I do. I find myself blaming him for all things. It's like, if I stub my toe, God caused it, who doesn't exist. I enjoy pinning stuff on him. Am I the only one?
2006-12-10 21:31:36 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Ha! Great parody!
Yeah, I'm an atheist too, and man, the other day when my car wouldn't start, I got so irrationally angry at god who doesn't exist that I screamed "Godangitall who-doesn't-exist to hell!".
2006-12-10 21:38:17 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
It would be best to define what you mean by God. If you mean the Judeo-Christian Jehovah, then I'm sure some of them do. He is, after all, the basis for thousands of years of cultural neurosis and persecution. Don't you think it's natural to still be a little irritated by that myth, even if it's one you don't buy into it? I don't blame you for irrationally directing that anger at what you consider to be a nonentity, considering what has been done in that nonentity's name. It's anger - it's irrational.
Let it out.
2006-12-10 21:38:48 · answer #2 · answered by The Man Comes Around 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
No... you certainly aren't, but I don't think the behavior is irrational or that it's anger toward God.
It's much more like a celebration of your liberated-self or like a dirty joke that's suddenly been made clean. It's possibly part of the process of re-confirmation of your atheism; that you know you're certain and secure in your belief; that you're free to press on and explore all of the falsehoods attached to the God-idea.
But I'll add that it's very frustrating to recognize that there are so many who are still in the dark about worthy beliefs... those belivers stuck in un-reality... That's when I can get a lot closer to being angry. I sometimes find myself pointing out the obvious for the sake of mislead people even when they aren't within earshot - like, I'm talking to my own shadow or to a fence post, (or to anything as thick-headed and as deaf as those with noses blackened with Bible ink.) So yeah... I guess there is something irrational about that. (Hey.. I'm talkin' to myself, right?... I must be a raving nutter... Ha ha ha) But make no mistake about it, none of my anger or frustration is against God, it's against people who believe-in and spread illogical God-based philosophies. The stuff that causes good people to feel guilty... and repressive crap... and divisive garbage. Grrrr!
Have you ever stoped to think that you've sometimes needed to forgive yourself for not understanding and buying all the BS that the religions think you ought to? ...that somehow it's a shortcoming of yours? Now there's something to blame on God. If he didn't give you all the tools... like your fair share of blind faith... or if he gave you to good of a brain and no ability to abandon logic... Wow. What a dirty trick! That wouldn't be your fault, would it? Being created as nothing more than fodder by God's own doing would be the worst kind of raw deal ever concocted. In that case I could be pretty angry at God. If he wanted me to adore him and believe-in him, wouldn't he have given me the ability to do it ... and wouldn't I be able to do it without difficulty? Sorry... I just can't go along with that kind of personality as being very Godly and since I have no solid evidence that he's for real... nothing at all to sway me in his direction... Well, nuff said.
Okay.. I'm raving, but I know that you're reading me and that's a lot better than talking to a fense post and it's a heck of a lot better than talking to God, isn't it?
Thanks for your terrific question.
(((( r u randy? ))))
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Post Script: ....and hey, perhaps you're unaware, but lieing isn't a very moral behavior so you probably shouldn't do it. (nice name... it suits you.)
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2006-12-10 22:09:03 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If someone is an atheist, then blaming something that they don't believe in for anything doesn't make any sense. Its kind of like saying "I don't believe in the Jolly Green Giant, but I blame him for my troubles". It is very illogical to think that way.
2006-12-10 21:37:57 · answer #4 · answered by Paul H 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
there anger is not irrational he it is a fairy tale god that kills people in holy wars and the rest of the time make people waste there lives with the biggest con on the plant
2006-12-10 21:58:12 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Probably not, and I'll not join you. If god does not exist, then the only sensible thing to do is to ignore the concept altogether.
2006-12-10 21:35:28 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
I tend to blame Darwin when I get stung by a mosquito. It's his fault for explaining how mosquitoes developed a need for blood.
2006-12-10 21:40:58 · answer #7 · answered by Labsci 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
a true atheist does not acknowledge the existence of God
2006-12-10 21:35:02 · answer #8 · answered by chris_muriel007 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋
How can you blame someone/something in which existence you don't believe? Anyhow....this sounds pretty childish to me....and I'm atheist myself....
2006-12-10 21:37:45 · answer #9 · answered by 24kk 1 · 3⤊ 0⤋
No, your the only one because you don't make sense.
It's like blaming a FSM for bad things that happened to you. You should blame your clumsiness.
2006-12-10 21:33:40 · answer #10 · answered by Reload 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋