Originally Posted by Lisnaholic

Is three years a necro-bump?

Without thinking it through in detail, these are some of the things I like about being an atheist:-

1. I can subscribe whole-heartedly to the Scientific Method, and be proud of how it has consistantly led humanity from one achievement to another. I feel unreservedly good about two of humankind's greatest accomplishments; going to the moon, and observing the universe from the Hubble telescope. We didn't pray our way to the moon - it was science, yeh!

2. One of the fundamental precepts of the Scientific Method is the idea of the Minimum Working Hypothesis, i.e., that the simplest hypothesis to explain the evidence is the one to adopt until it is proven false. Another is that extraordinary claims require extraordinarily good evidence or proof. This gives me the confidence, or is that complaisancy, to dismiss religious claims, yetis and UFOs.

3. The atheist doesn't have to "doublethink" all the time.(Doublethink is about accommodating two conflicting ideas in your head at the same time.) For example, many religious people talk about how their prayers get answered, but when they have a toothache, do they pray it away, or do they go to the dentist? If the latter, then they are doublethinking; relying on the Scientific Method to solve their problem, but simultaneously believing in the efficacy of prayer.

4. Today, the atheist doesn't have to spend precious time and money in and on some self-appointed religious institution. Once I've fulfilled my social and legal obligations, I'm a free man.

5. The atheist doesn't have to worry about being embarrassed by his church. One example of this embarrassment was with the Jehovah's Witnesses. They predicted that The Apocalypse would happen in 1975, so red faces all round when nothing happened. As an atheist, I can laugh at their folly and discomfort.

6. If I want I can indulge the pleasures of the flesh without agonising unnecessarily. I don't have to sacrifice the here-and-now in hopes of getting a better deal in the hereafter. I don't have to revere or strive for celibacy, which (Aldous Huxley) "is the most unnatural of all the sexual perversions."


7. Should be number one really, but I can think what I like, without having to conform to a system of belief that is decided by someone else. For example, I worked out the size of my family to my own convenience; the only opinion I had to consult was my wife's.

I'm sure I'm missing stuff. Anybody else want to continue the list or write their own?

Originally Posted by grindy

Basically you're David Hasselhoff.

Originally Posted by Chula Vista

Mayo Clinic says yes it does. Not a huge difference but I'm on the side of "why not do it".

Circumcision (male) Why it's done - Mayo Clinic

Originally Posted by J.R.R. Tolkien

There is only one bright spot and that is the growing habit of disgruntled men of dynamiting factories and power-stations; I hope that, encouraged now as ‘patriotism’, may remain a habit! But it won’t do any good, if it is not universal.

Originally Posted by The Batlord

Cause it's not your dick?

Originally Posted by Frownland

So do you get afraid of being struck by lightning every time you see a cloud?

Originally Posted by The Batlord

Cause it's not your dick?

Originally Posted by Wpnfire

This.

You can stretch it out too, so it's not even like it's a permanent solution.

Originally Posted by Paul Smeenus

Absolutely outstanding post.

Originally Posted by Chula Vista

Not exactly sure what you mean.

Like I said, I heard what a guy had to endure when he had to get one as an adult because of health issues. Why not have it done to my kids while he so young he'll never remember anything about it.

But you guys go ahead and enjoy your floppy ass foreskins.

Originally Posted by Chula Vista

Yup, great analogy bucky.



It kinda was at the time since I helped create it.



Not exactly sure what you mean.

Like I said, I heard what a guy had to endure when he had to get one as an adult because of health issues. Why not have it done to my kids while he so young he'll never remember anything about it.

But you guys go ahead and enjoy your floppy ass foreskins.

Originally Posted by Chula Vista

Yup, great analogy bucky.

Originally Posted by Frownland

but let's not pretend like there's any legitimate medical reason to do it.