Atheists & Agnostics
Related: About this forumCan Atheists have a God that they Worship? Yes.
Believing in a supernatural god is throwing personal accountability to the wind.
Instead of praying to a supernatural god, pray to yourself and answer truthfully. Own your beliefs and be accountable for who you are.
God is you.
AlbertCat
(17,505 posts)I'm an atheist, but I'm not that egomaniacal.
Can people please stop redefining the meaning of the word "god"??????
I'm not praying to anything, including myself. Jeeze!
whatthehey
(3,660 posts)not to be accurately defined anyway.
The rest of that Chopraesque woo is worth as much as it means: nothing.
needledriver
(836 posts)I kind of like the idea, but I fall far short in the omnipotence and omniscience department.
Iggo
(47,558 posts)That's kind of the point.
Act_of_Reparation
(9,116 posts)I would never join a religion that would have me as its god.
Value my life? Certainly. Worship myself? No way.
AtheistCrusader
(33,982 posts)onager
(9,356 posts)When I saw the Subject header, I thought for sure some joker from The Other Group was sniping us. I expected to see a picture of Richard Dawkins.
But instead, it's just standard brand "Chopraesque woo," as somebody else posted.
We atheists would be way behind the curve anyway, in the making ourselves god department. The Xians have been doing that for over 500 years - ever since the Bible was translated out of Latin so that everyone could read it. Once everyone could read it, everyone could make up his or her own interpretation of what God was REALLY saying.
The happy result - for atheists anyway - was what we have today: a massive clusterfuck of hundreds of Xian sects, each one claiming they alone speak for God. The Pope, Pat Robertson, and that loon preaching from atop a crate in the Wal-Mart parking lot. Which one is right? In the God Business, they're ALL right.
Which is a pretty good situation for us atheists. As long as they're busy squabbling over the exact color of God's pajamas or whatever, they don't have much time left over to bother us.
F4lconF16
(3,747 posts)There always seems to be enough common ground to hate atheists.
The notion I would would worship myself is ridiculous. While personal responsibility and value of oneself is definitely important, worship is quite a few levels above that. There's something wrong there.
Not to mention all the other problems that come with being a self-worshipping deity: what holy book would I have? Should daily goat sacrifices be mandatory? Is there an "anti-me" like a devil? (Note: if I'm ever a god I am totally getting an archnemesis--it sounds badass.) And as far as I know, I am seriously lacking in the whole "godlike powers" thing.
It's all very confusing
Curmudgeoness
(18,219 posts)You made me choke on my coffee........squabbling over the exact color of God's pajamas!
You know how to put it all into words like no other.
Warren Stupidity
(48,181 posts)the word "god".
Heddi
(18,312 posts)Pumpkin eyedrop keyboard jellyfish. Ergo, who so ever toasted marbles can hashtag umpires.
Therefore, when you tag-team Roman numeral cage fighters, lucky bamboo hold music for arteries and sharpie markers.
Makes as much sense as the op
Iggo
(47,558 posts)trotsky
(49,533 posts)Thanks for stopping by.
LostOne4Ever
(9,289 posts)And even if it was possible, I am not that much of a narcissist.
Curmudgeoness
(18,219 posts)but to think that I would worship myself is beyond belief. Sorry, but I have no need to "worship" anyone or anything.
defacto7
(13,485 posts)so I have no idea what you're talking about.
Take a 3 letter word G-O-D and give it any definition you like and voilà! You have a new word that no other human being can understand. How convenient.
I think my definition for god is "sandwich"
"In the beginning was the word and the word was sandwich, and the same was in the beginning with sandwich."
It'll make a good holy book.
uriel1972
(4,261 posts)DetlefK
(16,423 posts)Accepting personal responsibility does not equal prioritizing yourself over others.
Goblinmonger
(22,340 posts)Act_of_Reparation
(9,116 posts)...dude would be a millionaire right now if weren't all them taxes.
Gore1FL
(21,132 posts)It is true that I believe in myself, but I have a lot of evidence that I exist.
I'm not sure I'd agree that the act of thinking makes one inherently religious.
and-justice-for-all
(14,765 posts)NO and why would they, it defeats the purpose of being Atheist in the first place.
Heddi
(18,312 posts)Which really solidifies the fact that you give a shit about what Atheists/Agnostics/Non-believers think regarding this issue that you have just been DYING to ask us.
Please. Stay away.
amuse bouche
(3,657 posts)Heather MC
(8,084 posts)I have no need for a god of any kind. So I am not going to waste my life trying to invent another one