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Ricky Gervais' Sharpest Arguments Against Religion (Original Post) ItsjustMe Nov 2023 OP
I would take his words to heart... dchill Nov 2023 #1
Excellent malaise Nov 2023 #2
Soooo good. onecaliberal Nov 2023 #3
K & R Celerity Nov 2023 #4
Love this! Sky Jewels Nov 2023 #5
K&R NNadir Nov 2023 #6
You do you, Ricky. phylny Nov 2023 #7
Spot on Ricky SouthernDem4ever Nov 2023 #8
You can safely assume you've created God in your own image when it turns out that God hates all the same people you do. spike jones Nov 2023 #9
Excellent video.... anciano Nov 2023 #10
So powerful. byronius Nov 2023 #11

Sky Jewels

(8,824 posts)
5. Love this!
Sun Nov 5, 2023, 06:24 PM
Nov 2023

The burden of proof is on someone insisting a god, demi-god, unicorn, fairy, leprechaun, mermaid, Santa, Tooth Fairy, Easter Bunny, Great Pumpkin, etc. actually exist. Until they produce proof, the default is "no supernatural/magical creatures actually exist."

spike jones

(1,787 posts)
9. You can safely assume you've created God in your own image when it turns out that God hates all the same people you do.
Sun Nov 5, 2023, 07:25 PM
Nov 2023

― Anne Lamott

anciano

(1,579 posts)
10. Excellent video....
Sun Nov 5, 2023, 07:47 PM
Nov 2023

but one thought for consideration. Although there has never been proof of an anthropomorphic "God", such an entity being a necessity for a formalized religion, nevertheless the very fact that the universe and life itself exist would seem to necessitate some sort of eternal unknowable essence that brought all this about. And it is this eternal essence that humans have decided to call "God", assign human physical characteristics to, and then to worship in the religions that they have created for themselves.

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