 23-07-2010 4:43pm

AskMyChocolate wrote: »

What is the difference?

this is why there should be a face-palm smiley,i am bringing the face-palm back

kylith · 23-07-2010 4:43pm

genericguy wrote: »

you need god to be good - so if there was no god, would you go out raping people and murdering them, OP?

Some people have a real distrust of athiests. I was talking to a woman a while back who was genuinely wondering where athiests get morals from, since she believed that her sense of morality came directly from a god. She was honestly worried that if her belief in this god faltered she would start thieving and would have no concept of morality.

That kind of thinking scares the life out of me.

giftgrub · 23-07-2010 4:45pm

Deleted User wrote: »

An amazing blowjob.

They're all amazing

genericguy · 23-07-2010 4:45pm

AskMyChocolate wrote: »

Surely that's religion. God has very little time for religion.

he told you this, did he?

MagicMarker · 23-07-2010 4:47pm

Manmade.

AskMyChocolate · 23-07-2010 4:48pm

pmcmahon wrote: »

who the fúck goes to copper face jacks?

People who believe in God. Guards, nurses, teachers etc.

If you can fake decency in there, you're defo gettin' laid!;):)

Celly Smunt · 23-07-2010 4:49pm

AskMyChocolate wrote: »

People who believe in God. Guards, nurses, teachers etc.

If you can fake decency in there, you're defo gettin' laid!;):)

you could've picked better examples there love

raah! · 23-07-2010 4:54pm

Are people saying that they do not believe there are arguments against an atheistic moral system? Because there are, and I've never seen them properly addressed or rebutted by anything other than "I'm an atheist and I'm very nice".

There's no need to disregard something completely just because it's coming from someone who you see as being on the opposite side of an argument to you.

ldxo15wus6fpgm · 23-07-2010 4:56pm

genericguy wrote: »

STFU.

I'm a devout atheist, and i help people all the time without charging them for it. that's the most ridiculous, self-defeating point any bible-basher can make.

you need god to be good - so if there was no god, would you go out raping people and murdering them, OP?

I know I would :pac:

AAAAAAAHHH · 23-07-2010 4:57pm

raah! wrote: »

Are people saying that they do not believe there are arguments against an atheistic moral system? Because they are, and I've never seen them properly addressed or rebutted by anything other than "I'm an atheist and I'm very nice".

There's no need to disregard something completely just because it's coming from someone who you see as being on the opposite side of an argument to you.

I just find the idea that the only reason not to go around raping and murdering is fear of god/hell to be disgusting.

AskMyChocolate · 23-07-2010 4:57pm

Dravokivich wrote: »

I'd say yes please thanks...

The way I view myself as an athiest would be in line with the way someone else may view themselves as being apolitical, it doesn't mean they are an anarchist...

Perfectly valid mate. I only meant that there is no argument from atheists as to what drives us to make decisions based purely on morality unless we believe in God/morality. We are innately communists as a pack animal, and therefore believe in justice, yet we adopt capitalism, the belief of a lone predator.

raah! · 23-07-2010 4:58pm

I just find the idea that the only reason not to go around raping and murdering is fear of god/hell to be disgusting.

What reason do you have not to do those things?

AskMyChocolate · 23-07-2010 5:01pm

AAAAAAAHHH wrote: »

You've got a pretty ****ed up view of atheists.

How so? I've been advised I'm an ignostic myself (by theists and atheists.)

kylith · 23-07-2010 5:03pm

AAAAAAAHHH wrote: »

I just find the idea that the only reason not to go around raping and murdering is fear of god/hell to be disgusting.

I agree. It's scary too, to think that there's a large amount of people who would go around murdering, stealing and raping if they didn't think someone was looking over their shoulder.

raah! wrote: »

What reason do you have not to do those things?

Um, because they're wrong. You don't need divine inspirtation to tell you that murder and rape are wrong.

Of course OTOH the bible condones murder and rape. So I suppose the question is why don't religious people stone their unruly children to death like the bible says they should?

raah! · 23-07-2010 5:05pm

Why are they wrong?

AskMyChocolate · 23-07-2010 5:05pm

Deleted User wrote: »

Op, if someone of another religion asked you if wanted help moving your tv, what would you say?

I'd say "Thanks a mil". I'd think he/she was a theist. Btw, I aspire to christianity. Given that, what religion do you imagine I am affilliated to?

ldxo15wus6fpgm · 23-07-2010 5:06pm

kylith wrote: »

I agree. It's scary too, to think that there's a large amount of people who would go around murdering, stealing and raping if they didn't think someone was looking over their shoulder.

Um, because they're wrong. You don't need divine inspirtation to tell you that murder and rape are wrong.

Of course OTOH the bible condones murder and rape. So I suppose the question is why don't religious people stone their unruly children to death like the bible says they should?

Morals and morality stem from religion. If there were never any religions in our society, I firmly believe we wouldn't have morals.

You can even look at Roman society, even though they had religion, they didn't have morals as we think of them today. The torture/raping/murder of slaves etc. was common practice.
The morals of our society stem mainly from Christianity, as it is the religion which has had the most influence on us.

KnifeWRENCH · 23-07-2010 5:14pm

God is someone I used to believe in but these days neither believe nor disbelieve. I would never call myself an atheist; I'm happy being an apathetic agnostic. Whether he exists or not, I just don't care anymore.

God as a concept is responsible for a lot of sh!t in this world; war, discrimination, total disregard of human rights etc.

God as a concept is also responsible for the existence of a small but irritating subset of atheists who are smug, self righteous and condescending asshats (the kind of people who belittle every single person with the smallest modicum of faith while **** themselves senseless over pictures of Christopher Hitchens.)

Fun fact: "God" is "dog" spelt backwards.

Terry · 23-07-2010 5:16pm

Tucker Flaky Blonde wrote: »

Morals and morality stem from religion. If there were never any religions in our society, I firmly believe we wouldn't have morals.

You can even look at Roman society, even though they had religion, they didn't have morals as we think of them today. The torture/raping/murder of slaves etc. was common practice.
The morals of our society stem mainly from Christianity, as it is the religion which has had the most influence on us.

Actually, it's more from Judaism and the old testament. Which is what a lot of the techings of Jesus (a known Jew) were based on.

AskMyChocolate · 23-07-2010 5:17pm

genericguy wrote: »

do you really think atheists, those armed with reason and logic as opposed to blaming everything they don't understand on some unseen warmonger, are going to tell you that we do in fact see god somewhere?

i see him in the bible, advocating rape and murder, casting plagues upon people who don't believe in him. I see him as the reason why the largest paedophile sex ring on earth continues to go unpunished. i see god as the excuse given for the church's encouragement of the spread of AIDS.

mostly i see him as the lazy man's excuse to avoid research.

Are you sure you're not just seeing religion? And more than that, just the religion you were brought up with?

Science built the pyramids. God inspired man to believe that he could build them.

What is God to you?

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