You may be a Fundy Atheist if...

1. You became an atheist when you were 10 years old, based on ideas of God that you learned in Sunday School. Your ideas about God haven't changed since.
2. You think that the primary aim of an omnibenevolent God is for people to have FUN.
3. You believe that extra drippy ice-cream is a logical proof against the existence of God, because an omniscient God would know how to stop the ice-cream from being extra drippy, an omnipotent God would have the ability to stop the ice-cream from being extra drippy, and by golly, an omnibenevolent God wouldn't want your ice-cream to be extra drippy.
4. Although you've memorized a half a dozen proofs that He doesn't exist, you still think you're God's gift to the ignorant masses.
5. You believe the astronomical size of the universe somehow disproves God, as if God needed a tiny universe in order to exist.
6. You think questions like, "Can God create a rock so big that He cannot lift it?" and, "Can God will Himself out of existence?" are perfect examples of how to disprove God's omnipotence and ultimately how to disprove God. When someone proves to you the false logic behind the questions (i.e. pitting God's omnipotence against itself), you desperately try to defend the questions, but then give up and go to a different Christian site to ask them.
7. Related to the above, you spend a great deal of your spare time writing to Christian websites asking them these very questions.
8. You declare on a public forum that you are "furious at God for not existing."</FONT>
9. You spend hours arguing that a-theism actually means "without a belief in God " and not just " belief that there is no god" as if this is a meaningful distinction in real life.
10. You consistently deny the existence of God because you personally have never seen him but you reject out of hand personal testimony from theists who claim to have experienced God as a reality in their lives.
11. You can make the existence of pink unicorns the center-piece of a philosophical critique.
12. You insist that "the burden of proof is on he that alleges/accuses", and "it's impossible to prove a negative", then state "That's what Christians do. They lie. Their most common lie is that they were once atheists." When reminded about the burden of proof bit, you reply with, "Well, prove Christians don't lie!"
13. You adamantly believe that the "God of the gaps" idea is an essential tenet of orthodox Christian faith espoused by all the great Christian thinkers throughout history.
14. When you were a child, someone came down with a deadly disease and prayed and prayed for God to take it away. God did not remove the disease and your friend died. You ask other Christians why they had to die when they were such a nice person and never harmed anyone. Dissatisfied with their answers, you suddenly decide that there is no God and that all Christians are nothing but lying, conniving con artists and hypocrites....all that is except for your friend who died.
15. You call a view held by less than ten percent of the American public "common sense".
16. You're a spoiled fifteen year old boy who lives in the suburbs and you go into a chat room to declare that, "I know there is no God because no loving God would allow anyone to suffer as much as I...hold on. My cell phone's ringing."
17. You attack your fellow atheists, who hold the "belief that there is no god", calling them "liars," and state that, "I do not deny the existence of any god. I just don't believe in any." Then you tell someone that their God is "made up." When someone calls you on this, you state, "I never made such a claim."
18. Going with the definition of "without a belief in God", you insist that all people are born atheists, and that dogs, cats, rocks, and trees are as well. You make statements like, "My dog is an atheist. Ask him about his lack of belief."
19. You believe that if something cannot be touched, seen, heard, or measured in some way, then it must not exist, yet you fail to see the irony of your calling Christians "narrow-minded".
20. You say that there is no God and that those who believe in God do so in blind faith, yet your claim that there is no God also rests on blind faith.
21. While you don't believe in God, you feel justified on bashing God or attacking those who believe in something that you KNOW doesn't exist, fighting against or even discussing about a non-existent being are the symptoms of mental illness!
22. You complain when Christians appeal to their emotions when justifying their belief in God yet you feel justified on appealing to your emotions for lack of belief in God.</FONT> </FONT>

 

hehe

 

Its just for laughs and a turnabout on the internet popular 'You know your a Christian' jokes but still..
#1 and #15 just freaking say it all, bang on, about a certain 'class' of Atheist constantly roaming the net.

 

Probably an attempt by a covert atheist to make theists look dumb. For shame on whoever typed it up first. Eh, it's hard to keep up the faux disgust.

 

Erasmus70

Beg to differ but # 15 is in fact backed by MANY precedents.

At one time or another
far less than 10% of the human population believed.
1.The earth was a sphere
2.That tiny organic forms caused disease
3.That we could travel beyond earth to interplanetary space
4.That earth orbited the sun [not the reverse]
5.That jesus christ was 'god on earth'
exct exct

Was not what they believed..now called "common sense"

Not commenting on the validity of the athiest position with the above.
[Just that " The number of people who believe a thing is in NO WAY
related to the actual existance/non-existance of it.]

Have already shown that position false as the making of a statement
"there is no god"
One must show that he has looked closely at all the places a god may
exist and shown god to be absent at ALL places at the same time.
As NO HUMAN has even left this tiny solar system[12 lighthours across]
yet to look "at all the places a god may be" i a universe "at least"
18 BILLION lightyears in span.
Then no human CAN LOGICALLY support an athiest position.

Occam

 

My bad. I meant #16.
I emboldened it for emphasis but sometimes Im overtired and dont count properly.

But thanks for the commentary on #15, anyways.
I suppose this is pointing out what 'common sense' is not yet an applicable term to describe Atheism.
(as I think you pointed out)

#15 was the one that reminded me of about 2 or 3 different members who post here and #1 reminded me of a few older members here.
Not naming any 'mystery' names.
Im not at Libertine to mention who seems to be right between the two stages but there ya go.

Yeah.. i thought some of them were lame (in the list) but its not nearly as lame as the 'Fundy Christian one'.

I really did laugh that they now added 'Fundy' like people added it to the 'You might be a Christian' list.
Funny stuff.

 

exactly. exactly. this was...i can't even begin to describe it. Not very well written, it really does make the person who is responsible for it just look like a completely brainwashed moron.

 

So your point is that there are jerks of all religious persuasions.

Not examined all religious persuasions I can't prove the thesis, but I surely can not disprove it.

 

Generally, the jerks are posers.

 

These fucking high horse Christians run around shouting "You'll get over it", "You're just going through a trend, but it'll be over".

Yeah, you all are SO much more experienced and educated than those of us who fail to have "faith" in some "god" created in man's image.

Funny, that most of you ought to be tired of being served your own asses here time and time again.

If there is one thing more annoying than these idiots' ignorance, it's their arrogance. They are PROUD to have the mentality of a toddler. Oh don't worry our fairy Godfather will GET those creepy devil-lovin' unbelievers and roast'em in HELL!! GLORY!!

 

Libertine:
See #1
See: #15 but change it to 'aging teenager' instead.
Feel like your looking in a mirror?

 

Did you mean 15 or 16 for lib Era?

 

I think i keep mistaking 16 for 15 because 16 refers to a 15 year old.
Some sort of numerical dyslexia issues I need to sort out.

Ha.. yes, its #16 that reminds me of Libertine. But now turning 30 but still stuck in the same rut.
Its pretty easy to be arrogant when you are the big man in Everquest and know Star Trek inside and out.
Why do you think Comic Book Guy is that way.

 

I think the main point here (that most people fail to see) is that atheists and theists are similar in that they both commit a "leap of faith", each to different extremes, 2 sides of the same coin. They both make the statement of "I believe" that a deity does/doesn't exist, which requires a faithfulness to a doctrine, written or implied.

Also, they both seem to have a holier-than-thou complex, as seen from the posters in this thread.

 

Erasmus, I can tell you love me. You mention my name in every post you make.

 

Lol... I was thinking that about you last night.

Rofl... not exactly.

You act like I did 10 years ago.

 

YOU act like I did 10 years ago. So what?

 

No I don't.

 

Yes, you do.

Except for the pantheistic-type comments.

 

Both of ya'll act like my sister did 3 years ago